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    Recommendations for cardiovascular magnetic resonance and computed tomography in congenital heart disease: a consensus paper from the CMR/CCT working group of the Italian Society of Pediatric Cardiology (SICP) and the Italian College of Cardiac Radiology endorsed by the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM) Part I

    Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and computed tomography (CCT) are advanced imaging modalities that recently revolutionized the conventional diagnostic approach to congenital heart diseases (CHD), suppo...

    Aurelio Secinaro, Lamia Ait-Ali, Davide Curione, Alberto Clemente in La radiologia medica (2022)

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    Tracheal trifurcation: new cases and review of the literature

    Tracheal trifurcation is an uncommon and often unknown type of anomalous tracheobronchial arborization, characterized by three main bronchi originating at the level of the carina. Diagnosis is important due to...

    Teresa Pia Santangelo, Alessandra Ottavianelli, Davide Curione in Pediatric Radiology (2021)

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    Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance lymphangiography in pediatric patients with central lymphatic system disorders

    Central conducting lymphatics (CCLs) disorders represent a broad spectrum of clinical entities ranging from self-limiting traumatic leaks treated by conservative strategies, to complex lymphatic circulation ab...

    Veronica Bordonaro, Paolo Ciancarella, Paolo Ciliberti in La radiologia medica (2021)

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    Echocardiographic two-dimensional speckle tracking identifies acute regional myocardial edema and sub-acute fibrosis in pediatric focal myocarditis with normal ejection fraction: comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance

    The aim here was to describe the role of speckle tracking echocardiography (STE), in identifying impairment in systolic function in children and adolescents with focal myocarditis and without reduction in ejec...

    Marcello Chinali, Alessio Franceschini, Paolo Ciancarella in Scientific Reports (2020)

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    Inter-vendor reproducibility and accuracy of segmental left ventricular strain measurements using CMR feature tracking

    Our aim was to evaluate the inter-vendor reproducibility of cardiovascular MR feature tracking (CMR-FT) for the measurement of segmental strain (SS) of the left ventricle (LV) as well as to test the accuracy o...

    Monica Dobrovie, Manuel Barreiro-Pérez, Davide Curione, Rolf Symons in European Radiology (2019)

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    Dual-source computed tomography coronary artery imaging in children

    Computed tomography (CT) has a well-established diagnostic role in the assessment of coronary arteries in adults. However, its application in a pediatric setting is still limited and often impaired by several ...

    Aurelio Secinaro, Davide Curione, Kristian Havmand Mortensen in Pediatric Radiology (2019)

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    Role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance end-systolic 3D-SSFP sequence in repaired tetralogy of Fallot patients eligible for transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation

    To evaluate the usefulness of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) 3D steady state free precession (SSFP) sequence acquired at end-systole (ES) in repaired Tetralogy of Fallot (rToF) patients eligible for p...

    Benedetta Leonardi, Aurelio Secinaro in The International Journal of Cardiovascula… (2019)

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    Congenital Heart Disease in Children

    The use of cross-sectional imaging modalities, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), plays a key role in overcoming the diagnostic challenges of coronary artery imaging in children by ...

    Aurelio Secinaro, Davide Curione in Multislice CT (2019)

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    Left ventricular global myocardial strain assessment comparing the reproducibility of four commercially available CMR-feature tracking algorithms

    To compare the reproducibility of cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature-tracking (CMR-FT) packages to assess global left ventricular (LV) myocardial strain.

    Manuel Barreiro-Pérez, Davide Curione, Rolf Symons, Piet Claus in European Radiology (2018)

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    Is MRI imaging in pediatric age totally safe? A critical reprisal

    Current radiological literature is strongly focussed on radiation imaging risks. Indeed, given there is a small but actual augment in cancer risk from exposure to ionizing radiation in children, it is importan...

    Sergio Salerno, Claudio Granata, Marco Trapenese, Vittorio Cannata in La radiologia medica (2018)

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    CT features of diffuse lung disease in infancy

    Diffuse lung disease in infancy includes a wide range of very rare and peculiar pulmonary conditions usually not seen in older children, in whom diffuse lung disease has much greater overlap with adult disorde...

    Paolo Toma, Aurelio Secinaro, Oliviero Sacco, Davide Curione in La radiologia medica (2018)

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    Role of diffusion-weighted imaging, apparent diffusion coefficient and correlation with hepatobiliary phase findings in the differentiation of hepatocellular carcinoma from dysplastic nodules in cirrhotic liver

    To investigate the utility of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and the correlation with hepatobiliary phase (delayed phase imaging, DPI) findings in the differentiation of...

    Riccardo Inchingolo, Anna Maria De Gaetano, Davide Curione in European Radiology (2015)