Recently, cardiac MRI has gained a more prominent role in the diagnosis of myocarditis.92 The role of cardiac markers in the evaluation for myocarditis is limited. Troponin elevations are not specific or sensitive for the diagnosis of myocarditis.93 However, having a positive troponin does increase...
Cardiac MRI using late gadolinium enhancement currently detects some car- diac injury, but the method has shown poor diagnostic and prognostic value [31]. Few cardiovascular biomark- ers aside from circulating cardiac troponins and B-type natriuretic peptide can be detected non-invasively [31, 32]...
The use of [18F]FDG for imaging cardiac inflammation is complicated by high myocardial uptake under physiological conditions. Interpretation of the signal is further compromised by the presence of damaged cardiomyocytes whose metabolism may be reprogrammed. Pre-scan myocardial suppression protocols attempt ...
While several imaging techniques are present for post-operative evaluation of car- diac function (e.g., CT-scan5, MRI6, SPECT7), only trans-esophageal echocardiography (TEE) can directly assist surgeons during open-chest surgery assuring, before closing the chest, an assessment of good-...
Furthermore, implementation on an MRI scan- ner is necessary for proper validation of clinical measures such as left ventricular ejection fraction. In vivo, we can robustly build the predictive signal model by obtaining a single fully sampled CINE cardiac cycle prior to real-time data ...
The JMHW criteria are comprised of various electrocardiographic and imaging abnormalities including cardiac MRI [8] but also accumulation of 67Ga citrate in the cardiac region imaged by conventional planar scintigraphic imaging. The 67Ga citrate planar scan has since the introduction of the JMHW ...
After discussing the possible benefits, risks, and alternatives with your referring doctor, the decision to perform the MRI scan has been made.Serious complications related to MRI occur in < 1 in 2000 patients (∼0.05%) with these devices overall. These include, but are not limited to:-...
[144] and levels of consciousness in patients with severe post-anoxic encephalopathy [145]. Several studies also show their value in predicting the chances of recovery after cardiac arrest (e.g., the assessment of EEG reactivity [142]; the quantification of white matter damage using MRI ...
Cardiac catheters were used to place metal clips within and near the pulmonary veins and left atrial appendage under fluoroscopic and ultrasound guidance and a contrast-enhanced, 64-slice multidetector CT scan was collected with the clips in place. Each clip was segmented from the CT scan at ...
These in-scan challenges allowed us same assumptions for to estimate the in vivo blood volume as stated IaCb5o0voef, lidocaine at the myocardium of ~0.7 mg/kg. Applying this corresponds to a 40 μM concentration, which is in the the expected range for lidocaine9. In addition, ...