Obstructive disease of the epicardial coronary arteries was recognized as the cause of
angina pectoris> 2 centuries ago, and sudden thrombotic occlusion of an epicardial …

In less than two decades, first-pass perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)
has undergone a wide range of changes with the development and availability of improved …

Background Quantification of myocardial blood flow requires knowledge of the amount of
contrast agent in the myocardial tissue and the arterial input function (AIF) driving the …

Background—Microvascular dysfunction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) may create
an ischemic substrate conducive to sudden death, but it remains unknown whether the …

Background—Multidetector computed tomography coronary angiography (CTA) is a robust
method for the noninvasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease. However, in its current …

Objectives: The authors developed a fully automated framework to quantify myocardial
blood flow (MBF) from contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) perfusion …

Objectives: This study sought to describe a protocol for myocardial perfusion imaging using
dipyridamole stress, with 128-slice dual-source computed tomography (CT), and to assess …

PET provides robust and reproducible measurements of regional myocardial blood flow in
milliliters per minute per gram of tissue, providing unique pathophysiologic and diagnostic …

Ischemic heart disease is a leading cause of death worldwide and comprises a large
proportion of annual health care expenditure. Management of ischemic heart disease is now …

Dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography (DCE-CT) and magnetic resonance
imaging (DCE-MRI) are functional imaging techniques. They aim to characterise the …