Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) is a myocardial disorder of primarily the
right ventricle, with unknown cause and prevalence and with a frequent familial occurrence. …

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has evolved into a new technique for the non-invasive
detection of obstructive coronary artery disease. The ability of CMR to visualize global …

Hypoxia is a hallmark of cancer. Hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) is the key regulator of
the hypoxia response. HIF-1α is overexpressed during sporadic breast carcinogenesis and …

Background Molecular imaging of breast cancer is a promising emerging technology,
potentially able to improve clinical care. Valid imaging targets for molecular imaging tracer …

Recent studies have revealed that BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutation-related breast
cancers show frequent overexpression of hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α), the key …

Introduction Male breast cancer accounts for 0.5–1% of all breast cancers and is generally
diagnosed at higher stage than female breast cancers and therefore might benefit from earlier …

Background Mammographic population screening in The Netherlands has increased the
number of breast cancer patients with small and non-palpable breast tumors. Nevertheless, …

FJ Th. WACKERS Metabolic imaging: The future of cardiovascular nuclear imaging? Since
cardiovascular nuclear imaging emerged as a new subspecialty in the mid-1970s, the field …

In recent years there have been major advances in the fields of cardiovascular nuclear
medicine and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. In nuclear cardiology more adequate …

Methods Patients below 56 years of age who had undergone surgery for stage II or III breast
cancer were eligible if they had at least four tumor-positive axillary lymph nodes. Patients in …