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Happy New Year 2020

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the editorial board members, guest editors, authors, reviewers and readers for all your support and contributions to CDT.

We hope that 2020 will bring greater things to CDT, and that the journal will reach new heights.

2019 Annual Report of CDT

Greetings from Prof. Paul Schoenhagen and Editorial Office of CDT!

We are glad to present the 2019 Annual Report of CDT here. In 2019, CDT has made great progress under the join-efforts of experts worldwide. In June 2019, CDT has obtained its first impact factor: 2.006. The total citations of CDT have significantly increased from 2200 to 3350 in the past 2019. And retrieval in PubMed also increased rapidly with the total retrievals up to 664,461 times. More information is shown in the Annual Report.

Application of the CARE Guideline as reporting standard in Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy

Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy welcomes case reports which are supposed to report new observations of diseases, clinical findings or novel/unique treatment outcomes relevant to practitioners in the fields of medicine.

For completeness and transparency for published case reports, Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy will apply the CARE guidelines (1) as reporting standards for case reports starting from October 14, 2019.

Focused Issue on Right Ventricular Dysfunction

This focused issue on Right Ventricular Dysfunction is edited by Dr. Martin Koestenberger, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria; Dr. Harm Jan Bogaard, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and Dr. Georg Hansmann, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Critical Care, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

Focused issue on Heart Failure in the Young and Old: Insights into Various Therapies

This focused issue on "Heart Failure in the Young and Old: Insights into Various Therapies" is edited by Dr. Roland Hetzer from Heart Institute in Cottbus and Cardio Centrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Focused Issue on Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension

This focused issue on Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension is edited by Dr. Christian Apitz, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital, Ulm, Germany; and Astrid Lammers, Division of Paediatric Cardiology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.

Focused Issue on The Use of Advanced Cardiac MRI in Heart Failure and Cardiac Hypertrophy

This focused issue on “The Use of Advanced Cardiac MRI in Heart Failure and Cardiac Hypertrophy” is edited by Dr. Oliver Rider and Dr. Dr. Andrew Lewis from Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Focused Issue on Heart Valve Disease

This focused issue on “Heart Valve Disease” is edited by Dr. Deborah Kwon and Dr. Bo Xu from Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, USA and Dr. Rhonda Miyasaka from Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA.

Focused Issue: Vascular imaging

Vascular diseases affecting the viscera and extremities can have profound effects on cardiac and neurovascular systems and may lead to a major cardiovascular event. Detection of these vascular diseases is the key to their early treatment. Our paradigm over the last few decades has shifted from invasive to non-invasive techniques for detecting the vascular pathologies. Noninvasive testing including vascular Ultrasound, computed tomography angiography (CTA) and magnetic resonance angiographies (MRAs) also play a crucial role in pre and post solid organ transplant assessment. Given the significant underlying morbidity and mortality, the interpreting physician must be cognizant of non-invasive techniques in vascular imaging and pertinent imaging findings. This focused issue on vascular imaging aims to present an update on both the technical aspects of non-invasive vascular imaging and review of the clinical applications.

Focused Issue on Intracoronary Imaging

This focused issue on “Intracoronary Imaging” is edited by Dr. Dennis T. L. Wong, MBBS, MD, PhD, Monash Cardiovascular Research Centre, Monash University and MonashHeart, Monash Health, Victoria, Australia.

Focused Issue on Compressive Vascular Syndromes

This focused issue on “Compressive Vascular Syndromes” is edited by Dr. Sanjeeva Kalva, from Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; and Dr. Marcin Kolber, from Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.

Focused Issue on Clinical Impact of Cardiac CT in Clinical Practice

This focused issue on “Clinical Impact of Cardiac CT in Clinical Practice” is edited by Dr. Filippo Cademartiri, Cardiovascular Imaging Unit, SDN Foundation IRCCS, Naples, Italy.

First Impact Factor for CardiovascularDiagnosis and Therapy: 2.006

We are pleased to announce that Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy (CDT) has obtained its first impact factor for the 2018 citation year: 2.006.

The impact factor, as published in the annual Journal Citation Reports (JCR), is a calculation determined based on the number of citations accumulated in 2018 for manuscripts published in 2016 and 2017.

