Matthias Friedrich, Université de Montréal

Research

Adolescents Cardiac Mri Cardiovascular Disease Diet Physical Activity Sedentary Behavior Sleep Type 1 Diabetes

Latest papers

Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Ischemia Burden and Cardiovascular Events: Post-Hoc Analysis From the ISCHEMIA Trial.
JACC. Cardiovascular imaging · 2026
COVID-19-induced myocarditis: A multicenter cardiovascular magnetic resonance study.
Kardiologia polska · 2023 · first author
Simultaneous multi-parametric acquisition and reconstruction techniques in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: Basic concepts and status of clinical development.
Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022 · senior author

All 7 publications

Latest funding

Early markers of cardiovascular disease and lifestyle habits in youth with type 1 diabetes followed to young adulthood
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$1,757,854
Early myocardial morphologic and functional changes and their association with diet and physical activity in adolescents with type 1 diabetes
CIHR · 2016 · Principal investigator
$504,571
Genomic determinants of common long-term treatment effects in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors
CIHR · 2011 · Co-investigator
$2,445,054

All 4 grants and awards

7 publications.

01

Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Ischemia Burden and Cardiovascular Events: Post-Hoc Analysis From the ISCHEMIA Trial.

Kwong RY, Heydari B, Abbasi S, Mongeon FP, Marcotte F, Friedrich M, Shaw LJ, Xu Y, Anthopolos R, Bekeredjian R, Monti L, Selvanayagam J, Lesiak M, Picard MH, Berman DS, Bangalore S, Spertus JA, Stone GW, Boden WE, Min J, Mancini GBJ, Leipsic J, Budoff M, Hague C, Hochman JS, Maron DJ, Reynolds HR, ISCHEMIA Research Group

JACC. Cardiovascular imaging2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2025.10.015 PMID: 41351610

02

COVID-19-induced myocarditis: A multicenter cardiovascular magnetic resonance study.

Friedrich M, Garg R

Kardiologia polska2023First author

DOI: 10.33963/kp.a2023.0101 PMID: 37128932

03

Simultaneous multi-parametric acquisition and reconstruction techniques in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: Basic concepts and status of clinical development.

Eyre K, Lindsay K, Razzaq S, Chetrit M, Friedrich M

Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine2022Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.953823 PMID: 36277755

04

Myocardial Vascular Function Assessed by Dynamic Oxygenation-sensitive Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Long-term Following Cardiac Transplantation.

Iannino N, Fischer K, Friedrich M, Hafyane T, Mongeon FP, White M

Transplantation2021

DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000003419 PMID: 32804801

05

The Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds: How Well Does It Reflect the Canadian Population?

Hall RE, Tusevljak N, Wu CF, Ibrahim Q, Schulze K, Khan AM, Desai D, Awadalla P, Broet P, Dummer TJB

CJC Open20206 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2020.07.013 PMID: W3043994335

06

A New Method to Evaluate Atrial Hemodynamic and Quantify Mitral Regurgitation using Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: The Pulmonary Venous Flow Approach.

Benfari G, Vinco G, Sayegh K, Friedrich M, Rossi A

The Journal of heart valve disease2017

PMID: 29302945

07

Atherosclerosis imaging and the Canadian Atherosclerosis Imaging Network.

Tardif JC, Spence JD, Heinonen TM, Moody A, Pressacco J, Frayne R, L'allier P, Chow BJ, Friedrich M, Black SE, Fenster A, Rutt B, Beanlands R

The Canadian journal of cardiology2013

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2012.09.017 PMID: 23245557

Early markers of cardiovascular disease and lifestyle habits in youth with type 1 diabetes followed to young adulthood

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Henderson, Melanie

Keywords: Arterial Stiffness; Cardiac Mri; Cardiovascular Disease; Diet; Endothelial Function; Myocardial Oxygenation; Physical Activity; Sedentary Behavior; Sleep; Type 1 Diabetes

$1,757,854

Early myocardial morphologic and functional changes and their association with diet and physical activity in adolescents with type 1 diabetes

Principal investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Henderson, Melanie; Friedrich, Matthias G

Keywords: Adolescents; Cardiac Mri; Cardiovascular Disease; Diet; Physical Activity; Sedentary Behavior; Sleep; Type 1 Diabetes

$504,571

Genomic determinants of common long-term treatment effects in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Team Grant: Childhood Cancer - Late Effects of Treatment

Principal investigators: Sinnett, Daniel; Alos, Nathalie B; Andelfinger, Gregor U; Krajinovic, Maja; Laverdière, Caroline; Levy, Emile; Robaey, Philippe

Keywords: Biostatistics; Bone Morbidity; Cancer Survivorship; Cardiotoxicity; Childhood Leukemia; Long-Term Disease Outcomes/Biomarkers; Medical Genomics; Metabolic Syndrome; Neurocognition; Next-Generation Sequencing/Dna Variants

$2,445,054

Medical Imaging Trial NEtwork of Canada (MITNEC)

Principal investigatorCIHR2011Medical Imaging Clinical Trials Network - Phase 2

Principal investigators: Tardif, Jean-Claude; Beanlands, Rob; Benard, Francois; Black, Sandra E; Burrell, Steven C; Evans, Alan C; Frayne, Richard; Friedrich, Matthias G; Lai, Chris; Lee, Ting-Yim; Mcewan, Alexander; Pibarot, Philippe J; Turcotte, Eric; Valliant, John F

Keywords: Cardiology; Clinical Research; Computed Tomography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical Imaging; Neurology; Oncology; Patient Care; Positron Emission Tomography; Replacement Of Technetium

$8,340,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Medicine
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Occupational and Environmental Health

Co-authors at Université de Montréal, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Matthias Friedrich

Medicine/Cardiology

7 shared papers, latest 2026

Philip Awadalla

Occupational and Environmental Health

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Koon Teo

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Sonia Anand

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Jean-Claude Tardif

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Jean-Claude Tardif

Chemical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Douglas Lee

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2020

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