Articles

Myocardial first-pass perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance: history, theory, and current state of the art

In less than two decades, first-pass perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has undergone a wide range of changes with the development and availability of improved hardware, software, and contrast a...

Authors: Bernhard L Gerber, Subha V Raman, Krishna Nayak, Frederick H Epstein, Pedro Ferreira, Leon Axel and Dara L Kraitchman

Quantitative characterization of myocardial infarction by cardiovascular magnetic resonance predicts future cardiovascular events in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) can provide quantitative data of the myocardial tissue utilizing high spatial and temporal resolution along with exquisite tissue contrast. Previous studies have correla...

Authors: Hajime Yokota, Shahriar Heidary, Chandra K Katikireddy, Patricia Nguyen, John M Pauly, Michael V McConnell and Phillip C Yang

Mapping of mitral regurgitant defects by cardiovascular magnetic resonance in moderate or severe mitral regurgitation secondary to mitral valve prolapse

In mitral valve prolapse, determining whether the valve is suitable for surgical repair depends on the location and mechanism of regurgitation. We assessed whether cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) could...

Authors: Ruvin S Gabriel, Andrew J Kerr, Owen C Raffel, Ralph A Stewart, Brett R Cowan and Christopher J Occleshaw

Myocardial ischemia in the absence of epicardial coronary artery disease in Friedreich's ataxia

We present the first in vivo detection of microvascular abnormality in a patient with Friedreich's ataxia (FA) without epicardial coronary artery disease using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). The patient had ex...

Authors: Subha V Raman, Jennifer A Dickerson and Roula Al-Dahhak

Imaging myocardial carcinoid with T2-STIR CMR

We used T2-STIR (Short Tau Inversion Recovery) cardiovascular magnetic resonance to demonstrate carcinoid tumor metastases to the heart and liver in a 64-year-old woman with a biopsy-proven ileal carcinoid tum...

Authors: William A Schiavone, Christopher Baker and Sanjay K Prasad

Correction of misaligned slices in multi-slice cardiovascular magnetic resonance using slice-to-volume registration

A popular technique to reduce respiratory motion for cardiovascular magnetic resonance is to perform a multi-slice acquisition in which a patient holds their breath multiple times during the scan. The feasibil...

Authors: Adam G Chandler, Richard J Pinder, Thomas Netsch, Julia A Schnabel, David J Hawkes, Derek LG Hill and Reza Razavi

Combined chelation therapy in thalassemia major for the treatment of severe myocardial siderosis with left ventricular dysfunction

In thalassemia major (TM), severe cardiac siderosis can be treated by continuous parenteral deferoxamine, but poor compliance, complications and deaths occur. Combined chelation therapy with deferiprone and de...

Authors: Mark A Tanner, Renzo Galanello, Carlo Dessi, Gillian C Smith, Mark A Westwood, Annalisa Agus, Martina Pibiri, Sunil V Nair, J Malcolm Walker and Dudley J Pennell

Multi-center transferability of a breath-hold T2 technique for myocardial iron assessment

Cardiac iron overload is the leading cause of death in thalassemia major and is usually assessed using myocardial T2* measurements. Recently a cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) breath-hold T2 sequence ha...

Authors: Taigang He, Paul Kirk, David N Firmin, Wynnie M Lam, Winnie CW Chu, Wing-Yan Au, Godfrey CF Chan, Ru San Tan, Ivy Ng, Selen Biceroglu, Yesim Aydinok, Mark A Fogel, Alan R Cohen and Dudley J Pennell

Uncomplicated obesity is associated with abnormal aortic function assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Obese subjects with insulin resistance and hypertension have abnormal aortic elastic function, which may predispose them to the development of left ventricular dysfunction. We hypothesised that obesity, uncomp...

Authors: Monique R Robinson, Michaela Scheuermann-Freestone, Paul Leeson, Keith M Channon, Kieran Clarke, Stefan Neubauer and Frank Wiesmann

Cardiac structure and function during ageing in energetically compromised Guanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase (GAMT)-knockout mice – a one year longitudinal MRI study

High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (cine-MRI) is well suited for determining global cardiac function longitudinally in genetically or surgically manipulated mice, but in practice it is seldom used to i...

Authors: Jürgen E Schneider, Lee-Anne Stork, Jordana T Bell, Michiel ten Hove, Dirk Isbrandt, Kieran Clarke, Hugh Watkins, Craig A Lygate and Stefan Neubauer

Angiographic correlations of patients with small vessel disease diagnosed by adenosine-stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) with adenosine-stress myocardial perfusion is gaining importance for the detection and quantification of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, there is little knowled...

Authors: Guenter Pilz, Markus Klos, Eman Ali, Berthold Hoefling, Roland Scheck and Peter Bernhardt

Accuracy of electrocardiographic criteria for atrial enlargement: validation with cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Anatomic atrial enlargement is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. However, atrial enlargement may not correlate with clinical measures such as electrocardiographic (ECG) criteria. Past studie...

Authors: Connie W Tsao, Mark E Josephson, Thomas H Hauser, T David O'Halloran, Anupam Agarwal, Warren J Manning and Susan B Yeon

Assessment of myocardial infarction in mice by Late Gadolinium Enhancement MR imaging using an inversion recovery pulse sequence at 9.4T

To demonstrate the feasibility of using an inversion recovery pulse sequence and to define the optimal inversion time (TI) to assess myocardial infarction in mice by late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) MRI at 9....

Authors: Catherine Chapon, Amy H Herlihy and Kishore K Bhakoo

Delayed contrast enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in trastuzumab induced cardiomyopathy

Trastuzumab (Herceptin), an antagonist to the human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2) receptor significantly decreases the rates of breast cancer recurrence and mortality by 50%. Despite therapeutic benefits, t...

Authors: Nazanin Fallah-Rad, Matthew Lytwyn, Tielan Fang, Iain Kirkpatrick and Davinder S Jassal

Anomalous origin of the left circumflex coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. A very rare congenital anomaly in an adult patient diagnosed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Here we report for the first time on the diagnostic potential of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) to delineate the proximal course of an anomalous left circumflex coronary artery (LCX) originating from ...

Authors: Grigorios Korosoglou, Gerd Ringwald, Evangelos Giannitsis and Hugo A Katus

Cardiac function and myocardial perfusion immediately following maximal treadmill exercise inside the MRI room

Treadmill exercise stress testing is an essential tool in the prevention, detection, and treatment of a broad spectrum of cardiovascular disease. After maximal exercise, cardiac images at peak stress are typic...

Authors: Mihaela Jekic, Eric L Foster, Michelle R Ballinger, Subha V Raman and Orlando P Simonetti

Utility of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance to assess association between admission hyperglycemia and myocardial damage in patients with reperfused ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

to investigate the association between admission hyperglycemia and myocardial damage in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR).

Authors: Alexandre Cochet, Marianne Zeller, Alain Lalande, Isabelle L'Huillier, Paul M Walker, Claude Touzery, Bruno Verges, Jean-Eric Wolf, François Brunotte and Yves Cottin

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: Open access in 2008

Authors: Dudley J Pennell