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Papers Accepted for Publication / In Press

Sparrow P, Messroghli D, Reid S, Ridgway JP, Bainbridge G, Sivananthan UM. Detection of left ventricular myocardial fibrosis in chronic aortic regurgitation by myocardial T1 mapping—a pilot study. American Journal of Roentgenology [accepted for publication].

Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals

2006

Sparrow P, Reid S, Sivananthan M. Magnetic resonance imaging of a coronary fistula manifesting as a pericardial effusion. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2006 Mar-Apr;30(2):250-3.

Clay S, Alfakih K, Messroghli DR, Radjenovic A, Jones T, Ridgway JP. Normal range of human left ventricular volumes and mass using steady state free precession MRI in the radial long axis orientation. Eur Radiol. 2006 Jan;16(1):32-37.

Messroghli DR, Plein S, Higgins DM, Walters K, Jones TR, Ridgway JP, Sivananthan MU. Human myocardium: Single-breath-hold MR T1 mapping with high spatial resolution—reproducibility study. Radiology. 2006 Mar;238(3):1004-12.

Clay S, Alfakih K, Messroghli DR, Jones T, Ridgway JP, Sivananthan MU. The reproducibility of left ventricular volume and mass measurements: a comparison between dual-inversion-recovery black-blood sequence and SSFP. Eur Radiol. 2006 Jan;16(1):32-37.

2005

Sparrow PJ, Kurian JB, Jones TR, Sivananthan MU. MR imaging of cardiac tumors. Radiographics 2005 Sep-Oct;25(5):1255-76.

Higgins DM, Ridgway JP, Radjenovic A, Sivananthan UM, Smith MA. T1 measurement using a short acquisition period for quantitative cardiac applications. Med. Phys. 2005 June;32(6):1738-1746.
[This paper was also selected for the June 1, 2005 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research (vol. 9(11), article 106).]

Plein S, Radjenovic A, Ridgway JP, Barmby D, Greenwood JP, Ball SG, Sivananthan MU. Coronary artery disease: myocardial perfusion MR imaging with sensitivity encoding versus conventional angiography. Radiology 2005 May;235(2):423-30.

Messroghli DR, Bainbridge GJ, Alfakih K, Jones TR, Plein S, Ridgway JP, Sivananthan MU. Assessment of regional left ventricular function: accuracy and reproducibility of positioning standard short-axis sections in cardiac MR imaging. Radiology 2005 Apr;235(1):229-36.

2004

Plein S, Greenwood JP, Ridgway JP, Cranny G, Ball SG, Sivananthan MU. Assessment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 Dec 7;44(11):2173-81.

Alfakih K, Bloomer T, Bainbridge S, Bainbridge G, Ridgway J, Williams G, Sivananthan M. A comparison of left ventricular mass between two-dimensional echocardiography, using fundamental and tissue harmonic imaging, and cardiac MRI in patients with hypertension. Eur J Radiol. 2004 Nov;52(2):103-9.

Thiele H, Plein S, Breeuwer M, Ridgway JP, Higgins D, Thorley PJ, Schuler G, Sivananthan MU. Color-encoded semiautomatic analysis of multi-slice first-pass magnetic resonance perfusion: comparison to tetrofosmin single photon emission computed tomography perfusion and X-ray angiography. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2004 Oct;20(5):371-84; discussion 385-7.

Alfakih K, Reid S, Jones T, Sivananthan M. Assessment of ventricular function and mass by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Eur Radiol. 2004 Oct;14(10):1813-22.

Alfakih K, Walters K, Jones T, Ridgway J, Hall AS, Sivananthan M. New gender-specific partition values for ECG criteria of left ventricular hypertrophy: recalibration against cardiac MRI. Hypertension. 2004 Aug;44(2):175-9.

Messroghli DR, Radjenovic A, Kozerke S, Higgins DM, Sivananthan MU, Ridgway JP. Modified Look-Locker inversion recovery (MOLLI) for high-resolution T1 mapping of the heart. Magn Reson Med. 2004 Jul;52(1):141-146.

Alfakih K, Maqbool A, Sivananthan M, Walters K, Bainbridge G, Ridgway J, Balmforth AJ, Hall AS. Left ventricle mass index and the common, functional, X-linked angiotensin II type-2 receptor gene polymorphism (-1332 G/A) in patients with systemic hypertension. Hypertension 2004; 43: 1189-1194.

Constantine G, Shan K, Flamm SD, Sivananthan MU. Role of MRI in clinical cardiology. Lancet. 2004 Jun 26;363(9427):2162-71.

Sparrow P, Plein S, Jones TR, Thorley PJ, Hale C, Sivananthan MU. Tolerance of MRI vs. SPECT myocardial perfusion studies—a patient survey. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2004 Apr;19(4):410-6.

2003

Plein S, Bulugahapitiya S, Jones TR, Bainbridge GJ, Ridgway JP, Sivananthan MU. Cardiac MR imaging with external respirator: synchronizing cardiac and respiratory motion--feasibility study. Radiology. 2003 Jun;227(3):877-82.

