Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is considered the gold standard imaging
modality for myocardial tissue characterization. Elevated transverse relaxation time (T2) is …

After a reperfused myocardial infarction (MI), dynamic tissue changes occur (edema,
inflammation, microvascular obstruction, hemorrhage, cardiomyocyte necrosis, and …

Cardiovascular (CV) imaging is an important tool in baseline risk assessment and detection
of CV disease in oncology patients receiving cardiotoxic cancer therapies. This position …

Cardiovascular diseases represent a major cause of morbidity and mortality, necessitating
research to improve diagnostics, and to discover and test novel preventive and curative …

Anthracycline is a mainstay in treatment of many cancers including lymphoma and breast
cancer among many others. However, anthracycline treatment can be cardiotoxic. Although …

Newer biologic drugs and immunomodulatory agents, as well as more tolerated and
effective radiation therapy schemes, have reduced treatment toxicity in oncology patients …

Myocarditis is a nonischemic inflammatory disease of the myocardium that can be triggered
by a multitude of events, including viral infection and toxins. Recently, there has been …

Myocardial native T1 and extracellular volume fraction (ECV) mapping have emerged as
cardiac magnetic resonance biomarkers providing unique insight into cardiac …

Introduction: COVID-19 is causing considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. Serious
respiratory complications aside, the heart is also frequently involved. The mechanisms and …

Doxorubicin (DOX) is a kind of representative anthracyclines. It has greatly prolonged
lifespan of cancer patients. However, a long course of DOX chemotherapy could induce …