Myocardial fibrosis, seen in ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathies, is associated with
adverse cardiac outcomes. Noninvasive imaging plays a key role in early identification and …

Myocardial interstitial fibrosis is part of the advanced disease stage of most cardiovascular
pathologies. It has been characterized histologically in various disease settings from …

Objectives This study aimed to compare the diagnostic and prognostic performance of native
T1 mapping (T1), extracellular volume (ECV) mapping, and late gadolinium enhancement …

Cyclic GMP–phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibition has been shown to counteract
maladaptive cardiac changes triggered by diabetes in some but not all studies. We …

Objectives The aim of this study is to examine the prognostic value of T1 mapping and the
extracellular volume (ECV) fraction in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is highly prevalent in patients with left heart disease (LHD)
and negatively impacts prognosis. The most common causes of PH associated with LHD …

Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) is an autoimmune disease related to Grave's disease (GD).
The therapeutic strategies for GO patients are based on precise assessment of the activity …

Background Quantitative MRI is increasingly proposed in clinical trials related to
dystrophinopathies, including Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). Purpose To establish the …

Objectives To determine the extracellular volume (ECV) fraction derived from equilibrium
contrast-enhanced CT for predicting pathological complete response (pCR) after …

Background Systemic amyloid light chain (AL) amyloidosis is the most common type of
amyloidosis, leading to cardiomyocyte necrosis and interstitial fibrosis. Gallium-68-labeled …