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Three-dimensional assessment of coronary high-intensity plaques with T1-weighted cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging to predict periprocedural myocardial injury after elective percutaneous coronary intervention

Periprocedural myocardial injury (pMI) is a common complication of elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) that reduces some of the beneficial effects of coronary revascularization and impacts the ri...

Authors: Hayato Hosoda, Yasuhide Asaumi, Teruo Noguchi, Yoshiaki Morita, Yu Kataoka, Fumiyuki Otsuka, Kazuhiro Nakao, Masashi Fujino, Toshiyuki Nagai, Michikazu Nakai, Kunihiro Nishimura, Atsushi Kono, Yoshiaki Komori, Tomoya Hoshi, Akira Sato, Tomohiro Kawasaki…

Co-existing cerebrovascular atherosclerosis predicts subsequent vascular event: a multi-contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging study

It is still unknown that whether co-existing intracranial stenosis and extracranial carotid vulnerable plaques have higher predictive value for subsequent vascular events. This study aimed to determine the rel...

Authors: Jin Li, Dongye Li, Dandan Yang, Ran Huo, Xiaoyi Chen, Yilan Xu, Wei Dai, Dan Zhou and Xihai Zhao

Hyper-acute cardiovascular magnetic resonance T1 mapping predicts infarct characteristics in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction

Myocardial recovery after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction is variable and the extent and severity of injury are difficult to predict. We sought to investigate the role...

Authors: Mohammad Alkhalil, Alessandra Borlotti, Giovanni Luigi De Maria, Mathias Wolfrum, Sam Dawkins, Gregor Fahrni, Lisa Gaughran, Jeremy P. Langrish, Andrew Lucking, Vanessa M. Ferreira, Rajesh K. Kharbanda, Adrian P. Banning, Erica Dall’Armellina, Keith M. Channon and Robin P. Choudhury

Left ventricular function recovery in peripartum cardiomyopathy: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study by myocardial T1 and T2 mapping

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is rare and potentially life-threatening; its etiology remains unclear. Imaging characteristics on cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and their prognostic significance hav...

Authors: Yao-Dan Liang, Yuan-Wei Xu, Wei-Hao Li, Ke Wan, Jia-Yu Sun, Jia-Yi Lin, Qing Zhang, Xiao-Yue Zhou and Yu-Cheng Chen

Quantification of left atrial function in patients with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking imaging: a feasibility and reproducibility study

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and is associated with adverse outcomes in HCM patients. Although the left atrial (LA) diameter has consistently been...

Authors: Yingxia Yang, Gang Yin, Yong Jiang, Lei Song, Shihua Zhao and Minjie Lu

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: 2017/2018 in review

There were 89 articles published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (JCMR) in 2017, including 76 original research papers, 4 reviews, 5 technical notes, 1 guideline, and 3 corrections. The volume...

Authors: Warren J. Manning

Clinical practice of cardiovascular magnetic resonance: position statement of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

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Ferumoxytol-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance detection of early stage acute myocarditis

The diagnostic utility of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is limited during the early stages of myocarditis. This study examined whether ferumoxytol-enhanced CMR (FE-CMR) could detect an earlier stage ...

Authors: Yuko Tada, Atsushi Tachibana, Shahriar Heidary, Phillip C. Yang, Michael V. McConnell and Rajesh Dash

Long term CMR follow up of patients with right ventricular abnormality and clinically suspected arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC)

The Task Force Criteria (TFC) for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) was updated in 2010 to improve specificity. There was concern however that the revised cardiovascular magnetic resonance...

Authors: Giuseppe Femia, Christopher Semsarian, Mark McGuire, Raymond W. Sy and Rajesh Puranik

Comparison of different methods for the estimation of aortic pulse wave velocity from 4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Arterial pulse wave velocity (PWV) is associated with increased mortality in aging and disease. Several studies have shown the accuracy of applanation tonometry carotid-femoral PWV (Cf-PWV) and the relevance o...

