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 …

Despite the use of anti-anginal drugs and/or percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) or
coronary artery bypass grafting, the proportion of patients with coronary artery disease who …

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

Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the diagnostic value of simultaneous
hybrid cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission …

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is the most common valve disease in the western world and
recently emerged as a possible substrate for sudden cardiac death (SCD). It is estimated an …

Advanced cardiac imaging techniques such as cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)
and positron emission tomography (PET) are widely used in clinical practice in patients with …

Importance Myocardial replacement fibrosis has been reported to occur in one-third of
patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) and significant mitral regurgitation (MR). However …

Abstract Purpose Simultaneous PET‐MRI improves inflammatory cardiac disease diagnosis.
However, challenges persist in respiratory motion and mis‐registration between free …

Background Sustained ventricular tachycardia and sudden cardiac death due to
degenerative mitral valve prolapse (MVP) can occur in the absence of severe mitral …

Sarcoidosis is a relatively rare inflammatory condition which potentially carries high
morbidity and substantial mortality. Due to the fact that it does not subject patients to ionizing …