Albert C Lardo

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1 Diagnostic performance of coronary angiography by 64-row CT. N Engl J Med 2008 11.79
2 Intracoronary cardiosphere-derived cells for heart regeneration after myocardial infarction (CADUCEUS): a prospective, randomised phase 1 trial. Lancet 2012 9.86
3 Engraftment, differentiation, and functional benefits of autologous cardiosphere-derived cells in porcine ischemic cardiomyopathy. Circulation 2009 3.45
4 A prospective evaluation of a protocol for magnetic resonance imaging of patients with implanted cardiac devices. Ann Intern Med 2011 2.81
5 Magnetic resonance assessment of the substrate for inducible ventricular tachycardia in nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Circulation 2005 2.80
6 Adenosine stress 64- and 256-row detector computed tomography angiography and perfusion imaging: a pilot study evaluating the transmural extent of perfusion abnormalities to predict atherosclerosis causing myocardial ischemia. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2009 2.80
7 Cardiac magnetic resonance assessment of dyssynchrony and myocardial scar predicts function class improvement following cardiac resynchronization therapy. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2008 2.64
8 Diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography coronary angiography according to pre-test probability of coronary artery disease and severity of coronary arterial calcification. The CORE-64 (Coronary Artery Evaluation Using 64-Row Multidetector Computed Tomography Angiography) International Multicenter Study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012 2.56
9 Clinical utility and safety of a protocol for noncardiac and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging of patients with permanent pacemakers and implantable-cardioverter defibrillators at 1.5 tesla. Circulation 2006 2.36
10 Autologous mesenchymal stem cells produce reverse remodelling in chronic ischaemic cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J 2009 2.29
11 Characterization of acute and subacute radiofrequency ablation lesions with nonenhanced magnetic resonance imaging. Heart Rhythm 2006 2.17
12 Multimodality noninvasive imaging demonstrates in vivo cardiac regeneration after mesenchymal stem cell therapy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 2.10
13 Cardiac dyssynchrony analysis using circumferential versus longitudinal strain: implications for assessing cardiac resynchronization. Circulation 2005 2.09
14 Early improvement in cardiac tissue perfusion due to mesenchymal stem cells. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2008 1.97
15 Characterization of radiofrequency ablation lesions with gadolinium-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 1.89
16 Integrated electroanatomic mapping with three-dimensional computed tomographic images for real-time guided ablations. Circulation 2006 1.79
17 The critical isthmus sites of ischemic ventricular tachycardia are in zones of tissue heterogeneity, visualized by magnetic resonance imaging. Heart Rhythm 2011 1.71
18 Reversal of global apoptosis and regional stress kinase activation by cardiac resynchronization. Circulation 2008 1.67
19 Coronary CT angiography using 64 detector rows: methods and design of the multi-centre trial CORE-64. Eur Radiol 2008 1.65
20 Characterization and correction of beam-hardening artifacts during dynamic volume CT assessment of myocardial perfusion. Radiology 2010 1.63
21 Magnetic resonance-based anatomical analysis of scar-related ventricular tachycardia: implications for catheter ablation. Circ Res 2007 1.58
22 Feasibility of real-time magnetic resonance imaging for catheter guidance in electrophysiology studies. Circulation 2008 1.57
23 Three-dimensional mapping of optimal left ventricular pacing site for cardiac resynchronization. Circulation 2007 1.56
24 Prospective electrocardiogram-gated delayed enhanced multidetector computed tomography accurately quantifies infarct size and reduces radiation exposure. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2009 1.54
25 Multidetector computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging during adenosine stress. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 1.51
26 CT angiography in highly calcified arteries: 2D manual vs. modified automated 3D approach to identify coronary stenoses. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2006 1.50
27 Molecular hybrid positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging of cardiac angiotensin II type 1 receptors. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012 1.49
28 Stereotactic magnetic resonance guidance for anatomically targeted ablations of the fossa ovalis and the left atrium. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2004 1.48
29 Quantification of myocardial perfusion using dynamic 64-detector computed tomography. Invest Radiol 2007 1.47
30 Autologous mesenchymal stem cells produce concordant improvements in regional function, tissue perfusion, and fibrotic burden when administered to patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: The Prospective Randomized Study of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery (PROMETHEUS) trial. Circ Res 2014 1.43
31 Patient characteristics as predictors of image quality and diagnostic accuracy of MDCT compared with conventional coronary angiography for detecting coronary artery stenoses: CORE-64 Multicenter International Trial. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2010 1.30
32 Diagnostic performance of combined noninvasive coronary angiography and myocardial perfusion imaging using 320-MDCT: the CT angiography and perfusion methods of the CORE320 multicenter multinational diagnostic study. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2011 1.24
33 Diminished left ventricular dyssynchrony and impact of resynchronization in failing hearts with right versus left bundle branch block. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 1.22
34 Multifunctional interventional devices for MRI: a combined electrophysiology/MRI catheter. Magn Reson Med 2002 1.18
