Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Multi-targeted 1H/19F MRI unmasks specific danger patterns for emerging cardiovascular disorders

  • Ulrich Flögel,
  • Sebastian Temme,
  • Christoph Jacoby,
  • Thomas Oerther,
  • Petra Keul,
  • Vera Flocke,
  • Xiaowei Wang,
  • Florian Bönner,
  • Fabian Nienhaus,
  • Karlheinz Peter,
  • Jürgen Schrader,
  • Maria Grandoch,
  • Malte Kelm,
  • Bodo Levkau

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26146-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The prediction of major cardiovascular events is still an unsolved problem. Here, the authors present a multi-color, multi-targeted non-invasive imaging technology that allows reliable in vivo identification of silent but prognostically highly relevant danger patterns prior to myocardial infarction in mice.