A new study has revealed that treatment for heart attacks could be improved thanks to a novel method of evaluating heart function using contrast-based MRI scans. According to the British Heart ...

Cardiac MRI is a non-invasive, radiation-free technology that allows physicians to visualize the heart’s structure and ...

Cardiac MRI is a powerful diagnostic tool for complex heart conditions when other imaging tests are inconclusive. The imaging helps surgeons determine if heart tissue is recoverable, guiding decisions ...

Contrast-enhanced MRI is better than SPECT in detecting heart damage in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a disease that can lead to sudden death in young patients. SPECT nuclear medicine ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiovascular condition. It is the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young people and children, with an annual mortality rate of 1% ...

MRI-derived septal ECC is effective in detecting early cardiac dysfunction in DMD, surpassing traditional measures like LVEF. Cine DENSE MRI revealed reduced septal ECC in patients with DMD without ...

Heart attack and stroke are the first and second leading causes of death in developed countries, respectively. As the disease often results in sudden death with few special prognostic symptoms, early ...

Contrast agents are often used in diagnostic technologies like MRIs. There are many different types of contrast agents, which can make tissues much easier to see against the background fluids of the ...

The launch of Pixxoscan expands GE HealthCare’s portfolio of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) contrast agents, now offering two leading macrocyclic molecules to customers - Clariscan (gadoteric acid) ...

According to the British Heart Foundation, heart and circulatory diseases cause more than a quarter (27 per cent) of all deaths in the UK, which equates to more than 160,000 deaths each year - or one ...