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SCMR has re-organized the Research Center Directory to be used as a consortium - a network of SCMR members which will help guide the infrastructure development of multicenter research. The directory is populated from information in SCMR Member profiles. If you would like your Research Center to be included in this database, please complete the "Additional Information" section of your member profile and keep this updated on annually. We recommend that lead investigators complete this information on behalf of their centers, and involve colleagues to provide a comprehensive overview.
The site and lead investigator information you provide will potentially be communicated to candidates who submit clinical trial proposals. As a result, you may be contacted by respective principal investigators who are interested in collaborating. Keeping this in mind, we would appreciate as accurate and as complete an assessment as possible.
On behalf of the Clinical Trials Committee,
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Su Shanbhag
SCMR Clinical Trials Committee, Vice Chair
Raymond Kwong
SCMR Clinical Trials Committee, Chair
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SCMR Education Committee Plans for 2021 |
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The past year’s pandemic has presented the world with unexpected challenges that have changed the way we work, communicate, and interact with each other. As the socially distanced environment has become part of our everyday lives, the Society has recognized that we need to figure out how to continue meeting the needs of the CMR community in a virtual world.
Alongside the 2021 virtual Scientific Sessions, as well as the spring CBCMR Board Preparation Course, over the next year, the SCMR Education Committee is planning several new virtual educational events with exclusive access and discounts for SCMR members. We hope to provide offerings that may appeal to SCMR members of all experience levels, as well as non-members who are interested in learning more about CMR.
Some of the planned educational programs include:
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A higher level educational course on “How to do CMR”. The course will focus on the necessary skills and abilities in preparing patients for CMR studies, selecting appropriate protocols, conducting CMR studies in a spectrum of scenarios and interpreting the results and performing post-processing tasks. The course will provide an in-depth perspective, consisting of separate, longer, detailed lectures (~45 minutes, covering specific topics), and the lectures will also include multiple practical cases. The focus of this course will be to provide practical educational content for physicians and other medical professionals learning CMR, but will span the range from basics to advanced imaging techniques, interpretation, and incorporation into clinical practice.
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A series of webinars on “emerging imaging techniques”. These lectures will target the more advanced CMR user, covering topics such as strain, quantitative perfusion mapping, 4D flow and much more!
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A multimodality approach to cardiovascular disease. Understanding that “real-life” clinical cardiology practice involves the use of multiple imaging modalities, the Education Committee plans to present multi-modality perspectives, focusing on the advantage of an integrated imaging approach to the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease (from ischemic heart disease to cardiomyopathies). One of our first initiatives will be a joint CMR-nuclear program.
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Recognizing the international representation within the Society, SCMR has pilot plans to present programs directly in languages outside of English. Our own CEO, Dr. Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, is actively working on a Spanish-speaking CMR program. The work of the Translations Committee and many individuals has led to this ground-breaking progress.
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Ongoing work: The Education Committee has worked to update the Society’s “Intro to CMR” course, and the new updates will be released this spring. Many of the online CMR course offerings are also continually being refreshed. The ever-popular “Physics Just the Basics” webinars will also resume with new lectures in 2021.
The method which we disseminate CMR information is evolving, and our learning curve has been steep, as we gain more experience in the virtual education process. As we plan these programs over the next few months, we will provide more details.
We would like to take the opportunity to thank the Education Committee members and many additional SCMR members who have volunteered their time and effort in supporting our educational activities over the past year. We also particularly thank Ms. Lauren Small of SCMR Headquarters, who has coordinated and put into action the programs centrally.
We wish everyone a safe and healthy holiday and look forward to working with this close-knit community implementing the many educational programs of 2021.
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Best regards,
Patricia Bandettini
SCMR Education Committee, Chair
Marianna Fontana
SCMR Education Committee,
Vice Chair
(Incoming Chair February 2021)
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SCMR is pleased to announce its 2021 election results. Thank you to SCMR members who voted and thank you to all of the candidates on the ballot for their participation and continued support of SCMR and its mission.
Congratulations to those who were elected and welcome to the SCMR Board of Trustees.
Elected were:
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Vice President
Sven Plein
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Vice-Secretary/Treasurer
Michael Markl
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US Cardiologist
Lars Grosse-Wortmann
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US Cardiologist
Amit Patel
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US Scientist
Nicole Seiberlich
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SCMR is seeking a volunteer to serve as its webmaster.
Those who wish to be considered should:
~ Have web and/or social media experience
~ Include a one page cover letter with relevant experience
~ Be a member in good standing for five consecutive years (three years for Early Career candidates)
Deadline to submit is Friday January 8, 2021
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SCMR Participates in ACC Meeting |
On November 19, 2020 SCMR CEO Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, MD (CEO) and Board of trustees member Allison Hays, MD represented SCMR at the annual House of Cardiology Diversity and Inclusion Forum, hosted by the American College of Cardiology (ACC). The purpose of the meeting was to bring together leading US cardiovascular specialty societies to meet, network, share priorities and identify mutual goals for collaboration to improve diversity initiatives within societies.
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SCMR presented the recent Diversity and Inclusion statement and Social Justice statement and detailed the society's efforts in increasing diversity in membership, scientific session involvement and leadership. Discussion with other CV societies (12 in total) included the development of robust diversity and inclusion principles. The forum focused on increasing collaboration across societies, and opportunities to diversify and develop leaders in order to welcome new cardiovascular professionals to carry the society into the future.
