Vol 11, No 6 (December 26, 2021): Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy

Original Article

Long-term changes after carotid stenting assessed by intravascular ultrasound and near-infrared spectroscopy
Cyril Štěchovský, Petr Hájek, Robert Roland, Martin Horváth, Josef Veselka
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1180-1189
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Transthoracic ultrasound-guided percutaneous intramyocardial injection combined with ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction-mediated angiogenin 1 gene therapy in canine myocardial infarction model
Sheng Cao, Qing Deng, Tuantuan Tan, Yanxiang Zhou, Yijia Wang, Qing Zhou
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1190-1205
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The association between intravascular ultrasound-derived echo-attenuation and quantitative flow ratio in intermediate coronary lesions
Liang Geng, Yuan Yuan, Peizhao Du, Liming Gao, Yunkai Wang, Jiming Li, Wei Guo, Ying Huang, Qi Zhang
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1206-1216
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Sacubitril/valsartan in everyday clinical practice: an observational study based on the experience of a heart failure clinic
Joana Cabral, Henrique Vasconcelos, Paulo Maia-Araújo, Emília Moreira, Manuel Campelo, Sandra Amorim, Alexandra Sousa, Brenda Moura, Roberto Pinto, Camila Dias, José Silva-Cardoso
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1217-1227
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Demographic, clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic characteristics of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and cardiac disease at a tertiary hospital, South Africa
Ruchika Meel, Sarah A. Van Blydenstein
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1228-1240
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A novel animal model for vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque: dehydrated ethanol lavage in the carotid artery of rabbits fed a Western diet
Ruochi Zhao, Hongyan Liu, Shangshi Zhang, Qi Lu, Xiaohong Fei, Honglin Zhou, Junsong Liu, Honghua Ye, Xiaomin Chen, Hanbin Cui
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1241-1252
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Editorial on Current Management Aspects in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD): Part IV1

Introduction to the focussed series on “Current Management Aspects in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD): Part IV”
Harald Kaemmerer, Yskert von Kodolitsch, Koichiro Niwa
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1253-1254
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Original Article on Current Management Aspects in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD): Part IV1

Medical treatment of pulmonary hypertension in adults with congenital heart disease: updated and extended results from the International COMPERA-CHD Registry
Ann-Sophie Kaemmerer, Matthias Gorenflo, Dörte Huscher, David Pittrow, Peter Ewert, Christine Pausch, Marion Delcroix, Hossein A. Ghofrani, Marius M. Hoeper, Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, Andris Skride, Gerd Stähler, Carmine Dario Vizza, Elena Jureviciene, Dovile Jancauskaite, Lina Gumbiene, Ralf Ewert, Ingo Dähnert, Matthias Held, Michael Halank, Dirk Skowasch, Hans Klose, Heinrike Wilkens, Katrin Milger, Christian Jux, Martin Koestenberger, Laura Scelsi, Eva Brunnemer, Michael Hofbeck, Silvia Ulrich, Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, Tobias J. Lange, Leonhard Bruch, Stavros Konstantinides, Martin Claussen, Judith Löffler-Ragg, Hubert Wirtz, Christian Apitz, Rhoia Neidenbach, Sebastian Freilinger, Attila Nemes, Christian Opitz, Ekkehard Grünig, Stephan Rosenkranz
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1255-1268
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Tricuspid annular abnormalities in repaired dextro-transposition of the great arteries following Senning and Mustard procedures (Insights from the CSONGRAD Registry and MAGYAR-Path Study)
Attila Nemes, Gergely Rácz, Árpád Kormányos, Nándor Gyenes, Nóra Ambrus, Kálmán Havasi
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1269-1275
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Tricuspid annular abnormalities following different surgical strategies in adults with corrected tetralogy of Fallot (Results from the CSONGRAD Registry and MAGYAR-Path Study)
Attila Nemes, Gergely Rácz, Árpád Kormányos, Nóra Ambrus, Kálmán Havasi
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1276-1283
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Endangered patients with congenital heart defect during transition—Germany-wide evaluation of medical data from National Register for Congenital Heart Defects (NRCHD)
Julia Remmele, Sandra Schiele, Renate Oberhoffer-Fritz, Peter Ewert, Ulrike M. M. Bauer, Paul Christian Helm
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1284-1294
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Molecular signaling pathways in right ventricular impairment of adult patients after tetralogy of Fallot repair
Kathrin Pollmann, Sarala Raj Murthi, Damir Kračun, Thomas Schwarzmayr, Andreas Petry, Julie Cleuziou, Jürgen Hörer, Mathieu Klop, Peter Ewert, Agnes Görlach, Cordula Maria Wolf
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1295-1309
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Review Article on Current Management Aspects in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD): Part IV1

