Dr. Raymond Kwong, MD

• Cardiology

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• Geo Wash University School Medical Center

  Fellowship Hospital

• Vancouver Hosp-u British Columbia Facmed

  Residency Hospital, 1997

• St Joseph Medical Center

  Internship Hospital, 1993

• University Of Toronto, Fac Med

  Medical School, 1992

• Vasodilator Stress Perfusion CMR Imaging Is Feasible and Prognostic in Obese Patients, 2014-04-09

• Comparative Definitions for Moderate-Severe Ischemia in Stress Nuclear, Echocardiography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2014-06-20

• Improved Quantification of Cardiac Amyloid Burden in Systemic Light Chain Amyloidosis, 2020-05-13

• Outcomes in the ISCHEMIA Trial Based on Coronary Artery Disease and Ischemia Severity, 2021-09-09

• Cost-minimization analysis of three decision strategies for cardiac revascularization: results of the "suspected CAD” cohort of the european cardiovascular magnetic resonance registry, 2016-01-11

• The global cardiovascular magnetic resonance registry (GCMR) of the society for cardiovascular magnetic resonance (SCMR): its goals, rationale, data infrastructure, and current developments, 2017-01-20

• Combined stress myocardial perfusion and late gadolinium enhancement imaging by cardiac magnetic resonance provides robust prognostic information to cardiac events, 2011-02-02

• Left atrial passive function after aortic valve replacement in aortic stenosis, 2014-01-16

• Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) recommended CMR protocols for scanning patients with active or convalescent phase COVID-19 infection, 2020-09-03

• Left atrial volume during the early convalescent phase of acute MI is strongly related to expansion of myocardial extracellular matrix during infarct healing and ventricular remodeling, 2013-01-30

• 1.5 Tesla MRI-Conditional 12-lead ECG for MR Imaging and Intra-MR Intervention, 2013-05-03

• Reproducibility and its confounders of CMR feature tracking myocardial strain analysis in patients with suspected myocarditis, 2021-12-21

• The incidence and prognostic value of silent myocardial scar by late gadolinium enhancement in patients with atrial fibrillation, 2013-01-30

• Characterization of peri-infarct zone by cardiac magnetic resonance: validation compared to ex-vivo imaging and post-mortem histology, 2011-02-02

• Left Atrial Passive Emptying Function During Dobutamine Stress MR Imaging Is a Predictor of Cardiac Events in Patients With Suspected Myocardial Ischemia, 2014-02-27

• Utilization and impact of cardiovascular magnetic resonance on patient management in heart failure: insights from the SCMR Registry, 2022-11-21

• Stress Perfusion Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Effectively Risk Stratifies Diabetic Patients With Suspected Myocardial Ischemia, 2016-03-02

• Computation of the gradient-induced electric field noise in 12-lead ECG traces during rapid MRI sequences, 2014-01-16

• Voltage-based electroanatomic mapping system for MR-guided cardiac electrophysiology: preliminary swine validations, 2013-01-30

• Identification of myocardial extracellular matrix expansion by cardiac MRI in hypertensive patients, 2011-02-02

• Imaging for Planning of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, 2014-02-27

• Prediction of modifications in size and peri-infarct zone by T2-imaging after an acute myocardial infarction during longitudinal follow-up by cardiac MRI, 2011-02-02

• Left-ventricular mechanical activation and aortic-arch orientation recovered from Magneto-hydrodynamic Voltages observed in 12-lead ECGs obtained inside MRIs: A Feasibility Study, 2014-09-16

• Rapid quantification of stroke volume using magnetohydrodynamic voltages in 3T MRI: a feasibility study, 2015-02-03

• Imaging of Clinically Unrecognized Myocardial Fibrosis in Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease, 2020-08-25

• Derivation and validation of a prognostic prediction rule from clinical and stress CMR data characterizes cardiac prognostication in patients with suspected myocardial ischemia, 2011-02-02

• Stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging effectively reclassifies risk in patients with known or suspected stable coronary artery disease, 2013-01-30

• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Registry (HCMR): The rationale and design of an international, observational study of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, 2015-05-22

• Incidence and Prognostic Implication of Unrecognized Myocardial Scar Characterized by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Diabetic Patients without Clinical Evidence of Myocardial Infarction, 2008-08-25

• Insulin Resistance, Subclinical Left Ventricular Remodeling, and the Obesity Paradox: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2013-04-23

• Risk Stratification by Regadenoson Stress Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease, 2014-07-30

• Coronary Optical Coherence Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Determine Underlying Causes of Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries in Women, 2020-11-14

• Myocardial Infarction Triggers Chronic Cardiac Autoimmunity in Type 1 Diabetes, 2012-06-13

