Articles

In Memoriam, Nathaniel M. Reichek, MD, 1941–2021

Authors: Christopher M. Kramer and Victor Ferrari

Global, segmental and layer specific analysis of myocardial involvement in Duchenne muscular dystrophy by cardiovascular magnetic resonance native T1 mapping

Progressive cardiomyopathy accounts for almost all mortality among Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients.‍ Thus, our aim was to comprehensively characterize myocardial involvement by investigating the het...

Authors: Ke Xu, Hua-yan Xu, Rong Xu, Lin-jun Xie, Zhi-gang Yang, Li Yu, Bin Zhou, Hang Fu, Hui Liu, Xiao-tang Cai and Ying-kun Guo

Incremental value of left atrial booster and reservoir strain in predicting atrial fibrillation in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study

Left atrial (LA) size and function are known predictors of new onset atrial fibrillation (AF) in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients. Components of LA deformation including reservoir, conduit, and boost...

Authors: Betty Raman, Robert W. Smillie, Masliza Mahmod, Kenneth Chan, Rina Ariga, Chrysovalantou Nikolaidou, Elizabeth Ormondroyd, Kate Thomson, Andrew R. Harper, Gifford Tan, Adam J. Lewandowski, Fernando Rodriguez Bajo, Eleanor C. Wicks, Barbara Casadei, Hugh Watkins and Stefan Neubauer

Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2020 Case of the Week series

The Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) is an international society focused on the research, education, and clinical application of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). Case of the week is...

Authors: Jason N. Johnson, Jason G. Mandell, Adam Christopher, Laura J. Olivieri, Yue-Hin Loke, Michael J. Campbell, Steve Darty, Han W. Kim, Daniel E. Clark, Benjamin P. Frischhertz, Frank A. Fish, Alison L. Bailey, Michael B. Mikolaj, Sean G. Hughes, Afiachukwu Oneugbu, Jina Chung…

Mitral valve prolapse morphofunctional features by cardiovascular magnetic resonance: more than just a valvular disease

Mitral valve (MV) prolapse (MVP) is a primary valvular abnormality. We hypothesized that additionally there are concomitant abnormalities of the left ventricle (LV) and MV apparatus in this entity even in the ...

Authors: Angélica Romero Daza, Aalap Chokshi, Patricia Pardo, Nicolas Maneiro, Ana Guijarro Contreras, Jose M. Larrañaga-Moreira, Borja Ibañez, Valentin Fuster, Leticia Fernández Friera, Jorge Solís and Javier Sanz

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance evaluation of soldiers after recovery from symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case–control study of cardiovascular post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (CV PASC)

Myocarditis is a potential complication after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and a known cause of sudden cardiac death. Given the athletic demands of soldiers, identific...

Authors: Daniel E. Clark, Jeffrey M. Dendy, Dan L. Li, Kimberly Crum, Debra Dixon, Kristen George-Durrett, Amar P. Parikh, Jean W. Wassenaar, Sean G. Hughes and Jonathan H. Soslow

Right-left ventricular shape variations in tetralogy of Fallot: associations with pulmonary regurgitation

Relationships between right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular (LV) shape and function may be useful in determining optimal timing for pulmonary valve replacement in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fall...

Authors: Charlène A. Mauger, Sachin Govil, Radomir Chabiniok, Kathleen Gilbert, Sanjeet Hegde, Tarique Hussain, Andrew D. McCulloch, Christopher J. Occleshaw, Jeffrey Omens, James C. Perry, Kuberan Pushparajah, Avan Suinesiaputra, Liang Zhong and Alistair A. Young

Quantification of myocardial hemorrhage using T2* cardiovascular magnetic resonance at 1.5T with ex-vivo validation

T2* cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is commonly used in the diagnosis of intramyocardial hemorrhage (IMH). For quantifying IMH with T2* CMR, despite the lack of consensus studies, two different methods...

Authors: Yinyin Chen, Daoyuan Ren, Xingmin Guan, Hsin-Jung Yang, Ting Liu, Richard Tang, Hao Ho, Hang Jin, Mengsu Zeng and Rohan Dharmakumar

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging of functional and microstructural changes of the heart in a longitudinal pig model of acute to chronic myocardial infarction

We examined the dynamic response of the myocardium to infarction in a longitudinal porcine study using relaxometry, functional as well as diffusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). We sought to compare...

