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A 54-year-old male with a history of heart failure and coronary artery disease and recent LAD stenting presented with chest pain and shortness of breath. He was noted to have a fever to 101.5 ° F and decreased breath sounds in the left lung base. On initial laboratory workup he was noted to have normal troponin levels but an elevated white count. His EKG demonstrated pathologic Q waves consistent with a remote anteroseptal and inferior infarct.
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NEW PAPER PUBLISHED BY SCMR CLINICAL TRIALS COMMITTEE
Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) expert consensus for CMR imaging endpoints in clinical research: part I - analytical validation and clinical qualification
September 20, 2018
SCMR REGISTRY TRIAL RESULTS PRESENTED AT ESC
The first study from the registry, The Clinical Impact of Stress CMR Perfusion Imaging in the US (SPINS) was presented at ESC on August 25.
August 16, 2018
ADVANCED AORTIC STENOSIS
These publications show the increasingly important role that CMR could play in risk stratification and clinical decision making in patients with advanced aortic stenosis.
August 2, 2018
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic resonance
RESEARCH: Assessment of Longitudinal Distribution of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Femoral Arteries by Three-dimensional Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Vessel Wall Imaging
Yongjun Han, et al.
Published on: 3 September 2018
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