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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Shuang Li, Xuejing Duan, Guangxun Feng, Arlene Sirajuddin, Gang Yin, Baiyan Zhuang, Jian He, Jing Xu, Wenjing Yang, Weichun Wu, Xiaoxin Sun, Shihua Zhao, Hongyue Wang, Zhongzhao Teng, Minjie Lu
Summary: This study compared the 2009 and 2018 Lake Louise Criteria (LLC) for the diagnosis of acute myocarditis and found that the 2018 LLC had better diagnostic performance in terms of sensitivity, specificity, and other parameters. Emerging technologies such as T1/T2 mapping significantly improved the diagnostic performance of CMR for acute myocarditis.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Tiffany L. Brazile, Melissa Saul, Seyed Mehdi Nouraie, Kevin Gibson
Summary: Sarcoidosis is a multiorgan system granulomatous disease with cardiac involvement that significantly affects the patients' quality of life and survival. There is currently no gold-standard for diagnosing and monitoring cardiac sarcoidosis, and further studies are needed to improve its diagnosis and monitoring.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2022)
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Pediatrics
Roger Esmel-Vilomara, Paola Dolader, Jaume Izquierdo-Blasco, Joan Balcells, Moises Sorli, Fuensanta Escudero, Elena Vera, Ferran Gran
Summary: Parvovirus B19 is a common cause of pediatric myocarditis, which can be life-threatening but has better outcomes with treatment. Endomyocardial biopsy and cardiac magnetic resonance are commonly used diagnostic tools. Both blood and myocardium PCR can be used to determine the microbiological cause. Steroids with interferon may be an effective therapeutic option.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Giovanni Peretto, Elena Busnardo, Paola Ferro, Anna Palmisano, Davide Vignale, Antonio Esposito, Giacomo De Luca, Corrado Campochiaro, Silvia Sartorelli, Monica De Gaspari, Stefania Rizzo, Lorenzo Dagna, Cristina Basso, Luigi Gianolli, Paolo Della Bella, Simone Sala
Summary: This study investigated the value of FDG-PET scan in arrhythmic myocarditis and found that it has a certain sensitivity and specificity in diagnosis. Anteroseptal FOG distribution is associated with a worse arrhythmic outcome.
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Mizuki Ida, Shiro Nakamori, Shinya Yamamoto, Seimi Watanabe, Kyoko Imanaka-Yoshida, Masaki Ishida, Hajime Sakuma, Keiichi Yamanaka, Kaoru Dohi
Summary: In this article, we present a complex case of an 81-year-old female patient who experienced persistently high levels of troponin after immunotherapy and displayed amyloid deposition in the myocardium. However, histological examination revealed minimal T-lymphocyte infiltration and no myocyte necrosis, indicating transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis rather than immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis. This case highlights the importance of evaluating other causes of elevated troponin levels and the necessity of comprehensive histological and immunohistochemical examinations when cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging is inconclusive.
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Jing-Hui Li, Xi-Qi Xu, Yong-Jian Zhu, Chun-Yan Cheng, Min-Jie Lu, Hong-Yue Wang, Yi-Ning Wang, Zhi-Cheng Jing, Shi-Hua Zhao
Summary: This study investigated and compared the histopathological characteristics, clinical features, and outcomes of myocarditis patients with and without subendocardial involvement detected by cardiac MRI. The results showed that patients with subendocardial involvement had more severe clinical features, including lower left ventricular ejection fraction, larger late gadolinium enhancement extent, higher rates of cardiac death or transplant, higher probability of giant cell myocarditis, and more major adverse cardiovascular events. These findings suggest that subendocardial involvement in myocarditis indicates a worse prognosis.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Samuel Nunn, Johannes Kersten, Marijana Tadic, Alexander Wolf, Birgid Gonska, Elina Huell, Hanna Dietenberger, Wolfgang Rottbauer, Dominik Buckert
Summary: This article reports four cases of acute pericarditis/myocarditis following mRNA vaccination. Patients presented with chest pain, fever, and flu-like symptoms. Diagnosis was confirmed through various diagnostic methods, and appropriate treatment was administered. Despite the risks, vaccination remains a positive choice compared to potential SARS-CoV-2 infection.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Pediatrics
Roger Esmel-Vilomara, Lucia Riaza, Paola Dolader, Anna Sabate-Rotes, Ferran Roses-Noguer, Ferran Gran
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the role of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) and endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) in detecting inflammatory cardiomyopathies in infants with new-onset heart failure. The findings showed that both CMR and EMB can detect inflammation, but CMR is not effective in differentiating between different etiologies.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Ratko Lasica, Lazar Djukanovic, Lidija Savic, Gordana Krljanac, Marija Zdravkovic, Marko Ristic, Andjelka Lasica, Milika Asanin, Arsen Ristic
