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A comparison of reconstruction and viewing parameters on image quality and accuracy of stress myocardial CT perfusion.

scientific article published on 31 October 2011

A joint procedural position statement on imaging in cardiac sarcoidosis: from the Cardiovascular and Inflammation & Infection Committees of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, and the Ame

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A joint procedural position statement on imaging in cardiac sarcoidosis: from the Cardiovascular and Inflammation & Infection Committees of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, and the Amer

A systematic review: burden and severity of subclinical cardiovascular disease among those with nonalcoholic fatty liver; should we care?

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Accuracy and reproducibility of automated, standardized coronary transluminal attenuation gradient measurements.

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Adenosine-induced stress myocardial perfusion imaging using dual-source cardiac computed tomography

scientific article published in September 2009

All-cause and cause-specific mortality in individuals with zero and minimal coronary artery calcium: A long-term, competing risk analysis in the Coronary Artery Calcium Consortium

scientific article published on 16 November 2019

Anomalous origin of the coronary artery arising from the opposite sinus: prevalence and outcomes in patients undergoing coronary CTA.

scientific article published on 3 February 2016

Approaches to reducing radiation dose from radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging

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Appropriateness and utilization of cardiac CT: implications for development of future criteria

scientific article published on 15 June 2010

Association Between Self-rated Health, Coronary Artery Calcium Scores, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

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Association between obesity, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein ≥2 mg/L, and subclinical atherosclerosis: implications of JUPITER from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

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Association of Coronary Artery Calcium With Long-term, Cause-Specific Mortality Among Young Adults

scientific article published on 03 July 2019

Association of coronary artery calcium and coronary heart disease events in young and elderly participants in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis: a secondary analysis of a prospective, population-based cohort

scientific article published on 15 September 2014

Association of resting heart rate with carotid and aortic arterial stiffness: multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

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Associations between C-reactive protein, coronary artery calcium, and cardiovascular events: implications for the JUPITER population from MESA, a population-based cohort study

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Baseline subclinical atherosclerosis burden and distribution are associated with frequency and mode of future coronary revascularization: multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

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Beyond BMI: The "Metabolically healthy obese" phenotype & its association with clinical/subclinical cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality -- a systematic review

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Cardiac sarcoidosis-state of the art review

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Cardiometabolic risk is associated with atherosclerotic burden and prognosis: results from the partners coronary computed tomography angiography registry

scientific article published on 15 October 2013

Cardiomyopathy of uncertain etiology: Complementary role of multimodality imaging with cardiac MRI and 18FDG PET.

scientific article published in April 2010

Clinical indications for coronary artery calcium scoring in asymptomatic patients: Expert consensus statement from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

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Comparison of cardiac computed tomography examination appropriateness under the 2010 revised versus the 2006 original Appropriate Use Criteria

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Comparison of dual-source 64-slice adenosine stress CT perfusion with stress-gated SPECT-MPI for evaluation of left ventricular function and volumes

scientific article published on 18 November 2011

Comparison of exercise treadmill testing with cardiac computed tomography angiography among patients presenting to the emergency room with chest pain: the Rule Out Myocardial Infarction Using Computer-Assisted Tomography (ROMICAT) study

scientific article published on 03 February 2012

Comparison of postprocessing techniques for the detection of perfusion defects by cardiac computed tomography in patients presenting with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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Comparison of the Diamond-Forrester method and Duke Clinical Score to predict obstructive coronary artery disease by computed tomographic angiography

scientific article published on 9 January 2012

Coronary artery disease detected by coronary computed tomographic angiography is associated with intensification of preventive medical therapy and lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

scientific article published on 6 June 2014

Coronary vascular dysfunction and prognosis in patients with chronic kidney disease.

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Cost-effectiveness of coronary artery calcium testing for coronary heart and cardiovascular disease risk prediction to guide statin allocation: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

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Detection of obstructive coronary artery disease using regadenoson stress and 82Rb PET/CT myocardial perfusion imaging.

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Diabetes Is Associated With Worse Long-term Outcomes in Young Adults After Myocardial Infarction: The Partners YOUNG-MI Registry

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

Diagnostic and prognostic value of absence of coronary artery calcification

scientific article published on June 2009

Direct comparison of rest and adenosine stress myocardial perfusion CT with rest and stress SPECT.

