JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 15-24 , January 2012

Simultaneous Right and Left Heart Real-Time, Free-Breathing CMR Flow Quantification Identifies Constrictive Physiology

  • Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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  • David Verhaert, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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  • Michael C. Walls, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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  • Jacob A. Bender, MS

      Affiliations

    • The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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  • Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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  • Yiu-Cho Chung, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Siemens Healthcare, Columbus, Ohio
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  • Orlando P. Simonetti, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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  • Subha V. Raman, MD, MSEE

      Affiliations

    • The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Subha V. Raman, The Ohio State University, 473 West 12th Avenue, Suite 200, Columbus, Ohio 43210

Received 10 May 2011 ,Revised 7 July 2011 ,Accepted 13 July 2011.

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 Dr. Raman has received funding from NIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute R01 HL095563. Drs. Simonetti and Raman receive research support from Siemens. Dr. Yiu-Cho Chung was an employee of Siemens at the time of this work. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

PII: S1936-878X(11)00743-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.07.010

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 15-24 , January 2012

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