January 25, 2021 A free-breathing, 3D whole-heart T2 MRI mapping sequence can efficiently and reproducibly quantify myocardial T2 times in patients with suspected myocarditis, and potentially even detect more cases of cardiac inflammation than standard 2D T2 maps, according to research published online January 19 in
Researchers led by first author Aurélien Bustin, PhD, and senior author Claudia Prieto, PhD, of King s College London found that their free-breathing 3D T2 mapping sequence was highly reproducible and even enabled confident identification of myocarditis in cases that were inconclusive on T2 mapping.
Further analysis in a larger patient cohort is needed, but myocardial 3D T2 mapping may be a viable tool for the visualization of inflammation and may potentially afford improved sensitivity, the authors wrote.
Chile has become the latest country to approve Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech's coronavirus vaccine, which has been subject to close scrutiny over its efficacy data. The Chilean Public Health Institute granted authorisation on Wednesday, saying CoronaVac, as the product is known, was safe for all age groups. A final stage clinical trial conducted by Pontifical Catholic University of Chile showed the vaccine was effective in "blocking the.
SANTIAGO, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) The Public Health Institute of Chile (ISP) on Wednesday approved the emergency use of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus dise