Carotid artery plaque morphology and composition in relation to incident cardiovascular events: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

AEH Zavodni, BA Wasserman, RL McClelland… - Radiology, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To determine if carotid plaque morphology and composition with magnetic resonance
(MR) imaging can be used to identify asymptomatic subjects at risk for cardiovascular …

The value of carotid artery plaque and intima‐media thickness for incident cardiovascular disease: the multi‐ethnic study of atherosclerosis

…, GL Burke, S Shea, AEH Zavodni… - Journal of the …, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Carotid artery plaques are associated with coronary artery atherosclerotic
lesions. We evaluated various ultrasound definitions of carotid artery plaque as predictors of …

T1 mapping of the myocardium: intra-individual assessment of the effect of field strength, cardiac cycle and variation by myocardial region

N Kawel, M Nacif, A Zavodni, J Jones, S Liu… - Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Background Myocardial T1 relaxation time (T1 time) and extracellular volume fraction (ECV)
are altered in the presence of myocardial fibrosis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate …

Interstitial myocardial fibrosis assessed as extracellular volume fraction with low-radiation-dose cardiac CT

MS Nacif, N Kawel, JJ Lee, X Chen, J Yao, A Zavodni… - Radiology, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To develop a cardiac computed tomographic (CT) method with which to determine
extracellular volume (ECV) fraction, with cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) imaging as the …

[HTML][HTML] T1 mapping of the myocardium: intra-individual assessment of post-contrast T1 time evolution and extracellular volume fraction at 3T for Gd-DTPA and Gd …

N Kawel, M Nacif, A Zavodni, J Jones, S Liu… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Purpose Myocardial T1 relaxation time (T1 time) and extracellular volume fraction (ECV) are
altered in patients with diffuse myocardial fibrosis. The purpose of this study was to perform …

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and its electrocardiographs (ECG): tips and tricks

MS Nacif, A Zavodni, N Kawel, EY Choi… - The international journal …, 2012 - Springer
All cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) techniques aim to create still depictions of a dynamic
and ever-adapting organ. Most CMR methods rely on cardiac gating to capture information …

Blindly controlled magnetically actuated capsule for noninvasive sampling of the gastrointestinal microbiome

…, LA Huber, N Matsuura, AEH Zavodni… - IEEE/ASME …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The objective of this article is to address the challenges of physical sample retrieval from all
locations along patients' gastrointestinal (GI) tracts for studying of interactions between GI …

Advanced MRI for carotid plaque imaging

…, I Roifman, DA Bluemke, AEH Zavodni - The international journal …, 2016 - Springer
Atherosclerosis is the ubiquitous underling pathological process that manifests in heart
attack and stroke, cumulating in the death of one in three North American adults. High-resolution …

Carotid artery plaque and progression of coronary artery calcium: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

JF Polak, R Tracy, A Harrington, AEH Zavodni… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Carotid and coronary atherosclerosis are associated with each other in
imaging and autopsy studies. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether carotid artery …

Using machine learning and silver nanoparticle-based surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy for classification of cardiovascular disease biomarkers

…, F Khalvati, NP Kherani, A Zavodni… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Characterizing complex biofluids using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)
coupled with machine learning (ML) has been proposed as a powerful tool for point-of-care …