Authors: Christian T. Stoeck, Constantin von Deuster, Maximilian Fuetterer, Malgorzata Polacin, Conny F. Waschkies, Robbert J. H. van Gorkum, Mareike Kron, Thea Fleischmann, Nikola Cesarovic, Miriam Weisskopf and Sebastian Kozerke

Myocardial extracellular volume by T1 mapping: a new marker of arrhythmia in mitral valve prolapse

We aimed to evaluate the relationship between mitral annular disjunction (MAD) severity and myocardial interstitial fibrosis at the left ventricular (LV) base in patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP), and ...

Authors: Anna Giulia Pavon, Dimitri Arangalage, Patrizio Pascale, Sarah Hugelshofer, Tobias Rutz, Alessandra Pia Porretta, Mathieu Le Bloa, Olivier Muller, Etienne Pruvot, Juerg Schwitter and Pierre Monney

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance findings in young adult patients with acute myocarditis following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination: a case series

Messenger RNA (mRNA) coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine are known to cause minor side effects at the injection site and mild global systemic symptoms in first 24–48 h. Recently published case serie...

Authors: Yash R. Patel, David W. Louis, Michael Atalay, Saurabh Agarwal and Nishant R. Shah

Altered hemodynamics by 4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance predict exercise intolerance in repaired coarctation of the aorta: an in vitro study

Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is associated with decreased exercise capacity despite successful repair. Altered flow patterns have been identified due to abnormal aortic arch geometry. Our previous work demon...

Authors: Jason G. Mandell, Yue-Hin Loke, Paige N. Mass, Vincent Cleveland, Marc Delaney, Justin Opfermann, Seda Aslan, Axel Krieger, Narutoshi Hibino and Laura J. Olivieri

Prevalence of abnormal cardiovascular magnetic resonance findings in recovered patients from COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The prevalence of abnormal cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) findings in recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients is unclear. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of abnormal CMR ...

Authors: Jin Young Kim, Kyunghwa Han and Young Joo Suh

Moving beyond size: vorticity and energy loss are correlated with right ventricular dysfunction and exercise intolerance in repaired Tetralogy of Fallot

The global effect of chronic pulmonary regurgitation (PR) on right ventricular (RV) dilation and dysfunction in repaired Tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF) patients is well studied by cardiovascular magnetic resonance...

Authors: Yue-Hin Loke, Francesco Capuano, Vincent Cleveland, Jason G. Mandell, Elias Balaras and Laura J. Olivieri

Prognostic value of resting coronary sinus flow determined by phase-contrast cine cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease

Phase-contrast cine cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) of the coronary sinus has emerged as a non-invasive method to measure coronary sinus blood flow (CSBF) and coronary flow reserve (CFR). We aimed to c...

Authors: Shingo Kato, Kazuki Fukui, Sho Kodama, Mai Azuma, Naoki Nakayama, Tae Iwasawa, Kazuo Kimura, Kouichi Tamura and Daisuke Utsunomiya

Dark-blood late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance for improved detection of subendocardial scar: a review of current techniques

For almost 20 years, late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has been the reference standard for the non-invasive assessment of myocardial viability. Since the blood pool ofte...

Authors: Robert J. Holtackers, Caroline M. Van De Heyning, Amedeo Chiribiri, Joachim E. Wildberger, René M. Botnar and M. Eline Kooi

Fick versus flow: a real-time invasive cardiovascular magnetic resonance (iCMR) reproducibility study

Cardiac catheterization and cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging have distinct diagnostic roles in the congenital heart disease (CHD) population. Invasive CMR (iCMR) allows for a more thorough asses...

Authors: Yousef Arar, Tarique Hussain, Riad Abou Zahr, Vasu Gooty, Joshua S. Greer, Rong Huang, Jennifer Hernandez, Jamie King, Gerald Greil and Surendranath R. Veeram Reddy

Free-breathing non-contrast flow-independent cardiovascular magnetic resonance angiography using cardiac gated, magnetization-prepared 3D Dixon method: assessment of thoracic vasculature in congenital heart disease

To evaluate a non-contrast respiratory- and electrocardiogram-gated 3D cardiovascular magnetic resonance angiography (CMRA) based on magnetization-prepared Dixon method (relaxation-enhanced angiography without...

