Cardiac macrophages are abundant in the healthy heart and after myocardial infarction (MI).
Different macrophage phenotypes likely promote myocardial health vs. disease. Infarct …

The goal of this systematic analysis is to provide a comprehensive review of the current
cardiac magnetic resonance data on microvascular obstruction (MVO) and intramyocardial …

Prediction of the transition from stable to acute coronary syndromes driven by vascular
inflammation, thrombosis with subsequent microembolization, and vessel occlusion leading …

Cardiovascular diseases refer to a group of the circulatory system disorders, including
atherosclerosis, thrombosis, myocardial/cerebral infarction and the following ischemia …

Rationale: Paradigm shifting studies have revealed that the heart contains functionally
diverse populations of macrophages derived from distinct embryonic and adult …

In patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the guideline-recommended treatment is
mechanical revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), which is effective …

Monocytes are actively recruited from the circulation into developing atherosclerotic
plaques. In the plaque, monocytes differentiate into macrophages and eventually form foam …

Aims To evaluate the prognostic value of intramyocardial haemorrhage (IMH) depicted by
T2* imaging for risk stratification in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients in …

Abstract Fluorine-19 (19F) magnetic resonance (MR) molecular imaging is a promising
noninvasive and quantitative molecular imaging approach with intensive research due to the …

Rationale: Current cardiovascular clinical imaging techniques offer only limited assessment
of innate immune cell-driven inflammation, which is a potential therapeutic target in …