Context Stress cardiomyopathy (SC) is a transient form of acute heart failure triggered by
stressful events and associated with a distinctive left ventricular (LV) contraction pattern. …

Background—The course of tissue changes in acute myocarditis in humans is not well
understood. Diagnostic tools currently available are unsatisfactory. We tested the hypothesis that …

Aims Perfusion-cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) has emerged as a potential alternative
to single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) to assess myocardial ischaemia …

… Jochen Schuler, Oliver Strohm, and Roland Willenbrock did the clinical assessments and
invasive studies. Oliver Strohm and Matthias Friedrich did the MRI studies and their analysis. …

Background— A hypointense core of infarcted myocardium in T2-weighted cardiovascular
MRI (CMR) has been used as a noninvasive marker for intramyocardial hemorrhage. However…

Background Perfusion-cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is generally accepted as
an alternative to SPECT to assess myocardial ischemia non-invasively. However its …

Objective: Based upon epidemiological studies, male gender and younger age are risk
factors for developing fatal myocarditis. The impact of age and gender on myocardial injury …

Background The purpose of the study was to compare the accuracy and evaluation time of
quantifying left ventricular (LV), left atrial (LA) volume and LV mass using short axis (SAX) and …

Studies on medical therapy in heart failure are focused on changes of left ventricular (LV)
dimensions and function. These changes may be small, requiring a large study group. We …

Objectives : The purpose of our study was to assess the impact of revised versus original
criteria on the prevalence of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/…