Authors: Sophia Houriez--Gombaud-Saintonge, Elie Mousseaux, Ioannis Bargiotas, Alain De Cesare, Thomas Dietenbeck, Kevin Bouaou, Alban Redheuil, Gilles Soulat, Alain Giron, Umit Gencer, Damian Craiem, Emmanuel Messas, Emilie Bollache, Yasmina Chenoune and Nadjia Kachenoura

Quantification of blood flow in the fetus with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging using Doppler ultrasound gating: validation against metric optimized gating

Fetal cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is used clinically and for research, but has been previously limited due to lack of direct gating methods. A CMR-compatible Doppler ultrasound (DUS) gating...

Authors: Daniel Salehi, Liqun Sun, Katarina Steding-Ehrenborg, Sebastian Bidhult, Fabian Kording, Christian Ruprecht, Christopher K. Macgowan, Michael Seed, Anthony H. Aletras, Håkan Arheden and Erik Hedström

The relative contributions of myocardial perfusion, blood volume and extracellular volume to native T1 and native T2 at rest and during adenosine stress in normal physiology

Both ischemic and non-ischemic heart disease can cause disturbances in the myocardial blood volume (MBV), myocardial perfusion and the myocardial extracellular volume fraction (ECV). Recent studies suggest tha...

Authors: Jannike Nickander, Raquel Themudo, Simon Thalén, Andreas Sigfridsson, Hui Xue, Peter Kellman and Martin Ugander

T₂STIR preparation for single-shot cardiovascular magnetic resonance myocardial edema imaging

Myocardial edema in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is commonly imaged using dark-blood short tau inversion recovery turbo spin echo (STIR-TSE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). The technique is sensi...

Authors: Yanjie Zhu, Dan Yang, Lixian Zou, Yucheng Chen, Xin Liu and Yiu-Cho Chung

Free breathing three-dimensional cardiac quantitative susceptibility mapping for differential cardiac chamber blood oxygenation – initial validation in patients with cardiovascular disease inclusive of direct comparison to invasive catheterization

Differential blood oxygenation between left (LV) and right ventricles (RV; ΔSaO₂) is a key index of cardiac performance; LV dysfunction yields increased RV blood pool deoxygenation. Deoxyhemoglobin increases bloo...

Authors: Yan Wen, Jonathan W. Weinsaft, Thanh D. Nguyen, Zhe Liu, Evelyn M. Horn, Harsimran Singh, Jonathan Kochav, Sarah Eskreis-Winkler, Kofi Deh, Jiwon Kim, Martin R. Prince, Yi Wang and Pascal Spincemaille

The dynamics of extracellular gadolinium-based contrast agent excretion into pleural and pericardial effusions quantified by T1 mapping cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Excretion of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) extracellular gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCA) into pleural and pericardial effusions, sometimes referred to as vicarious excretion, has been describ...

Authors: Simon Thalén, Maren Maanja, Andreas Sigfridsson, Eva Maret, Peder Sörensson and Martin Ugander

Supine, prone, right and left gravitational effects on human pulmonary circulation

Body position can be optimized for pulmonary ventilation/perfusion matching during surgery and intensive care. However, positional effects upon distribution of pulmonary blood flow and vascular distensibility ...

Authors: Björn Wieslander, Joao Génio Ramos, Malin Ax, Johan Petersson and Martin Ugander

Repaired coarctation of the aorta, persistent arterial hypertension and the selfish brain

It has been estimated that 20–30% of repaired aortic coarctation (CoA) patients develop hypertension, with significant cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Vertebral artery hypoplasia (VAH) with an incomple...

Authors: Jonathan C. L. Rodrigues, Matthew F. R. Jaring, Melissa C. Werndle, Konstantina Mitrousi, Stephen M. Lyen, Angus K. Nightingale, Mark C. K. Hamilton, Stephanie L. Curtis, Nathan E. Manghat, Julian F. R. Paton and Emma C. Hart

Feasibility of real-time cine cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to predict the presence of significant retrosternal adhesions prior to redo-sternotomy

Injury to vital structures posterior to the sternum is a complication associated with redo sternotomy in congenital cardiac surgery. The goal of our study was a novel evaluation of real-time cine cardiovascula...