Authors: Alexander Isaak, Julian A. Luetkens, Anton Faron, Christoph Endler, Narine Mesropyan, Christoph Katemann, Shuo Zhang, Patrick Kupczyk, Daniel Kuetting, Ulrike Attenberger and Darius Dabir

Assessment of intramyocardial hemorrhage with dark-blood T2*-weighted cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Intramyocardial hemorrhage (IMH) within myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with major adverse cardiovascular events. Bright-blood T2*-based cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has emerged as the refe...

Authors: Xingmin Guan, Yinyin Chen, Hsin-Jung Yang, Xinheng Zhang, Daoyuan Ren, Jane Sykes, John Butler, Hui Han, Mengsu Zeng, Frank S. Prato and Rohan Dharmakumar

Radial self-navigated native magnetic resonance angiography in comparison to navigator-gated contrast-enhanced MRA of the entire thoracic aorta in an aortic patient collective

The native balanced steady state with free precession (bSSFP) magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) technique has been shown to provide high diagnostic image quality for thoracic aortic disease. This study comp...

Authors: Martina Correa Londono, Nino Trussardi, Verena C. Obmann, Davide Piccini, Michael Ith, Hendrik von Tengg-Kobligk and Bernd Jung

Multi-parametric assessment of left ventricular hypertrophy using late gadolinium enhancement, T1 mapping and strain-encoded cardiovascular magnetic resonance

To evaluate the ability of single heartbeat fast-strain encoded (SENC) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) derived myocardial strain to discriminate between different forms of left ventricular (LV) hypertr...

Authors: Sorin Giusca, Henning Steen, Moritz Montenbruck, Amit R. Patel, Burkert Pieske, Jennifer Erley, Sebastian Kelle and Grigorios Korosoglou

Left ventricular noncompaction in pediatric population: could cardiovascular magnetic resonance derived fractal analysis aid diagnosis?

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) derived fractal analysis of the left ventricle (LV) has been shown in adults to be a useful quantitative measure of trabeculation with high reproducibility and accuracy ...

Authors: Sylvia Krupickova, Suzan Hatipoglu, Giovanni DiSalvo, Inga Voges, Daniel Redfearn, Sandrine Foldvari, Christian Eichhorn, Sian Chivers, Filippo Puricelli, Grazia Delle-Donne, Courtney Barth, Dudley J. Pennell, Sanjay K. Prasad and Piers E. F. Daubeney

Quantification of regurgitation in mitral valve prolapse with four-dimensional flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Four-dimensional cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) flow assessment (4D flow) allows to derive volumetric quantitative parameters in mitral regurgitation (MR) using retrospective valve tracking. However, ...

Authors: Ricardo A. Spampinato, Cosima Jahnke, Gerard Crelier, Frank Lindemann, Florian Fahr, Monika Czaja-Ziolkowska, Franz Sieg, Elfriede Strotdrees, Gerhard Hindricks, Michael A. Borger and Ingo Paetsch

The association of reduced left ventricular strains with increased extracellular volume and their collective impact on clinical outcomes

Myocardial fibrosis and left ventricular (LV) longitudinal strain are independently associated with adverse clinical outcomes. However, the relationship between tissue properties and strain indices as well as ...

Authors: Chunna Jin, Jonathan Weber, Harsimar Singh, Kathleen Gliganic and J. Jane Cao

Prognostic value of vasodilator stress perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance after inconclusive stress testing

While current guidelines recommend noninvasive testing to detect coronary artery disease, stress tests are deemed inconclusive in a quarter of cases. The strategy for risk stratification after inconclusive str...

Authors: Théo Pezel, Thierry Unterseeh, Philippe Garot, Thomas Hovasse, Marine Kinnel, Stéphane Champagne, Solenn Toupin, Francesca Sanguineti and Jérôme Garot

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in children after recovery from symptomatic COVID-19 or MIS-C: a prospective study

Cardiac evaluations, including cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging and biomarker results, are needed in children during mid-term recovery after infection with SARS-CoV-2. The incidence of CMR abnor...

Authors: Gregory Webster, Ami B. Patel, Michael R. Carr, Cynthia K. Rigsby, Karen Rychlik, Anne H. Rowley and Joshua D. Robinson

Role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the prognosis of patients with myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries

It is estimated that 5% to 10% of patients with myocardial infarction (MI) present with no obstructive coronary artery lesions. Until now, most studies have focused on acute coronary syndrome, including differ...

