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CONTENTS
Orlando Paul Simonetti, PhD, FISMRM, FAHA, and Georgeta Mihai, PhD
James K. Min, MD, FACC, Rine Nakanishi, MD, PhD, and Troy Labounty, MD
Paul Chacko, MD, and Subha V. Raman, MD, MSEE, FACC, FAHA
J. Ronald Mikolich, MD
Jennifer A. Dickerson, MD
Jennifer A. Dickerson, MD
Kamran Shaikh, MD, FASE, FACC, and Dipan J. Shah, MD
Venkateshwar Polsani, MD, Kamran Shaikh, MD, FASE, FACC, and Dipan J. Shah, MD
Mark Rabbat, MD, and Mushabbar A. Syed, MD, FACC
Kan N. Hor, MD
Danielle Nicolo, MD, PhD, John D. Grizzard, MD, Navneet Narula, MD, and Jonathan W. Weinsaft, MD
Julie M. OBrien, MB BCh BAO, MRCPI, FFR (RCSI), Amr M. Ajlan, MD, FRCPC, and Jonathon Leipsic, MD
Abdul Rahman Wattar, MD, FACC, and Ashish Aneja, MD
CONTRIBUTORS
Amr M. Ajlan, MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor and Consultant Radiologist
Cardiothoracic Imaging Division
Radiology Department
King Abdulaziz University Hospital
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ashish Aneja, MD
Staff Physician
MetroHealth Heart and Vascular Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Paul Chacko, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellow
MetroHealth Heart and Vascular Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Jennifer A. Dickerson, MD
Medical Director, Echocardiography
Assistant Director for Quality, CMR/CT
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
John D. Grizzard, MD
Director, Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Kan N. Hor, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Cardiac MRI
Pediatric Cardiology/The Heart Center
Nationwide Childrens Hospital and the Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Troy Labounty, MD
Assistant Professor, Chelsea Health Center
University of Michigan Health System
Chelsea, Michigan
Jonathon Leipsic, MD
Chairman, Department of Radiology for Providence Health Care
Vice Chair for Research, University of British Columbia Department of Radiology
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Georgeta Mihai, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
J. Ronald Mikolich, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Chief, Section of Cardiology
Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)
Rootstown, Ohio
Director, Advanced Cardiac Imaging
Sharon Regional Health System
Sharon, Pennsylvania
James K. Min, MD, FACC