September | 2011 | The Prepared Minds

Sep201129

CT Screening and Follow-Up of Lung Nodules: Effects of Tube Current-Time Setting and Nodule Size and Density on Detectability and of Tube Current-Time Setting on Apparent Size

Christe A, Torrente JC, Lin M, Yen A, Hallett R, Roychoudhury K, Schmitzberger F, Vock P, Roos J.

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011; 197(3):623-630.

Sep201127

The CT-STAT (Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography for Systematic Triage of Acute Chest Pain Patients to Treatment) Trial

Goldstein JA, Chinnaiyan KM, Abidov A, Achenbach S, Berman DS, Hayes SW, Hoffmann U, Lesser JR, Mikati IA, O'Neil BJ, Shaw LJ, Shen MY, Valeti US, Raff GL; CT-STAT Investigators.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011; 58(14):1414-1422.

Sep201126

Left Atrial Contractile Function Following a Successful Modified Maze Procedure at Surgery and the Risk for Subsequent Thromboembolic Stroke

Jonathan Buber, David Luria, Leonid Sternik, Ehud Raanani, Micha S. Feinberg, Ilan Goldenberg, Eyal Nof, Osnat Gurevitz, Michael Eldar, Michael Glikson, and Rafael Kuperstein.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011; 58(15):1614-1621.

Sep201122

Imaging Intraplaque Inflammation in Carotid Atherosclerosis With 11C-PK11195 Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography

Gaemperli O, Shalhoub J, Owen DR, Lamare F, Johansson S, Fouladi N, Davies AH, Rimoldi OE, Camici PG.

Eur Heart J. 2011; 32(18):2218-2227.

Sep201120

Cardiac PET/CT for the Evaluation of Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

Di Carli MF, Murthy VL.

Radiographics. 2011; 31(5):1239-1254.

Sep201115

Scar Size and Characteristics Assessed by CMR Predict Ventricular Arrhythmias in Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy: Comparison of Previously Validated Models

Stefan de Haan, Thomas A Meijers, Paul Knaapen, Aernout M Beek, Albert C van Rossum, Cornelis P Allaart.

Heart. 2011; 97(19):1589-1596.

Sep201115

Right Ventriculo-Arterial Coupling In Pulmonary Hypertension: A Magnetic Resonance Study

Javier Sanz, Ana García-Alvarez, Leticia Fernández-Friera, Ajith Nair, Jesús G Mirelis, Simonette T Sawit, Sean Pinney, Valentin Fuster.

Heart. 2011; 97(19):1537-1542.

Sep201115

Incidence of Aortic Complications in Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valves

Hector I. Michelena, Amber D. Khanna, Douglas Mahoney, Edit Margaryan, Yan Topilsky, Rakesh M. Suri, Ben Eidem, William D. Edwards, Thoralf M. Sundt III, Maurice Enriquez-Sarano.

JAMA . 2011; 306(10):1104-1112.

Sep201114

Comparison of Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Imaging Techniques for Measurement of Aortic Annulus Diameters Before Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Altiok E, Koos R, Schröder J, Brehmer K, Hamada S, Becker M, Mahnken AH, Almalla M, Dohmen G, Autschbach R, Marx N, Hoffmann R.

Heart. 2011; 97(19):1578-1584.

Sep201114

Transcatheter Implantation of an Aortic Valve Prosthesis in a Female Patient With Severe Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis

Kochman J, Huczek Z, Koltowski L, Michalak M.

Eur Heart J. 2011; 32(18):2231-2239.

Sep201112

Prognostic Value of Routine Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Assessment of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Myocardial Damage: An International, Multicenter Study

Igor Klem, Dipan J. Shah, Richard D. White, Dudley J. Pennell, Albert C. van Rossum, Matthias Regenfus, Udo Sechtem, Paulo R. Schvartzman, Peter Hunold, Pierre Croisille, Michele Parker, Robert M. Judd, and Raymond J. Kim.

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2011; 4(4):353-360.