Authors: Nuria Vicente-Ibarra, Eloisa Feliu, Vicente Bertomeu-Martínez, Pedro Cano-Vivar, Pilar Carrillo-Sáez, Pedro Morillas and Juan Miguel Ruiz-Nodar

Blood flow dynamics with four-dimensional flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with aortic stenosis before and after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Pre- and post-procedural hemodynamic changes which could affect adverse outcomes in aortic stenosis (AS) patients who undergo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) have not been well investigated. Four...

Authors: Hirokazu Komoriyama, Kiwamu Kamiya, Toshiyuki Nagai, Noriko Oyama-Manabe, Satonori Tsuneta, Yuta Kobayashi, Yoshiya Kato, Miwa Sarashina, Kazunori Omote, Takao Konishi, Takuma Sato, Shingo Tsujinaga, Hiroyuki Iwano, Yasushige Shingu, Satoru Wakasa and Toshihisa Anzai

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance for the detection of descending thoracic aorta calcification in patients with end-stage renal disease

Vascular calcification is an independent predictor of cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease. Computed tomography (CT) is the gold-standard for detecting vascular calcification. Radial ...

Authors: Elbert Edy, Alastair J. Rankin, Jennifer S. Lees, Pauline Hall Barrientos, Rosemary Woodward, Sokratis Stoumpos, Ioannis Koktzoglou, Robert R. Edelman, Aleksandra Radjenovic, Patrick B. Mark and Giles H. Roditi

The impact of Wilson disease on myocardial tissue and function: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study

Systemic effects of altered serum copper processing in Wilson Disease (WD) might induce myocardial copper deposition and consequently myocardial dysfunction and structural remodeling. This study sought to inve...

Authors: Janek Salatzki, Isabelle Mohr, Jannick Heins, Mert H. Cerci, Andreas Ochs, Oliver Paul, Johannes Riffel, Florian André, Kristóf Hirschberg, Matthias Müller-Hennessen, Evangelos Giannitsis, Matthias G. Friedrich, Uta Merle, Karl Heinz Weiss, Hugo A. Katus and Marco Ochs

Prognostic value of perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance with adenosine triphosphate stress in stable coronary artery disease

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) has been predominantly used in the Asia–Pacific region for stress perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). We evaluated the prognosis of patients stressed using ATP, for ...

Authors: Ming-Yen Ng, Chi Yeung Chin, Pui Min Yap, Eric Yuk Fai Wan, JoJo Siu Han Hai, Stephen Cheung, Hung Fat Tse, Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, Dudley John Pennell and Kai-Hang Yiu

Longitudinal changes in extent of late gadolinium enhancement in repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: a retrospective analysis of serial CMRs

Right ventricular (RV) late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) occurs due to surgical scarring and RV remodeling, and has been shown to be associated with clinical outcomes in Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). However, it ...

Authors: Kwannapas Saengsin, Minmin Lu, Lynn Sleeper, Tal Geva and Ashwin Prakash

Use of quantitative cardiovascular magnetic resonance myocardial perfusion mapping for characterization of ischemia in patients with left internal mammary coronary artery bypass grafts

Quantitative myocardial perfusion mapping using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is validated for myocardial blood flow (MBF) estimation in native vessel coronary artery disease (CAD). Following coronar...

Authors: Andreas Seraphim, Kristopher D. Knott, Anne-Marie Beirne, Joao B. Augusto, Katia Menacho, Jessica Artico, George Joy, Rebecca Hughes, Anish N. Bhuva, Ryo Torii, Hui Xue, Thomas A. Treibel, Rhodri Davies, James C. Moon, Daniel A. Jones, Peter Kellman…

Right ventricular insertion site fibrosis in a dilated cardiomyopathy referral population: phenotypic associations and value for the prediction of heart failure admission or death

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is increasingly recognized as a heterogenous disease with distinct phenotypes on late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging. While mid-wall s...

