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"inversion time (TI) 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 above setting. "

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

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

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

Line 86:17 · The first word after a colon should almost always be lowercase. In this case, it's not: ': T2 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."

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List Caps
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"Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy"

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Headings Case
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"1.5 vs 3 tesla"

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Strong
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"The cardiac MRI myocarditis protocol should be rather conducted on a system from which normal values for T1 mapping or T2 mapping are available."

Line 14:4 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'The<strong> </strong>cardiac MRI myocarditis protocol'

"The cardiac MRI myocarditis protocol should be rather conducted on a system from which normal values for T1 mapping or T2 mapping are available."

Line 14:25 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'cardiac MRI myocarditis protocol<strong> </strong>should be rather conducted on a system from which normal values for'

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

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

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

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

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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: 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: 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"

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

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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."

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

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

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

Line 95:21 · Use the Oxford comma in '4ch, 3ch and short'.

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

Line 111:21 · Use the Oxford comma in '4ch, 3ch and short'.

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

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