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Open AccessDetection of Spinal Cord Multiple Sclerosis Lesions Using a 3D-PSIR Sequence at 1.5 T
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a prevalent autoimmune inflammatory disease. Besides cerebral manifestations, an affection of the spinal cord is typical; however, imaging of the spinal cord is difficult due to its ...
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Ergebnisse nach Pulmonalklappenrekonstruktionen
Die Pulmonalklappeninsuffizienz (PI) ist ein häufiges Problem nach chirurgischer oder interventioneller Erweiterung des rechtsventrikulären Ausflusstraktes (RVOT). Die routinemäßige Behandlung besteht in einem...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Clinical Value of Using Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Before Elective CT Coronary Angiography to Reduce Heart Rate and the Need for BetaBlockers
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Open AccessClinical Value of Using Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Before Elective CT Coronary Angiography to Reduce Heart Rate and the Need for Beta-Blockers
The value of biofeedback before elective coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) to reduce patients’ heart rates (HR) was investigated in the current work. Sixty patients who received CCTA to exclude c...
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Open AccessIn Reply: Practicability and Diagnostic Yield of One-Stop Stroke CT with Delayed-Phase Cardiac CT in Detecting Major Cardioembolic Sources of Acute Ischemic Stroke
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Open AccessPracticability and Diagnostic Yield of One-Stop Stroke CT with Delayed-Phase Cardiac CT in Detecting Major Cardioembolic Sources of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Recurrent stroke is considered to increase the incidence of severe disability and death. For correct risk assessment and patient management it is essential to identify the origin of stroke at an early stage. T...
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Open AccessMyocardial deformation in patients with a single left ventricle using 2D cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking: a case–control study
Ventricular dysfunction is a well-known complication in single ventricle patients in Fontan circulation. As studies exclusively examining patients with a single left ventricle (SLV) are sparse, we assessed lef...
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Open AccessPublisher Correction: Heart beat but not respiration is the main driving force of the systemic venous return in the Fontan circulation
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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Open AccessImpact of patients´ age on short and long-term outcome after carotid endarterectomy and simultaneous coronary artery bypass grafting
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether age has an effect on short and long-term outcome in patients who undergo simultaneous coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and carotid endarterectomy.
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Optimization of 3D phase contrast venography for the assessment of the cranio-cervical venous system at 1.5 T
The aim of this work was to optimize a three-dimensional (3D) phase-contrast venography (PCV) product MR pulse sequence in order to obtain clinically reliable images with less artifacts for an improved depicti...
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Open AccessHeart beat but not respiration is the main driving force of the systemic venous return in the Fontan circulation
The Fontan procedure provides relief from cyanosis in patients with univentricular hearts. A major clinical unmet need is to understand whether the venous flow patterns of the Fontan circulation lead to the de...
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Longitudinal Deformation of the Right Ventricle in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Comparative Study of 2D-Feature Tracking Magnetic Resonance Imaging and 2D-Speckle Tracking Echocardiography
In hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), long-term outcome is closely related to right ventricular function. Echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are routinely used for functional assessment...
