BACKGROUND Before trans-catheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), assessment of cardiac function and accurate measurement of the aortic root are key to determine the correct size and type of the prosthesis. The aim of this study was to compare cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and trans-thoracic echocardiography (TTE) for the assessment of aortic valve measurements and left ventricular f...

PURPOSE Inferior attenuation is a common problem in the interpretation of myocardial perfusion SPECT. We explored whether cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) was a useful adjunct in differentiating between artifactual attenuation of the inferior wall and the presence of myocardial infarction and/or ischemia. METHODS We used CMR to assess resting wall motion, myocardial perfusion, and the ...

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is an established non-invasive technique to comprehensively assess cardiovascular structure and function in a variety of acquired and inherited cardiac conditions. A significant amount of the neck, thorax and upper abdomen are imaged at the time of routine clinical CMR, particularly in the initial multi-slice axial and coronal images. The discovery of uns...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is considered an attractive alternative for guiding transarterial aortic valve implantation (TAVI) featuring unlimited scan plane orientation and unsurpassed soft-tissue contrast with simultaneous device visualization. We sought to evaluate the CMR characteristics of both currently commercially available transcatheter heart valves (Edwards SAPI...

OBJECTIVES To establish the accuracy and reliability of cardiac dual-source CT (DSCT) and two-dimensional contrast-enhanced echocardiography (CE-Echo) in estimating left ventricular (LV) parameters with respect to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) as the reference standard. METHODS Twenty-five consecutive heart transplant recipients (20 male, mean age 62.7±10.4 years, mean time since t...

BACKGROUND Studies have reported an inverse relationship between late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) signal intensity and left atrial (LA) endocardial voltage after LA ablation. However, there is controversy regarding the reproducibility of atrial LGE CMR and its ability to identify gaps in ablation lesions. Using systematic and objective techniques, this study ex...

Results AoA-Dmax, AoA-Dmin and AoA-A were 26.45±2.83 mm, 20.17±2.20 mm, 444.88±84.61 mm2 and 26.45±2.76 mm, 20.59±2.35 mm and 449.78±86.22 mm2 by MDCT and CMR, respectively. The length of left coronary, right coronary, and non-coronary leaflets were 14.02±2.27 mm, 13.33±2.33 mm, 13.39±1.97 mm, and 13.95±2.18 mm, 13.30±2.14 mm, 13.46±1.80 mm by MDCT and CMR, respectively, while the scores of aor...

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) has the capability to assess cardiac function, to visualize small myocardial lesions and to differentiate myocardial tissue changes. That ́s why CMR is of growing impact in clinical routine in different hospitals depending on availability and expertise. Beside characterization of tissue changes, CMR has the potential to differentiate prospectively reversible vs.,...

Phase separation is a crucial ingredient of the physics of manganites; however, the role of mixed phases in the development of the colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) phenomenon still needs to be clarified. We report the realization of CMR in a single-valent LaMnO3 manganite. We found that the insulator-to-metal transition at 32 GPa is well described using the percolation theory. Pressure induces ...

Methods The population comprised consecutive adults (≥18 yo) with metastatic systemic neoplasms who underwent contrast-enhanced CMR between 1/2012 8/2015. Patients with primary cardiac neoplasms were excluded. CMR was performed using 1.5T (88%) and 3T (12%) clinical (GE) scanners. A standard contrast-enhanced CMR protocol was applied: Cine-CMR (SSFP) was used to assess cardiac structure and mor...