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Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta

Publications

Publications of the Stephenson Cardiovascular MR Centre

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Kumar A, Abdel-Aty H, Kriedemann I, Schulz-Menger J, Gross CM, Dietz R and Friedrich MG. Contrast-Enhanced Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Right Ventricular Infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;48:1969-1976. PubMed
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Skouri HN, Dec GW, Friedrich MG, Cooper LT. Noninvasive Imaging in Myocarditis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;48:2085-2093.
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Taylor AJ, Al-Saadi N, Abdel-Aty H, Schulz-Menger J, Messroghli DR, Gross M, Dietz R, Friedrich MG. Elective percutaneous coronary intervention immediately impairs resting microvascular perfusion assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Am Heart J 2006;151(4):891 e891-897.
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Beanlands RS, Chow BJ, Dick A, Friedrich MG, Gulenchyn KY, Kiess M, Leong-Poi H, Miller RM, Nichol G, Freeman M, Bogaty P, Honos G, Hudon G, Wisenberg G, Van Berkom J, Williams K, Yoshinaga K, Graham J. CCS/CAR/CANM/CNCS/CanSCMR joint position statement on advanced noninvasive cardiac imaging using positron emission tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and multidetector computed tomographic angiography in the diagnosis and evaluation of ischemic heart disease--executive summary. Can J Cardiol 2007;23(2):107-119.
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Abdel-Aty H, Simonetti O, Friedrich MG. T2-weighted Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J Magn Res Imaging 2007;26:452-459.
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Friedrich MG, Kramer CM, Sodickson DK, Flamm SD, Buser P, Neubauer S. Meeting Highlights of the 10th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance/6th Annual Meeting of the Working Group for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance of the European Society of Cardiology, Rome, Italy, Feb 2-4, 2007. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007;50:983-987.
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Kumar A, Friedrich MG. Acute chest pain syndrome: Will MRI shake up cardiovascular care in the emergency room? Expert Rev Cardiov Ther 2007;5:139-141.
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Messroghli DR, Walters K, Plein S, Sparrow P, Friedrich MG, Ridgway JP, Sivananthan MU. Myocardial T1 mapping: application to patients with acute and chronic myocardial infarction. Magn Reson Med. Jul 2007;58(1):34-40.
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Scheuermann-Freestone M, Orchard E, Francis J, Petersen M, Friedrich M, Rashid A, Shore D, Myerson S, Neubauer S. Images in cardiovascular medicine. Partial congenital absence of the pericardium. Circulation. Aug 7 2007;116(6):e126-129.
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Culleton BF, Walsh M, Klarenbach SW, Mortis G, Scott-Douglas N, Quinn RR, Tonelli M, Donnelly S, Friedrich MG, Kumar A, Mahallati H, Hemmelgarn BR, Manns BJ. Effect of frequent nocturnal hemodialysis vs conventional hemodialysis on left ventricular mass and quality of life: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. Sep 19 2007;298(11):1291-1299.
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Strohm O, Friedrich MG. [Cardiovascular MR imaging in cardiomyopathies - focus on patients with renal failure and dialysis]. Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten 2007;36:600-608.
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Abdel-Aty H, Cocker M, Friedrich MG. Myocardial edema is a Feature of Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy and is related to the severity of systolic dysfunction: Insights from T2-weighted Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Int J Cardiol, 2007.
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Voehringer M, Sechtem U, Friedrich MG. Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Vascular Biology. Artery Research 2008;2:9-20.
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Friedrich MG, Abdel-Aty H, Taylor AJ, Schulz-Menger J, Messroghli D, Dietz R. The Salvaged Area at Risk After Reperfused Acute Myocardial Infarction as Visualized by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;51:1581-1587.
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Abdel-Aty H, Cocker M, Strohm O, Filipchuk N, Friedrich MG. Abnormalities in T2-weighted cardiovascular magnetic resonance images of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: regional distribution and relation to late gadolinium enhancement and severity of hypertrophy. J Magn Res Imaging 2008;28:242-245.
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Patlas M, Strohm O, Filipchuk N, Friedrich MG. Cardiac MRI of Non-compaction Cardiomyopathy. Canadian Journal of Cardiology 2008;24:198-799.
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Cocker MS, Abdel-Aty, H, Alakija P, Strohm O, Friedrich MG. Cardiac MRI in Löfflers Endocarditis. Canadian Journal of Cardiology 2008;24:e89-e90.
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Friedrich MG. Tissue Characterization of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Myocarditis by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance. J Am Coll Cardiol Img 2008 1: 652-662.
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Hundley WG, Bluemke D, Bogaert JG, Friedrich MG, Higgins CB, Lawson MA, McConnell MV, Raman SV, van Rossum A, Flamm S, Kramer CM, Nagel E, Neubauer S. Society for cardiovascular magnetic resonance guidelines for reporting cardiovascular magnetic resonance examinations, J Cardiovasc Magn Res 2009;11:5.
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Abdel-Aty H, Cocker M, Meek C, Tyberg JT, Friedrich MG. Edema as a Very Early Marker for Acute Myocardial Ischemia - A Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Study. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2009;53:1194-1201.
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Phrommintikul A, Abdel-Aty H, Schulz-Menger J, Friedrich M, Taylor, AJ. Acute oedema in the evaluation of microvascular reperfusion and myocardial salvage in reperfused myocardial infarction with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. European Journal of Radiology 1-6 (2009).
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Russell J, Weeks SG, Friedrich MG, Strohm O. Cardiac MRI of abortive ventricular septal defect, Canadian Journal of Cardiology 2009;25:e208.
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Friedrich MG, Sechtem U, Schulz-Menger J, Holmvang G, Alakija P, Cooper LT, White JA, Abdel-Aty H, Gutberlet M, Prasad S, Aletras AH, Laissy JP, Paterson I, Filipchuk NG, Kumar A, Pauschinger M, Liu P. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Myocarditis: A JACC White Paper. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009;53:1475-1487.
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Green JD, Clarke JR, Flewitt JA, Friedrich MG. Single-shot SSFP Can Detect Myocardial Edema in Patients: A Feasibility Study. J Magn Res Imag 2009;30:690-695.
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Cocker MS, Friedrich MG. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Myocarditis. Curr Cardiol Rep 2010;pp1-8;doi10.1007/s11886-009-0077-x.
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Cocker, MS, Abdel-Aty H, Strohm O, Friedrich MG. Age and Gender Effects on the Extent of Myocardial Involvement in Acute Myocarditis - A Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Study. Heart 2009, online first, in press.
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Kumar A, Patton DJ, Friedrich MG. The emerging clinical role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. Can J Cardiol, in press.
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Friedrich MG. Current Status of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Assessment of Coronary Vasculature. Can J Cardiol, in press.
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Cocker MS, Shea SM, Strohm O, Green JD, Abdel-Aty H, Friedrich MG. A New Approach Towards Improved Visualization of Myocardial Edema Using T2-Weighted Imaging – A Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Study. J Magn Res Imaging, in press.
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Cannan C, Eitel I, Hare J, Kumar A, Friedrich MG. Hemorrhage in the myocardium following infarction….let’s take a closer look. J Am Coll Cardiol Img, in press.
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Friedrich, MG. Myocardial edema—a new clinical entity? Nature Cardiology Reviews, in press.