Focused Issue on Advanced Imaging in The Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Diseases

This focused issue on “Advanced Imaging in The Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Diseases” is edited by Prof. Luca Saba, Department of Radiology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Cagliari, Italy.

Focused Issue on Current Management Aspects in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD): Part II

This focused issue on “Current Management Aspects in Adult Congenital Heart Disease” is edited by Dr. Harald Kaemmerer, from German Heart Center Munich, Munich, Germany; and Dr. Yskert von Kodolitsch, from Clinic of Cardiology, University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

Focused Issue on Percutaneous Structural and Valvular Heart Disease Interventions

This focused issue on “Percutaneous Structural and Valvular Heart Disease Interventions” is edited by Dr. John P. Vavalle and Dr. Sameer Arora, from Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Focused Issue on Cardiovascular Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

This focused issue on “Cardiovascular Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries” is edited by Dr. Ntobeko Ntusi, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Percutaneous structural and valvular heart disease interventions

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Original Article

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Nikita Patil, Paula D. Strassle, Sameer Arora, Chinmay Patel, Kishorbhai Gangani, John P. Vavalle

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Prognostic impact of myocardial contraction fraction in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis

Francisco J. Romeo, Ignacio M. Seropian, Sameer Arora, John P. Vavalle, Mariano Falconi, Pablo Oberti, Vadim Kotowicz, Carla R. Agatiello, Daniel H. Berrocal

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Progression in the severity of aortic stenosis according to race among those with advanced chronic kidney disease

Aamir Husain, Sameer Arora, Paula D. Strassle, Greg Means, Chinmay Patel, Thomas G. Caranasos, Alan L. Hinderliter, John P. Vavalle

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Impact of paroxysmal versus non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation on outcomes in patients undergoing transcatheter mitral valve repair

Kishorbhai Gangani, Haytham Alkhaimy, Nikita Patil, Kranthi Sitammagari, Poonam Bhyan, Sameer Arora, John P. Vavalle

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Review Article

Current state of the roles of alcohol septal ablation and surgical myectomy in the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

John S. Douglas Jr

PDF Pages: 36-44 Full Text

Role of CT imaging in left atrial appendage occlusion for the WATCHMAN™ device

Mirna Kaafarani, Jacqueline Saw, Matthew Daniels, Thomas Song, Marianne Rollet, Sanel Kesinovic, Tony Lamorgese, Kati Kubiak, Zhihua Qi, Milan Pantelic, William O’Neill, Dee Dee Wang

PDF Pages: 45-58 Full Text

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement in low risk patients: a review of PARTNER 3 and Evolut low risk trials

Joao Braghiroli, Kunal Kapoor, Torin P. Thielhelm, Tanira Ferreira, Mauricio G. Cohen

PDF Pages: 59-71 Full Text

Review of alternative access in transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Adam Banks, Jeff Gaca, Todd Kiefer

PDF Pages: 72-82 Full Text

Current status of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in India

Puneet Gupta, Sameer Arora, Arman Qamar, Mohit Gupta, Ashok Seth

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Current state of transcatheter tricuspid valve repair

Dhaval Kolte, Sammy Elmariah

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Editorial

Training in structural heart disease: a fellow’s perspective

Bennet George, Sun Moon Kim, Matthew J. Chung

PDF Pages: 98-100 Full Text

Arts and Medicine

Emergent technique in watercolor

Emily Garfield

PDF Pages: 101-103 Full Text

Original Article

Risk factors of prolonged mechanical ventilation following open heart surgery: what has changed over the last decade?

