Paper of the Week

Myocardial infarction in women with normal coronaries: use of CMR
Circulation. 2011; 124: 1414-1425

Myocardial infarction with apparent normal epicardial arteries occurs in a specific number of cases especially in women. Dr Reynolds and cols analyzed 50 women with documented increase in troponin and invasive angiography plus IVUS with < 50% stenosis. An abnormal CMR was found in 59% of these women with LGE present in 34% and edema (by T2W imaging) in 18%. Interestingly, edema was correlated with myocardial segments irrigated by a coronary with plaque disruption. The most common pattern of LGE was transmural or subendocardial (10/17 - 59%) but mixed and purely nonischemic patterns were also rather frequent (41%). The authors conclude that the use of IVUS and especially of CMR can aid in the identification of the causes underlying such clinical situations with possible therapeutical consequences.

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pericardial Late Gadolinium Enhancement and Elevated Inflammatory Markers Can Predict the Reversibility of Constrictive Pericarditis After Antiinflammatory Medical Therapy
A Pilot Study

http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/124/17/1830.full#ref-5

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CAP case upload site - OPEN

Unread postby ayoung348 » Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:17 pm
The Cardiac Atlas Project case upload site is now open. This research project is endorsed by SCMR and aims to provide atlas-based CMR analysis tools for the community. Check it out at http://www.scmr.org/Research/cap-dicom-transfer.html. I'll also start a forum thread called "Cardiac Atlas Project"

Regards
Alistair

FatSat in ARVD - still popular

Most still do it.