Book Chapters

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Abdel-Aty H, Friedrich MG. Magnetic Resonance of Cardiomyopathies and Myocarditis. In Kwong RY (ed.): Contemporary Cardiology: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey, 2008.
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Friedrich MG, Strohm O. Myocarditis. In Manning WJ and Braunwald E. Atlas of Cardiovascular MRI, Current Medicine Group LLC, 2008.
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Strohm O and Friedrich MG. Myocarditis. In: Atlas of Cardiac MR: Imaging Companion to Braunwald's Heart disease (a Volume in the Imaging Companion Series to Braunwald’s Heart Disease, edited by Robert O. Bonow, MD, Peter Libby, MD, Douglas P. Zipes, MD, Douglas L. Mann, MD, FACC, and Eugene Braunwald, MD) edited by Christopher M. Kramer, MD, and W. Greg Hundley, MD. Elsevier Inc., Cambridge, MA, in press.
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Friedrich MG. Non-ischemic cardiomyopathy. In: Manning WJ, Pennell DJ, ed. Cardio-vascular Magnetic Resonance, 2nd edition. Orlando: Harcourt; in press.
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Friedrich MG, Strohm O. Myocarditis. In: Myerson S, Francis JM and Neubauer S. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Cardiology). Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, in press.

Editorials and other publications

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Bohl S, Schulz-Menger J, Friedrich MG. T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging to assess myocardial oedema. Heart 2009;96:310.
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Friedrich MG. There is more than shape and function. Editorial. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;52:1581-1583.
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Friedrich MG. A Closer Look on the Battlefield - The Salvaged Area at Risk as an Outcome Marker for Myocardial Reperfusion. J Am Coll Cardiol: CV Img 2009;2:577-579.
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Friedrich, MG. Testing for Myocardial Ischemia - The End of Surrogates? J Am Coll Cardiol: CV Img, in press.