Thiele H, Plein S, Ridgway JP, Breeuwer M, Higgins D, Schuler G, Sivananthan M. Effects of missing dynamic images on myocardial perfusion reserve index calculation: comparison between an every heartbeat and an alternate heartbeat acquisition. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2003;5(2):343-52.

Alfakih K, Plein S, Bloomer T, Jones T, Ridgway J, Sivananthan M. Comparison of right ventricular volume measurements between axial and short axis orientation using steady-state free precession magnetic resonance imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging 2003 Jul;18(1):25-32.

Alfakih K, Plein S, Thiele H, Jones T, Ridgway JP, Sivananthan MU. Normal human left and right ventricular dimensions for MRI as assessed by turbo gradient echo and steady-state free precession imaging sequences. J Magn Reson Imaging 2003 Mar;17(3):323-9.

Plein S, Jones TR, Ridgway JP, Bainbridge GJ, Sivananthan UM. Three-dimensional coronary MR angiography performed with subject-specific cardiac acquisition windows and motion-adapted respiratory gating. American Journal of Roentgenology 2003; 180(2): 505-512.

2002

Plein S, Ridgway JP, Jones TR, Bloomer TN, Sivanathan UM. Coronary artery disease: assessment with a comprehensive MR imaging protocol—initial results. Radiology 2002; 225(1): 300-307.

Alfakih K, Thiele H, Plein S, Bainbridge GJ, Ridgway JP, Sivananthan UM. Comparison of right ventricular volume measurement between segmented k-space gradient-echo and steady-state free precession magnetic resonance imaging. J Magn Reson Imag 2002; 16(3): 253-258.

Kayser HWM, van der Wall EE, Sivananthan MU, Plein S, Bloomer TN, de Roos A. Diagnosis of arrythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia: a review. Radiographics 2002; 22(3): 639-648.

2001

Kim WY, Danias PG, Stuber M, Flamm SD, Plein S, Nagel E, Langerak SE, Weber OM, Pedersen EM, Schmidt M, Botnar RM, Manning WJ. Coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography for the Detection of Coronary Stenoses. N Engl J Med 2001; 345(26): 1863-1869.

Bloomer TN, Plein S, Radjenovic A, Higgins DM, Jones TR, Ridgway JP, Sivananthan MU. Cine MRI using steady state free precession in the radial long axis orientation is a fast accurate method for obtaining volumetric data of the left ventricle. J Magn Reson Imaging 2001; 14(6): 685-92.

Plein S, Bloomer TN, Ridgway JP, JonesTR, Bainbridge GB, Sivananthan UM. Steady-State Free Precession Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Heart: Comparison with Segmented k-space Gradient Echo Imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging 2001; 14(3): 230-236.

Plein S, Smith WHT, Ridgway JP, Kassner A, Beacock DJ, Bloomer TN, Sivananthan UM. Measurements of Left Ventricular Dimensions using Real-time Acquisition in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Comparison with Conventional Gradient Echo Imaging. MAGMA 2001; 13(2): 101-108.

S Plein, WHT Smith, JP Ridgway, A Kassner, DJ Beacock, TN Bloomer, MU Sivananthan. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of regional left ventricular wall dynamics using real-time Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Comparison with conventional breath-hold gradient echo acquisition in volunteers and patients. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2001; 14: 23-30.

Smith WHT, Beacock DJ, Goddard A, Bloomer TN, Ridgway JP, Sivananthan UM. Magnetic Resonance Evaluation of the Pericardium. British Journal of Radiology 2001; 74: 384-392.

Plein S, Sivananthan UM. The role of Positron Emission Tomography in Cardiology. Radiography 2001;7(1):11-20

pre-2001

WR Crum, E Berry, JP Ridgway, UM Sivananthan, LB Tan, MA Smith. Frequency-domain simulation of MR tagging. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 1998; 8(5): 1040-1050.

Khaki A. Ridgeway J. Sivananthan UN. Nair RU. Repair of left ventricular aneurysm by autologous pericardial patch reinforcement (capping)—follow-up results. Journal of Cardiac Surgery 1997; 12(4): 247-252.

WR Crum, E Berry, JP Ridgway, UM Sivananthan, LB Tan, MA Smith. Simulation of two-dimensional tagged MRI. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 1997; 7: 416-424.

UM Sivananthan, JP Ridgway, K Bann, SP Verma, J Cullingworth, J Ward, MR Rees. Fast magnetic resonance angiography using turboFLASH sequences in advanced aorto-iliac disease. Br J Radiol 1993; 66: 1103-1110.

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Letters / Comment

Younger J, Plein S, Greenwood JP. Isolated right ventricular infarct demonstrated by cardiac MRI. Int J Cardiol. 2006 Jun 4; [Epub ahead of print].

Messroghli DR, Alfakih K, Plein S. The assessment of left ventricular (LV) function plays a central role in cardiac imaging. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2005;7(2):537-8.

UM Sivananthan, MR Rees, JP Ridgway, J Ward, K Bann October. Fast MRI with turbo FLASH sequences in Aorto-iliac Disease. The Lancet, 338, 1091, 1991.

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