Most cardiomyopathies are familial diseases. Cascade family screening identifies
asymptomatic patients and family members with early traits of disease. The inheritance is …

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) represents the final common morphofunctional pathway of
various pathological conditions in which a combination of myocyte injury and necrosis …

Mutations in cardiac sarcomere protein genes are associated with a variety of clinical
phenotypes, including hypertrophic (HCM), dilated (DCM), and restrictive (RCM) …

Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is the least frequent phenotype among pediatric heart
muscle diseases, representing only 2.5–3% of all cardiomyopathies diagnosed during …

Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is the least common among cardiomyopathies. It can be
idiopathic, familial, or secondary to systematic disorders. Marked increase in left and/or right …

Purpose To assess the utility of established functional markers versus two additional
functional markers derived from standard cardiovascular magnetic resonance (MR) images …

Background The preoperative workup of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) patients is
practically complex given the need for multiple imaging modalities. We recently …

Obesity is a major risk factor in the development of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes,
and its pathophysiological precondition insulin resistance. Very little is known about the …

AIM: To evaluate the referrals with suspected arrhythmogenic right ventricular
cardiomyopathy (ARVC) and compare cardiac MR (cMR) findings against clinical diagnosis …

Background Preoperative cardiovascular risk stratification in orthotopic liver transplantation
candidates has proven challenging due to limitations of current noninvasive modalities …