BACKGROUND: Left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS) has been shown to improve risk stratification in patients with LV systolic dysfunction and subsequent recovery of LV ejection fraction
BACKGROUND: Assessing myocardial strain by cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking (FT) has been found to be useful in patients with overt hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Little…
BACKGROUND: Significant controversy continues to confound patient selection and referral for revascularization and mitral valve intervention in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM). Cardiac ma
BACKGROUND: Computed tomography (CT) fractional flow reserve (FFR)–derived functional SYNTAX score (FSSCT-FFR) is a valuable method for guiding treatment strategy in patients with multivessel coronar
BACKGROUND: Intensive lipid-lowering therapy may induce coronary atherosclerosis regression. Nevertheless, the factors underlying the effect of lipid-lowering therapy on disease regression remain poo
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.K., F.B.). Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann…
Department of Cardiology, Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu. (J.Z., C.L.) Ultrasound in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Biomechanics Key…
BACKGROUND: The Fontan operation is a palliative technique for patients born with single ventricle heart disease. The superior vena cava (SVC), inferior vena cava (IVC),…
BACKGROUND: In heart transplant recipients, right ventricular (RV) dysfunction may occur for a variety of reasons. Whether RV dysfunction in the stable phase after heart…
Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension and Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan. (Y.A., S.I., O.Y.) Department of Regional Pediatrics and Perinatology,…
BACKGROUND: Assessing myocardial strain by cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking (FT) has been found to be useful in patients with overt hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Little…
