Udo Sechtem

TL;DR: Cine MR imaging allows reproducible three-dimensional measurement of right and left ventricular volumes with short imaging time and good temporal resolution.

TL;DR: Viable myocardium is characterized by preserved end-diastolic wall thickness and a dobutamine-inducible contraction reserve, and both parameters should be taken into account to maximize the sensitivity of MRI in the detection of regions with signs of viability on FDG-PET images.

TL;DR: This paper reports early experience with cine MR imaging of the heart, a technique of gradient-recalled acquisition in the steady state (GRASS) that uses low flip angles and gradient- recalled echoes to evaluate myocardial and valvular function.

TL;DR: MRI proved to be useful in the diagnosis of pericardial cysts and in the evaluation of paracardiac masses with possible pericARDial involvement and can provide important additional information when diagnosis cannot be made adequately by other noninvasive imaging techniques.

TL;DR: Both dobutamine transesophageal echocardiography and F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography were highly sensitive in predicting functional recovery of chronically kinetic or dyskinetic myocardium after successful revascularization.