Summary: The incidence of myocarditis is increasing due to improved diagnostic criteria and methods. Immune-mediated processes and the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors have added complexity to the etiology. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is the preferred non-invasive diagnostic method, while endomyocardial biopsy is reserved for severe cases. Treatment involves conservative management of heart failure, immunomodulatory and immunosuppressive therapy, mechanical circulatory support, and heart transplantation.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Giovanni Peretto, Simone Gulletta, Massimo Slavich, Corrado Campochiaro, Davide Vignale, Giacomo De Luca, Anna Palmisano, Andrea Villatore, Stefania Rizzo, Giulio Cavalli, Monica De Gaspari, Elena Busnardo, Luigi Gianolli, Lorenzo Dagna, Cristina Basso, Antonio Esposito, Simone Sala, Paolo Della Bella, Patrizio Mazzone
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the results of exercise stress tests (EST) in patients with late-stage myocarditis. The study found that arrhythmic patients were more likely to experience ventricular arrhythmias (VA) during EST, while nonarrhythmic patients were more likely to exhibit signs and symptoms of myocardial ischemia. Additionally, arrhythmic patients had a higher prevalence of adverse events during follow-up.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Laura Filippetti, Nathalie Pace, Jean-Sebastien Louis, Damien Mandry, Francois Goehringer, Maria-Soledad Rocher, Nicolas Jay, Christine Selton-Suty, Gabriela Hossu, Olivier Huttin, Pierre-Yves Marie
Summary: This observational study aimed to characterize left-ventricular damage caused by COVID-19 that is distant in time from the acute phase. The results showed that many patients without prior cardiac disease exhibited signs of persistent extracellular edema, affecting the myocardium and skeletal muscles, within a few months after the peak troponin-Ic levels, but these abnormalities resolved within one year. Further investigation into the association with long-COVID symptoms is needed.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Subha Raman, Michael Markl, Amit R. Patel, Jennifer Bryant, Bradley D. Allen, Sven Plein, Nicole Seiberlich
Summary: Despite evidence supporting the clinical utility of CMR, its adoption remains limited in many regions. Routine CMR protocols under 30 minutes can answer common clinical questions. Incorporating recent advances can facilitate increased access to CMR worldwide.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Giovanni Peretto, Marco Merlo, Piero Gentile, Aldostefano Porcari, Anna Palmisano, Davide Vignale, Paola Sormani, Stefania Rizzo, Monica De Gaspari, Cristina Basso, Paolo Della Bella, Simone Sala, Enrico Ammirati, Gianfranco Sinagra, Antonio Esposito, Patrizia Pedrotti
Summary: This study evaluated the diagnostic sensitivity of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging based on Lake Louise criteria in patients with acute myocarditis. The results showed that using updated Lake Louise criteria increased the sensitivity of the diagnosis. It was also found that septal abnormalities were more common in patients with complicated acute myocarditis.
CLINICAL RESEARCH IN CARDIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Giovanni Peretto, Alberto M. Cappelletti, Roberto Spoladore, Massimo Slavich, Stefania Rizzo, Anna Palmisano, Antonio Esposito, Francesco De Cobelli, Alberto Margonato, Cristina Basso, Paolo Della Bella, Simone Sala
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the sensitivity of right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy in myocarditis patients with left ventricular abnormalities confirmed by cardiac magnetic resonance. The results showed that right ventricular EMB is accurate in confirming diagnosis, especially with an adequate sample size, and its sensitivity is comparable among patients with heterogeneous LGE or LVA localization.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Franziska Seidel, Bernd Opgen-Rhein, Axel Rentzsch, Martin Boehne, Bardo Wannenmacher, Dorothee Boecker, Katja Reineker, Maria Grafmann, Gesa Wiegand, Tobias Hecht, Daniela Kiski, Marcus Fischer, Konstantin Papakostas, Bettina Ruf, Jennifer Kramp, Marcus Khalil, Michael Kaestner, Michael Steinmetz, Gunther Fischer, Sevinc Oezcan, Noa Freudenthal, Ulrich Schweigmann, Regina Hellwig, Thomas Pickardt, Karin Klingel, Daniel Messroghli, Stephan Schubert
Summary: Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) provides important information for clinical decision-making in pediatric myocarditis patients. Children with fulminant clinical presentation, high amounts of mononuclear cell infiltrates, healing/chronic inflammation, and young age have the highest risk for major adverse cardiac events (MACE).
