Atrial cardiomyopathy refers to structural and electrical remodelling of the atria, which can
lead to impaired mechanical function. While historical studies have implicated atrial …

Alteration in myocardial tissue, such as myocardial fibrosis, edema, inflammation, or
accumulation with amyloid, lipids, or iron, has an important role in the cardiac remodeling …

Background To validate the k-adaptive-t autocalibrating reconstruction for Cartesian
sampling (kat-ARC), an exclusive sparse reconstruction technique for four-dimensional (4D) …

The Pediatric Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic (PENTEC) consortium has made significant
contributions to understanding and mitigating the adverse effects of childhood cancer …

Cardiac diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a noninvasive method for measuring the
microstructure of the myocardium. However, its long scan time significantly hinders its wide …

Tensor fields are useful for modeling the structure of biological tissues. The challenge to
measure tensor fields involves acquiring sufficient data of scalar measurements that are …

Purpose Our aim is to assess the potential of an MR system with ultrahigh performance
gradients (200 mT/m maximum gradient strength) to address two interrelated challenges in …

Background Soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 (ST2) is closely related to the
development of cardiovascular disease, but the level of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and …

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have a long history and have progressed
significantly since the 1980s. They have become an essential part of the prevention of …

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. In some patients, COVID-19 is …