2022
Potential clinical relevance of cardiac magnetic resonance to diagnose cardiac light chain amyloidosis
Dohy Z, Szabo L, Pozsonyi Z, Csecs I, Toth A, Suhai F, Czimbalmos C, Szucs A, Kiss A, Becker D, Merkely B, Vago H. Potential clinical relevance of cardiac magnetic resonance to diagnose cardiac light chain amyloidosis. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0269807. PMID: 35696411, PMCID: PMC9191721, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269807.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac AL amyloidosisCardiac magnetic resonanceLate gadolinium enhancementAL amyloidosisOptimal diagnostic performanceHypertrophic cardiomyopathyDegree of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophyReduced global LV longitudinal strainDiagnostic performanceLeft ventricular (LV) hypertrophyPattern of late gadolinium enhancementGlobal LV longitudinal strainSubendocardial late gadolinium enhancementCardiac magnetic resonance examinationCardiac magnetic resonance parametersCardiac light-chain amyloidosisDifferential diagnosis of cardiomyopathyLV strain parametersCardiac transthyretin amyloidosisLV) hypertrophyLV longitudinal strainDiagnosis of cardiomyopathyLight chain amyloidosisCardiac light chainsPotential clinical relevance
2021
Machine learning phenotyping of scarred myocardium from cine in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Mancio J, Pashakhanloo F, El-Rewaidy H, Jang J, Joshi G, Csecs I, Ngo L, Rowin E, Manning W, Maron M, Nezafat R. Machine learning phenotyping of scarred myocardium from cine in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging 2021, 23: 532-542. PMID: 33779725, PMCID: PMC9125682, DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeab056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSensitivity of Myocardial Radiomic Features to Imaging Parameters in Cardiac MR Imaging
Jang J, El‐Rewaidy H, Ngo L, Mancio J, Csecs I, Rodriguez J, Pierce P, Goddu B, Neisius U, Manning W, Nezafat R. Sensitivity of Myocardial Radiomic Features to Imaging Parameters in Cardiac MR Imaging. Journal Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2021, 54: 787-794. PMID: 33650227, PMCID: PMC9190024, DOI: 10.1002/jmri.27581.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRadiomic featuresIn-plane spatial resolutionImaging parametersSpatial resolutionBalanced steady-state free precessionCardiac magnetic resonanceIn-plane resolutionStandardized mean differenceSteady-state free precessionParallel imaging techniquesFlip angleCardiac MRCardiac MR imagesFree precessionMean differenceSlice thicknessMR imagingMagnetic resonanceCalculated valuesMyocardial contoursSequence parametersImaging techniquesWavelet filters
2020
Association Between Left Ventricular Mechanical Deformation and Myocardial Fibrosis in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy
Csecs I, Pashakhanloo F, Paskavitz A, Jang J, Al‐Otaibi T, Neisius U, Manning W, Nezafat R. Association Between Left Ventricular Mechanical Deformation and Myocardial Fibrosis in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e016797. PMID: 33006296, PMCID: PMC7792406, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.016797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate gadolinium enhancementSeptal late gadolinium enhancementLV ejection fractionNonischemic cardiomyopathyExtent of fibrosisCardiovascular magnetic resonanceEjection fractionImpaired global circumferential strainImpaired LV ejection fractionLate gadolinium enhancement groupsDepressed LV ejection fractionClinical cardiovascular magnetic resonanceLeft ventricular (LVLGE-negative groupCircumferential strainGlobal radial strainGlobal longitudinal strainRadial strainGlobal circumferential strainLV deformation parametersGlobal LV functionAdverse cardiovascular outcomesLGE-positiveNonischemic fibrosisFibrosis burden