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Assessment of Myocardial Ischemic Memory Using Speckle Tracking Echocardiography
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate which regional myocardial parameters derived from speckle tracking echocardiography could demonstrate myocardial ischemic memory in a brief ischemia-r...
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Toshihiko Asanuma,
Yumi Fukuta,
Kasumi Masuda,
Ayana Hioki,
Mariko Iwasaki,
Satoshi Nakatani
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1-11
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Post-Systolic Shortening: A Functional Window Into Ischemic Memory?⁎
The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good; and thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burdens of the past. —Gabriel García Márquez ()
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Marek Belohlavek
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12-14
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Simultaneous Right and Left Heart Real-Time, Free-Breathing CMR Flow Quantification Identifies Constrictive Physiology
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of a novel cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) real-time phase contrast (RT-PC) flow measurement technique to reveal the discordant respi...
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Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan,
David Verhaert,
Michael C. Walls,
Jacob A. Bender,
Sanjay Rajagopalan,
Yiu-Cho Chung,
Orlando P. Simonetti,
Subha V. Raman
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15-24
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CMR Imaging for Diastolic Hemodynamic Assessment: Fantasy or Reality?⁎
Assessment of pericardial disease by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is a well-established clinical application (). For the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis, CMR has focused on morphological fe...
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Jae K. Oh,
Sung-A. Chang,
Yeon-Hyeon Choe,
Phillip M. Young
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25-27
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Assessment of the Accuracy and Reproducibility of RV Volume Measurements by CMR in Congenital Heart Disease
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine whether right ventricular (RV) volumes are more accurately and reproducibly measured by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) in an axial orientation ...
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Christopher J. Clarke,
Matthew J. Gurka,
Patrick T. Norton,
Christopher M. Kramer,
Andrew W. Hoyer
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28-37
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Correlation Between Arterial FDG Uptake and Biomarkers in Peripheral Artery Disease
Objectives: A prospective, multicenter 18fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) imaging study was performed to estimate the correlations amon...
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Kelly S. Myers,
James H.F. Rudd,
Eric P. Hailman,
James A. Bolognese,
Joanne Burke,
Cathy Anne Pinto,
Michael Klimas,
Richard Hargreaves,
Hayes M. Dansky,
Zahi A. Fayad
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38-45
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Molecular Imaging of Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cell Survival and Homing in Murine Peripheral Artery Disease
Objectives: This study aims to provide insight into cellular kinetics using molecular imaging after different transplantation methods of bone marrow–derived mononuclear cells (MNCs) in a mouse model o...
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Koen E.A. van der Bogt,
Alwine A. Hellingman,
Maarten A. Lijkwan,
Ernst-Jan Bos,
Margreet R. de Vries,
Juliaan R.M. van Rappard,
Michael P. Fischbein,
Paul H. Quax,
Robert C. Robbins,
Jaap F. Hamming,
Joseph C. Wu
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Tracking Cell Therapy: Bioluminescence Lighting the Way⁎
Cell-based therapies involving various types of stem cells, pancreatic β-cell islets, and bone marrow–derived mononuclear cells (MNCs), among others, are thought to have great potential as treatments ...
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Roger J. Hajjar,
David P. Cormode
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56-58
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Imaging of Receptors for Advanced Glycation End Products in Experimental Myocardial Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury
Objectives: The aim of this study was to image expression of receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) in a mouse model of myocardial reperfusion injury. Background: RAGE and its ligands are...
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Yared Tekabe,
Joane Luma,
Qing Li,
Ann Marie Schmidt,
Ravichandran Ramasamy,
Lynne L. Johnson
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59-67
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Visualizing the RAGE: Molecular Imaging After MI Provides Insight Into a Complex Receptor⁎
Changes in left ventricular (LV) myocardial structure (remodeling) often occurs after a myocardial infarction (MI) and contributes to the progression to heart failure. Although it is clear there is no...
