European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging

Guillem Pons-Lladó, MD, PhD; Impact of Rate-Pressure Product Correction of Myocardial Blood Flow on the Prognostic Relevance in Patients with Heart Failure

Abstract Aims Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) reduces portal hypertension in liver cirrhosis but acutely increases cardiac preload. The present study aimed to prospectively assess changes in cardiac function, remodelling, and myocardial tissue characteristics after TIPS using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). Methods and results Of the 45 screened patients with advance…

We thank Biswas and colleagues for their thoughtful comments regarding our study, Abnormal myocardial perfusion reserve and myocardial infarction determine cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes mellitus.1 Biswas et al. raise three principal points. Noor Sharrack (Writing—review & editing [supporting]), Gaurav S. Gulsin (Writing—review & editing [supporting]), and Sven Plein (Writing—original…

AIMS: Women with coronary artery disease (CAD) typically have less severe stenosis and lower plaque burden than men but have disproportionately high adverse cardiovascular event rate. This study evaluated sex-based differences in quantitative plaque burden and its association with ischemia. METHODS AND RESULTS: A post-hoc exploratory analysis of the CREDENCE trial included 612 symptomatic patient…

Stress myocardial perfusion imaging with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is widely used for evaluating coronary artery disease (CAD), with total perfusion deficit (TPD) serving as a validated, automated quantitative predictor of cardiovascular events.1 Recently, attention has focused on the concept of standard modifiable cardiovascular risk factors (SMuRFs): hypertension, diabe…

Weili Liu, MD, Dacheng Li, MD, PhD, Yuhui Wu, MD, Lei Jiang, MD, PhD, Yan Xu, MD, PhD; When Angiography Is Not Enough: Multimodality 4D-CT Reveals Device–A

Smoking cessation after first STEMI appears to be an important factor positively influencing infarct healing. Within observation period, less patients died in the cessation group. In sum, these data provide another valuable argument for quitting smoking, even after infarction had already occurred.

Mechanical dyssynchrony and perfusion heterogeneity independently predict adverse LV remodeling, irrespective of LBBB. Integrated imaging improves cardiomyopathy stratification.