Background & Aims Chronic liver disease (CLD) is associated with increased cardiovascular
disease (CVD) risk. We investigated whether early signs of liver disease (measured by iron …

Background Quantitative measurements in the myocardium may be used to detect both focal
and diffuse disease processes that result in an elevation of T1 and/or extracellular volume …

The “Guidelines for the clinical indications of echocardiography” of the Japanese Circulation
Society (JCS) were first developed between 1993 and 1994, and the first revision1 was …

Aims Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors improve left ventricular (LV)
remodelling and outcome in heart failure and hypertensive heart disease. They may be …

Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the effect of sex on myocardial fibrosis as
assessed by using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in aortic stenosis (AS) …

Myocardial fibrosis can arise from a range of pathological processes and its presence
correlates with adverse clinical outcomes. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) can provide …

Purpose To evaluate the diagnostic value of cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) imaging at 3
T in patients suspected of having acute myocarditis by using a multiparametric cardiac MR …

Purpose To assess whether native T1 mapping provides noninvasive estimation of diffuse
myocardial fibrosis and whether it correlates with subclinical myocardial dysfunction in …

Purpose To evaluate the accuracy and repeatability of a free‐breathing, non‐
electrocardiogram (ECG), continuous myocardial T1 and extracellular volume (ECV) …

In clinical decision making, myocardial viability is defined as myocardium in acute or chronic
coronary artery disease and other conditions with contractile dysfunction but maintained …