Started this week - promises to be very educational.
Content initially in Portuguese.
Many thanks to Marcelo Hadlich and Rochelle Coppo.
http://www.imagemcardiologica.com.br/
Feb 27, 2011
New Latin American Cardiac Imaging Site
Started this week - promises to be very educational.
Content initially in Portuguese.
Many thanks to Marcelo Hadlich and Rochelle Coppo.
http://www.imagemcardiologica.com.br/
Feb 26, 2011
CMR Perfusion - gold standard
This was news on Auntminnie. I quote:
"Dynamic cardiac CT stress perfusion equivalent to MRI
By Eric Barnes, AuntMinnie.com staff writer
Cardiac MRI may be the gold standard for evaluating myocardial perfusion, but there's no reason CT can't eventually take over much of MRI's workload in patients suspected of coronary artery disease"
OK, it's a site dedicated to imaging but it is very good news to hear that CMR is being considered as the gold standard for perfusion. Very stimulating!
Feb 22, 2011
T2 review - more debate
A new review on T2 imaging was recently launched in JCMR.
Read the free full text at: http://jcmr-online.com/content/pdf/1532-429X-13-13.pdf
The debate is on!
Feb 17, 2011
Feb 10, 2011
What was hot in SCMR 2011
Our votes indicated that T2 and edema imaging would be hot. Well, it was in a way but a lot of controversy arose this year. More robust data was demanded from many speakers and certainly new data will have to be put forward to put this powerful tool into real clinical setting.
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.
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