Authors: Riad Abou Zahr, Vasu Gooty, Animesh Tandon, Gerald Greil, Timothy Pirolli, Ryan Davies, Robert Jaquiss, Claudio Ramaciotti and Tarique Hussain

Surveillance of abdominal aortic aneurysm using accelerated 3D non-contrast black-blood cardiovascular magnetic resonance with compressed sensing (CS-DANTE-SPACE)

3D non-contrast high-resolution black-blood cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) (DANTE-SPACE) has been used for surveillance of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and validated against computed tomography (CT...

Authors: Chengcheng Zhu, Lizhen Cao, Zhaoying Wen, Sinyeob Ahn, Esther Raithel, Christoph Forman, Michael Hope and David Saloner

Accelerated aortic 4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance using compressed sensing: applicability, validation and clinical integration

Three-dimensional time-resolved phase-contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance (4D flow CMR) enables the quantification and visualisation of blood flow, but its clinical applicability remains hampered by its...

Authors: Elisabeth Neuhaus, Kilian Weiss, Rene Bastkowski, Jonas Koopmann, David Maintz and Daniel Giese

Fast self-navigated wall shear stress measurements in the murine aortic arch using radial 4D-phase contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance at 17.6 T

4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and the assessment of wall shear stress (WSS) are non-invasive tools to study cardiovascular risks in vivo. Major limitations of conventional triggered methods a...

Authors: Patrick Winter, Kristina Andelovic, Thomas Kampf, Fabian Tobias Gutjahr, Julius Heidenreich, Alma Zernecke, Wolfgang Rudolf Bauer, Peter Michael Jakob and Volker Herold

Decreased rotational flow and circumferential wall shear stress as early markers of descending aorta dilation in Marfan syndrome: a 4D flow CMR study

Diseases of the descending aorta have emerged as a clinical issue in Marfan syndrome following improvements in proximal aorta surgical treatment and the consequent increase in life expectancy. Although a role ...

Authors: A. Guala, G. Teixido-Tura, L. Dux-Santoy, C. Granato, A. Ruiz-Muñoz, F. Valente, L. Galian-Gay, L. Gutiérrez, T. González-Alujas, K. M. Johnson, O. Wieben, A. Sao Avilés, A. Evangelista and J. Rodriguez-Palomares

Improved co-registration of ex-vivo and in-vivo cardiovascular magnetic resonance images using heart-specific flexible 3D printed acrylic scaffold combined with non-rigid registration

Ex-vivo cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging has played an important role in the validation of in-vivo CMR characterization of pathological processes. However, comparison between in-vivo and ex-vivo...

Authors: John Whitaker, Radhouene Neji, Nicholas Byrne, Esther Puyol-Antón, Rahul K. Mukherjee, Steven E. Williams, Henry Chubb, Louisa O’Neill, Orod Razeghi, Adam Connolly, Kawal Rhode, Steven Niederer, Andrew King, Cory Tschabrunn, Elad Anter, Reza Nezafat…

Machine learning in cardiovascular magnetic resonance: basic concepts and applications

Machine learning (ML) is making a dramatic impact on cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in many ways. This review seeks to highlight the major areas in CMR where ML, and deep learning in particular, can a...

Authors: Tim Leiner, Daniel Rueckert, Avan Suinesiaputra, Bettina Baeßler, Reza Nezafat, Ivana Išgum and Alistair A. Young

Model-based myocardial T1 mapping with sparsity constraints using single-shot inversion-recovery radial FLASH cardiovascular magnetic resonance

This study develops a model-based myocardial T1 mapping technique with sparsity constraints which employs a single-shot inversion-recovery (IR) radial fast low angle shot (FLASH) cardiovascular magnetic resona...

