Background Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors reduce hospitalizations for heart
failure and cardiovascular death, although the underlying mechanisms have not been …

Background PET myocardial flow reserve (MFR) has established diagnostic and prognostic
value. Technological advances have now enabled SPECT MFR quantification. We …

The heart failure epidemic continues to rise with coronary artery disease as one of its main
causes. Novel concepts for risk stratification to guide the referring cardiologist towards …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review aims to explore the role of microvascular
dysfunction in obesity-hypertension, discuss the effects obesity has on renal …

Purpose Distinguishing obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease (CAD) from
microvascular dysfunction and diffuse atherosclerosis would be of immense benefit …

Chest pain is a common concern of women evaluated in both the inpatient and outpatient
setting. There are significant differences in pathophysiology when comparing coronary …

Quantitative analysis has been applied extensively to image processing and interpretation in
nuclear cardiology to improve disease diagnosis and risk stratification. This is Part 2 of a two …

Background Patient motion can lead to misalignment of left ventricular (LV) volumes-of-
interest (VOIs) and subsequently inaccurate quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF) …

Aims It is not well understood whether positron emission tomography (PET)-derived
myocardial flow reserve (MFR) is prognostic among patients with prior coronary artery …

Aims One of the major challenges in the quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF) from
stress perfusion cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is the estimation of the arterial input …