Epicardial fat modifies the relationship between coronary calcium score and all-cause mortality: The St. Francis Heart Study.

Objective: Epicardial fat is associated with cardiovascular risk factors and adverse outcomes. However, it is not clear if epicardial fat remains to be a mortality risk when coronary calcium score (CAC) is taken into account.

Methods: We studied the 1005 participants from the St.

Dementia severity at incident diagnosis in a population representative sample of older Americans.

Introduction: We provide the first analysis of distribution of dementia severity at incident diagnosis for a population representative sample of older Americans.

Methods: Using data from the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study (ADAMS), the Health Retirement Study (HRS), and traditional Medicare claims, we estimated the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale for ADAMS respondents and applied parameter estimates to predict dementia severity for HRS respondents with claims-based incident dementia diagnosis.

Results: Seventy percent of older adults received a dementia diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia (early stages).

Association of pulmonary transit time by cardiac magnetic resonance with heart failure hospitalization in a large prospective cohort with diverse cardiac conditions.

Background: Longer pulmonary transit time (PTT) is closely associated with hemodynamic abnormalities. However, the implications on heart failure (HF) risk have not been investigated broadly in patients with diverse cardiac conditions. In this study we examined the long-term risk of HF hospitalization associated with longer PTT in a large prospective cohort with a broad spectrum of cardiac conditions.

Comparison between compressed sensing and segmented cine cardiac magnetic resonance: a meta-analysis.

Purpose: Highly accelerated compressed sensing cine has allowed for quantification of ventricular function in a single breath hold. However, compared to segmented breath hold techniques, there may be underestimation or overestimation of LV volumes. Furthermore, a heterogeneous sample of techniques have been used in volunteers and patients for pre-clinical and clinical use.