Authors: Xiaoqing Wang, Florian Kohler, Christina Unterberg-Buchwald, Joachim Lotz, Jens Frahm and Martin Uecker

Assessment of the regional distribution of normalized circumferential strain in the thoracic and abdominal aorta using DENSE cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Displacement Encoding with Stimulated Echoes (DENSE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) of the aortic wall offers the potential to improve patient-specific diagnostics and prognostics of diverse aortopath...

Authors: John S. Wilson, W. Robert Taylor and John Oshinski

Quantification of lung water in heart failure using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

Pulmonary edema is a cardinal feature of heart failure but no quantitative tests are available in clinical practice. The goals of this study were to develop a simple cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) app...

Authors: Richard B. Thompson, Kelvin Chow, Joseph J. Pagano, Viktor Sekowski, Evangelos D. Michelakis, Wayne Tymchak, Mark J. Haykowsky, Justin A. Ezekowitz, Gavin Y. Oudit, Jason R. B. Dyck, Padma Kaul, Anamaria Savu and D. Ian Paterson

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance-guided right heart catheterization in a conventional CMR environment – predictors of procedure success and duration in pulmonary artery hypertension

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) is valuable for the investigation and management of pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH), but the direct measurement of pulmonary hemodynamics by right heart cath...

Authors: Daniel S. Knight, Tushar Kotecha, Ana Martinez-Naharro, James T. Brown, Michele Bertelli, Marianna Fontana, Vivek Muthurangu and J. Gerry Coghlan

Characterizing cardiac involvement in amyloidosis using cardiovascular magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging

In-vivo cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) allows imaging of alterations of cardiac fiber architecture in diseased hearts. Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) causes myocardial infiltr...

Authors: Alexander Gotschy, Constantin von Deuster, Robbert J. H. van Gorkum, Mareike Gastl, Ella Vintschger, Rahel Schwotzer, Andreas J. Flammer, Robert Manka, Christian T. Stoeck and Sebastian Kozerke

Dynamic quantitative nonenhanced magnetic resonance angiography of the abdominal aorta and lower extremities using cine fast interrupted steady-state in combination with arterial spin labeling: a feasibility study

Cine fast interrupted steady-state in combination with arterial spin labeling is a recently described nonenhanced magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) technique that relies on bolus tracking for time-resolved ...

Authors: Emily A. Aherne, Ioannis Koktzoglou, Benjamin B. Lind and Robert R. Edelman

Multiparametric cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in acute myocarditis: a comparison of different measurement approaches

Myocardial T1 and T2 mapping are reliable diagnostic markers for the detection and follow up of acute myocarditis. The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of current mapping measurement...

Authors: Darius Dabir, Thomas M. Vollbrecht, Julian A. Luetkens, Daniel L. R. Kuetting, Alexander Isaak, Andreas Feisst, Rolf Fimmers, Alois M. Sprinkart, Hans H. Schild and Daniel Thomas

Prognostic value of novel imaging parameters derived from standard cardiovascular magnetic resonance in high risk patients with systemic light chain amyloidosis

The differentiated assessment of functional parameters besides morphological changes is essential for the evaluation of prognosis in systemic immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis.

Authors: Nisha Arenja, Florian Andre, Johannes H. Riffel, Fabian aus dem Siepen, Ute Hegenbart, Stefan Schönland, Arnt V. Kristen, Hugo A. Katus and Sebastian J. Buss

Genetic variants of HIF1α are associated with right ventricular fibrotic load in repaired tetralogy of Fallot patients: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study

Studies suggest that right ventricular (RV) fibrosis is associated with RV remodeling and long-term outcomes in patients with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). Pre-operative hypoxia may increase expression of hypoxia...

Authors: Thanh T. Hoang, Paulo Henrique Manso, Sharon Edman, Laura Mercer-Rosa, Laura E. Mitchell, Anshuman Sewda, Michael D. Swartz, Mark A. Fogel, A. J. Agopian and Elizabeth Goldmuntz

The amount of late gadolinium enhancement outperforms current guideline-recommended criteria in the identification of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at risk of sudden cardiac death

Identifying the patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in whom the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) justifies the implantation of a cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in primary prevention remains cha...

