The international journal of cardiovascular imaging
May 9, 2025
Left atrial reservoir strain (LASr) offers diagnostic and prognostic value in patients with heart failure. However, LASr may be technically challenging and is not available to all clinical echocardiographers. Since LASr is a consequence of left atria...
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging
May 7, 2025
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is highly prevalent among pilots due to the nature of their lifestyle, and occupational stresses. CAD is one the most common conditions affecting pilots' medical certification and is frequently nondisclosed by pilots fea...
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging
Mar 31, 2025
Accurate interpretation of echocardiography measurements is essential for diagnosing cardiovascular diseases and guiding clinical management. The emergence of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT presents a novel opportunity to automate the gene...
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging
Mar 13, 2025
Right ventricular (RV) end-diastolic volume (RVEDV) and ejection fraction (RVEF) by cardiac MRI (cMRI) guide management in chronic pulmonary regurgitation (PR). Two-dimensional echocardiography suboptimally correlate with RV volumes. This study teste...
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging
Mar 10, 2025
Invasive coronary physiology is underused and carries risks/costs. Artificial Intelligence (AI) might enable non-invasive physiology from invasive coronary angiography (CAG), possibly outperforming humans, but has seldom been explored, especially for...
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging
Feb 28, 2025
Differentiating normal from minimally and mildly diseased coronary arteries on coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) is crucial, impacting treatment decisions due to the extremely low coronary artery event risk associated with the former. ...
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging
Jan 29, 2025
Artificial intelligence-based quantitative coronary angiography (AI-QCA) was introduced to address manual QCA's limitations in reproducibility and correction process. The present study aimed to assess the performance of an updated AI-QCA solution (MP...
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging
Jan 13, 2025
Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is a key marker of coronary artery disease (CAD) but is often underreported in cancer patients undergoing non-gated CT or PET/CT scans. Traditional CAC assessment requires gated CT scans, leading to increased radia...
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging
Jan 9, 2025
The initial evaluation of stenosis during coronary angiography is typically performed by visual assessment. Visual assessment has limited accuracy compared to fractional flow reserve and quantitative coronary angiography, which are more time-consumin...
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging
Jan 9, 2025
Amid an aging global population, heart failure has become a leading cause of hospitalization among older people. Its high prevalence and mortality rates underscore the importance of accurate mortality prediction for swift disease progression assessme...