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Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging

Our team investigates fundamental mechanisms and translates findings from bench to bedside, combining preclinical models with clinical insight.

Researcher at ICRC with focus on translational medicine. Combines preclinical insights with clinical practice across cardiology, neurology, and oncology programs.

Currently leads / contributes to interdisciplinary projects bridging molecular biology, imaging, and patient care at St. Anne's University Hospital Brno.

Research Group

Team size
Team size: 15 Researchers
Place
Place: Building B1, 4th Floor
Collaborates with
Collaborates with Charles University, Prague

Head of Research Group

prof. MUDr. Roman Panovský, Ph.D.
prof. MUDr. Roman Panovský, Ph.D.
prof. MUDr. Roman Panovský, Ph.D.

Members

MUDr. Mária Bakošová

Ph.D. Student

MUDr. Martina Kelblová

MUDr. Martina Kelblová

Ph.D. Student

MUDr. Tatiana Štípalová

MUDr. Tatiana Štípalová

Ph.D. Student

Anna Kubová

Anna Kubová

Study Coordinator

Pavla Panovská

Research Assistant

Dr. Mary Luz Mojica Pisciotti

Researcher, Research Specialist

MUDr. Lukáš Opatřil, Ph.D.

MUDr. Lukáš Opatřil, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

MUDr. Věra Feitová

MUDr. Věra Feitová

Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Specialist

Mgr. Jana Víšková

Mgr. Jana Víšková

Lab Technician

doc. MUDr. Vladimír Kincl, Ph.D.

Head Researcher

MUDr. Michal Laška

MUDr. Michal Laška

Research Specialist

MUDr. Jan Steinwirth

Research Specialist

MUDr. Izabela Tacinová

MUDr. Izabela Tacinová

Research Specialist

Ing. Tomáš Holeček

Ing. Tomáš Holeček

Lab Specialist, Senior Research Technician

prof. MUDr. Roman Panovský, Ph.D.

prof. MUDr. Roman Panovský, Ph.D.

Senior Research Team Leader

Team Assistant

Main Objectives

  1. To test a novel CMR protocol to improve early detection of myocardial injury in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy patients.
  2. To prove that CMR can detect higher prevalence and earlier stages of cardiac involvement in patients with sarcoidosis in comparison with commonly used methods.
  3. To find novel CMR and laboratory markers for the diagnosis of cardiotoxicity in oncological group of patients after cardiotoxic chemotherapy.

Research focus

development of new protocols of heart imaging

identifying novel imaging biomarkers for the prediction of early myocardial dysfunction

Technological equipment

  • MR 1,5T Philips Ingenia
  • MR 3,0T GE DISCOVERY MR 750
  • Intellispace Discovery Portal 
  • Tomtec Arena
  • SW Circle cvi42, v. 5.13

Selected Results

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  • OPATŘIL, L., PANOVSKÝ, R., MOJICA-PISCIOTTI, M., et al. Stress pulmonary circulation parameters assessed by a cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients after a heart transplant. Scientific Reports. 2022; 12(1):6130
  • MOJICA-PISCIOTTI, M., PANOVSKÝ, R., MASÁROVÁ, L., PEŠL, M., STÁREK, Z., HOLEČEK, T., et al. Left atrium phasic impairments in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation patients assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking. Sci Rep. 2022;12(1):7539.
  • MILITARU, S., PANOVSKÝ, R., HANET, V. et al. Multivendor comparison of global and regional 2D cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking strains vs tissue tagging at 3T. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2021; 23(54).
  • SALA, M., KINCL, V., KAMÍNEK, M., VAŠINA, J., MÁCHAL, J., PANOVSKÝ, R., FEITOVÁ, V., OPATŘIL, L., HOLEČEK, T. Assessment of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction using ultra-low-dose thallium-201 SPECT on a CZT camera: a comparison with magnetic resonance imaging. J Nucl Cardiol. 2020; 29(1):181-187.
  • PANOVSKÝ, R., DOUBKOVÁ, M., HOLEČEK, T., et al. Myocardial T1 mapping using SMART1Map and MOLLI mapping in asymptomatic patients with recent extracardiac sarcoidosis. NMR in Biomedicine. 2020; 33(11):e4388.
  • PANOVSKÝ, R., DOUBKOVÁ, M., MOJICA-PISCIOTTI, M., et al. Left ventricular myocardial deformation assessment in asymptomatic patients with recently diagnosed sarcoidosis of the respiratory tract and/or extrapulmonary sarcoidosis. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2021; 16 (1): 405
  • PANOVSKÝ, R., PEŠL, M., MÁCHAL, J., et al. Quantitative assessment of left ventricular longitudinal function and myocardial deformation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2021; 16(1):57
  • HAUSVATER, A., SMILOWITZ, NR, LI, B., REDEL-TRAUB, G., QUIEN, M., QIAN, Y., ZHONG, J., NICHOLSON, JM., CAMASTRA, G., BIÈRE, L., PANOVSKÝ, R., SÁ, M., GERBAUD, E., SELVANAYAGAM, JB., AL-MALLAH, MH., EMRICH, T., REYNOLDS, HR. Myocarditis in Relation to Angiographic Findings in Patients With Provisional Diagnoses of MINOCA. J Am Coll Cardiol Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020; 13(9):1906-1913
  • PANOVSKÝ, R., PEŠL, M., HOLEČEK, T., et al. Cardiac profile of the Czech population of Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study with T1 mapping. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2019; 14:10.