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Registration Now Open for the Scientific Sessions |
What’s on your holiday wish list? We hope attending the SCMR Virtual Scientific Sessions is somewhere near the top!
The wait is over to get registered - act today and get registered to lock in your spot. This year's event virtual experience will feature diverse and interactive session formats, along the theme of Precise, Predictive, and Personal.
Registration
The Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) is hosting the SCMR Virtual Scientific Sessions 2021 on February 18- February 20, 2021. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Precise. Predictive. Personal.” We are excited to bring together experts from around the world to advance your knowledge of the field. Register now and don’t miss out!
Visit here to view this year’s registration rates and don't forget to renew your membership for 2021 to receive the discounted rate.
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Artificial Intelligence in CMR: A New AI Tool to Measure Maximum Wall Thickness in HCM- Superior to International Experts? |
Main authors: João B Augusto, Rhodri H Davies, James C Moon (et. al)
Maximum wall thickness (MWT) is a key imaging biomarker in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), guiding diagnosis, risk stratification and clinical management. However, MWT measurement still lacks standardization. A recent paper published in The Lancet Digital Health has shown that machine learning is more precise than a panel of international experts in measuring MWT in HCM.
In this project, the investigators scanned HCM patients twice and MWT was measured in both scans by 11 experts (from 6 countries) and machine learning. The machine learning tool was trained separately on 1,923 multicenter multidisease cases; then the endocardial and epicardial borders were segmented and the left ventricular MWT measured. The machine had better precision than every single one of the tested experts. Widespread adoption of such a tool could affect clinical decision making in HCM by improving diagnosis and risk stratification for ICD. This tool could also easily be applied retrospectively (and prospectively) to pivotal clinical trials in Cardiology and potentially change research outcomes. The precision shown by this tool is a step forward in transforming health care in HCM. A tool that is more precise (and has the same accuracy as human experts) could be the next gold standard.
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CMR at the University of Minnesota
by Chetan Shenoy
The University of Minnesota has made important contributions to the field of CMR since the 1990s through seminal work on perfusion imaging and other topics. In the past decade, our CMR program has grown exponentially. Clinically, we now have one of the highest volume programs in the United States. We perform the entire spectrum of cardiovascular MR imaging, including high volumes of stress perfusion CMR and complex congenital heart disease imaging.
We have an advanced cardiovascular imaging fellowship program since 2012 that offers 1-2 years of clinical training in CMR and cardiovascular CT. In addition, we provide Level 2 CMR clinical training to US and international physicians.
With a robust research program, we participate in several multicenter efforts in CMR including the SPINS, CloudCMR, and SCMR registries. Our clinical research is focused on the diagnostic and prognostic roles of CMR in coronary artery disease, inflammatory cardiomyopathies such as cardiac sarcoidosis, inherited cardiomyopathies such as arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, heart transplant recipients, cardio-oncology, and patients with cardiac masses including thrombi and tumors. On the translational side, we are actively working on novel techniques for the non-contrast assessment of cardiac fibrosis and accelerated CMR sequences. We offer research opportunities to trainees at all levels.
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Physics (CME): Basic magnetic resonance physics, basic pulse sequences, advanced pulse sequences, and safety
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Wednesday, January 20 @ 11 am ET
Detection of subclinical myocardial dysfunction in cocaine addicts with feature tracking cardiovascular magnetic resonance
Maceira, et. al
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Feature Tracking of Global Longitudinal Strain by Using Cardiovascular MRI Improves Risk Stratification in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Kammerlander, et. al
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with Moderator Raymond Kwong
Wednesday, January 13 @ 11 am ET
Presenting Authors: Podlesnikar et. al
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The introduction in clinical Cardiology of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging has opened extraordinary opportunities both for the understanding and the treatment of a large variety of cardiac diseases. In fact, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging can be considered, at all the effects, a sort of Cardiac Pathology in vivo and, because of this potential, is nowadays considered essential for the management of some cardiac diseases. A unique potential of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging is represented by the capacity of identifying the myocardial substrate for arrhythmias in a large variety of diseases characterized by the presence of severe, sometimes lethal, ventricular arrhythmias.
If you'd like your meeting to be endorsed by SCMR, click here for details.
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A 4-month-old girl presented with constipation for one month. Clinical history revealed recurrent attacks of flexion spasms. Clinical examination showed generalized hypopigmented macules over the body and trunk. A non-contrast CT brain was performed, showing calcified lesions adjacent to the left lateral ventricle, which were suspicious of calcified subependymal hamartoma.
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November 22 to December 18, 2020
#WhyCMR Activity
by Vineeta Ojha &
Nita Ray Chaudhuri
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Each month our social media committee correspondents update us on the latest #WhyCMR activity stats, most popular tweets or threads. Join the conversation and use the #WhyCMR in your social media posts! |
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Last month's CMR Picture Puzzle answer:
T2-STIR
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Research
Lenhard Pennig, et al.
Published on: 17. December 2020
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Research
Teresa Correia, et al.
Published on: 14. December 2020
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Review
Nadine Kawel-Boehm, et al.
Published on: 14. December 2020
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Research
Boyang Liu, et al.
Published on: 14. December 2020
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Research
Nyasha G. Maforo, et al.
Published on: 10. December 2020
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Research
Nicola Martini, et al.
Published on: 07. December 2020
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Please use this link for a filtered PubMed list of all CMR-related manuscripts for December 2020 – more than 300 in total!
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Manish Motwani
Newsletter Editor
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