Authors: Yoko Mikami, Aidan Cornhill, Steven Dykstra, Alessandro Satriano, Reis Hansen, Jacqueline Flewitt, Michelle Seib, Sandra Rivest, Rosa Sandonato, Carmen P. Lydell, Andrew G. Howarth, Bobak Heydari, Naeem Merchant, Nowell Fine and James A. White

Ultrahigh-field cardiovascular magnetic resonance T1 and T2 mapping for the assessment of anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity in rat models: validation against histopathologic changes

Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity is a well-recognized adverse effect of chemotherapy. Quantitative T1-mapping cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is useful for detecting subclinical myocardial changes i...

Authors: Heae Surng Park, Yoo Jin Hong, Kyunghwa Han, Pan Ki Kim, Eunkyung An, Ji Yeon Lee, Chul Hwan Park, Hye-Jeong Lee, Jin Hur, Young Jin Kim and Byoung Wook Choi

Regional adiposity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and left ventricular strain: an analysis from the Dallas Heart Study

Low cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), high body mass index, and excess visceral adiposity are each associated with impairment in left ventricular (LV) peak circumferential strain (E_cc), an intermediate phenotype t...

Authors: Nitin Kondamudi, Neela Thangada, Kershaw V. Patel, Colby Ayers, Alvin Chandra, Jarret D. Berry, Ian J. Neeland and Ambarish Pandey

Identification of high risk clinical and imaging features for intracranial artery dissection using high-resolution cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Intracranial artery dissection (IAD) often causes headache and cerebral vascular ischemic events. The imaging characteristics of IAD remain unclear. This study aims to characterize the appearance of culprit an...

Authors: Zhang Shi, Xia Tian, Bing Tian, Zakaria Meddings, Xuefeng Zhang, Jing Li, David Saloner, Qi Liu, Zhongzhao Teng and Jianping Lu

Myocardial iron overload by cardiovascular magnetic resonance native segmental T1 mapping: a sensitive approach that correlates with cardiac complications

We compared cardiovascular magnetic resonance segmental native T1 against T2* values for the detection of myocardial iron overload (MIO) in thalassaemia major and we evaluated the clinical correlates of native...

Authors: Antonella Meloni, Nicola Martini, Vincenzo Positano, Antonio De Luca, Laura Pistoia, Sara Sbragi, Anna Spasiano, Tommaso Casini, Pier Paolo Bitti, Massimo Allò, Paola Maria Grazia Sanna, Raffaele De Caterina, Gianfranco Sinagra and Alessia Pepe

Demographic, multi-morbidity and genetic impact on myocardial involvement and its recovery from COVID-19: protocol design of COVID-HEART—a UK, multicentre, observational study

Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is primarily a respiratory illness, myocardial injury is increasingly reported and associated with adverse outcomes. However, the pathophysiology, extent of myocard...

Authors: Miroslawa Gorecka, Gerry P. McCann, Colin Berry, Vanessa M. Ferreira, James C. Moon, Christopher A. Miller, Amedeo Chiribiri, Sanjay Prasad, Marc R. Dweck, Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, Dana Dawson, Marianna Fontana, Peter W. Macfarlane, Alex McConnachie, Stefan Neubauer and John P. Greenwood

First-phase ejection fraction by cardiovascular magnetic resonance predicts outcomes in aortic stenosis

First-phase ejection fraction (EF1; the ejection fraction measured during active systole up to the time of maximal aortic flow) measured by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is a powerful predictor of outco...

Authors: Haotian Gu, Rong Bing, Calvin Chin, Lingyun Fang, Audrey C. White, Russell Everett, Nick Spath, Eunsoo Park, John B. Chambers, David E. Newby, Amedeo Chiribiri, Marc R. Dweck and Phil Chowienczyk

Prognostic value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance left ventricular volumetry and geometry in patients receiving an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Current indications for implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation for sudden cardiac death prevention rely primarily on left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (LVEF). Currently, two different ...

Authors: Camila M. Urzua Fresno, Luciano Folador, Tamar Shalmon, Faisal Mhd. Dib Hamad, Sheldon M. Singh, Gauri R. Karur, Nigel S. Tan, Iqwal Mangat, Anish Kirpalani, Binita Riya Chacko, Laura Jimenez-Juan, Andrew T. Yan and Djeven P. Deva

T2-mapping increase is the prevalent imaging biomarker of myocardial involvement in active COVID-19: a Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance study

Early detection of myocardial involvement can be relevant in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients to timely target symptomatic treatment and decrease the occurrence of the cardiac sequelae of the infec...

