Abstract This JACC Scientific Expert Panel provides consensus recommendations for an
update of the cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) diagnostic criteria for myocardial …

Autoimmune diseases are diseases that cause damage to the body's own tissues as a result
of immune dysfunction, often involving multiple organs and systems. The heart is one of the …

Systemic autoimmune diseases can affect various kinds of organs including the kidney, the
skin, soft tissue and the bone. Among others, cardiovascular involvement in rheumatic …

Objective Myocardial dysfunction and heart failure (HF) are increased in rheumatoid arthritis
(RA), yet there are few studies of the myocardium in RA. Methods RA patients with no known …

Clinically silent cardiac disease is frequently observed in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and
cardiovascular complications are the leading cause of mortality in RA. We sought to …

Autoimmune diseases (ADs) encompass multisystem disorders, and cardiovascular
involvement is a well-known feature of autoimmune and inflammatory rheumatic conditions …

Myocardial T1 mapping by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging shows early myocardial
changes in treatment-naive patients with acti Page 1 Clinical and Experimental …

Background Myocardial fibrosis has recently been proposed as one of the contributing
factors to the diverse pathogenicity of cardiomyopathy in sickle cell disease. Objective In this …

Objectives Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are at increased risk of suffering from adverse
cardiovascular events. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) mapping techniques …

Objective. The prevalence of heart failure is increased 2-fold in patients with rheumatoid
arthritis (RA); this is not explained by ischemic heart disease or other risk factors for heart …