Insights into Cardiovascular Diseases

Dear Colleagues,

Cardiovascular medicine is changing rapidly with the development, testing and introduction of new diagnostic and therapeutic methods. The utility of the widespread advent of wearable and implantable technologies, such as those for preventing, detecting and diagnosing cardiovascular diseases, is only just being explored. New technologies and treatment algorithms are showing great promise for achieving the ultimate aim of precision cardiology, i.e., personalized care tailored to individual patients.

With precision medicine methodology cardiologists should be able to predict which patients are at risk, and intervene at the right time.

This Special Issue will highlight the latest findings in the field of cardiovascular diseases, including the pathogenesis and mechanisms underlying the development of CVD, with a particular emphasis of new techniques and methods for personalized monitoring, diagnosis and treatment, aiming to promote implementation of the latest scientific discoveries and modern technologies into clinical practice to improve patient survival and quality of life. We would like to highlight three desired publication topics:

1) Clinical and epidemiological studies and systematic reviews with a focus on the management of cardiovascular disease;

2) Scientific and clinical, from all areas of cardiovascular imaging, including echocardiography, magnetic resonance, computed tomography, nuclear and invasive imaging, and the role of invasive intravascular imaging in advancing our understanding of the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis and the role of emerging non-invasive modalities in anatomical and functional assessment of atherosclerosis;

3) The development and investigation of new CVD markers, e.g., biochemical, cellular and imaging parameters which offer further refinement.

Authors are invited to contribute reviews, original papers and case reports.

Dr. Vilnis Dzerve
Prof. Dr. Aivars Lejnieks
Guest Editors

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• cardiovascular epidemiology
• atherosclerosis
• CVD markers
• invasive cardiology
• cardiovascular imaging
• pharmacological algorithms