Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2023 Cases of SCMR case series.

"Cases of SCMR" is a case series on the SCMR website (https://www.scmr.org) for the purpose of education.

Worldwide variation in cardiovascular magnetic resonance practice models.

Introduction: The use of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) for diagnosis and management of a broad range of cardiac and vascular conditions has quickly expanded worldwide. It is essential to understand how CMR is utilized in different regions around the world and the potential practice differences between high-volume and low-volume centers.

Methods: CMR practitioners and developers from around the world were electronically surveyed by the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) twice, requesting data from 2017.

Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2021 cases of SCMR and COVID-19 case collection series.

The Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) is an international society focused on the research, education, and clinical application of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). "Cases of SCMR" is a case series hosted on the SCMR website ( https://www.scmr.

Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2019 Case of the Week series.

The Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) is an international society focused on the research, education, and clinical application of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). The SCMR web site ( https://www.scmr.

A Randomized Trial on the Effect of Phosphate Reduction on Vascular End Points in CKD (IMPROVE-CKD).

Background: Hyperphosphatemia is associated with increased fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), arterial calcification, and cardiovascular mortality. Effects of phosphate-lowering medication on vascular calcification and arterial stiffness in CKD remain uncertain.

Methods: To assess the effects of non-calcium-based phosphate binders on intermediate cardiovascular markers, we conducted a multicenter, double-blind trial, randomizing 278 participants with stage 3b or 4 CKD and serum phosphate >1.

Adult Congenital Heart Disease in Australia and New Zealand: A Call for Optimal Care.

Background: Adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) is a relatively new subspecialty in the cardiology field. The prevalence of ACHD is estimated at ∼ 3,000 per million adult population. The ACHD patient group is estimated to grow at ∼ 5% per year and in the next decade it is forecast that 1 in 150 young adults will carry some form of ACHD diagnosis.

An unusual finding in the right atrium.

Clinical Introduction: A 66-year-old asymptomatic patient underwent a routine transthoracic echocardiogram prior to commencement of clozapine, and was found to have a mobile echogenic structure in the right atrium, which was later confirmed on transoesophageal echocardiogram to be adjacent to the insertion of inferior vena cava.Follow-up cardiovascular MRI (CMR) revealed a mobile, avascular 2.1×2.

The shape and function of the left ventricle in Ebstein's anomaly.

Background: Left ventricular (LV) failure is common in Ebstein's anomaly, though remains poorly understood. We investigated whether shape deformity impacts LV function.

Methods: Three-dimensional models of the right ventricle (RV) and LV from 29 adult Ebstein's patients and nine normal subjects were generated from cardiac magnetic resonance image tracings.

Unilateral pulmonary artery branch stenosis: diastolic prolongation of forward flow appears to maintain flow to the affected lung if the pulmonary valve is competent.

Background: We sought to improve understanding of the diastolic prolongation of forward flow seen through a unilateral branch pulmonary artery (PA) stenosis.

Methods And Results: Of patients studied by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) for congenital heart disease, we reviewed right and left PA flow to find 10 cases with a diastolic prolongation of flow in a stenosed branch PA. They were aged 20 years (median, range = 14-40 years, 7 males).

The shape and function of the right ventricle in Ebstein's anomaly.

Background: Ebstein's anomaly involves both the right ventricle (RV) and tricuspid valve.

Methods: The functional RV and tricuspid orifice were traced from magnetic resonance images in 29 adult Ebstein patients and 9 normal subjects and reconstructed for visualization and measurement of regional RV size, function, and shape at 20 cross sections, and inlet and outflow tract ejection fractions (EFs).

Results: The RV in Ebstein's had RV dilation (end diastolic volume index 179 ± 69 vs.

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance tagging of the right ventricular free wall for the assessment of long axis myocardial function in congenital heart disease.

Background: Right ventricular ejection fraction (RV-EF) has traditionally been used to measure and compare RV function serially over time, but may be a relatively insensitive marker of change in RV myocardial contractile function. We developed a cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) tagging-based technique with a view to rapid and reproducible measurement of RV long axis function and applied it in patients with congenital heart disease.

Methods: We studied 84 patients: 56 with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF); 28 with atrial septal defect (ASD): 13 with and 15 without pulmonary hypertension (RV pressure > 40 mmHG by echocardiography).

Post-infarct left ventricular free wall rupture-not always a lethal complication of acute myocardial infarction.

Post-myocardial infarction cardiac rupture is an important complication and cause of death in the period following myocardial infarction. It is rarely diagnosed before death. However, early diagnosis is crucial as successful treatment is possible with surgery.