• Cellular hypertrophy occurs before interstitial fibrosis in pressure-overload heart failure, 2013-01-30

• Diagnostic Accuracy of Advanced Imaging in Cardiac Sarcoidosis: An Imaging-Histologic Correlation Study in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Transplantation, 2019-06-10

• Comparing CMR Mapping Methods and Myocardial Patterns Towards Heart Failure Outcomes in Non-Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy, 2018-11-15

• Left Atrial Structure and Function in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: A RELAX Substudy, 2016-11-03

• Continuous Rapid Quantification of Stroke Volume using Magnetohydrodynamic Voltages in 3T MRI, 2015-11-14

• Mitral valve regurgitation assessed by intraventricular CMR 4D-flow: a systematic review on the technological aspects and potential clinical applications, 2023-06-16

• Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) expert consensus for CMR imaging endpoints in clinical research: part I - analytical validation and clinical qualification, 2018-09-20

• Gradient-induced voltages on 12-lead ECGs during high-duty-cycle MRI sequences and a theoretically-based method to remove them, 2015-02-03

• Weight loss and progressive left ventricular remodelling: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2014-07-09

• Comparison of Dialysis Unit and Home Blood Pressures: An Observational Cohort Study, 2021-06-16

• Does Iron Overload Really Matter in Stem Cell Transplantation?, 2012-04-04

• Late Gadolinium Enhancement Among Survivors of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, 2015-03-18

• Optimized ventricular restraint therapy: Adjustable restraint is superior to standard restraint in an ovine model of ischemic cardiomyopathy, 2012-06-12

• The Yield of Downstream Tests after Exercise Treadmill Testing: A Prospective Cohort Study, 2014-02-05

• Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance perspective on the 2021 AHA/ACC Chest Pain Guidelines, 2022-01-03

• CMR Quantification of Myocardial Scar Provides Additive Prognostic Information in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy, 2013-08-08

• Predictors of Major Atrial Fibrillation Endpoints in the NHLBI Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Registry (HCMR), 2021-06-30

• Correction: Impact of cardiovascular magnetic resonance on management and clinical decision-making in heart failure patients, 2014-02-21

• Comparison of the Use of Downstream Tests After Exercise Treadmill Testing by Cardiologists vs. Non-Cardiologists, 2014-05-02

• Ultrasonic Assessment of Myocardial Microstructure in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Sarcomere Mutation Carriers With and Without Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, 2016-08-19

• ST2 is reduced by high-dose omega-3 fatty acid treatment following acute MI and is correlated with reduction of the extracellular volume fraction of non-infarcted myocardium, 2016-01-27

• Myocardial Extracellular Volume by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Patients treated with Anthracycline-based Chemotherapy, 2012-12-08

• Towards Replacing Late Gadolinium Enhancement With Artificial Intelligence Virtual Native Enhancement For Gadolinium-free Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Tissue Characterization in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, 2021-07-07

• Diagnostic Costs for Ischemic Heart Disease with Treadmill Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and SPECT: Results of the Multicenter, Randomized EXACT-COST Trial, 2020-04-15

• Imaging the Physiology of the Ischemic Cascade Are 2 Tools Better Than 1?, 2014-02-27

• Effect of purified omega-3 fatty acids on reducing left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction (OMEGA-REMODEL study): a double-blind randomized clinical trial), 2015-02-03

• Strong cardiovascular prognostic implication of quantitative left atrial contractile function assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with chronic hypertension, 2011-08-15

• Diltiazem Treatment for Preclinical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mutation Carriers: A Pilot Randomized Trial to Modify Disease Expression, 2014-10-31

• Iron Overload in Patients with Acute Leukemia or MDS Undergoing Myeloablative Stem Cell Transplantation, 2010-09-18

• Stress myocardial perfusion imaging by cardiac magnetic resonance provides strong prognostic value to cardiac events in patients with diabetes, 2011-02-02

• T1 measurements identify extracellular volume expansion in a genotyped hypertrophic cardiomyopathy population with and without left ventricular hypertrophy, 2013-01-30

• Gradient-Induced Voltages on 12-Lead ECGs during High Duty-Cycle MRI Sequences and a Method for Their Removal considering Linear and Concomitant Gradient Terms, 2015-06-23

• Automated removal of gradient-induced voltages from 12-lead ECG traces during high-gradient duty-cycle MRI sequences, 2016-01-27

• Simplifying cardiovascular magnetic resonance pulse sequence terminology, 2014-12-31

• Electrocardiographic Features of Sarcomere Mutations Carriers With versus Without Clinically Overt Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, 2011-09-21

• Global Longitudinal Shortening A Positive Step Towards Reducing Confusion Surrounding Global Longitudinal Strain, 2020-10-11

