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Emphasis

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"Note: This article aims to frame a general concept of a cardiac MRI protocol in the above setting. "

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"Protocol specifics will vary depending on additional clinical questions, differential diagnosis, MRI scanner type, specific hardware and software, radiologist and perhaps referrer preference, patient factors e.g. arrhythmia or breathing problems or implants, specific indications and time constraints."

Line 3:4 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: 'Protocol specifics will vary depending on additional clinical questions, differential diagnosis, MRI scanner type, specific hardware and software, radiologist and perhaps referrer preference, patient factors e.g. arrhythmia or breathing problems or implants, specific indications and time constraints.'

Colons

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"Note: This article aims to frame a general concept of a cardiac MRI protocol in the above setting."

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"technique: T1 black-blood, T2 black-blood, SSFP ideally over 1-2 breath-holds"

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EG List And

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"Protocol specifics will vary depending on additional clinical questions, differential diagnosis, MRI scanner type, specific hardware and software, radiologist and perhaps referrer preference, patient factors e.g. arrhythmia or breathing problems or implants, specific indications and time constraints."

Line 3:216 · An e.g. list gives selected examples, so it should not end with 'and' or 'or': 'e.g. arrhythmia or breathing problems or implants, specific indications and'.

Headings Case

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"1.5 vs 3 tesla"

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Acronyms

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"field of view (FOV): will vary, for most planes a FOV ≤320 mm is recommended"

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"field of view (FOV): will vary, for most planes a FOV ≤320 mm is recommended"

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"T2 black-blood or SSFP"

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"technique: T1 black-blood, T2 black-blood, SSFP ideally over 1-2 breath-holds"

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"technique: cine SSFP or spoiled GRE"

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"technique: single breath-hold SSFP, multiecho (e.g. MOLLI)"

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"technique: 2D and 3D IR GRE, PSIR"

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"inversion time (TI) as determined by TI scout (Look-Locker) or fixed TI (PSIR)"

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Strong

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"left ventricular vertical long axis view or 2-chamber view (2ch)"

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"sagittal left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) or 3-chamber view (3ch)"

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"technique: T1 black-blood, T2 black-blood, SSFP ideally over 1-2 breath-holds"

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Commas

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"Protocol specifics will vary depending on additional clinical questions, differential diagnosis, MRI scanner type, specific hardware and software, radiologist and perhaps referrer preference, patient factors e.g. arrhythmia or breathing problems or implants, specific indications and time constraints."

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Oxford Comma

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"Protocol specifics will vary depending on additional clinical questions, differential diagnosis, MRI scanner type, specific hardware and software, radiologist and perhaps referrer preference, patient factors e.g. arrhythmia or breathing problems or implants, specific indications and time constraints."

Line 3:145 · Use the Oxford comma in 'software, radiologist and perhaps'.

"The cardiac imaging planes differ from the normal axial, coronal and sagittal body planes ^1-4:"

Line 31:61 · Use the Oxford comma in 'axial, coronal and sagittal'.

"planes: 2ch, 4ch, 3ch and short-axis views"

Line 73:21 · Use the Oxford comma in '4ch, 3ch and short'.

"planes: 2ch, 4ch, 3ch and short-axis views"

Line 100:21 · Use the Oxford comma in '4ch, 3ch and short'.

Semicolons

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"The mainstay for the assessment of iron overload is T2* mapping; this should be performed at 1.5 tesla³."

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Inline EG

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"technique: single breath-hold SSFP, multiecho (e.g. MOLLI)"

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Lint: cardiac-iron-overload-protocol-mri-1