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Cardiac MRI to Manage Atrial Fibrillation
Author(s): Yan Zhao , Lilas Dagher , Chao Huang , et al Added: 3 years ago
AF is a common arrhythmia in clinical practice, with a prevalence of 2.7–6.1 million that is expected to rise to 5.6–12 million by 2050 in the US alone.1,2 Patients with AF have an increased risk of stroke and mortality and a decreased quality of life.3 In addition, management of AF increases the cost of healthcare.4,5,6 The mechanisms of AF are complex and are associated with electric and… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Ethan J Rowin , Martin S Maron Added: 3 years ago
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the most common genetic cardiomyopathy, is present in one in 500 of the general population and is caused by over 1,400 mutations in at least 11 genes encoding the cardiac sarcomere.1–4 Although the majority of patients with HCM remain asymptomatic with near-normal longevity, a small, but important, subset of patients are at increased risk for a wide range of… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Heart Failure
Author(s): Tom Nelson , Pankaj Garg , Richard H Clayton , et al Added: 3 years ago
Ventricular tachycardia (VT) and VF occur mainly in people with impaired cardiac function and/or ischaemic heart disease, and account for the majority of sudden cardiac deaths worldwide.1 Treatment with anti-arrhythmic drugs such as amiodarone may be at best neutral in terms of mortality and carries significant long-term risks.2,3 While ICDs significantly improve survival for patients with… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Nesan Shanmugam
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Consultant Cardiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer
Dr Shanmugam graduated from King’s College, University of London with a BSc (Hons) in 1998. He trained on the South West London Cardiology rotation and completed specialist cardiology training in 2013. He completed an international fellowship at the National Heart Centre/Duke-NUS Singapore in device therapy and advanced cardiac imaging, before being appointed as a consultant cardiologist in… View more
James C Moon
Job title: Clinical Director of Imaging
Personal History Prof James C. Moon is a Cardiology Professor at University College London and Clinical Director of Imaging at Barts Heart Centre. He is known for the use of cardiac MRI and for developing mapping techniques to bridge clinical and basic investigators.5 Academic History Professor Moon graduated with a BA from the University of Cambridge in 1992. He then went on to… View more
Job title: Director of Cardiac MRI and Structural CT Labs
Dr João L. Cavalcante earned his medical degree the Universidade Federal do Ceará in Fortaleza, Brazil. He did his internal medicine residency, chief residency and cardiology fellowship training at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan with Level II training in nuclear cardiology. He completed a dedicated 2-year advanced cardiovascular imaging fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic obtaining… View more
Raymond Kwong
Job title: Director, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Associate Professor
Dr Raymond Kwong is the director of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH)and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Dr Kwong received his medical degree from University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine at Vancouver General Hospital and a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at The… View more
Prognosis of ILBBB -Leyva Gupta
Author(s): Dhiraj Gupta , Francisco Leyva Added: 3 years ago
In this video presentation and discussion, Prof Dhiraj Gupta (Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, UK) meets with senior author, Prof Francisco Leyva (Queen Elizabeth Hospital, UK) to review the results of his retrospective, real-world study that aims to answer the common and clinically important question surrounding how to treat patients with an incidental LBBB (iLBBB), and how imaging can be… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Warren J. Manning
Dr. Warren Manning, currently Section Chief of Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging in Cardiology, and Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Harvard Medical School, received his M.D degree from Harvard Medical School and did his residency in Internal Medicine and subspecialty training in Cardiology at the former Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. His academic interest is non-invasive cardiac imaging and his… View more
Job title: Interventional Cardiologist
Dr Anita Asgar is an Interventional Cardiologist working at the Montreal Heart Institute,and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Montreal. Dr Asgar specialises in transcatheter valve interventions, congenital interventions and cardiac MRI. She is the lead cardiologist for the transcatheter mitral/tricuspid valve program at the Montreal Heart Institute. Her research interests… View more