Muhammad-Mujtaba Ali Siddiqui, Iftikhar Paras, Anjum Jalal

Review Article

Cardiac rehabilitation past, present and future: an overview

Warner M. Mampuya

Low gradient "severe" aortic stenosis with preserved left ventricular ojection fraction

Alper Ozkan

The coronary slow flow phenomenon: characteristics, mechanisms and implications

Xiao Wang, Shao-Ping Nie

Echocardiographic Guidance for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Percutaneous Procedures

Cam Tu Nguyen, Eunice Lee, Huai Luo, Robert J Siegel

Computed tomography in the evaluation for transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Paul Schoenhagen, Jörg Hausleiter, Stephan Achenbach, Milind Y. Desai, E. Murat Tuzcu

Coronary CT angiography with prospective ECG-triggering: an effective alternative to invasive coronary angiography

Zhonghua Sun

Cardiac biomarkers: New tools for heart failure management

Navaid Iqbal, Bailey Wentworth, Rajiv Choudhary, Alejandro De La Parra Landa, Benjamin Kipper, Arrash Fard, Alan S. Maisel

Angiotensin II type-2 receptor-specific effects on the cardiovascular system

Ying Li, Xiao-hui Li, Hong Yuan

Imaging in the context of replacement heart valve development: Use of the Visible Heart® methodologies

Michael G. Bateman, Paul A. Iaizzo

4D flow imaging with MRI

Zoran Stankovic, Bradley D. Allen, Julio Garcia, Kelly B. Jarvis, Michael Markl

Editorial

Grading aortic stenosis severity when the flow modifies the gradientvalve area correlation

Patrizio Lancellotti

Perspective

Lack of focus on cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa

Ana Olga Mocumbi

Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging

Coronary artery calcium scoring, what is answered and what questions remain

George Youssef, Matthew J. Budoff

Post myocardial infarction of the left ventricle: The course ahead seen by cardiac MRI

Pier Giorgio Masci, Jan Bogaert

Epicardial and thoracic fat - Noninvasive measurement and clinical implications

Damini Dey, Ryo Nakazato, Debiao Li, Daniel S Berman

Review Articles

Aortic regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: mechanisms and implications

Barbara E. Stähli, Willibald Maier, Roberto Corti, Thomas F. Lüscher, Rolf Jenni, Felix C. Tanner

High residual platelet reactivity on clopidogrel: its significance and therapeutic challenges overcoming clopidogrel resistance

Torkom Garabedian, Samir Alam

Contemporary echocardiographic guiding tools for device closure of interatrial communications

Thomas Bartel, Silvana Müller

Case Reports

Kounis syndrome - an atopic monster for the heart

Venkataramanan Gangadharan, Samit Bhatheja, Kais Al Balbissi

Original Article

Vegetarian diets and glycemic control in diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yoko Yokoyama, Neal D. Barnard, Susan M. Levin, Mitsuhiro Watanabe

Spotty calcification and plaque vulnerability in vivo: frequency-domain optical coherence tomography analysis

Yu Kataoka, Rishi Puri, Muhammad Hammadah, Bhanu Duggal, Kiyoko Uno, Samir R. Kapadia, E. Murat Tuzcu, Steven E. Nissen, Stephen J. Nicholls

Review Article

4D flow imaging with MRI

Zoran Stankovic, Bradley D. Allen, Julio Garcia, Kelly B. Jarvis, Michael Markl

4D flow imaging with MRI

Zoran Stankovic, Bradley D. Allen, Julio Garcia, Kelly B. Jarvis, Michael Markl

Cardiac rehabilitation past, present and future: an overview

Warner M. Mampuya

Epicardial adipose tissue: far more than a fat depot

Andrew H. Talman, Peter J. Psaltis, James D. Cameron, Ian T. Meredith, Sujith K. Seneviratne, Dennis T. L. Wong

microRNA-based diagnostics and therapy in cardiovascular disease—Summing up the facts

Christian Schulte, Tanja Zeller

Review of MRI-based measurements of pulse wave velocity: a biomarker of arterial stiffness

Andrew L. Wentland, Thomas M. Grist, Oliver Wieben

Myocardial T1 mapping: modalities and clinical applications

Christine L. Jellis, Deborah H. Kwon

Cardiac sarcoidosis—state of the art review

Edward Hulten, Saira Aslam, Michael Osborne, Siddique Abbasi, Marcio Sommer Bittencourt, Ron Blankstein

The coronary slow flow phenomenon: characteristics, mechanisms and implications

Xiao Wang, Shao-Ping Nie

Computed tomography in the evaluation for transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Paul Schoenhagen, Jörg Hausleiter, Stephan Achenbach, Milind Y. Desai, E. Murat Tuzcu

Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging: fundamentals and application to the evaluation of the peripheral perfusion

Yaron Gordon, Sasan Partovi, Matthias Müller-Eschner, Erik Amarteifio, Tobias Bäuerle, Marc-André Weber, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Fabian Rengier

Cardiac MR imaging: current status and future direction

Maythem Saeed, Tu Anh Van, Roland Krug, Steven W. Hetts, Mark W. Wilson

Angiotensin II type-2 receptor-specific effects on the cardiovascular system

Ying Li, Xiao-hui Li, Hong Yuan

Mini-Review

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: novel insights on diagnosis and management

Fernando Alfonso, Teresa Bastante, Javier Cuesta, Daniel Rodríguez, Amparo Benedicto, Fernando Rivero

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: novel insights on diagnosis and management

Fernando Alfonso, Teresa Bastante, Javier Cuesta, Daniel Rodríguez, Amparo Benedicto, Fernando Rivero

Perspective

Lack of focus on cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa

Ana Olga Mocumbi

Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging

Epicardial and thoracic fat - Noninvasive measurement and clinical implications

Damini Dey, Ryo Nakazato, Debiao Li, Daniel S Berman

Review Articles

High residual platelet reactivity on clopidogrel: its significance and therapeutic challenges overcoming clopidogrel resistance

Torkom Garabedian, Samir Alam

Original Articles

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging myocardial perfusion reserve index assessment in women with microvascular coronary dysfunction and reference controls

Chrisandra L. Shufelt, Louise E. J. Thomson, Pavel Goykhman, Megha Agarwal, Puja K. Mehta, Tara Sedlak, Ning Li, Edward Gill, Bruce Samuels, Babak Azabal, Saibal Kar, Kamlesh Kothawade, Margo Minissian, Piotr Slomka, Daniel S. Berman, C. Noel Bairey Merz

Original Article

Reproducibility of myocardial perfusion reserve - variations in measurements from post processing using commercially available software

Pavel Goykhman, Puja K. Mehta, Megha Agarwal, Chrisandra Shufelt, Piotr J. Slomka, Yuching Yang, Yuan Xu, Leslee J. Shaw, Daniel S. Berman, Noel Bairey Merz, Louise E. J. Thomson

3D morphometry using automated aortic segmentation in native MR angiography: an alternative to contrast enhanced MRA?

Matthias Müller-Eschner, Tobias Müller, Andreas Biesdorf, Stefan Wörz, Fabian Rengier, Dittmar Böckler, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Karl Rohr, Hendrik von Tengg-Kobligk

Noninvasive pressure difference mapping derived from 4D flow MRI in patients with unrepaired and repaired aortic coarctation

Fabian Rengier, Michael Delles, Joachim Eichhorn, Yoo-Jin Azad, Hendrik von Tengg-Kobligk, Julia Ley-Zaporozhan, Rüdiger Dillmann, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Roland Unterhinninghofen, Sebastian Ley

Life span of patients with Eisenmenger syndrome is not superior to that of patients with other causes of pulmonary hypertension

Béatrice Bonello, Sébastien Renard, Julien Mancini, Sandrine Huber, Gilbert Habib, Alain Fraisse

Vegetarian diets and glycemic control in diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yoko Yokoyama, Neal D. Barnard, Susan M. Levin, Mitsuhiro Watanabe

Review Article

Hypoxamirs in pulmonary hypertension: breathing new life into pulmonary vascular research

Andrew E. Hale, Kevin White, Stephen Y. Chan

Bone marrow-derived cell therapy in chagasic cardiac disease: a review of pre-clinical and clinical results

Antonio Carlos Campos de Carvalho, Adriana Bastos Carvalho, Debora Bastos Mello, Regina Coeli dos Santos Goldenberg

Imaging in the context of replacement heart valve development: Use of the Visible Heart® methodologies

Michael G. Bateman, Paul A. Iaizzo

Antioxidant therapies for the management of atrial fibrillation

Tong Liu, Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, Guangping Li

The Popeye domain containing genes: essential elements in heart rate control

Roland F. Schindler, Kar Lai Poon, Subreena Simrick, Thomas Brand

Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging: fundamentals and application to the evaluation of the peripheral perfusion

Yaron Gordon, Sasan Partovi, Matthias Müller-Eschner, Erik Amarteifio, Tobias Bäuerle, Marc-André Weber, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Fabian Rengier

4D flow imaging with MRI

Zoran Stankovic, Bradley D. Allen, Julio Garcia, Kelly B. Jarvis, Michael Markl

Review of MRI-based measurements of pulse wave velocity: a biomarker of arterial stiffness

Andrew L. Wentland, Thomas M. Grist, Oliver Wieben

Editorial

Conflict of interest in Peer-Reviewed medical journals: The World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) position on a challenging problem

Lorraine E. Ferris, Robert H. Fletcher

Fractional flow reserve measurements to identify justified targets for PCI in patients with stable angina: FAME 2 and beyond

Frits H.A.F. de Man, Clemens von Birgelen

Brief Report

Correlates of objectively measured physical activity in cardiac patients

Wonwoo Byun, Cemal Ozemek, Katrina Riggin, Scott Strath, Leonard Kaminsky

Perspective

African experiences of humanitarian cardiovascular medicine: A Kenyan perspective

Christine Awuor Yuko-Jowi

Original Articles

Left ventricular energy model predicts adverse events in women with suspected myocardial ischemia: results from the NHLBI-sponsored women’s ischemia syndrome evaluation (WISE) study

Mark Doyle, Nicole Weinberg, Gerald M. Pohost, C. Noel Bairey Merz, Leslee J. Shaw, George Sopko, Anthon Fuisz, William J. Rogers, Edward G. Walsh, B. Delia Johnson, Barry L. Sharaf, Carl J. Pepine, Sunil Mankad, Steven E. Reis, Geetha Rayarao, Diane A. Vido, Vera Bittner, Lindsey Tauxe, Marian B. Olson, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Robert WW Biederman

Cardiac risk factors and myocardial perfusion reserve in women with microvascular coronary dysfunction

Megha Agarwal, Chrisandra Shufelt, Puja K. Mehta, Edward Gill, Daniel S. Berman, Debiao Li, Behzad Sharif, Ning Li, C. Noel Bairey Merz, Louise E.J. Thomson

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging myocardial perfusion reserve index assessment in women with microvascular coronary dysfunction and reference controls

Improved diagnosis and prognosis using Decisions Informed by Combining Entities (DICE): results from the NHLBI-sponsored Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE)

Mark Doyle, Gerald M. Pohost, C. Noel Bairey Merz, Leslee J. Shaw, George Sopko, William J. Rogers, Barry L. Sharaf, Carl J. Pepine, Diane A. Vido-Thompson, Geetha Rayarao, Lindsey Tauxe, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Douglas Mc Nair, Robert W. Biederman

The following articles are published ahead of print.

Brief Report

Cardiovascular risk and D-dimer levels in HIV-infected ART-naïve Africans

Ana Olga Mocumbi, Igor Dobe, Sandra Cândido, Nick Kim

News

Application of the CARE guideline as reporting standard in the Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy

Editorial Office

Original Article

Kallistatin correlates with inflammation in abdominal aortic aneurysm and suppresses its formation in mice

Yuchen He, Yanshuo Han, Jia Xing, Xiaoyue Zhai, Shiyue Wang, Shijie Xin, Jian Zhang

Validation of black blood late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) for evaluation of myocardial infarction in patients with or without pathological Q-wave on electrocardiogram (ECG)

Linsheng Song, Xiaohai Ma, Xinxiang Zhao, Lei Zhao, Mark DeLano, Yang Fan, Bin Wu, Aijia Lu, Jie Tian, Liping He

Insights into the genetic basis of HMGB1 in atrial fibrillation in a Chinese Han population

Li Li, Yang Liu, Xinxin Li, Chunguang Qiu

Soluble ST2, Galectin-3 and clinical prognosis of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy undergoing ventricular septal myectomy: a correlation analysis

Bangrong Song, Bo Yao, Haiming Dang, Ran Dong

Review Article

Detection and management of arrhythmias in peripartum cardiomyopathy

Julian Hoevelmann, Lina Hähnle, Julia Hähnle, Karen Sliwa, Charle Viljoen

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging for structural heart disease

