Bibliographic Metrics at JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Best of JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

OBJECTIVES This study investigated whether T1 mapping by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) reflects the clinical evolution of disease in myocarditis and supports its diagnosis independently of the disease stages. BACKGROUND Acute viral myocarditis is characterized by a range of intracellular changes due to viral replication and extracellular spill of debris within days of viral infection. Conval...

Best of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to compare the 1-year outcome between bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) and everolimus-eluting metallic stent (EES) in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients. BACKGROUND The Absorb BVS (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, California) is a polymeric scaffold approved for treatment of stable coronary lesions. Limited and not randomized d...

Cardiovascular Imaging at 3T

The challenges for cardiac MR imaging range in a magic triangle of spatial and temporal resolution, signal-to-noise ratio and the limitations induced by the need for breath-hold imaging. With the advent of multi-channel whole-body MRI systems at 3Tesla, these limitations can now be overcome. Parallel acquisition techniques (PAT) allow increasing temporal or spatial resolution at virtually no co...

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions: the end of the beginning.

Assessment of Patient Dose with Special Look at Pediatrics during Cardiovascular Imaging

Background: During interventional cardiology processes, patients especially women and children receive high radiation doses due to their sensitivity.Objective: In this study, we evaluated a pediatric patient dose separately in those undergone intervention cardiac procedure. Material and Methods: In this cross sectional study, a public hospital with 252 patients, Entrance Skin Dose (...