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Adam Waring, Andrew Harper, Silvia Salatino, Christopher Kramer, Stefan Neubauer, Kate Thomson, Hugh Watkins, Martin Farrall
Summary: This study introduces methods for gene association and variant interpretation that detect clustering of rare missense variants in Mendelian disease genes, which can enhance disease-gene discovery. The statistical methods presented in this study are more powerful and computationally faster than alternative methods, and can effectively integrate ACMG criteria to provide strong evidence of pathogenicity for variants of uncertain significance.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Zahra Raisi-Estabragh, Luca Biasiolli, Jackie Cooper, Nay Aung, Kenneth Fung, Jose M. Paiva, Mihir M. Sanghvi, Ross J. Thomson, Elizabeth Curtis, Julien Paccou, Jennifer J. Rayner, Konrad Werys, Henrike Puchta, Katharine E. Thomas, Aaron M. Lee, Stefan K. Piechnik, Stefan Neubauer, Patricia B. Munroe, Cyrus Cooper, Steffen E. Petersen, Nicholas C. Harvey
Summary: The study found a positive association between bone health and vascular health with consistent patterns in men and women. Blood biomarkers played an important role in mediating the association, with different directions of effect, but did not fully explain the observed effects.
JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH
(2021)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Andrew Apps, Ladislav Valkovic, Mark Peterzan, Justin Y. C. Lau, Moritz Hundertmark, William Clarke, Elizabeth M. Tunnicliffe, Jane Ellis, Damian J. Tyler, Stefan Neubauer, Oliver J. Rider, Christopher T. Rodgers, Albrecht Ingo Schmid
Summary: Phosphorus spectroscopy is an effective method for studying cardiac energetics and can provide valuable information about myocardial conditions through the calculation of different phosphorus compound ratios. This study introduces a method to accurately measure Pi by overcoming interference from 2,3-DPG signals, and demonstrates the stability of myocardial Pi/PCr and pH at rest and during stress.
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Yan Xia, Le Zhang, Nishant Ravikumar, Rahman Attar, Stefan K. Piechnik, Stefan Neubauer, Steffen E. Petersen, Alejandro F. Frangi
Summary: A new robust approach called Image Imputation Generative Adversarial Network (I2-GAN) is proposed to learn and infer missing slices in cardiac magnetic resonance sequences, improving accuracy of cardiac volume measurements. Experimental results show significant improvements in missing slice imputation for CMR using this method.
MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Evan Hann, Iulia A. Popescu, Qiang Zhang, Ricardo A. Gonzales, Ahmet Barutcu, Stefan Neubauer, Vanessa M. Ferreira, Stefan K. Piechnik
Summary: The proposed quality control-driven segmentation framework integrates neural networks for image analysis and quality control, achieving high-throughput automated image analysis with speed and accuracy, which is highly desirable for large-scale clinical applications.
MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS
(2021)
Letter
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Andrew Apps, Justin Y. C. Lau, Jack J. J. J. Miller, Andrew Tyler, Liam A. J. Young, Andrew J. M. Lewis, Gareth Barnes, Claire Trumper, Stefan Neubauer, Oliver J. Rider, Damian J. Tyler
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Qiang Zhang, Konrad Werys, Iulia A. Popescu, Luca Biasiolli, Ntobeko A. B. Ntusi, Milind Desai, Stefan L. Zimmerman, Dipan J. Shah, Kyle Autry, Bette Kim, Han W. Kim, Elizabeth R. Jenista, Steffen Huber, James A. White, Gerry P. McCann, Saidi A. Mohiddin, Redha Boubertakh, Amedeo Chiribiri, David Newby, Sanjay Prasad, Aleksandra Radjenovic, Dana Dawson, Jeanette Schulz-Menger, Heiko Mahrholdt, Iacopo Carbone, Ornella Rimoldi, Stefano Colagrande, Linda Calistri, Michelle Michels, Mark B. M. Hofman, Lisa Anderson, Craig Broberg, Flett Andrew, Javier Sanz, Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, Kelvin Chow, David Higgins, David A. Broadbent, Scott Semple, Tarik Hafyane, Joanne Wormleighton, Michael Salerno, Taigang He, Sven Plein, Raymond Y. Kwong, Michael Jerosch-Herold, Christopher M. Kramer, Stefan Neubauer, Vanessa M. Ferreira, Stefan K. Piechnik
Summary: By utilizing MR phantoms manufactured in 2013, including ShMOLLI T1-mapping and reference T1 and T2 protocols, the study investigated the impact of temperature and phantom aging on T1 values. A multiparametric QA model was developed and applied to 78 scans from 28 multinational sites, confirming the accuracy and robustness of the QA program for T1-mapping.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Andrew J. M. Lewis, Jennifer J. Rayner, Ines Abdesselam, Stefan Neubauer, Oliver J. Rider
Summary: The study found that obesity is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy even in the absence of other comorbidities, but the magnitude of this change is modest even in severe obesity. Therefore, left ventricular wall thickness exceeding a certain value cannot be simply attributed to obesity, and alternative diagnoses should be considered.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
(2021)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Stephen A. Harrison, Samer Gawrieh, Katharine Roberts, Christopher J. Lisanti, Ryan B. Schwope, Katherine M. Cebe, Valerie Paradis, Pierre Bedossa, Jennifer M. Aldridge Whitehead, Aymeric Labourdette, Veronique Miette, Stefan Neubauer, Celine Fournier, Angelo H. Paredes, Naim Alkhouri
Summary: In a cohort of asymptomatic middle-aged Americans, the prevalence of NAFLD was 38%, NASH was 14%, and significant liver fibrosis was present in 6% of the participants.
JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Zahra Raisi-Estabragh, Amine M'Charrak, Celeste McCracken, Luca Biasiolli, Maddalena Ardissino, Elizabeth M. Curtis, Nay Aung, Claudia K. Suemoto, Clare Mackay, Sana Suri, Thomas E. Nichols, Nicholas C. Harvey, Steffen E. Petersen, Stefan Neubauer
Summary: The study found that better cognitive performance was associated with certain cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) measures in participants from the UK Biobank, suggesting a link between brain and cardiovascular health. These associations remained significant even after adjusting for various confounding factors.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
(2022)
Article
Physiology
Sevasti Zervou, Debra J. McAndrew, Hannah J. Whittington, Hannah A. Lake, Kyung Chan Park, Kuan Minn Cha, Philip J. Ostrowski, Thomas R. Eykyn, Jurgen E. Schneider, Stefan Neubauer, Craig A. Lygate
Summary: The study suggests that modest elevation of AK1 activity may improve functional recovery following ischemia/reperfusion injury, but has unexpected impacts on left ventricular weight, function, and metabolite levels under basal resting conditions.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Afifah Mohamed, Maciej Marciniak, Wilby Williamson, Odaro J. Huckstep, Winok Lapidaire, Angus McCance, Stefan Neubauer, Paul Leeson, Adam J. Lewandowski
Summary: Preterm-born adults show altered left ventricular structure and function in response to systolic blood pressure elevation, indicating increased susceptibility to cardiac remodeling. Additional primary prevention strategies targeting cardiovascular risk reduction in this population may be necessary.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Moritz J. Hundertmark, Olorunsola F. Agbaje, Ruth Coleman, Jyothis T. George, Rolf Grempler, Rury R. Holman, Hanan Lamlum, Jisoo Lee, Joanne E. Milton, Heiko G. Niessen, Oliver Rider, Christopher T. Rodgers, Ladislav Valkovic, Eleanor Wicks, Masliza Mahmod, Stefan Neubauer
Summary: Empagliflozin has shown significant benefits in reducing HF hospitalization and cardiovascular mortality. The EMPA-VISION trial aims to study the effects of empagliflozin on cardiac energy metabolism using MRS and CMR, shedding light on its mechanistic action in HF patients.
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Yan Xia, Nishant Ravikumar, John P. Greenwood, Stefan Neubauer, Steffen E. Petersen, Alejandro F. Frangi
Summary: The study presents a novel super-resolution algorithm based on conditional generative adversarial networks for generating high-quality cardiac MR images, which benefits subsequent image analyses and demonstrates superior performance in experiments.
MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS
(2021)
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Zahra Raisi-Estabragh, Nicholas C. Harvey, Stefan Neubauer, Steffen E. Petersen
Summary: The UK Biobank is a valuable health research resource with a large sample size and comprehensive health tracking data. The incorporation of imaging studies enhances the dataset, providing more detailed information for interdisciplinary health research.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
(2021)