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Advances and Applications of Cardiac Imaging

A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2024 | Viewed by 3286

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Tom Kai Ming Wang

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Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
Interests: cardiac imaging; echocardiography; cardiac CT; cardiac MRI; nuclear imaging; coronary heart disease; valvular/structural heart disease; cardiomyopathies/heart failure; pericardial diseases

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Cardiac imaging is one of the cornerstones in the management of all cardiovascular diseases, critical in their evaluation, prognostication, and surveillance. Multi-modality cardiac imaging encompasses all the techniques of echocardiography, cardiac computed tomography (CT), cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and nuclear imaging. Rapid advances in all of these modalities over the last two decades have vastly improved diagnostic capabilities, treatment guidance, and ultimately patient outcomes. The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight contemporary advances and clinical applications of cardiac imaging for the management of a variety of cardiac conditions. We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Tom Kai Ming Wang
Guest Editor

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Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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Keywords

  • cardiac imaging
  • echocardiography
  • cardiac CT
  • cardiac MRI
  • nuclear imaging
  • coronary heart disease
  • valvular/structural heart disease
  • cardiomyopathies/heart failure
  • pericardial diseases

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CT-Based Preplanning Allows Abstaining from Intraprocedural TEE during Interventional Closure of the LAA in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
by Alexandra Offhaus, Luisa Linss, Peter Roehl, Charlotte Sakriss, Uta Pertschy, Andreas Schwenzky and Henning Ebelt
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(12), 4019; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12124019 - 13 Jun 2023
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine whether the application of a CT-based preplanning algorithm might allow abstaining from TEE during LAAC. Background: LAAC is an established treatment alternative for patients with atrial fibrillation. Today, most LAAC procedures are guided by [...] Read more.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine whether the application of a CT-based preplanning algorithm might allow abstaining from TEE during LAAC. Background: LAAC is an established treatment alternative for patients with atrial fibrillation. Today, most LAAC procedures are guided by TEE, which, however, leads to the need for patient sedation and might even cause direct harm to the patient. CT-based preplanning of the LAAC procedure, in combination with technical improvements in device design and interventional experience, might allow abstaining from TEE. Methods: Fluoro-FLX is a prospective single-center study to evaluate how often TEE leads to a procedural change during interventional LAAC if a dedicated CT planning algorithm is applied. The study hypothesis is that under these circumstances, a sole fluoroscopy-guided LAAC is an alternative to a TEE-guided approach. All procedures are preplanned by cardiac CT and, finally, guided by fluoroscopy only, while TEE is carried out in the background during the intervention for safety reasons. Results: In none of the 31 consecutive patients did TEE lead to a change in the preplanned fluoroscopy-guided LAAC (success ratio: 1.00; CI: 0.94–1.00), thereby meeting the primary endpoint (performance goal: 0.90). There were no procedure-related adverse cardiac or cerebrovascular events (no pericardial effusion, TIA, stroke, systemic embolism, device embolism, death). Conclusions: Our data suggest that it is feasible to perform LAAC under sole fluoroscopic guidance if preplanning is performed using cardiac CT. This might be worth considering, especially in patients who are at high risk for TEE-related adverse events. Full article
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The Role of Multimodality Imaging in Pediatric Cardiomyopathies
by Sara Moscatelli, Isabella Leo, Francesco Bianco, Nunzia Borrelli, Matteo Beltrami, Manuel Garofalo, Elena Giulia Milano, Giandomenico Bisaccia, Ferdinando Iellamo, Pier Paolo Bassareo, Akshyaya Pradhan, Andrea Cimini and Marco Alfonso Perrone
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(14), 4866; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12144866 - 24 Jul 2023
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Cardiomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of myocardial diseases representing the first cause of heart transplantation in children. Diagnosing and classifying the different phenotypes can be challenging, particularly in this age group, where cardiomyopathies are often overlooked until the onset of severe symptoms. Cardiovascular [...] Read more.
Cardiomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of myocardial diseases representing the first cause of heart transplantation in children. Diagnosing and classifying the different phenotypes can be challenging, particularly in this age group, where cardiomyopathies are often overlooked until the onset of severe symptoms. Cardiovascular imaging is crucial in the diagnostic pathway, from screening to classification and follow-up assessment. Several imaging modalities have been proven to be helpful in this field, with echocardiography undoubtedly representing the first imaging approach due to its low cost, lack of radiation, and wide availability. However, particularly in this clinical context, echocardiography may not be able to differentiate from cardiomyopathies with similar phenotypes and is often complemented with cardiovascular magnetic resonance. The latter allows a radiation-free differentiation between different phenotypes with unique myocardial tissue characterization, thus identifying the presence and extent of myocardial fibrosis. Nuclear imaging and computed tomography have a complementary role, although they are less used in daily clinical practice due to the concern related to the use of radiation in pediatric patients. However, these modalities may have some advantages in evaluating children with cardiomyopathies. This paper aims to review the strengths and limitations of each imaging modality in evaluating pediatric patients with suspected or known cardiomyopathies. Full article
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