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Inversion recovery and saturation recovery pulmonary vein MR angiography using an image based navigator fluoro trigger and variable-density 3D cartesian sampling with spiral-like order
Contrast enhanced pulmonary vein magnetic resonance angiography (PV CE-MRA) has value in atrial ablation pre-procedural planning. We aimed to provide high fidelity, ECG gated PV CE-MRA accelerated by variable ...
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Selection of Ideal Candidates for Percutaneous Mitral Interventions
The purpose of this paper is to review the selection of candidates for percutaneous mitral interventions using multimodality cardiovascular imaging.
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Open AccessRight Heart Morphology of Candidate Patients for Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Interventions
This study quantitatively evaluated the phasic right heart morphology of candidate patients for a transcatheter tricuspid valve intervention (N=32) and of subjects with trace to no tricuspid regurgitation (N = 14...
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Open AccessHighlights of the Virtual Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2022 Scientific Conference: CMR: improving cardiovascular care around the world
The 25th Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) Annual Scientific Sessions saw 1524 registered participants from more than 50 countries attending the meeting virtually. Supporting the theme “CMR:...
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Open AccessTranscatheter MitraClip repair alters mitral annular geometry – device induced annular remodeling on three-dimensional echocardiography predicts therapeutic response
Echocardiography (echo) is widely used to guide therapeutic decision-making for patients being considered for MitraClip. Relative utility of two- (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) echo predictors of MitraClip re...
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3D-TEE for Measurement of the Aortic Annulus: a Review of the Literature and Step-By-Step Approach to an Essential Skill
The purpose of this paper is to review the measurement of the virtual aortic annulus using 3-dimensional (3D) transesophageal echocardiography (TEE).
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Role of Echocardiography in Transcatheter Valvular Heart Disease Interventions
Transcatheter valvular interventions have increased in importance and utility for surgical valve repair and replacement. Cardiac imaging is the most crucial aspect of procedural planning and guidance. Echocard...
