Tissue tracking technology of routinely acquired cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)
cine acquisitions has increased the apparent ease and availability of non-invasive …

Systemic amyloidosis encompasses a debilitating, under-diagnosed but increasingly
recognized group of disorders characterized by the extracellular deposition of misfolded …

Purpose. The aim of this project was to establish a database of left and right ventricular and
left atrial dimensions in healthy volunteers using steady-state free precession cardiac …

Background—Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic heart
disease characterized by a diverse clinical and phenotypic spectrum. This study reports the …

Objectives: Our purpose was to characterize the pattern and distribution of left ventricular
(LV) hypertrophy by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) to more precisely define …

Since its original description 50 years ago, myocardial ischemia has been a recognized but
underappreciated aspect of the pathophysiology of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading single cause of morbidity and mortality,
causing over 17. 9 million deaths worldwide per year with associated costs of over $800 …

Background—Contrast-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance with delayed
enhancement (DE) can provide in vivo assessment of myocardial fibrosis. However, the …

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) is a widely used non-invasive imaging
modality for evaluating cardiovascular diseases. CMR is the gold standard method for left …

Increased thickness of the left ventricular (LV) wall is the predominant feature of the
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) phenotype. The structural characteristics of the LV …