Background: Patients with acute myocarditis (AM) are at increased risk of adverse cardiac
events after the index episode. Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) detected by …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading single cause of morbidity and mortality, causing
over 17. 9 million deaths worldwide per year with associated costs of over $800 billion. …

Importance Risk stratification of patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy is primarily
based on left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Superior prognostic factors may improve …

Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) has significantly contributed to reducing
the mortality of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) even in …

Background— Cardiovascular magnetic resonance is the gold-standard technique for the
assessment of ventricular function. Although left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction are …

Background: Current guidelines only recommend the use of an implantable cardioverter
defibrillator in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac …

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to determine imaging predictors of aortic
regurgitation (AR) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and the agreement and …

Background Cardiac diffusion tensor imaging (cDTI) measures the magnitudes and
directions of intramyocardial water diffusion. Assuming the cross-myocyte components to be …

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of statin treatment on coronary
plaque composition and morphology by optical coherence tomography (OCT), grayscale …

Aims To assess the fate of incomplete stent apposition (ISA) after deployment of sirolimus-eluting
stents (SESs). Methods and results Thirty-two patients having intravascular ultrasound (…