Examples of the prediction of functional recovery after revascularization in two patients assessed by LGE-CMR viability testing. (A) A 68-year-old male with acute anterior MI 15 days earlier and critical LAD stenosis. LGE-CMR shows absence of infarction. Follow-up cine imaging 4 months after revascularization shows normalized wall motion. (B) A 58-year-old male with acute anterior MI 2 months earlier, three vessel disease, and anterior dysfunction. LGE-CMR demonstrates transmural infarction. Follow-up CMR 6 months after successful CABG demonstrates persistent dysfunction. See also Supplementary data online, Movie S6. CMR, cardiovascular magnetic resonance; LGE, late-gadolinium enhancement.