The identification of heart failure (HF) patients at risk for arrhythmic sudden cardiac arrest
(SCA) is a major challenge in the cardiovascular field. In addition to optimal medical …

Ventricular arrhythmias contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality in patients with
heart failure (HF). Pathomechanisms underlying arrhythmogenicity in patients with structural …

Background Truncating variants in titin (TTNtv) are the most common cause of dilated
cardiomyopathy (DCM). We evaluated the genotype-phenotype correlation in TTNtv-DCM …

Identifying patients at risk of sudden cardiac death remains a major challenge in
cardiovascular medicine. Advances in cardiovascular imaging have identified several …

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the reliability of single-shot 2-dimensional
multislice late gadolinium enhancement (2D-MS LGE) compared with gold standard single …

Background Implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) implantation can protect against sudden
cardiac death after myocardial infarction. However, improved risk stratification for device …

Background The presence of late gadolinium enhanced (LGE), which may enable better
evaluation of myocardial impairment, would help predict the occurrence of life‐threatening …

Purpose of review In this review, we will focus the role of CMR in dilated cardiomyopathy
and genetic cardiomyopathy. Recent findings Non-invasive imaging plays a crucial rule in …

Background A low appropriate therapy rate indicates that a minority of patients will benefit
from their implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Quantitative measurements from 18 F …

In recent years, inflammation has been revealed as a crucial underlying mechanism
implicated in most cardiovascular diseases. Extracellular matrix remodeling and …