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UCSF DOCUMENTS & MEDIA - MARCO SANCHEZ
CARDIAC AND PULMONARY IMAGING
Brett M. Elicker, MD, Chief
Karen Ordovás, MD, MAS, Director of Cardiac Imaging
Research Directions:
• Cardiac CT
n Use of cardiac CTA for emergency room evaluation of
atypical chest pain
n Evaluation of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with
HIV infection
n Evaluation of pulmonary venous anatomy in atrial fibrillation
n Characterization of myocardial ischemic injury by contrast
enhanced MRI and CT
• Chest CT/High-resolution CT
n High-resolution CT of interstitial lung disease
n Predictors of poor outcome in patients with acute PE
diagnosed by helical CT
• Cardiac MRI
n Use of novel cardiac MRI techniques and computational
modeling for the quantitative assessment of ventricular
performance in congenital heart disease
n Use of multidimensional flow techniques for quantitative
assessment of flow dynamics in congenital heart
disease
n MRI to assess cardiac function after repair of tetralogy
of Fallot; correlation with clinical outcomes
n T1 mapping techniques for assessment of pulmonary
hypertension cardiomyopathy
CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH INTEREST GROUP
Karen Ordovás, MD, Co-Director
David Saloner, PhD, Co-Director
Research Directions:
The Cardiovascular RIG aims to provide leadership to the
Radiology community in developing and implementing
state-of-the-art methods for providing early diagnosis and
improved outcomes for patients suffering from cardiovascular
diseases.
The CVRIG works closely with physician/scientists from
other disciplines to develop and evaluate methods that
include numerical modeling, physical in vitro models, and
animal and human models of cardiovascular disease.
The combination of these elements, together with a program
for educating and training practitioners and scientists,
will provide measurable benefits to patients. In summary,
our mission is to:
• Use state-of-the-art imaging for understanding the etiology
of multiple cardiovascular diseases
• Investigate the scientific basis for new imaging modalities
and their applications
• Apply cardiovascular imaging modalities to evaluate the
physiologic, pharmacologic and molecular basis of disease
• Develop tools for early detection of cardiovascular diseases
• Assess the role of cardiac imaging to predict cardiovascular
outcomes to reduce overall and cardiac-related
mortality
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