Christopher Kramer

Departments of Radiology and Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, United States of America

Christopher Kramer is Professor of Radiology and Internal Medicine and Director of Cardiac MRI at the Departments of Radiology and Medicine, University of Virginia.

His interests include cardiac MRI in ischemic heart disease in animal models and humans; myocardial viability in acute and chronic ischemic heart disease; left ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction; and imaging of atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease.

He is the Vice President of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) and member of the Imaging Committee and the Clinical Cardiology program committee of the American Heart Association.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Cardiovascular Disorders > Cardiovascular Imaging (since 11 November 2005)

All recent recommendations

• 3.0
  Cardiac magnetic resonance with T2-weighted imaging improves detection of patients with acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department.
  Recommended by Christopher Kramer
  
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  Incidence and prognostic implication of unrecognized myocardial scar characterized by cardiac magnetic resonance in diabetic patients without clinical evidence of myocardial infarction.
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  Detection of left ventricular thrombus by delayed-enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance prevalence and markers in patients with systolic dysfunction.
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• 3.2
  Late gadolinium enhancement by cardiovascular magnetic resonance heralds an adverse prognosis in nonischemic cardiomyopathy.
  Recommended by Christopher Kramer, Han Kim
  
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  The salvaged area at risk in reperfused acute myocardial infarction as visualized by cardiovascular magnetic resonance.
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  Non-invasive diagnosis of ischaemic heart failure using 64-slice computed tomography.
  Recommended by Christopher Kramer
  Dissent by Paulus Kirchhof
• 6.4
  MR-IMPACT: comparison of perfusion-cardiac magnetic resonance with single-photon emission computed tomography for the detection of coronary artery disease in a multicentre, multivendor, randomized trial.
  Recommended by Christopher Kramer, Eugenio Picano
  
• 3.2
  Prognostic value of multidetector coronary computed tomographic angiography for prediction of all-cause mortality.
  Recommended by Christopher Kramer, Stephan Achenbach
  
• 3.0
  Cardiovascular magnetic resonance perfusion imaging at 3-tesla for the detection of coronary artery disease: a comparison with 1.5-tesla.
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  Diagnostic accuracy of multidetector computed tomography coronary angiography in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
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  Prognostic value of cardiac magnetic resonance stress tests: adenosine stress perfusion and dobutamine stress wall motion imaging.
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  Diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and single-photon emission computed tomography for detection of myocardial necrosis early after acute myocardial infarction.
  Recommended by Christopher Kramer
  
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  Subclinical coronary and aortic atherosclerosis detected by magnetic resonance imaging in type 1 diabetes with and without diabetic nephropathy.
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• 3.0
  Cardiovascular magnetic resonance, fibrosis, and prognosis in dilated cardiomyopathy.
  Recommended by Christopher Kramer
  
• 4.8
  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.
  Recommended by Christopher Kramer, Jack Kron
  
• 3.0
  Myocardial scars more frequent than expected: magnetic resonance imaging detects potential risk group.
  Recommended by Christopher Kramer
  
• 6.4
  Impact of unrecognized myocardial scar detected by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging on event-free survival in patients presenting with signs or symptoms of coronary artery disease.
  Recommended by Christopher Kramer, Eike Nagel
  
• 3.0
  Prognosis of negative adenosine stress magnetic resonance in patients presenting to an emergency department with chest pain.
  Recommended by Christopher Kramer
  
• 3.0
  Effect of posterolateral scar tissue on clinical and echocardiographic improvement after cardiac resynchronization therapy.
  Recommended by Christopher Kramer
  
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  Coronary risk factors and myocardial perfusion in asymptomatic adults: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
  Recommended by Christopher Kramer
  
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  Comprehensive cardiac magnetic resonance imaging at 3.0 Tesla: feasibility and implications for clinical applications.
  Recommended by Christopher Kramer