Aortic stenosis is characterized both by progressive valve narrowing and the left ventricular
remodeling response that ensues. The only effective treatment is aortic valve replacement …

Heart failure (HF) is an important cardiovascular disease because of its increasing
prevalence, significant morbidity, high mortality, and rapidly expanding health care cost. The …

Cardiac computed tomography (CT) was initially developed as a non-invasive diagnostic
tool to detect and quantify coronary stenosis. Thanks to the rapid technological …

Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of cardiac late
enhancement (LE) scanning for extracellular volume (ECV) quantification with dual-source …

Objectives”, explains how to select and use various test methods for evaluating disease
states, the prognosis, and the effects of treatment. References to the literature published …

Background Photon-counting detector (PCD) CT provides comprehensive spectral data with
every acquisition, but studies evaluating myocardial extracellular volume (ECV) …

Myocardial fibrosis, seen in ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathies, is associated with
adverse cardiac outcomes. Noninvasive imaging plays a key role in early identification and …

Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the heart muscle, diagnosed by histological,
immunological, and immunohistochemical criteria. Endomyocardial biopsy represents the …

Noninvasive cardiac imaging has rapidly evolved during the last decade owing to
improvements in computed tomography (CT)–based technologies, among which we …

Purpose of review This review article discusses the evolution of extracellular volume (ECV)
quantification using both cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and computed …