CASE OF THE WEEK
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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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2017 JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR RELEASED
The 2017 journal impact factors were released last week and the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (JCMR), the official journal of the SCMR, maintained an outstanding impact factor of 5.457.
July 5, 2018
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE COURSES
Several new online courses available on congenital heart disease.
June 28, 2018
CEO TRANSITION
Current Chief Executive Officer, Orlando Simonetti, will be stepping down following the 2019 Annual Scientific Sessions. SCMR is now accepting candidates to be considered..
April 26, 2018
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic resonance
RESEARCH: Fully Automated, Inline Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow with CMR: Repeatability of Measurements in Healthy Subjects
Louise A. E. Brown, et al.
Published on: 9 July 2018
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