CT Coronary Calcification: What Does a Score of “0” Mea ...
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CT Coronary Calcification: What ...
Calcium score (CS) is a useful tool in evaluating the risk of cardiovascular events in asymptomatic patients. The absence of detectable calcificatio ...
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Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fib ...
The left atrial appendage (LAA) is the primary nonvalvular cause of cardioembolic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).Warfarin and dire ...
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Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Aorti ...
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common form of congenital heart disease, with frequent and premature occurrence of cardiac events, dominated ...
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Preventing Sudden Death in the ...
Adults with repaired congenital heart disease represent a complex and heterogeneous group of patients that are increasingly surviving beyond childho ...
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CT Perfusion: Ready for Prime T ...
Advancements in computed tomography (CT) technology have revolutionized clinical practice, particularly regarding the noninvasive assessment of coro ...
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Evaluation of Tricuspid Valve M ...
Tricuspid valve (TV) disease commonly occurs in combination with left-sided heart disease. Despite the growing enthusiasm for developing novel minim ...
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Monitoring the Patient with Tra ...
Sufficient time has passed that adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) specialists now frequently encounter survivors born with complete transpositio ...
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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in H ...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a fascinating and complex disorder with substantial variability in phenotypic expression and natural progression. Rec ...
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Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch: An ...
Prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) is present when the effective orifice area of the inserted prosthetic valve is too small in relation to body size. ...
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Identification of Left Ventricu ...
Noninvasive imaging modalities are often used to manage patients with cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is increasingl ...
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Echocardiographic Assessment an ...
The evaluation and management of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) are often challenging. Significant TR is an independent predictor of reduced event-fre ...
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Premise, Promise, and Potential ...
Invasive device-based therapies for drug-resistant hypertension are undergoing active clinical investigation. The two approaches are 1) permanent im ...
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Revascularization for Unprotect ...
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been considered the standard therapy for unprotected (nonrevascularized) left main coronary disease (ULM) ...
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Utilizing Risk Scores in Determ ...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of multivessel and/or left main stem disease have been shown to be potentially legitimate revascularization ...
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Imaging of Oxidation-Specific E ...
Oxidative stress, and in particular oxidation of lipoproteins, is a hallmark of atherosclerosis. Upon entry of lipoproteins into the vessel wall, a ...
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Microparticle-Based Molecular M ...
MRI is well suited for imaging vascular disease as it provides excellent soft tissue contrast and spatial resolution of the vessel wall. By generati ...
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Intravascular Imaging in Patien ...
The most common cause of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is vulnerable plaque rupture. Other less common causes are attenuated plaques, erosions, and ...
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Imaging as an End Point in Isch ...
Imaging of cardiac function and anatomy has advanced at an exponential rate over the past two decades. Our ability to quantitatively assess the degr ...
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Imaging Myeloperoxidase Activit ...
Inflammation and oxidative stress play central roles in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and outcomes such as myocardial infarction and stroke. T ...
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Optical Coherence Tomography an ...
The pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes has long been associated with atherosclerotic plaque rupture. Inflammation, thinning, and disruption ...
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Measuring Treatment Effects in ...
Cardiac MRI (CMR) offers the potential to assess valid and reliable parameters associated with cardiac diseases and the corresponding clinical progn ...
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Cardiovascular Applications of ...
Many applications of MRI are limited by an inherently low sensitivity. Previous attempts to overcome this insensitivity have focused on the use of M ...
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Assessing Risk and Predicting O ...
Cardiovascular imaging has been able to demonstrate its importance identifying subjects at risk for future cardiac events. There is extensive eviden ...
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Angioscopy and Unstable Coronar ...
Recent advances in intravascular imaging have significantly improved the ability to detect high-risk, or vulnerable, plaque in vivo. Coronary angios ...
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Emerging Approaches for Cardiov ...
Stem cell therapies offer potential therapeutic alternatives for coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, and heart failure. To a lesser exte ...
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