Symposium 3

Dr Le Thu Thao is a Senior Research Fellow at the National Heart Centre Singapore and an Assistant Professor in the Cardiovascular Sciences Academic Clinical Program at the Duke-NUS Medical School.

Her research focuses on the application of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as a tool for deep imaging phenotyping of cardiovascular diseases. Her most outstanding research is her pivotal work in the application of bicycle exercise stress MRI. She has developed the first database of normal exercise capacity MRI values and extended work into patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy and ischaemic heart disease (EMPIRE Trial). Her work has now been translated to routine clinical service at the National Heart Centre Singapore.

Session:

Content & Creativity, 7 October 2022, Friday, 1415 - 1615hrs
​Exercise Stress Cardiac MRI: The Road to Clinical Utility

Exercise stress cardiac MRI (Ex-CMR) combines the superior imaging quality of MRI with the more physiological and better tolerated method of stress. Our team at the NHCS is one of the few research groups around the world that successfully developed the Ex-CMR protocol. This talk will provide an overview of current research developments of Ex-CMR and our Centre’s experience in translating this technique into clinical applications.

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