Cardiac CT & MRI Literature

Dynamic Cine Imaging of the Mitral Valve with 16-MDCT: A Feasibility Study -- Alkadhi et al. 185 (3): 636 -- American Journal of Roentgenology

This is a nice proof-of-concept article on the use of CT in mitral valvular imaging. The techniques and anatomy have been well explained and it is obvious that with the newer 64-slice scanners, it will be much easier to perform these reconstructions.

Link: Dynamic Cine Imaging of the Mitral Valve with 16-MDCT: A Feasibility Study -- Alkadhi et al. 185 (3): 636 -- American Journal of Roentgenology.

Myocardial Infarct: Depiction with Contrast-enhanced MR Imaging--Comparison of Gadopentetate and Gadobenate -- Schlosser et al. 236 (3): 1041 -- Radiology

This is a very interesting article that compares Multihance and Magnevist and makes a case to not switch to Multihance due to the prolonged intracavitary blood-pool enhancement, which makes depiction of subendocardial infarcts difficult and prolongs examination times.

Link: Myocardial Infarct: Depiction with Contrast-enhanced MR Imaging--Comparison of Gadopentetate and Gadobenate -- Schlosser et al. 236 (3): 1041 -- Radiology.

Enhanced Coronary Calcification Determined by Electron Beam CT Is Strongly Related to Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease -- Huang et al. 128 (2): 810 -- Chest

This article furthers the argument that high coronary artery calcium scores are associated not only with enhanced plaque burden, but also endothelial dysfunction

Link: Enhanced Coronary Calcification Determined by Electron Beam CT Is Strongly Related to Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease -- Huang et al. 128 (2): 810 -- Chest.