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Author(s): Frank Grothues Added: 3 years ago
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging, with its versatility and ability for soft tissue characterisation in conjunction with the lack of ionising radiation, has over the past decade evolved as a first-line imaging tool for several diagnostic problems.1 Developments in this field, especially the introduction of the ‘late enhancement’ (LE) imaging technique by the working group of Kim and… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Brage H Amundsen , Anders Thorstensen , Asbjørn Støylen Added: 3 years ago
Cardiovascular imaging is a rapidly growing area, where technological development combined with clinicians’ demand for optimal visualisation of the heart might lead us to a situation where costs are high and evidence is sparse. Applying the correct imaging modality is thus an important task in clinical practice. The aim of this article is to discuss the present and future potential of deformation… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Peter Hunold , Jörg Barkhausen Added: 3 years ago
There are many things in life everybody wants more of, and this is particularly true for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The major challenge in the daily life of an MRI professional is gaining maximal image signal and contrast in a reasonable amount of time. The application of gadolinium (Gd)-based MR contrast material has offered contrast features in MRI that have been used and appreciated for… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Andreas H Mahnken , Joachim E Wildberger , Peter R Seidensticker Added: 3 years ago
Coronary artery disease (CAD) represents a relevant economic burden to modern medicine. In 2003 more than 1.41 million diagnostic coronary angiograms and an additional 1.24 million percutaneous coronary angioplasties were performed in the US alone.1 While coronary angiography is considered the gold standard for diagnosing CAD, several non-invasive techniques have been evaluated for assessing CAD… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Eric Larose , Olivier F Bertrand Added: 3 years ago
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has found widespread use as an important tool in the cardiologists' armamentarium for several years now, mainly because of superior diagnostic accuracy and ability to perform complete anatomical and functional assessment in a single study without ionising radiation. The following will summarise specific uses of CMR for the interventional cardiologist. … View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Jason N Dungu Added: 3 years ago
Amyloidosis is a condition characterised by accumulation of pathologic fibrillar proteins in organs causing dysfunction.1 Several protein precursors have been shown to cause amyloidosis.2 Cardiac amyloidosis, when waxy, starch-like deposits infiltrate the heart, is most commonly secondary to the accumulation of amyloid fibrils derived from immunoglobulin light chains (AL) or transthyretin (ATTR)… View more

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Heart Failure
Author(s): Alexandros Klavdios Steriotis , Sanjay Sharma Added: 3 years ago
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a hereditary primary myocardial disease that is most commonly caused by mutations within genes encoding sarcomeric contractile proteins and is characterised by left ventricular hypertrophy in the absence of a cardiac or systemic cause.1,2 The condition is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and has a prevalence of one in 500.3,4 Marked genetic… View more

Heart Failure

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Konstantinos Bratis Added: 3 years ago
Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is an acute, profound, but reversible heart failure syndrome, usually but not always triggered by physical or emotional stress. To date, the exact pathogenic mechanism of this syndrome remains unclear; however, several hypotheses involving vascular mechanisms (i.e. abnormal coronary epicardial or microvascular vasoreactivity),1-3 endocrine and gender-related mechanisms (i… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Heart Failure
Author(s): Gianfranco Sinagra , Michele Moretti , Giancarlo Vitrella , et al Added: 3 years ago
According to the latest position statement of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), cardiomyopathies (CMP) are defined as “myocardial disorders in which the heart muscle is structurally and functionally abnormal, in the absence of coronary artery disease, hypertension, valvular disease and congenital heart disease sufficient to cause the observed myocardial abnormality”.1 CMP may be… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Heart Failure
Author(s): Sebastian Kelle , Eike Nagel Added: 3 years ago
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful imaging modality for diagnostic cardiology and research. This imaging method provides combined diagnostic information of different tissue characteristics, such as the visualisation of the vascular tree and cardiac anatomy and function, as well as measurements of blood flow in the vessels, ventricular wall motion, myocardial perfusion and viability… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics