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Editorial Commentary

Device innovation or systemic risk management?—rethinking priorities in diabetic percutaneous coronary intervention
Ricardo Ortiz-Lozada, Pablo Salinas
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
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:38
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Original Article

Aortic remodeling after zone 0 simplified delivery frozen elephant trunk (SD-FET) technique in acute aortic dissection: one-year clinical and morphological results in a single centre
Antoine Buschiazzo, Guillaume Guimbretiere, Tom Le Corvec, Beatrice Guyomarch, Karim Lakhal, Thomas Senage, Jean Christian Roussel, Blandine Maurel
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
(3)
:39
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Association analysis of metabolic score for visceral fat with cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study based on the China health and retirement longitudinal study
Linhua Feng, Hongbo Zhou, Bingjie Song, Xudan Ma, Huajun Wang
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
(3)
:40
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Beyond borderline physiology: determinants of treatment choice and phenotypes of outcome in QFR grey-zone lesions
Abdulrahman AlQazzaz, Yanfeng Lu, Jasmine Yimeng Bao, Gary S. Mintz, Jiahao Feng, Yong Zhang, Shanshan Gao, Qiang Song, Feifei Ning, Hytham H. Al-Samawi, Mohsen Al-Manj, Mohammed Al-Asadi, Xin Huang, Ning Guo
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
(3)
:41
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Clinical predictors and prognostic implications of HFpEF following STEMI based on HFA-PEFF score: a multicenter cohort analysis
Yun-Ho Cho, Jeong Yoon Jang, Jae Myoung Lee, Yujin Shin, Gain Yu, Jae Seok Bae, Choong Hwan Kwak, Yong-Lee Kim, Hangyul Kim, Min Gyu Kang, Kye-Hwan Kim, Jeong Rang Park, Jin-Yong Hwang, Jong-Hwa Ahn
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
(3)
:42
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Ginsenoside Rb2 alleviates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury through IKKα lactylation regulation of macrophage polarization
Peng An, Meiqi Zhang, Mengshi Cheng, Weihua Wu, Wei Zhang, Zhenfei Yu, Rui Liu
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
(3)
:43
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Quantitative assessment and clinical value of right-to-left shunt in patent foramen ovale using three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography combined with right-heart contrast: a prospective study
Xueqin Gong, Chunyan Li, Guangliang Yang
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
(3)
:44
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Drug-coated balloons (DCB) for symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Chien-Hung Chang, Ching-Chang Chen, Chun-Ting Chen, Mun-Chun Yeap, Shuo-Chi Chien, Yi-Ming Wu, Zhuo-Hao Liu
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
(3)
:45
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Mid-term outcomes of using drug-coated balloon angioplasty for the treatment of large vessel de novo coronary lesions: comparison of large and small vessels
Wenjie Wang, Zhonghua Sun, Yong Zeng, Xianpeng Yu
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
(3)
:46
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Plasma alarmin S100A8/A9 serves as a potential biomarker of major adverse cardiovascular events after acute myocardial infarction
Jingjiang Pi, Liang Geng, Chenghui Fan, Jing Xu, Xingxu Wang, Qi Zhang, Wei Wei
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
(3)
:47
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Association of endothelial glycocalyx degradation with post-PCI slow flow phenomenon in STEMI patients: a prospective observational study
Yufei Niu, Han Zhu, Yunong Zhao, Paijiao Zhang, Chunrong Jin
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
(3)
:48
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Prediction of long-term survival in patients with concomitant pulmonary hypertension and its subtypes after successful transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair
Felix Ausbuettel, Fares Kano, Nikolaos Patsalis, Christin Fichera, Dimitar Divchev, Carlo-Federico Fichera
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
(3)
:49
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Apelin-13 attenuates doxorubicin-induced myocardial injury via the PI3K/AKT and ERK/MAPK signaling pathways
Li-Sha Guo, Li Li, Qing-Hua Han
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
(3)
:50
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Review Article