• Prognostic value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with strong suspicion for myocarditis, 2009-01-28

• Characterization of peri-infarct zone by CMR is a robust predictor of major adverse events and is strongly associated with systemic inflammatory response post-myocardial infarction, 2011-02-02

• Toward Replacing Late Gadolinium Enhancement With Artificial Intelligence Virtual Native Enhancement for Gadolinium-Free Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Tissue Characterization in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, 2021-07-07

• Impact of cardiovascular magnetic resonance on management and clinical decision-making in heart failure patients, 2013-10-01

• Visceral Adiposity and the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome Across Body Mass Index The MESA Study, 2014-11-05

• Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Stress Perfusion Imaging for Evaluation of Patients With Chest Pain, 2019-10-08

• Detection of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Using Regadenoson Stress and82Rb PET/CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging, 2013-08-12

• Aldosterone and Myocardial Extracellular Matrix Expansion in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, 2013-04-15

• Serial quantification of myocardial infarction tissue heterogeneity during infarct healing by cardiac MRI provides strong characterization of left ventricular remodeling (the NHLBI PROSPECT-CMR Study), 2011-02-02

• Infarct tissue heterogeneity by contrast-enhanced MRI is a novel predictor of mortality in patients with coronary artery disease with reduced left ventricular systolic function, 2011-02-02

• Letters re: Effect of Omega-3 Acid Ethyl Esters on Left Ventricular Remodeling After Acute Myocardial Infarction: The OMEGA-REMODEL Randomized Clinical Trial, 2017-01-10

• Human & swine studies of concurrent 12-lead ECG & MRI, 2013-01-30

• Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Prognostic Tool in Patients with Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy, 2014-03-07

• Intra-cardiac MR imaging & MR-tracking catheter for improved MR-guided EP, 2015-02-03

• Evidence from a multicenter CMR registry indicates that stress CMR imaging provides highly effective risk stratification in patients suspected to have myocardial ischemia, 2014-01-16

• Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Provides Effective Cardiac Risk Reclassification in Patients with Known or Suspected Stable Coronary Artery Disease, 2013-06-26

• Quantitative Relation between Coronary Calcium Content and Coronary Flow Reserve as Assessed by Integrated PET-CT Imaging, 2009-04-22

• Cost-effectiveness analysis for imaging techniques with a focus on cardiovascular magnetic resonance, 2013-06-14

• Predictors of Left Main Coronary Artery Disease in the ISCHEMIA Trial, 2022-02-22

• Weight loss decreases progressive left ventricular remodeling: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2014-01-16

• Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography Enhances Prognostic Assessments of Patients with Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis, 2013-10-16

• Myocardial strain imaging with radial acquisitions (SIRA) reduces tag fading compared to Cartesian sampling, 2014-01-16

• Genetic profiling of fatty acid desaturase polymorphisms identifies patients who may benefit from high-dose omega-3 fatty acids in cardiac remodeling after acute myocardial infarction-Post-hoc analysis from the OMEGA-REMODEL randomized controlled trial, 2019-09-18

• Improvement of myocardial perfusion reserve detected by cardiovascular magnetic resonance after direct endomyocardial implantation of autologous bone marrow cells in patients with severe coronary artery disease, 2010-01-25

• Left Ventricular Mass in Patients with a Cardiomyopathy after Treatment with Anthracyclines, 2012-08-21

• Prognostic implications of blunted feature-tracking global longitudinal strain during vasodilator cardiovascular magnetic resonance stress imaging, 2019-03-15

• Left Atrial Passive Emptying Function Determined by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Predicts Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence after Pulmonary Vein Isolation, 2014-06-05

• Pharmacodynamic evaluation and safety assessment of treatment with antibodies to serum amyloid P component in patients with cardiac amyloidosis: an open-label Phase 2 study and an adjunctive immuno-PET imaging study, 2022-02-13

• Distinct Subgroups in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in the NHLBI Registry, 2019-11-12

• Effect of Insulin Resistance on the Effects of Omega-3 Acid Ethyl Esters on Left Ventricular Remodeling after Acute Myocardial Infarction (From the OMEGA-REMODEL Randomized Clinical Trial), 2019-12-09

• Novel quantification of extracellular expansion by cardiac magnetic resonance is a robust marker in diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis, 2011-02-02

• Association of ECG parameters with late gadolinium enhancement and outcome in patients with clinical suspicion of acute or subacute myocarditis referred for CMR imaging, 2020-01-10

• 3T cardiac imaging with on-line 12-lead ECG monitoring, 2016-01-27

• Lessons learned from MPI and physiologic testing in randomized trials of stable ischemic heart disease: COURAGE, BARI 2D, FAME, and ISCHEMIA, 2014-03-07