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Francis G. Spinale
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68-70
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Ex Vivo Assessment of Vascular Response to Coronary Stents by Optical Frequency Domain Imaging
Objectives: This study sought to examine the capability of optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) to characterize various morphological and histological responses to stents implanted in human coronar...
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Masataka Nakano,
Marc Vorpahl,
Fumiyuki Otsuka,
Masanori Taniwaki,
Saami K. Yazdani,
Aloke V. Finn,
Elena R. Ladich,
Frank D. Kolodgie,
Renu Virmani
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On OCT and Finding the Uncovered Tracks…⁎
The immediate vascular injury following balloon angioplasty and stent implantation initiates vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and neointima formation that may lead to in-stent restenosis (ISR...
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Ziad A. Ali,
Annapoorna Kini,
Samin K. Sharma
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83-86
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Noninvasive LV Pressure Estimation Using Subharmonic Emissions From Microbubbles
To develop a new noninvasive approach to quantify left ventricular (LV) pressures using subharmonic emissions from microbubbles, an ultrasound scanner was used in pulse inversion grayscale mode; unpro...
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Jaydev K. Dave,
Valgerdur G. Halldorsdottir,
John R. Eisenbrey,
Joel S. Raichlen,
Ji-Bin Liu,
Maureen E. McDonald,
Kris Dickie,
Shumin Wang,
Corina Leung,
Flemming Forsberg
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87-92
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Imaging for Planning of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a novel therapy for patients with refractory heart failure (HF). Large clinical trials evaluating CRT have demonstrated significant improvements in cardiac s...
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Bobak Heydari,
Michael Jerosch-Herold,
Raymond Y. Kwong
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93-110
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Coronary Artery Calcium Scanning Should be Used for Primary Prevention: Pros and Cons
coronary artery calcium (cac) scanning has been performed for the better part of 2 decades. Initially, many in the cardiology community viewed it skeptically because there was no evidence base, and it...
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Khurram Nasir,
Leslee J. Shaw,
Matthew J. Budoff,
Paul M. Ridker,
Jessica M. Peña
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111-118
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| IMAGING VIGNETTE |
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CMR With Late Gadolinium Enhancement in Genotype Positive–Phenotype Negative Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
recent reports have demonstrated that some patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who carry a pathogenic sarcomere mutation without left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy (genotype positive–phenot...
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Ethan J. Rowin,
Martin S. Maron,
John R. Lesser,
Barry J. Maron
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Variations in Coronary Lumen Dimensions Measured In Vivo
Multiple invasive coronary imaging modalities are currently available to quantify coronary luminal dimensions. Inherent differences in in vivo quantitative coronary lumen measurements within coronary ...
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Rishi Puri,
Adam J. Nelson,
Gary Y.H. Liew,
Stephen J. Nicholls,
Angelo Carbone,
Dennis T.L. Wong,
James E. Harvey,
Kiyoko Uno,
Barbara Copus,
Darryl P. Leong,
John F. Beltrame,
Stephen G. Worthley,
Matthew I. Worthley
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Atrial Function in Patients Undergoing CRT
We read with great interest the paper by Carluccio et al. () regarding the impact of left ventricular (LV) remodeling on the response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). In this elegant study,...
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Gaetano Santulli,
Salvatore D'Ascia,
Vittoria Marino,
Cristofaro D'Ascia
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We would like to thank Dr. Santulli et al. () for their interest in our recently published paper. In their letter, they point out an important issue regarding patients undergoing cardiac resynchroniza...
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Erberto Carluccio,
Paolo Biagioli,
Giuseppe Ambrosio
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Ischemic Episode and Hanging on to a Painful Memory…
Chest pain is a common cause of emergency department presentation in the United States with about 6 million patient visits every year (), and many more elective presentations to physician offices. A s...
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Thomas H. Marwick,
Vasken Dilsizian,
Jagat Narula
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Choi J-H, Min JK, MD, Labounty TM, et al. Intracoronary Transluminal Attenuation Gradient in Coronary CT Angiography for Determining Coronary Artery Stenosis. J Am Coll Cardiol Img 2011;4:1149–57
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