Alasnag, Mirvat Al-Shaibi, Khaled Stankovic, Goran
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Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports
Purpose of ReviewAlthough simulation was adopted many years ago to complement training programs, more recently it has become an integral part of planning individual invasive procedures as well as understanding and developing new devices and techniques. Here, we review the different types of simulation and modeling and their impact on the field of i...
Stout, Kara M. Boudoulas, Kostantinos D. Povsic, Thomas J. Altin, S. Elissa Jhand, Aravdeep S. Bailey, Steven R. Goldsweig, Andrew M.
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Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports
Purpose of ReviewIn this review, we summarize the use of virtual physiologic functional assessments of coronary artery disease and their utility to guide virtual coronary intervention (VCI).Recent FindingsVirtual fractional flow reserve (vFFR), coronary angiography–derived fractional flow reserve (FFRangio), virtual contrast FFR (cFFR), and quantit...
Lu, Yi Huang, Jenny Neverova, Natalia V. Nguyen, Kim-Lien
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Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports
Purpose of ReviewWe aim to discuss the diagnostic use of ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) including ferumoxytol in targeted cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).Recent FindingsFerumoxytol is the only USPIO clinically available in the USA and is a negatively charged USPIO that has potential use for tracking and characteriza...
Balla, Sujana Nieman, Koen
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Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports
Purpose of ReviewDynamic myocardial CT perfusion imaging (CTP) is an emerging new approach to establish the hemodynamic severity of coronary artery obstructions. Literature and consensus documents on its practical applicability are limited.Recent FindingsDespite significant amount of literature supporting the diagnostic accuracy of dynamic CTP and ...
Alabed, Samer Garg, Pankaj Johns, Christopher S. Alandejani, Faisal Shahin, Yousef Dwivedi, Krit Zafar, Hamza Wild, James M Kiely, David G Swift, Andrew J
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Purpose of ReviewThis article reviews advances over the past 3 years in cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in pulmonary hypertension (PH). We aim to bring the reader up-to-date with CMR applications in diagnosis, prognosis, 4D flow, strain analysis, T1 mapping, machine learning and ongoing research.Recent FindingsCMR volumetric and functional...
Lee, Heon Emrich, Tilman Schoepf, U. Joseph Brandt, Verena Leonard, Tyler J. Gray, Hunter N. Giovagnoli, Vincent M. Dargis, Danielle M. Burt, Jeremy R. Tesche, Christian
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Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports
Purpose of ReviewTo review the current applications of artificial intelligence (AI) for coronary artery calcium scoring (CACS) and plaque analysis with their achievements and potential clinical impacts.Recent FindingsRecent advances of AI-based technologies especially deep learning (DL) approaches in medical imaging have achieved substantial progre...
Asher, Alex Wragg, Andrew Davies, Ceri
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Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports
Purpose of ReviewNon-invasive fractional flow reserve derived from CT coronary angiography (FFRCT) offers an amalgamation of both coronary anatomy and physiology. This review aims to provide a contemporary evaluation of the evidence for clinical use of FFRCT. The review article pays particular attention to the importance of patient preparation, ana...
Swamy, Pooja M. Parwani, Purvi Mamas, Mamas A. Bharadwaj, Aditya S.
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Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports
Purpose of ReviewThe objective of this article is to review the role of intracoronary imaging in the management of patients with spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD). In this review article, we discuss the types of intracoronary imaging including intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) and their relative stre...
Agdamag, Arianne C. Velangi, Pratik S. Salavati, Ali Nijjar, Prabhjot S.
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Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports
Purpose of ReviewThe purpose of this paper is to review the current role of computed tomography (CT) in the imaging of left ventricular assist devices (LVAD).Recent FindingsRecent studies have highlighted the prognostic role of measuring skeletal muscle CT attenuation in predicting adverse LVAD outcomes. CT is also useful for evaluation of inflow c...
Velagapudi, Poonam Abbott, J. Dawn Mamas, Mamas Blankstein, Ron Chatzizisis, Yiannis S. Brilakis, Emmanouil S. Jaffer, Farouc A.
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Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports
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