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…
Despite significant efforts in prevention and treatment, coronary artery disease (CAD) remains the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for one in every seven deaths. Each year…
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) can characterize acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in unique ways and with high quality. Cine CMR can assess left ventricular (LV) volumes, ejection fraction (LVEF), and regional…
Master and Oppenheimer described the first stress test in 1929. Several methods of assessing myocardial ischemia have subsequently been developed, including those that incorporate electrocardiograms (ECGs), echocardiography, myocardial scintigraphy, and,…
The first dedicated cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) clinical services opened in the United States in mid-1990s. Since that time, CMR imaging has become routine at most academic medical centers, with…
Approximately 550,000 Americans will suffer an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) each year. Despite major advances in AMI therapies, mortality and incident heart failure (HF) remain significant problems. Five-year mortality is…
Considerable progress in myocardial perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has been achieved recently and its diagnostic performance has been documented in single-center and multicenter trials. From single-center trials, and particularly…