Authors: Pedro Freitas, António Miguel Ferreira, Edmundo Arteaga-Fernández, Murrilo de Oliveira Antunes, João Mesquita, João Abecasis, Hugo Marques, Carla Saraiva, Daniel Nascimento Matos, Rita Rodrigues, Nuno Cardim, Charles Mady and Carlos Eduardo Rochitte

Neural-network classification of cardiac disease from ³¹P cardiovascular magnetic resonance spectroscopy measures of creatine kinase energy metabolism

The heart’s energy demand per gram of tissue is the body’s highest and creatine kinase (CK) metabolism, its primary energy reserve, is compromised in common heart diseases. Here, neural-network analysis is use...

Authors: Meiyappan Solaiyappan, Robert G. Weiss and Paul A. Bottomley

mDixon ECG-gated 3-dimensional cardiovascular magnetic resonance angiography in patients with congenital cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) angiography (CMRA) is an important non-invasive imaging tool for congenital heart disease (CHD) and aortopathy patients. The conventional 3D balanced steady-state free p...

Authors: Soultana Kourtidou, Marty R. Jones, Ryan A. Moore, Justin T. Tretter, Nicholas J. Ollberding, Eric J. Crotty, Mantosh S. Rattan, Robert J. Fleck and Michael D. Taylor

Echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance based evaluation of myocardial strain and relationship with late gadolinium enhancement

We sought to: (1) determine the agreement in cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) derived strain measurements, (2) compare their reproducibility, (3) determine wh...

Authors: Jennifer Erley, Davide Genovese, Natalie Tapaskar, Nazia Alvi, Nina Rashedi, Stephanie A. Besser, Keigo Kawaji, Neha Goyal, Sebastian Kelle, Roberto M. Lang, Victor Mor-Avi and Amit R. Patel

High-energy external defibrillation and transcutaneous pacing during MRI: feasibility and safety

Rapid application of external defibrillation, a crucial first-line therapy for ventricular fibrillation and cardiac arrest, is currently unavailable in the setting of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), raising ...

Authors: Vladimir Shusterman, Denice Hodgson-Zingman, Daniel Thedens, Xiaodong Zhu, Stacy Hoffman, Jessica C. Sieren, Gina M. Morgan, Anthony Faranesh and Barry London

Loss of base-to-apex circumferential strain gradient assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance in Fabry disease: relationship to T1 mapping, late gadolinium enhancement and hypertrophy

Cardiac involvement is common and is the leading cause of mortality in Fabry disease (FD). We explored the association between cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) myocardial strain, T1 mapping, late gadoli...

Authors: Shobhit Mathur, John G. Dreisbach, Gauri R. Karur, Robert M. Iwanochko, Chantal F. Morel, Syed Wasim, Elsie T. Nguyen, Bernd J. Wintersperger and Kate Hanneman

Cardiac MRI improves cardiovascular risk stratification in hazardous occupations

The benefit of cardiovascular magnetic resonance Imaging (CMR) in assessing occupational risk is unknown. Pilots undergo frequent medical assessment for occult disease, which threatens incapacitation or distra...

Authors: David A. Holdsworth, Iain T. Parsons, Rebecca Chamley, Joseph Britton, Christopher Pavitt, A. John Baksi, Stefan Neubauer, Joanna d’Arcy and Edward D. Nicol

Clinical value of dark-blood late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance without additional magnetization preparation

For two decades, bright-blood late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has been considered the reference standard for the non-invasive assessment of myocardial viability. While...

Authors: Robert J. Holtackers, Caroline M. Van De Heyning, Muhummad Sohaib Nazir, Imran Rashid, Ioannis Ntalas, Haseeb Rahman, René M. Botnar and Amedeo Chiribiri

Stress increases intracardiac 4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance -derived energetics and vorticity and relates to VO₂max in Fontan patients

We hypothesize that dobutamine-induced stress impacts intracardiac hemodynamic parameters and that this may be linked to decreased exercise capacity in Fontan patients. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to...

