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VILNIUS UNIVERSITY Sigita Glaveckaitė VALUE OF CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE FOR THE PREDICTION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY AFTER REVASCULARISATION Summary of the Doctoral Dissertation Biomedical Sciences, Medicine (06B) Vilnius, 2011 1 The research was carried out at the Clinic of Cardiovascular Diseases of Vilnius University, Lithuania, in 2006 – 2011. Research supervisor: Prof. Dr. Habil. Aleksandras Laucevičius (Vilnius University, Biomedical sciences, Medicine – 06B) (from 2006 till 2009) Prof. Dr. Habil. Giedrius Uţdavinys (Vilnius University, Biomedical sciences, Medicine – 06B) (from 2009 till 2011) Research consultant: Prof. Dr. Nomeda Rima Valevičienė (Vilnius University, Biomedical sciences, Medicine – 06B) Dissertation is defended at the Medical Research Council of Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine: Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Audrius Aidietis (Vilnius University, Biomedical sciences, Medicine – 06B) Members: Prof. Dr. Habil. Liudvikas Kimtys (Vilnius University, Physical Sciences, Physics – 02P) Prof. Dr. Habil. Rūta Marija Babarskienė (Lithuanian University of Health, Biomedical sciences, Medicine – 06B) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ilona Kulakienė (Lithuanian University of Health, Biomedical sciences, Medicine – 06B) Prof. Dr. Rimantas Benetis (Lithuanian University of Health, Biomedical sciences, Medicine – 06B) Opponents: Prof. Dr. Habil.