Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with normal coronary angiography is a frequent clinical situation with an uncertain prognosis. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) is a powerful tool for differential diagnosis between myocardial infarction (MI), acute myocarditis and Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC)....
In this review, normal reference values are presented for biventricular size and function to be applied to male competitive athletes according to the disciplines practiced. A significant impact of training volume was demonstrated for the right ventricle: athletes practicing the largest number of ...
Cardiac MRI is a noninvasive phenotyping tool that allows for accurate and easy detection and quantification of myocardial fibrosis in myocardial tissue. In this Review, Ambale-Venkatesh and Lima focus on late-gadolinium enhancement and T1 mapping strate
25 Only 3 of 8 participants with evidence of myocardial inflammation on PET had elevated T2 values on MRI (based on local normal reference ranges). T2 is prolonged in the setting of increased tissue water content, while focal FDG uptake reflects metabolically active immune cells. The discordance...
Cardiac MRI and CT: differentiation of normal ostium and intraseptal course from slit-like ostium and interarterial course in anomalous left coronary artery in children. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015;204:W104-9.Brothers JA, Whitehead KK, Keller MS, Fogel MA, Paridon SM, Weinberg PM, et al. ...
MRI and CT require patients to be immobile, to hold their breath (which may be troublesome for those with orthopnea secondary to cardiomyopathy or mitral regurgitation), exposes them to radiation (in the case of CT), and are time consuming (in the case of MRI) [26]. Due to the ease ...
Cardiac nuclear imaging findings in atypical variants of TTC reflect literature data published for the typical apical form, but with different distribution patterns of uptake defects. In particular, the analysis of the selected papers showed normal perfusion in most publications, with a mild reduction ...
CMRI is the exclusive imaging technique capable of identifying myocardial edema, endomyocardial fibrosis, pericarditis accompanied by pericardial effusions, and apical thrombi within either the left or right ventricle. In this work, we examine the resear
5. Individuals with known absolute contraindications to MRI; 6. Individuals unwilling to participate in long-term follow-ups. The participants represent individuals who contracted SARS-CoV-2 in the community and did not require admission to the hospital during the acute illness. Due to uncertainty...
Conversely, the peak ArE incidence was 22% in the intermediate H/M range in patients with increased WRs (H/M 1.3–1.9 vs. > 1.9, p = 0.011). The ArE rate was higher among patients in the intermediate H/M range with high, than normal WRs (p = 0.060). A bell-shaped ...