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Distribution and burden of newly detected coronary artery calcium: Results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

scientific article published on 7 April 2015

Effect of Omega-3 Acid Ethyl Esters on Left Ventricular Remodeling After Acute Myocardial Infarction: The OMEGA-REMODEL Randomized Clinical Trial

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Effect of sleep apnea and continuous positive airway pressure on cardiac structure and recurrence of atrial fibrillation

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Effects of sex on coronary microvascular dysfunction and cardiac outcomes

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Erectile Dysfunction as an Independent Predictor of Future Cardiovascular Events: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Ethnic and sex differences in fatty liver on cardiac computed tomography: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

scientific article published on 7 March 2014

Evolution of coronary computed tomography radiation dose reduction at a tertiary referral center.

scientific article published on 15 June 2012

Evolving, innovating, and revolutionary changes in cardiovascular imaging: We've only just begun!

scientific article published on 21 February 2018

Excess Cardiovascular Risk in Women Relative to Men Referred for Coronary Angiography Is Associated With Severely Impaired Coronary Flow Reserve, Not Obstructive Disease

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Feasibility and prognostic value of stress-perfusion CMR in obesity

scientific article published in February 2012

Feasibility study of electrocardiographic and respiratory gated, gadolinium enhanced magnetic resonance angiography of pulmonary veins and the impact of heart rate and rhythm on study quality.

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Female gender is an independent predictor of operative mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: contemporary analysis of 31 Midwestern hospitals

scientific article published in August 2005

GENDER INFLUENCE ON THE PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE DETECTED BY CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY

scientific article published in March 2015

Global coronary flow reserve is associated with adverse cardiovascular events independently of luminal angiographic severity and modifies the effect of early revascularization.

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Healthcare Policy Statement on the Utility of Coronary Computed Tomography for Evaluation of Cardiovascular Conditions and Preventive Healthcare: From the Health Policy Working Group of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

scientific article published on 31 August 2017

Highlights of the fourteenth annual scientific meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

scientific article published on 24 December 2019

Highlights of the thirteenth annual scientific meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Images in cardiovascular medicine. Initial presentation of an accessory left ventricle in a patient with syncope

scientific article published in May 2010

Images in cardiovascular medicine. Löffler endocarditis presenting with recurrent polymorphic ventricular tachycardia diagnosed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

scientific article published on July 2010

Impact of coronary artery calcium on coronary heart disease events in individuals at the extremes of traditional risk factor burden: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

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Incremental prognostic value of coronary artery calcium score versus CT angiography among symptomatic patients without known coronary artery disease

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Incremental prognostic value of kidney function decline over coronary artery disease for cardiovascular event prediction after coronary computed tomography

scientific article published on 28 January 2015

Incremental value of adenosine-induced stress myocardial perfusion imaging with dual-source CT at cardiac CT angiography

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Incremental value of myocardial perfusion over regional left ventricular function and coronary stenosis by cardiac CT for the detection of acute coronary syndromes in high-risk patients: a subgroup analysis of the ROMICAT trial

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Infarct detection with a comprehensive cardiac CT protocol.

scientific article published on 18 November 2011

Infarct tissue heterogeneity by contrast-enhanced MRI is a novel predictor of mortality in patients with coronary artery disease with reduced left ventricular systolic function

scientific article published on 2 February 2011

Infarct tissue heterogeneity by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging is a novel predictor of mortality in patients with chronic coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction

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Interaction of impaired coronary flow reserve and cardiomyocyte injury on adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients without overt coronary artery disease.

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Interplay of Coronary Artery Calcium and Risk Factors for Predicting CVD/CHD Mortality: The CAC Consortium

scientific article published on 13 November 2019

Interplay of coronary artery calcification and traditional risk factors for the prediction of all-cause mortality in asymptomatic individuals

scientific article published on 19 June 2012

Joint SNMMI-ASNC Expert Consensus Document on the Role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in Cardiac Sarcoid Detection and Therapy Monitoring.

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Joint SNMMI-ASNC expert consensus document on the role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in cardiac sarcoid detection and therapy monitoring

scientific article published on 01 October 2017

Left atrial passive emptying function determined by cardiac magnetic resonance predicts atrial fibrillation recurrence after pulmonary vein isolation

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Myocardial blood flow quantification for evaluation of coronary artery disease by positron emission tomography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, and computed tomography

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Myocardial extracellular volume expansion and the risk of recurrent atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation

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Myocardial extracellular volume expansion in patients with hypertension.

scientific article published on 30 January 2013

Myocardial extracellular volume fraction from T1 measurements in healthy volunteers and mice: relationship to aging and cardiac dimensions

scientific article published on May 2013

Novel quantification of extracellular expansion by cardiac magnetic resonance is a robust marker in diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis.

scientific article published on 2 February 2011

Obesity and sleep apnea are independently associated with adverse left ventricular remodeling and clinical outcome in patients with atrial fibrillation and preserved ventricular function

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Obesity, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular prognosis: from the Partners coronary computed tomography angiography registry

scientific article published on 25 January 2017

Outcomes in Stable Coronary Disease: Is Defining High-Risk Atherosclerotic Plaque Important?

