CMR imaging
claustrophobia
The CMR scanner is of 1.5 Tesla field strength by Siemens. Images are acquired by phased-array body surface coil during breath holds and are ECG triggered. All included patients will undergo a CMR examination (acute CMR) within 5 days of STEMI admission at Rigshospitalet, Denmark, and a CMR examination at 3 months ± 2 weeks (follow-up). No CMR will be done in patients with contraindications to CMR including ferrous metal foreign body, severe claustrophobia, or decreased renal function (eGFR < 30 ml/min). The CMR protocol included cine, native T1-mapping, T2