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Adolescent Kawasaki disease: usefulness of 64-slice CT coronary angiography for follow-up investigation
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis that mainly affects coronary arteries in children, and requires regular follow-up from the time of diagnosis.
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Aorta toracica
L’aorta toracica è sede di quadri patologici acuti e cronici caratterizzati da elevato tasso di mortalità e la cui diagnosi tempestiva assume importanti risvolti prognosticoterapeutici.
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Thoracic Aorta
The thoracic aorta can be affected by both acute and chronic pathological conditions characterized by high mortality, whose early diagnosis plays a crucial role in their prognosis and therapy.
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Open AccessRight ventricular cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging: normal anatomy and spectrum of pathological findings
The right ventricle (RV) has been defined as the “forgotten chamber”, as its role in cardiac physiopathology has long been underestimated. Nevertheless, the RV is involved in a wide range of pathological condi...
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Utility of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) in the evaluation of right ventricular (RV) involvement in patients with myocardial infarction (MI)
The aim of this work was to compare the prevalence of right ventricle involvement in a population of patients with myocardial infarction as detected by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), clinical presentation, ...
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Open AccessEvaluation of early myocardial damage in systemic sclerosis (SSc): a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study
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Open AccessValidation of early myocardial gadolinium enhancement (EGE) evaluation with "Lake Louise consensus" criteria in patients with suspected myocarditis using a single bolus of 0.1 mmol/Kg of a high relaxivity gadolinium-based contrast agent
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Open AccessAutomatic software for extracellular volume fraction map** in the myocardium
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Open AccessApplication of native T1 map in characterization of acute myocardial infarction: can T1 distinguish between infarct area and area-at-risk?
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Quantitative assessment of diffuse myocardial fibrosis in II-type diabetes mellitus patients using T1 map** technique: preliminary data
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Microvascular obstruction extent predicts major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with acute myocardial infarction and preserved ejection fraction
To investigate the prognostic role of early post-infarction cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) on long-term risk stratification of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients with preserved left ...
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Open AccessCardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in restrictive cardiomyopathies
The restrictive cardiomyopathies constitute a heterogeneous group of myocardial diseases with a different pathogenesis and overlap** clinical presentations. Diagnosing them frequently poses a challenge. Echo...
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Radiological outpatient’ visits to avoid inappropriate cardiac CT examinations: an 8-year experience report
The aim of this study was to evaluate the appropriateness of the cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) prescriptions according to the “2010-Appropriate-Use-Criteria-for-Cardiac-Computed-Tomography-Ang...
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Open AccessRole of advanced imaging in COVID-19 cardiovascular complications
Clinical manifestations of COVID-19 patients are dominated by respiratory symptoms, but cardiac complications are commonly observed and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Underlying pathologica...
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Open AccessUse of the new Lake Louise Criteria improves CMR detection of atypical forms of acute myocarditis
The purpose of our study was to compare diagnostic performance of old and new Lake Louise Criteria (oLLC and nLLC) among different clinical presentations: infarct-like (IL), cardiomyopathic (CM) and arrhythmic...
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Open AccessT2-map** increase is the prevalent imaging biomarker of myocardial involvement in active COVID-19: a Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance study
Early detection of myocardial involvement can be relevant in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients to timely target symptomatic treatment and decrease the occurrence of the cardiac sequelae of the infec...
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Open AccessChallenges and opportunities to delivering cardiac imaging training: a national survey by the Italian college of cardiac radiology
Delivering consistent levels of training in cardiac imaging to radiologist is of pivotal importance because of the increasing clinical indications to coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and cardiac...
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Open AccessCross-sectional analysis of follow-up chest MRI and chest CT scans in patients previously affected by COVID-19
The aim of the study was to prospectively evaluate the agreement between chest magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) and to assess the diagnostic performance of chest MRI relative to th...
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Open AccessImpaction of regurgitation jet on anterior mitral leaflet is associated with diastolic dysfunction in patients with bicuspid aortic valve and mild insufficiency: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study
To assess the impact of regurgitant jet direction on left ventricular function and intraventricular hemodynamics in asymptomatic patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and mild aortic valve regurgitation (A...
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Recommendations in pre-procedural imaging assessment for TAVI intervention: SIC-SIRM position paper part 2 (CT and MR angiography, standard medical reporting, future perspectives)
Non-invasive cardiovascular imaging owns a pivotal role in the preoperative assessment of patient candidates for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), providing a wide range of crucial information to...
