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Lint: myocardial-viability-protocol-mri

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"high TI >500ms (1.5 tesla) or >800ms (3 tesla)"

Line 155:17 · Put a space between the number and the unit in '500ms'.

"high TI >500ms (1.5 tesla) or >800ms (3 tesla)"

Line 155:39 · Put a space between the number and the unit in '800ms'.

"inversion time should be increased by 10ms every 1-2 minutes"

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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 setting of acute or chronic myocardial infarction. "

Line 2:4 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>Note: This article aims to frame a general concept of a cardiac MRI protocol in the setting of acute or chronic </em><a><em>myocardial infarction</em></a><em>. </em>'

"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: '<em>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.</em>'

"purpose: for the assessment of myocardial ischaemia (should not be performed in acute myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndromes)"

Line 144:86 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>not</em>'
Colons
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"Note: This article aims to frame a general concept of a cardiac MRI protocol in the setting of acute or chronic myocardial infarction."

Line 2:12 · The first word after a colon should almost always be lowercase. In this case, it's not: ': This article'.

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

Line 85:17 · The first word after a colon should almost always be lowercase. In this case, it's not: ': T1 black-blood'.
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: saturation recovery with GRE, GRE-EPI hybrid or SSFP readout"

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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 (PSIR)"

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"technique: MOLLI, ShMOLLI, SASHA, STONE, SAPPHIRE etc."

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"technique: MOLLI, ShMOLLI, SASHA, STONE, SAPPHIRE etc."

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"technique: MOLLI, ShMOLLI, SASHA, STONE, SAPPHIRE etc."

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"technique: T2-TSE, T2p-SFFP, GraSE"

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"technique: T2-TSE, T2p-SFFP, GraSE"

Line 137:31 · 'SFFP' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

"technique: saturation recovery with GRE, GRE-EPI hybrid or SSFP readout"

Line 145:67 · 'SSFP' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

"2D IRGRE or sequences with SFFP readout in patients with poor breath-holding capabilities"

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Strong
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"horizontal long axis view or 4-chamber view (4ch)"

Line 50:49 · Generally, don't use bold in text: '<strong> 4-chamber view (4ch)</strong>'

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

Line 57:64 · Generally, don't use bold in text: '<strong> 2-chamber view (2ch)</strong>'

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

Line 64:70 · Generally, don't use bold in text: '<strong> 3-chamber view (3ch)</strong>'

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

Line 85:8 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'technique: T1 black-blood, T2 black-blood, SSFP ideally<strong> </strong>over 1-2 breath-holds'

"purpose: for the assessment of myocardial ischaemia (should not be performed in acute myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndromes)"

Line 144:60 · Generally, don't use bold in text: '<strong>​</strong>'
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 40:61 · Use the Oxford comma in 'axial, coronal and sagittal'.

"volume: stack usually including the atrioventricular valves and the cardiac apex or 3 single slices through basal, midventricular and apical zones"

Line 74:116 · Use the Oxford comma in 'basal, midventricular and apical'.

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

Line 94:21 · Use the Oxford comma in '4ch, 3ch and short'.

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

Line 110:21 · Use the Oxford comma in '4ch, 3ch and short'.

"planes: short-axis views, 4ch or 2ch"

Line 130:27 · Use the Oxford comma in 'views, 4ch or 2ch'.