Authors: Nicola Galea, Livia Marchitelli, Giacomo Pambianchi, Federica Catapano, Giulia Cundari, Lucia Ilaria Birtolo, Viviana Maestrini, Massimo Mancone, Francesco Fedele, Carlo Catalano and Marco Francone

Cardiac biomarkers in chronic kidney disease are independently associated with myocardial edema and diffuse fibrosis by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

High sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) and NT-pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro BNP) are often elevated in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and associated with both cardiovascular remodeling and outcome...

Authors: Luca Arcari, Juergen Engel, Tilo Freiwald, Hui Zhou, Hafisyatul Zainal, Monika Gawor, Stefan Buettner, Helmut Geiger, Ingeborg Hauser, Eike Nagel and Valentina O. Puntmann

The implications of magnetic resonance angiography artifacts caused by different types of intracranial flow diverters

Serial cerebral angiographic imaging is necessary to ensure cerebral aneurysm occlusion after flow diverter placement. Time-of-flight (TOF)-magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is used for this purpose due to...

Authors: Batur Halitcan, Sayin Bige, Balci Sinan, Akmangit Ilkay, Daglioglu Ergun, Alagoz Fatih and Arat Anil

Patients who do not fulfill criteria for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy but have unexplained giant T-wave inversion: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance mid-term follow-up study

Patients who have unexplained giant T-wave inversions but do not meet criteria for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) (left ventricular (LV) wall thickness < 1.5 cm) demonstrate LV apical morphological feature...

Authors: Shuang Li, Jian He, Jing Xu, Baiyan Zhuang, Bailing Wu, Bingqi Wei, Jinghan Huang, Gang Yin, Xiuyu Chen, Zhenhui Zhu, Hao Wang, Shihua Zhao and Minjie Lu

Pulmonary arterial banding in mice may be a suitable model for studies on ventricular mechanics in pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension

The role of interventricular mechanics in pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and its relation to right ventricular (RV) dysfunction has been largely overlooked. Here, we characterize the impact of...

Authors: Melanie J. Dufva, Mario Boehm, Kenzo Ichimura, Uyen Truong, Xulei Qin, Jennifer Tabakh, Kendall S. Hunter, Dunbar Ivy, Edda Spiekerkoetter and Vitaly O. Kheyfets

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance detects microvascular dysfunction in a mouse model of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) related myocardial vascular remodelling may lead to the reduction of myocardial blood supply and a subsequent progressive loss of cardiac function. This process has been diffi...

Authors: Min-Chi Ku, Frank Kober, Yi-Ching Lai, Andreas Pohlmann, Fatimunnisa Qadri, Michael Bader, Lucie Carrier and Thoralf Niendorf

2D cine vs. 3D self-navigated free-breathing high-resolution whole heart cardiovascular magnetic resonance for aortic root measurements in congenital heart disease

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is considered the method of choice for evaluation of aortic root dilatation in congenital heart disease. Usually, a cross-sectional 2D cine stack is acquired perpendicul...

Authors: Clément Nussbaumer, Judith Bouchardy, Coralie Blanche, Davide Piccini, Anna-Giulia Pavon, Pierre Monney, Matthias Stuber, Jürg Schwitter and Tobias Rutz

Serial T1 mapping of right ventricle in pulmonary hypertension: comparison with histology in an animal study

Right ventricular (RV) free wall fibrosis is an important component of adverse remodeling with RV dysfunction in pulmonary hypertension (PH). However, no previous reports have compared cardiovascular magnetic ...

Authors: Pan Ki Kim, Yoo Jin Hong, Hyo Sub Shim, Dong Jin Im, Young Joo Suh, Kye Ho Lee, Jin Hur, Young Jin Kim, Byoung Wook Choi and Hye-Jeong Lee

3D whole-heart grey-blood late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

To develop a free-breathing whole-heart isotropic-resolution 3D late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) sequence with Dixon-encoding, which provides co-registered 3D grey-blood phase-sensitive inversion-recovery (PS...

Authors: Giorgia Milotta, Camila Munoz, Karl P. Kunze, Radhouene Neji, Stefano Figliozzi, Amedeo Chiribiri, Reza Hajhosseiny, Pier Giorgio Masci, Claudia Prieto and René M. Botnar