A comprehensive review targeted at physicians of LGE and myocardial fibrosis:
Non-invasive evaluation of myocardial fibrosis:implications for the clinician
Darryl P Leong, Per Lav Madsen and Joseph B Selvanayagam
Heart 2010 96: 2016-2024
Link here.
Jan 31, 2011
LGE and fibrosis: spread the word
A comprehensive review targeted at physicians of LGE and myocardial fibrosis:
Non-invasive evaluation of myocardial fibrosis:implications for the clinician
Darryl P Leong, Per Lav Madsen and Joseph B Selvanayagam
Heart 2010 96: 2016-2024
Link here.
Pharmacointesive versus primary PCI by CMR
An interesting study using CMR endpoints (infarct size, salvaged myocardium, microvascular obstruction, volumes and ejection fraction) by Bodí et al from Spain to assess whether any differences were observed between primary PCI and a pharmacointensive strategy in the treament of STEMI. No differences were observed among the strategies as was very clearly shown by CMR.
Full text in Spanish and English at: http://www.revespcardiol.org/ficheros/eop/S0300-8932%2810%2900047-3.pdf - Online First
Jan 24, 2011
Two Latin American events in SCMR/EuroCMR 2011
There are two specific events for Latin American participants during this year's sessions:
Saturday
07:00 to 08:00 – Latin American WG – Galliéni 2
Sunday
07:00 to 08:00 – Case Review Session – Mixed Cases from Latin America – Room Risso
Both at 07:00, so be early! Tips for waking up early on http://www.howtowakeupearly.com/
Jan 19, 2011
Look into the aorta
A simple double IR FSE sequence in mid thorax can help a lot in identifying patients with increased risk of events as shown by Heitner JF et al in Atherosclerosis. Greater aortic wall thickness and area seems to give a lot of information compared to controls and DM patients.
Link here.
Jan 18, 2011
Going to Nice
Let's see if the number of LatAm attendees increase compared to next year. Half of the respondents are planning to go:
Jan 11, 2011
Do you want to train your techs in CMR?
Two video lessons (in Portuguese) were recorded by Dr Carlos Rochitte (InCor - University of Sao Paulo and HCor-SP) and are available for download (please see useful links on the left).
The lessons are very comprehensive and provide a complete training program for MR techs interested in learning or updating in CMR.
Link in http://gallery.me.com/rochitte
Jan 3, 2011
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