Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) exploits the inherent difference between tissues in their configuration of atoms by generating differing signals—the fundamental tissue properties T1, T2, and T2*. Whereas differences in these…
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is defined as a disease of the myocardium characterized by left ventricular dilatation and systolic impairment that cannot be exclusively explained by abnormal loading conditions (such as…
Arteries are elastic tubes whose diameter varies with the pulsating pressure. In addition, they propagate the pulse created by ejection of blood by the heart, at a velocity that is…
Since the report published in 1968 by Favaloro about the use of saphenous veins to restore coronary artery blood flow in 171 patients, a large number of coronary artery bypass…
A coronary stenosis may be observed during cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) as an area of signal loss caused by turbulent flow, and although both the degree and the extent of…
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of global mortality. It results from atherosclerosis, which is a systemic and progressive disease involving the intimal layer of large- and medium-sized…
Although death rates in industrialized countries have been consistently falling since the 1980s, atherosclerosis is now raging throughout the developing world. As a consequence the complications of atherosclerosis have become…
Chapter 23 reviewed the technical issues and solutions for coronary artery cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging. This chapter reviews the clinical data comparing coronary artery CMR with invasive x-ray coronary…
The detection of residual myocardial viability in a patient with regional or global severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction is of clinical importance to plan the therapeutic strategy because revascularization of…
Left ventricular (LV) diastolic function has been recognized as an important factor in the pathophysiology of many common cardiovascular diseases. Dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), coronary artery disease (CAD), and…