Diagnostic, cardiac imaging, and management considerations in fungal infective endocarditis: a contemporary narrative review
Jan K. Kalinski, Bo Xu
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
(3)
:51
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Coronary microvascular dysfunction: a narrative review
Joseph M. O’Brien, Thomas J. Ford, Andy Yong, Vishal Goel, Jon Spiro, Peter J. Psaltis, Adam J. Brown, Derek P. Chew, Dennis T. L. Wong
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
(3)
:52
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Pre-hospital and emergency department point-of-care ultrasound in cardiovascular emergencies: a scoping review
Matti Jubouri, Rohan Chikhal, Fatima Kayali, Luca Tin Yau Cheung, Mohamed Refaie, Wael I. Awad, Ian M. Williams, Damian M. Bailey, Mohamad Bashir
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
(3)
:53
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Brief Report

Differences in coronary disease severity at time of acute coronary syndrome between Middle East and North America
Firas J. Al Badarin, Ahmad Edris, Shahrukh Hashmani, Manpreet Kaur, Shashank Shekhar, Oshin Kanwar, Samir Kapadia, Emin Murat Tuzcu
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
(3)
:54
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Letter to the Editor

Mitral regurgitation and atrial fibrillation recurrence in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: association or modifiable substrate?
Teruhiko Imamura
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
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:56
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Are elevated post-transcatheter aortic valve replacement gradients in obese patients pathological or flow-mediated?
Teruhiko Imamura
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
16
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:57
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Review Article on Heart Failure in the Young and Old: Insights into Various Therapies 
Pathophysiology of heart failure
Robert H. G. Schwinger
Published online: 26 February 2021
Review Article 
Pulmonary vascular anatomy & anatomical variants
Asha Kandathil, Murthy Chamarthy
Published online: 27 June 2018
Review Article 
Deep vein thrombosis: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and medical management
Jonathan Stone, Patrick Hangge, Hassan Albadawi, Alex Wallace, Fadi Shamoun, M. Grace Knuttien, Sailendra Naidu, Rahmi Oklu
Published online: 21 December 2017
Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging 
Coronary artery calcium scoring, what is answered and what questions remain
George Youssef, Matthew J. Budoff
Published online: 27 June 2012
Review Article 
Imaging of acute pulmonary embolism: an update
Alastair J. E. Moore, Jason Wachsmann, Murthy R. Chamarthy, Lloyd Panjikaran, Yuki Tanabe, Prabhakar Rajiah
Published online: 27 June 2018
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
Published online: 30 October 2014
Review Article 
Echocardiographic Guidance for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Percutaneous Procedures
Cam Tu Nguyen, Eunice Lee, Huai Luo, Robert J Siegel
Published online: 09 December 2011
Review Article 
4D flow imaging with MRI
Zoran Stankovic, Bradley D. Allen, Julio Garcia, Kelly B. Jarvis, Michael Markl
Published online: 23 April 2014
Original Article 
Type 2 versus type 1 myocardial infarction: a comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes with a meta-analysis of observational studies
Sonu Gupta, Satyanarayana R. Vaidya, Sameer Arora, Amol Bahekar, Santhosh R. Devarapally
Published online: 29 August 2017
Review Article on Impact of Cardiac CT in Clinical Practice 
Cardiac CT angiography: normal and pathological anatomical features—a narrative review
Alberto Clemente, Sara Seitun, Cesare Mantini, Giovanni Gentile, Duccio Federici, Andrea Barison, Andrea Rossi, Magdalena Cuman, Alessandra Pizzuto, Lamia Ait-Ali, Eduardo Bossone, Filippo Cademartiri, Dante Chiappino
Published online: 17 December 2020
Review Article 
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
Published online: 27 June 2012
Review Article 
Computed tomography in the evaluation for transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Paul Schoenhagen, Jörg Hausleiter, Stephan Achenbach, Milind Y. Desai, E. Murat Tuzcu
Published online: 09 December 2011
Review Article 
Congenital anomalies of the aortic arch
Sarv Priya, Richard Thomas, Prashant Nagpal, Arun Sharma, Michael Steigner
Published online: 13 April 2018
Review Article 
Advanced imaging in acute and chronic deep vein thrombosis
Gita Yashwantrao Karande, Sandeep S. Hedgire, Yadiel Sanchez, Vinit Baliyan, Vishala Mishra, Suvranu Ganguli, Anand M. Prabhakar
Published online: 29 December 2016

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

Brief Report

Correlates of objectively measured physical activity in cardiac patients
Wonwoo Byun, Cemal Ozemek, Katrina Riggin, Scott Strath, Leonard Kaminsky

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
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
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