Authors: Vivian P. Kamphuis, Mohammed S. M. Elbaz, Pieter J. van den Boogaard, Lucia J. M. Kroft, Hildo J. Lamb, Mark G. Hazekamp, Monique R. M. Jongbloed, Nico A. Blom, Willem A. Helbing, Arno A. W. Roest and Jos J. M. Westenberg

Multipoint 5D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance - accelerated cardiac- and respiratory-motion resolved mapping of mean and turbulent velocities

Volumetric quantification of mean and fluctuating velocity components of transient and turbulent flows promises a comprehensive characterization of valvular and aortic flow characteristics. Data acquisition us...

Authors: Jonas Walheim, Hannes Dillinger and Sebastian Kozerke

Right ventricular shape and function: cardiovascular magnetic resonance reference morphology and biventricular risk factor morphometrics in UK Biobank

The associations between cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and the biventricular geometry of the right ventricle (RV) and left ventricle (LV) have been difficult to assess, due to subtle and complex sh...

Authors: Charlène Mauger, Kathleen Gilbert, Aaron M. Lee, Mihir M. Sanghvi, Nay Aung, Kenneth Fung, Valentina Carapella, Stefan K. Piechnik, Stefan Neubauer, Steffen E. Petersen, Avan Suinesiaputra and Alistair A. Young

Diagnostic performance of cardiovascular magnetic resonance native T1 and T2 mapping in pediatric patients with acute myocarditis

Multiple studies in adult patients suggest that tissue mapping performed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has excellent diagnostic accuracy in acute myocarditis, however, these techniques have not be...

Authors: Matthew D. Cornicelli, Cynthia K. Rigsby, Karen Rychlik, Elfriede Pahl and Joshua D. Robinson

Increased extracellular volume in the liver of pediatric Fontan patients

Patients with single ventricle physiology are at increased risk for developing liver fibrosis. Its extent and prevalence in children with bidirectional cavopulmonary connection (BCPC) and Fontan circulation ar...

Authors: Charlotte de Lange, Marjolein J. E. Reichert, Joseph J. Pagano, Mike Seed, Shi-Joon Yoo, Craig S. Broberg, Christopher Z. Lam and Lars Grosse-Wortmann

Noncontrast free-breathing respiratory self-navigated coronary artery cardiovascular magnetic resonance angiography at 3 T using lipid insensitive binomial off-resonant excitation (LIBRE)

Robust and homogeneous lipid suppression is mandatory for coronary artery cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging since the coronary arteries are commonly embedded in epicardial fat. However, effective...

Authors: Jessica A. M. Bastiaansen, Ruud B. van Heeswijk, Matthias Stuber and Davide Piccini

Diffusion weighted cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging for discriminating acute from non-acute deep venous Thrombus

The importance of discriminating acute from non-acute thrombus is highlighted. The study aims to investigate the feasibility of readout-segmented diffusion weighted (DW) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)...

Authors: Gang Wu, John Morelli, Yan Xiong, Xuanlin Liu and Xiaoming Li

Size of carotid artery intraplaque hemorrhage and acute ischemic stroke: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance Chinese atherosclerosis risk evaluation study

To determine the usefulness of the size of carotid artery intraplaque hemorrhage (IPH) in discriminating the risk of acute ischemic stroke using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) vessel wall imaging.

Authors: Yang Liu, Maoxue Wang, Bing Zhang, Wei Wang, Yun Xu, Yongjun Han, Chun Yuan and Xihai Zhao

Resolving the natural myocardial remodelling brought upon by cardiac contraction; a porcine ex-vivo cardiovascular magnetic resonance study of the left and right ventricle

The three-dimensional rearrangement of the right ventricular (RV) myocardium during cardiac deformation is unknown. Previous in-vivo studies have shown that myocardial left ventricular (LV) deformation is driv...

Authors: Camilla Omann, Peter Agger, Nikolaj Bøgh, Christoffer Laustsen, Steffen Ringgaard, Robert S. Stephenson, Robert H. Anderson, Vibeke E. Hjortdal and Morten Smerup