Evaluation of a shortened cardiac MRI protocol for left ventricular examinations: diagnostic performance of T1-mapping and myocardial function analysis

J Nadjiri, AL Zaschka, AS Straeter, A Sauter… - BMC Medical …, 2019 - Springer
Background In this study we sought to retrospectively evaluate whether a very brief cardiac
magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) protocol sufficiently distinguishes patients with relevant …

Next-Generation Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques for Characterization of Myocardial Disease

J Simkowski, B Eck, WH Wilson Tang… - … Treatment Options in …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of the Review Many novel cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMR)
techniques have been developed for diagnosis, risk stratification, and monitoring of …

Impact of tafamidis on myocardial function and CMR tissue characteristics in transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy

S Dobner, B Bernhard, L Ninck, M Wieser… - ESC Heart …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Tafamidis improves clinical outcomes in transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR‐
CM), yet how tafamidis affects cardiac structure and function remains poorly described. This …

Focal and diffuse myocardial fibrosis both contribute to regional hypoperfusion assessed by post-processing quantitative-perfusion MRI techniques

J Weiner, C Heinisch, S Oeri, T Kujawski… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Indications for stress-cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) to
assess myocardial ischemia and viability are growing. First pass perfusion and late …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating synthetic hematocrit and extracellular volume from native blood pool T1 times at 3 Tesla CMR: Derivation of a conversion equation, accuracy and …

C Reiter, M Puseljic, M Fuchsjäger, J Schmid - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose Calculation of extracellular volume fraction (ECV), a marker of myocardial fibrosis
in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR), requires hematocrit (Hct). We aimed to …

Additional value of CMR parametric mapping in tissue characterization of common benign pediatric cardiac tumors

P Ciliberti, V Bordonaro, D Curione… - European Heart …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aims Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) parametric mapping is underexplored in cardiac
tumours. To evaluate the contribution of mapping sequences on the characterization of …

Influence of extracellular volume fraction on peak exercise oxygen pulse following thoracic radiotherapy

JM Canada, E Weiss, JD Grizzard, CR Trankle… - Cardio-Oncology, 2022 - Springer
Background Radiation-induced myocardial fibrosis increases heart failure (HF) risk and is
associated with a restrictive cardiomyopathy phenotype. The myocardial extracellular …

[HTML][HTML] Diabetes and Myocardial Fibrosis: Is CMR the Force Leading to the Rise of “Scar Wars”?

KA Connelly, B Sarak - Cardiovascular Imaging, 2022 - jacc.org
In 1972, Rubler et al 1 first identified diffuse fibrotic strands and myofibrillar hypertrophy in
the postmortem evaluation of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), cardiomegaly, and heart …

When should we use contrast material in cardiac MRI?

EHM Paiman, HJ Lamb - Journal of Magnetic Resonance …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
At present, most of the cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations rely on
contrast‐enhanced protocols, but noncontrast alternatives are emerging. Late gadolinium …

Point estimate and reference normality interval of MRI-derived myocardial extracellular volume in healthy subjects: a systematic review and meta-analysis

F Sardanelli, S Schiaffino, M Zanardo, F Secchi… - European …, 2019 - Springer
Objectives To estimate the MRI-derived myocardial extracellular volume (ECV) in healthy
subjects together with reference normality interval. Methods The study was registered on …