Yiling Situ, Samuel C. M. Birch, Camila Moreyra, Cameron J. Holloway

Infective endocarditis in South Africa

Alfonso Jan Pecoraro, Anton Frans Doubell

An overview of heart failure in low- and middle-income countries

Valirie N. Agbor, Ntobeko A. B. Ntusi, Jean Jacques Noubiap

Challenges in addressing the knowledge gap on endomyocardial fibrosis through community-based studies

Jenisse Mbanze, Basilio Cumbane, Rolando Jive, Ana Mocumbi

Pulmonary hypertension in low- and middle-income countries with focus on sub-Saharan Africa

Anastase Dzudie, Bonaventure Suiru Dzekem, Dike B. Ojji, Andre Pascal Kengne, Ana Olga Mocumbi, Karen Sliwa, Friedrich Thienemann

Multimorbidity and cardiovascular disease: a perspective on lowand middle-income countries

Friedrich Thienemann, Ntobeko A. B. Ntusi, Edouard Battegay, Beatrice U. Mueller, Marcus Cheetham

Tuberculous pericardial disease: a focused update on diagnosis, therapy and prevention of complications

Kishendree Naicker, Mpiko Ntsekhe

Circulating biomarkers in the early detection of hypertensive heart disease: usefulness in the developing world

Dike Ojji, Elena Libhaber, Kim Lamont, Friedrich Thienemann, Karen Sliwa

Genetics of inherited cardiomyopathies in Africa

Gasnat Shaboodien, Timothy F. Spracklen, Stephen Kamuli, Polycarp Ndibangwi, Carla Van Niekerk, Ntobeko A. B. Ntusi

Cardiac arrhythmias in low- and middle-income countries

Philasande Mkoko, Ehete Bahiru, Olujimi A. Ajijola, Aime Bonny, Ashley Chin

Rheumatic heart disease: current status of diagnosis and therapy

Ferande Peters, Ganesan Karthikeyan, Jessica Abrams, Lorrein Muhwava, Liesl Zühlke

Stable ischemic heart disease: re-appraisal of coronary revascularization criteria in the light of contemporary evidence

Enrico Orsini, Stefano Nistri, Giovanni Battista Zito

A glimpse of hope: cardiac surgery in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)

Peter Zilla, R. Morton Bolman 3rd, Percy Boateng, Karen Sliwa

Uses of ultrasound in stroke prevention

J. David Spence

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging for inflammatory heart diseases

Andrew J. M. Lewis, Matthew K. Burrage, Vanessa M. Ferreira

The usefulness of cardiac CT integrated with FFRCT for planning myocardial revascularization in complex coronary artery disease: a lesson from SYNTAX studies

Daniele Andreini, Saima Mushtaq, Edoardo Conte, Mariachiara Mei, Flavia Nicoli, Eleonora Melotti, Giulio Pompilio, Mauro Pepi, Antonio L. Bartorelli, Yoshinobu Onuma, Patrick W. Serruys

Contrast imaging ultrasound for the detection and characterization of carotid vulnerable plaque

Vasileios Rafailidis, Xin Li, Paul S. Sidhu, Sasan Partovi, Daniel Staub

Technical Note

Automated detection of cardiovascular disease by electrocardiogram signal analysis: a deep learning system

Xin Zhang, Kai Gu, Shumei Miao, Xiaoliang Zhang, Yuechuchu Yin, Cheng Wan, Yun Yu, Jie Hu, Zhongmin Wang, Tao Shan, Shenqi Jing, Wenming Wang, Yun Ge, Yin Chen, Jianjun Guo, Yun Liu

Editorial Commentary

Iliofemoral lysis for DVT remains ATTRACTive

Catherine Go, Efthymios D. Avgerinos

Journal Highlight more

Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy (CDT) is an open access, peer-reviewed, international English-language journal indexed by PubMed/PubMed Central and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). The journal publishes manuscripts that describe novel findings in the diagnosis and therapy of cardiovascular diseases including contributions related to clinical cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, public heath, nursing, sociology, human genetics, basic sciences, education, and the environment.