35 Computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging with 320-row detector computed tomography accurately detects myocardial ischemia in patients with obstructive coronary artery disease. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2012 1.17
36 The adult Göttingen minipig as a model for chronic heart failure after myocardial infarction: focus on cardiovascular imaging and regenerative therapies. Comp Med 2008 1.16
37 Characterization of peri-infarct zone heterogeneity by contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography: a comparison with magnetic resonance imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 1.10
38 Computational method for identifying and quantifying shape features of human left ventricular remodeling. Ann Biomed Eng 2009 1.08
39 Recent developments in wide-detector cardiac computed tomography. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2009 1.07
40 Rubidium-82 PET-CT for quantitative assessment of myocardial blood flow: validation in a canine model of coronary artery stenosis. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2008 1.06
41 Abnormal sympathetic innervation of viable myocardium and the substrate of ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 1.04
42 Noninvasive assessment of tissue heating during cardiac radiofrequency ablation using MRI thermography. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2010 1.02
43 Sildenafil does not improve cardiomyopathy in Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy. Ann Neurol 2014 1.02
44 A new method for cardiac computed tomography regional function assessment: stretch quantifier for endocardial engraved zones (SQUEEZ). Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2012 1.02
45 Integration of infarct size, tissue perfusion, and metabolism by hybrid cardiac positron emission tomography/computed tomography: evaluation in a porcine model of myocardial infarction. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2009 0.99
46 Cardiovascular magnetic resonance guided electrophysiology studies. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2009 0.99
47 Applications of cardiac multidetector CT beyond coronary angiography. Nat Rev Cardiol 2009 0.97
48 Real-time fast strain-encoded magnetic resonance imaging to evaluate regional myocardial function at 3.0 Tesla: comparison to conventional tagging. J Magn Reson Imaging 2008 0.97
49 Enhanced infarct border zone function and altered mechanical activation predict inducibility of monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Radiology 2007 0.97
50 Evaluation of the female urethra with intraurethral magnetic resonance imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging 2004 0.90
51 Patterns of coronary arterial lesion calcification by a novel, cross-sectional CT angiographic assessment. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2013 0.90
52 Usefulness of left ventricular dyssynchrony after acute myocardial infarction, assessed by a tagging magnetic resonance image derived metric, as a determinant of ventricular remodeling. Am J Cardiol 2009 0.89
53 Transmural imaging of ventricular action potentials and post-infarction scars in swine hearts. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 2012 0.89
54 Cardiovascular magnetic resonance characterization of peri-infarct zone remodeling following myocardial infarction. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2012 0.89
55 A method for reconstructing the arterial input function during helical CT: implications for myocardial perfusion distribution imaging. Radiology 2010 0.89
56 Cardiac magnetic resonance assessment of mechanical dyssynchrony. Curr Opin Cardiol 2008 0.86
57 CT for evaluation of myocardial cell therapy in heart failure: a comparison with CMR imaging. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2011 0.86
58 Regional cardiac function assessment in 4D CT: comparison between SQUEEZ and ejection fraction. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2012 0.84
59 Quantitative and qualitative analysis and interpretation of CT perfusion imaging. J Nucl Cardiol 2010 0.84
60 Mechanistic insight into prolonged electromechanical delay in dyssynchronous heart failure: a computational study. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013 0.82
61 Expanding the versatility of cardiac PET/CT: feasibility of delayed contrast enhancement CT for infarct detection in a porcine model. J Nucl Med 2009 0.82
62 [Stem cell therapy for myocardial regeneration: mechanisms and current clinical applications]. G Ital Cardiol (Rome) 2008 0.81
63 Imaging of myocardial dyssynchrony in congestive heart failure. Heart Fail Rev 2006 0.81
64 Myocardial dyssynchrony and resynchronization. Heart Fail Clin 2006 0.81
65 CT perfusion: ready for prime time. Curr Cardiol Rep 2011 0.80
66 Cardiac resynchronization therapy: application of imaging to optimize patient selection and assess response. Curr Heart Fail Rep 2008 0.79
67 Cardiac Motion Analysis in Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Using Parallel Transport. Proc IEEE Int Symp Biomed Imaging 2009 0.79
68 Assessment of coronary blood flow with computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. J Nucl Cardiol 2010 0.78
69 Image-guided therapies for myocardial repair: concepts and practical implementation. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2013 0.77
70 Segmentation-based algorithms to quantify nonviable myocardium after delayed contrast-enhanced computed tomography: defining what's dead. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2007 0.75
71 Coronary flow reserve by CT perfusion. J Nucl Cardiol 2010 0.75
72 CT-based myocardial perfusion imaging-practical considerations: acquisition, image analysis, interpretation, and challenges. J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2011 0.75
73 Infarct detection or infarct characterization? Noncontrast CT and its implications for characterizing chronic myocardial scar. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2010 0.75
74 Computational Study of Computed Tomography Contrast Gradients in Models of Stenosed Coronary Arteries. J Biomech Eng 2015 0.75
75 Left ventricular function, myocardial perfusion and viability. Cardiol Clin 2009 0.75