THE USEFULNESS OF EARLY CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH ACUTE CHEST PAIN, POSITIVE TROPONIN AND NON-OBSTRUCTIVE CORONARY ARTERIES by Ferreira, V, Dall'Armellina, E, Piechnik, S, Karamitsos, T, Francis, J, Choudhury, R, Channon, K, Banning, A, Kharbanda, R, Forfar, C, Ormerod, O, Prendergast, B, Kardos, A, Basagiannia, C, Newton, J, Friedrich, M, Robson, M, Neubauer, S

121 High Diagnostic Yield in Patients Presenting with Acute Chest Pain, Positive Troponins but non-obstructive Coronaries by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance imaging with Conventional and Novel T1 Mapping Techniques. by Ferreira, V, Dall'Armellina, E, Piechnik, S, Karamitsos, T, Francis, J, Choudhury, R, Channon, K, Kharbanda, R, Forfar, C, Ormerod, O, Prendergast, B, Banning, A, Kardos, A, Newton, J, Friedrich, M, Robson, M, Neubauer, S

“…INTRODUCTION: Up to 10% of patients presenting with chest pain and elevated troponin levels demonstrate non-obstructive coronary arteries on angiography, posing a clinical challenge in diagnosis, prognosis and management. …”

Patients with syndrome X have normal transmural myocardial perfusion and oxygenation: a 3-T cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging study. by Karamitsos, T, Arnold, JR, Pegg, T, Francis, J, Birks, J, Jerosch-Herold, M, Neubauer, S, Selvanayagam, J

“…BACKGROUND: The pathophysiology of chest pain in patients with cardiac syndrome X remains controversial. …”

Tolerance and safety of adenosine stress perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in patients with severe coronary artery disease. by Karamitsos, T, Arnold, JR, Pegg, T, Cheng, A, van Gaal, W, Francis, J, Banning, A, Neubauer, S, Selvanayagam, J

“…There were no sustained episodes of advanced AV block. Transient chest pain was the most common side effect (199 subjects-57%). …”

Tolerance and safety of adenosine stress perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in patients with severe coronary artery disease by Karamitsos, T, Arnold, JR, Pegg, T, Cheng, A, van Gaal, W, Francis, J, Banning, A, Neubauer, S, Selvanayagam, J

“…There were no sustained episodes of advanced AV block. Transient chest pain was the most common side effect (199 subjects-57%). …”

Feasibility and safety of high-dose adenosine perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance. by Karamitsos, T, Ntusi, N, Francis, J, Holloway, C, Myerson, S, Neubauer, S

“…Significantly more patients complained of chest pain in the high-dose group (61% vs. 29%, p = 0.009). …”

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance by non contrast T1-mapping allows assessment of severity of injury in acute myocardial infarction. by Dall'Armellina, E, Piechnik, S, Ferreira, V, Si, Q, Robson, M, Francis, J, Cuculi, F, Kharbanda, R, Banning, A, Choudhury, R, Karamitsos, T, Neubauer, S

“…METHODS: 3T CMR including T2W, T1-mapping and LGE was performed in 41 patients [of these, 78% were ST elevation MI (STEMI)] with acute MI at 12-48 hour after chest pain onset and at 6 months (6M). Patients with STEMI underwent primary PCI prior to CMR. …”