Abstract This JACC Scientific Expert Panel provides consensus recommendations for an
update of the cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) diagnostic criteria for myocardial …

Aim The diagnosis, severity and extent of a sterile inflammation or a septic infection could be
challenging since there is not one single test able to achieve an accurate diagnosis. The …

With this document, we provide a standard for PET/(diagnostic) CT imaging procedures in
cardiovascular diseases that are inflammatory, infective, infiltrative, or associated with …

Importance Although myocardial injury can occur with acute COVID-19, there is limited
understanding of changes with myocardial metabolism in recovered patients. Objective To …

Background Patients who developed myocarditis after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination show
abnormalities on cardiac MRI scans. However, whether myocardial changes occur in …

Aims Cardiac death is the leading cause of mortality in patients with sarcoidosis, yet cardiac
involvement often remains undetected. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) …

Viral myocarditis is inflammation of the myocardium secondary to viral infection. The clinical
presentation of viral myocarditis is very heterogeneous and can range from nonspecific …

In 2009, the “Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of myocarditis (JCS 2009)” were issued
by the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS). 1 Although this guideline has been widely used …

Standard evaluation and management of the patient with suspected or proven
cardiovascular complications of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), the disease caused …

Multi-modality cardiac imaging plays a key role in the management of patients with
cardiovascular diseases. It allows a combination of complementary anatomical …