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In December 2019, several cases of interstitial pneumonia of unknown origin were detected in Wuhan, China, and on 9 January 2020, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was identified as the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Within a few weeks, the contagion spread through China and South Korea, and the outbreak rapidly extended worldwide due to…
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Cardiac surgery is associated with a significant risk of morbidity and mortality. In the UK, over 30,000 patients per year undergo cardiac surgery, with a hospital mortality of approximately 2.5% for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Other procedures, such as cardiac valve surgery, may have higher mortality rates. Cardiac surgery is also associated with major morbidities, such as stroke,…
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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…
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Since the introduction in the early 1980s of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in clinical practice, contrast agents (CAs) have been part of MR studies enhancing the capabilities of this diagnostic technique. CAs enhance the contrast between different types of tissues. Tissue contrast depends largely on proton concentration and longitudinal (T1) and transversal (T2) relaxation times inherent to…
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Microvascular Complications and Outcome after Drug-eluting Stent Implantation in Diabetic Patients
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