An MRI is quickly performed as the gadolinium makes its way through the heart muscle. Ten minutes later (hence the term "late"), another MRI is performed. More gadolinium sticks to damaged areas ...

Background: A previously fit and healthy 30-year-old man reported experiencing palpitations accompanied by nausea, sweating and presyncope. These symptoms were found to be associated with episodes ...

Better imaging parameters may exist for risk stratification in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM), based on a ...

Cardiac sarcoidosis also cannot be ... septal involvement on T2 mapping images and of late gadolinium enhancement on cardiovascular MRI increase the sensitivity. The absence of giant cells and ...

Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis can cause a thickening and hardening of the skin, heart and lungs—and cause painful contracting of the joints.

Researchers from the University of New Mexico found that gadolinium – a toxic rare earth metal used in MRI scans – could ... and hardening of the skin, heart, and lungs with painful ...

The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent ... now have an approved contrast agent for use in cardiac MR to assess perfusion and late gadolinium enhancement in less than one hour.” ...

Cardiac MRI with late gadolinium enhancement showed its shortcomings for detecting significant coronary artery disease in people with reduced ejection fraction in a prospective cohort study.

While clinical, ECG and hemodynamic evaluation have been the established methods for the diagnosis of pericardial disease, advances in cardiac computed tomography and cardiovascular MRI provide ...

The condition can cause a thickening and hardening of the skin, heart and lungs and cause painful contracture of the joints. Gadolinium-based contrast agents are injected prior to MRI scans to ...