2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiomyopathies: Developed by the task force on the management of cardiomyopathies of the European Society of …

E Arbelo, A Protonotarios, JR Gimeno… - European heart …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
• The specific situation of the patient. Unless otherwise provided for by national regulations,
off-label use of medication should be limited to situations where it is in the patient's interest …

Assessing left ventricular systolic function: from ejection fraction to strain analysis

BP Halliday, R Senior, DJ Pennell - European Heart Journal, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is a ubiquitous component of
imaging studies used to evaluate patients with cardiac conditions and acts as an arbiter for …

Improved risk stratification for ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

A Di Marco, PF Brown, J Bradley, G Nucifora… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - jacc.org
Background Risk stratification for ventricular arrhythmias (VA) and sudden death in
nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) remains suboptimal. Objectives The goal of this …

Dilated cardiomyopathy and arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy: a comprehensive genotype-imaging phenotype study

JB Augusto, R Eiros, E Nakou… - European Heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims Myocardial scar detected by cardiovascular magnetic resonance has been associated
with sudden cardiac death in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Certain genetic causes of DCM …

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: characterization of left ventricular phenotype and differential diagnosis with dilated cardiomyopathy

A Cipriani, B Bauce, M De Lazzari, I Rigato… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background This study assessed the prevalence of left ventricular (LV) involvement and
characterized the clinical, electrocardiographic, and imaging features of LV phenotype in …

Left atrial strain has superior prognostic value to ventricular function and delayed-enhancement in dilated cardiomyopathy

AG Raafs, JL Vos, MTHM Henkens, BO Slurink… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - jacc.org
Background The left atrium is an early sensor of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. Still, the
prognostic value of left atrial (LA) function (strain) on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) in …

[HTML][HTML] Charting the unseen: How non-invasive imaging could redefine cardiovascular prevention

G Trimarchi, F Pizzino, U Paradossi, IA Gueli… - Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain a major global health challenge, leading to
significant morbidity and mortality while straining healthcare systems. Despite progress in …

Implications of genetic testing in dilated cardiomyopathy

JAJ Verdonschot, MR Hazebroek… - Circulation: Genomic …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Genetic analysis is a first-tier test in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Electrical
phenotypes are common in genetic DCM, but their exact contribution to the clinical course …

T1 mapping and extracellular volume fraction in dilated cardiomyopathy: a prognosis study

S Li, D Zhou, A Sirajuddin, J He, J Xu, B Zhuang… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - jacc.org
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) …

Artificial intelligence in cardiac radiology

M van Assen, G Muscogiuri, D Caruso, SJ Lee… - La radiologia …, 2020 - Springer
Artificial intelligence (AI) is entering the clinical arena, and in the early stage, its
implementation will be focused on the automatization tasks, improving diagnostic accuracy …