Wildland fire, air pollution and cardiovascular health: is it time to focus on the microvasculature as a risk assessment tool?

N Naserinejad, C Costanian, O Birot, T Barboni… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Climate change favors weather conditions conducive to wildland fires. The intensity and
frequency of forest fires are increasing, and fire seasons are lengthening. Exposure of …

Blood-pool MRI assessment of myocardial microvascular reactivity

S Loai, B Qiang, MA Laflamme… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Purpose The ability to non-invasively image myocardial microvascular dilation and
constriction is essential to assessing intact function and dysfunction. Yet, conventional …

Cerebral perfusion metrics calculated directly from a hypoxia-induced step change in deoxyhemoglobin

J Duffin, ES Sayin, O Sobczyk, J Poublanc… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Resting cerebral perfusion metrics can be calculated from the MRI ΔR2* signal during the
first passage of an intravascular bolus of a Gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA), or …

The relationship between endothelial-dependent flow-mediated dilation and diastolic function in type 2 diabetes

A Cutruzzolà, M Parise, M Cacia, S Lucà, C Irace… - Acta Diabetologica, 2024 - Springer
Aims Diastolic dysfunction represents the earliest and most common manifestation of
diabetic cardiomyopathy. Nitric oxide (NO), a potent vasodilator and anti-inflammatory …

Blood-Pool Stress MRI as a Tool for Identifying Early Biomarkers of Diabetic Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

S Loai - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Microvascular dysfunction (mvD) has been implicated as the primary hallmark of several
cardiac and inflammatory diseases (eg, diabetes, heart failure), affecting millions of people …