• Predictive value of cardiac magnetic resonance right ventricular longitudinal strain in patients with suspected myocarditis, 2023-08-17

• Optimal imaging strategies to assess coronary blood flow and risk for patients with coronary artery disease, 2014-03-07

• Quantification of Extracellular Matrix Expansion by CMR in Infiltrative Heart Disease, 2014-03-07

• Increased Microvascularization and Vessel Permeability Associate with Active Inflammation in Human Atheromata, 2014-08-28

• A Policy Statement on Cardiovascular Test Substitution and Authorization Principles of Patient-Centered Noninvasive Testing, 2021-09-28

• T1 Measurements for Detection of Expansion of the Myocardial Extracellular Volume in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2014-08-19

• Myocardial T1 and T2 Mapping by Magnetic Resonance in Patients with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-associated Myocarditis, 2021-03-30

• Feasibility study of electrocardiographic and respiratory gated, gadolinium enhanced magnetic resonance angiography of pulmonary veins and the impact of heart rate and rhythm on study quality, 2014-06-19

• Letter re: Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Provides Effective Cardiac Risk Reclassification in Patients with Known or Suspected Stable Coronary Artery Disease, 2014-04-15

• Myocardial extracellular volume expansion in patients with hypertension, 2013-01-30

• Multimodality imaging in the assessment of myocardial viability, 2014-02-27

• Myocardial Blood Flow Quantification for Evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease by Positron Emission Tomography, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Computed Tomography, 2014-05-21

• Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) guidelines for reporting cardiovascular magnetic resonance examinations, 2022-04-28

• Risk stratification by regadenoson stress MRI in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease, 2014-01-16

• Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance perspective on the ACC/AHA/ASE/ASNC/ASPC/HFSA/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2023 multi-modality appropriate use criteria for the detection and risk assessment of chronic coronary disease, 2023-10-19

• Complementary Prognostic Values of Stress Myocardial Perfusion and Late Gadolinium Enhancement Imaging by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Patients with Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease, 2009-09-21

• Diverse human extracellular RNAs are widely detected in human plasma, 2016-04-26

• T1 Measurements Identify Extracellular Volume Expansion in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Sarcomere Mutation Carriers With and Without Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, 2013-04-02

• Prognostic Value of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Tissue Characterization in Risk Stratifying Patients With Suspected Myocarditis, 2017-10-17

• Myocardial Extracellular Volume Expansion and the Risk of Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation after Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients with Hypertension, 2013-11-27

• Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: JACC Review Topic of the Week, 2021-10-19

• Cardiac T1Imaging, 2014-03-14

• Evidence-based cardiovascular magnetic resonance cost-effectiveness calculator for the detection of significant coronary artery disease, 2022-01-06

• Machine learning evaluation of LV outflow obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using three-chamber cardiovascular magnetic resonance, 2022-10-06

• Diabetes remains an independent risk factor for adverse remodeling following acute myocardial infarction even with quantification of total infarct size and change in myocardial extracellular volume fraction by CMR, 2013-01-30

• Myocardial Composition in Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis More Than 1 Year After Successful Therapy, 2021-12-15

• Effect of Omega-3 Acid Ethyl Esters on Left Ventricular Remodeling After Acute Myocardial Infarction: The OMEGA-REMODEL Randomized Clinical Trial, 2016-08-02

• Intraluminal Assessment of Coronary Arteries with Ferumoxytol-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography, 2017-12-13

• Obesity and sleep apnea are independently associated with adverse left ventricular remodeling and clinical outcome in patients with atrial fibrillation and preserved ventricular function, 2014-01-15

• The Utility of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Constrictive Pericardial Disease, 2014-03-07

• MRI-compatible voltage-based electroanatomic mapping system for 3T MR-guided cardiac electrophysiology: swine validations, 2014-01-16

• Comparison of myocardial fibrosis quantification methods by cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging for risk stratification of patients with suspected myocarditis, 2019-02-28

• Voltage-based Device Tracking in a 1.5 Tesla MRI during Imaging: Initial validation in swine models, 2013-08-28

• Evaluation of Right Ventricular Remodeling Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Co-Existent Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea, 2012-12-28

• Insulin resistance, subclinical left ventricular remodeling, and the obesity paradox: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis, 2013-01-30

• Relative apical sparing of myocardial longitudinal strain is explained by regional differences in total amyloid mass rather than the proportion of amyloid deposits, 2018-08-15

• Can Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Myocardial Scar Features Affect Treatment Decisions for Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Failure?*, 2014-03-07

• A case report in cardiovascular magnetic resonance: the contrast agent matters in amyloid, 2017-01-07