Diagnostic accuracy of 3.0-T magnetic resonance T1 and T2 mapping and T2-weighted dark-blood imaging for the infarct-related coronary artery in Non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Patients with recent non–ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction commonly have heterogeneous characteristics that may be challenging to assess clinically. Methods and Results: We prospectively studied the diagnostic accuracy of 2 novel (
Ahmed, Nadeem +16 more
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Lyme Carditis and Inflammation-Driven Plaque Erosion Presenting as Sudden Cardiac Arrest [PDF]
Texas Heart Institute JournalLyme carditis represents a rare cardiac complication of Borrelia burgdorferi infection, often causing conduction disturbances but rarely causing malignant arrhythmias.
Marco Kaldas, MD +4 more
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Applied Sciences, 2021 In this paper, we applied a method for quantifying several left intraventricular hemodynamic parameters from 4D Flow data and its application in a proof-of-concept study in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) patients. In total, 12 healthy volunteers and 13 DCM
Pamela Franco +8 more
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Cardiac Functional Assessment by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Cardiology Discovery. The assessment of cardiac function using echocardiography has gained a strong foothold in clinical practice. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging harbors distinct advantages over echocardiography, as it is not affected by limitations of acoustic ...
Mengdi Jiang +3 more
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Advances in magnetic resonance imaging of the myocardial area at risk and salvage [PDF]
, 2016 No abstract ...
Berry, Colin, Mangion, Kenneth
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Comparison of T1 mapping techniques for ECV quantification. histological validation and reproducibility of ShMOLLI versus multibreath-hold T1 quantification equilibrium contrast CMR [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Myocardial extracellular volume (ECV) is elevated in fibrosis or infiltration and can be quantified by measuring the haematocrit with pre and post contrast T1 at sufficient contrast equilibrium.
A. S. Flett +9 more
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Application and feedback analysis of blending learning in CMR training [PDF]
Jichu yixue yu linchuang, 2020 Objective To explore the application form and value of blending learning mode in the teaching of cardiovascular magnetic resonance(CMR)training. Methods Combined with blending learning mode, a basic CMR training course was set up according to the ...
XU Jing, LU Min-jie
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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance phase contrast imaging [PDF]
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 2015 Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) phase contrast imaging has undergone a wide range of changes with the development and availability of improved calibration procedures, visualization tools, and analysis methods. This article provides a comprehensive review of the current state-of-the-art in CMR phase contrast imaging methodology, clinical ...
Nayak, Krishna S. +12 more
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Estimating prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction using personalized computational heart models [PDF]
, 2017 Biomechanical computational models have potential prognostic utility in patients after an acute ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). In a proof-of-concept study, we defined two groups (1) an acute STEMI group (n = 6, 83% male, age 54 ± 12 ...
Berry, Colin +5 more
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Magnetic resonance imaging of myocardial strain after acute ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction: a systematic review [PDF]
, 2017 The purpose of this systematic review is to provide a clinically relevant, disease-based perspective on myocardial strain imaging in patients with acute myocardial infarction or stable ischemic heart disease.
Auger, Daniel A. +4 more
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