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Figure 1 Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging protocol. Times are approximations; gaps between imaging blocks indicate time for planning of subsequent CMR images. The protocol commences with localizer images and a reference scan that is required to utilize sensitivity encoding (SENSE). A resting myocardial perfusion acquisition is then performed using 0.05 mmol/kg body weight of dimeglumine gadopentetate. Next, a coronary scout image is acquired, followed by a high-resolution angiogram aligned along the course of the right coronary artery (RCA). An adenosine-stress perfusion acquisition is then performed, immediately followed by injection of a further 0.1 mmol/kg of contrast in preparation for viability imaging. An angiogram targeted on the left coronary vessels is then acquired, followed by viability images using a late contrast-enhanced technique.