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Perceived usefulness of cardiac computed tomography as assessed by referring physicians and its effect on patient management

scientific article published on 11 March 2010

Performance of electrocardiographic criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy as compared with cardiac computed tomography: from the Rule Out Myocardial Infarction Using Computer Assisted Tomography trial

scientific article published on September 2010

Polypill therapy, subclinical atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular events-implications for the use of preventive pharmacotherapy: MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis)

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Predictors of hypertension control in a diverse general cardiology practice

scientific article published in August 2010

Presence of Late Gadolinium Enhancement by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Among Patients With Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis Is Associated With Adverse Cardiovascular Prognosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Prognostic value of coronary CTA vs. exercise treadmill testing: results from the Partners registry

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Prognostic value of nonobstructive and obstructive coronary artery disease detected by coronary computed tomography angiography to identify cardiovascular events

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

Quantification of Extracellular Matrix Expansion by CMR in Infiltrative Heart Disease

scientific article published on September 1, 2012

Quantitative T1 mapping and the fibrotic index in normal healthy volunteers; relationship to aging and cardiac dimensions

scientific article published in February 2012

Radiation dose and image quality of prospective triggering with dual-source cardiac computed tomography

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Relation of left ventricular mass and concentric remodeling to extent of coronary artery disease by computed tomography in patients without left ventricular hypertrophy: ROMICAT study

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Risk stratification by regadenoson stress MRI in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease.

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Risk stratification by regadenoson stress magnetic resonance imaging in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease

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SCCT curriculum guidelines for general (level 1) cardiovascular CT training.

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Stress Perfusion Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Effectively Risk Stratifies Diabetic Patients With Suspected Myocardial Ischemia

scientific article published on April 2016

Stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging provides effective cardiac risk reclassification in patients with known or suspected stable coronary artery disease

scientific article published on 26 June 2013

Stress myocardial perfusion imaging by CMR provides strong prognostic value to cardiac events regardless of patient's sex.

scientific article published on August 2011

The association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, obesity, and metabolic syndrome, with systemic inflammation and subclinical atherosclerosis: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

scientific article published on 7 February 2015

The effect of heart rhythm on patient radiation dose with dual-source cardiac computed tomography

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The elusive role of myocardial perfusion imaging in stable ischemic heart disease: Is ISCHEMIA the answer?

scientific article published on 27 July 2017

The incidence and prognostic value of silent myocardial scar by late gadolinium enhancement in patients with atrial fibrillation.

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The incidence, pattern, and prognostic value of left ventricular myocardial scar by late gadolinium enhancement in patients with atrial fibrillation .

scientific article published on 28 August 2013

The relationship between insulin resistance and incidence and progression of coronary artery calcification: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

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The role of radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging for asymptomatic individuals

scientific article published on February 1, 2011

Time for a Change or Just a Reason to Question Further?

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Use of 100 kV versus 120 kV in cardiac dual source computed tomography: effect on radiation dose and image quality

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Use of coronary artery calcium testing to guide aspirin utilization for primary prevention: estimates from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

scientific article published on 6 May 2014

Use of imaging and clinical data to screen for cardiovascular disease in asymptomatic diabetics

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Usefulness of age and gender in the early triage of patients with acute chest pain having cardiac computed tomographic angiography

scientific article published on 16 September 2009

Usefulness of electrocardiographic parameters as compared with computed tomography measures of left atrial volume enlargement: from the ROMICAT trial

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Validation of the Coronary Artery Calcium Data and Reporting System (CAC-DRS): Dual importance of CAC score and CAC distribution from the Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) consortium

scientific article published on 28 March 2019

Vasodilator stress perfusion CMR imaging is feasible and prognostic in obese patients

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Visceral adiposity and the risk of metabolic syndrome across body mass index: the MESA Study

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What is Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging and How Can It Be Delivered?

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Yield of downstream tests after exercise treadmill testing: a prospective cohort study.

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