2 results match your criteria: "Tor Vergata University of Rome and Unit of Diagnostic Imaging[Affiliation]"
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Tissue Characterization in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy.
J Thorac Imaging
January 2022
Cardiological Center Monzino, IRCCS, Milano.
Ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) is one of the most common causes of congestive heart failure. In patients with ICM, tissue characterization with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) allows for evaluation of myocardial abnormalities in acute and chronic settings. Myocardial edema, microvascular obstruction (MVO), intracardiac thrombus, intramyocardial hemorrhage, and late gadolinium enhancement of the myocardium are easily depicted using standard CMR sequences.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssociation of plaque calcification pattern and attenuation with instability features and coronary stenosis and calcification grade.
Atherosclerosis
October 2020
Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, Tor Vergata University of Rome and Unit of Diagnostic Imaging, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, 00133, Rome, Italy.
Article Synopsis
- The study examines how different calcification patterns and attenuation in coronary arteries relate to plaque instability and the severity of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with calcified plaques.
- Out of 373 examined calcified plaques, various calcification patterns (large, spotty, mixed) and their corresponding attenuation were linked to different grades of stenosis and plaque instability features.
- Findings suggest that both the calcification pattern and its attenuation should be taken into account alongside coronary artery calcium scores (CACS) for better risk assessment in patients with significant calcified coronary stenosis.