Narrative review of Ebstein’s anomaly beyond childhood: Imaging, surgery, and future perspectives
Stephan Neumann, André Rüffer, Jörg Sachweh, Daniel Biermann, Jochen Herrmann, Michael Jerosch-Herold, Mark Hazekamp, Christoph Sinning, Elvin Zengin, Stefan Blankenberg, Evaldas Girdauskas, Hermann Reichenspurner, Torben Kehl, Götz Müller, Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, Carsten Rickers
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1310-1323
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Anticoagulation management in adult patients with congenital heart disease: a narrative review
Christoph Sinning, Elvin Zengin, Stefan Blankenberg, Carsten Rickers, Yskert von Kodolitsch, Gerhard Diller, Paulus Kirchhof
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1324-1333
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Original Article on Current Management Aspects in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD): Part IV1

Implantable loop recorder for monitoring patients with congenital heart disease
Michael Huntgeburth, Christopher Hohmann, Peter Ewert, Sebastian Freilinger, Nicole Nagdyman, Rhoia Neidenbach, Lars Pieper, Felix Pieringer, Carsten Lennerz, Harald Kaemmerer, Christof Kolb
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1334-1343
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Outcome of pregnancy in a contemporary cohort of adults with congenital heart disease—a 10-year, single-center experience
Betül Toprak, Katharina Govorov, Katinka Kurz, Dora Csengeri, Jessica Weimann, Dennis Witte, Kurt Hecher, Bettina Hollwitz, Anne Hansen, Carsten Rickers, Christina Magnussen, Yskert von Kodolitsch, Tanja Zeller, Stefan Blankenberg, Christoph Sinning, Paulus Kirchhof, Elvin Zengin-Sahm
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1344-1355
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Real-time CMR guidance for intracardiac and great vessel pressure mapping in patients with congenital heart disease using an MR conditional guidewire—results of 25 patients
Christian Meierhofer, Kristina Belker, Nerejda Shehu, Heiner Latus, Naira Mkrtchyan, Susanne Naumann, Stefan Martinoff, Heiko Stern, Andreas Eicken, Peter Ewert
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1356-1366
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MRI-based comprehensive analysis of vascular anatomy and hemodynamics
Dominik Daniel Gabbert, Arash Kheradvar, Michael Jerosch-Herold, Thekla Helene Oechtering, Anselm Sebastian Uebing, Hans-Heiner Kramer, Inga Voges, Carsten Rickers
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1367-1378
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Abnormal torsion and helical flow patterns of the neo-aorta in hypoplastic left heart syndrome assessed with 4D-flow MRI
Dominik Daniel Gabbert, Patrick Trotz, Arash Kheradvar, Michael Jerosch-Herold, Jens Scheewe, Hans-Heiner Kramer, Inga Voges, Carsten Rickers
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1379-1388
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Aortic diameter assessment by cardiovascular magnetic resonance: do we really need contrast enhanced images?
Irene Ferrari, Nerejda Shehu, Naira Mkrtchyan, Heiner Latus, Heiko Stern, Stefan Martinoff, Peter Ewert, Christian Meierhofer
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
(6)
:1389-1394
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Review Article on Current Management Aspects in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD): Part IV1

“Body modification: piercing and tattooing in congenital heart disease patients”, decoration or disaster?—a narrative review
Nicole Müller, Johannes Breuer, Kristin Adler, Noa J. Freudenthal
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1395-1402
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Infective endocarditis and oral health—a Narrative Review
Caspar V. Bumm, Matthias Folwaczny
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1403-1415
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Original Article on Current Management Aspects in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD): Part IV1

Lessons from the short- and mid-term outcome of medical rehabilitation in adults with congenital heart disease
Sebastian Freilinger, Dario Andric, Caroline Andonian, Jürgen Beckmann, Christa Bongarth, Hans Peter Einwang, Peter Ewert, Michael Hofbeck, Ann-Sophie Kaemmerer, Nicole Nagdyman, Renate Oberhoffer, Yskert von Kodolitsch, Harald Kaemmerer, Rhoia Neidenbach
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
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:1416-1431
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Case Report on Current Management Aspects in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD): Part IV1

Management of a doubly folded, partially inflated Melody valve after outer balloon rupture: a case report
Judith Schopen, Katarzyna Gendera, Peter Ewert, Harald Kaemmerer, Andreas Eicken
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
(6)
:1432-1435
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Arts and Medicine2

My Core: conveying the everyday normality of living with congenital heart disease
Jo Wray, Sofie Layton, Giovanni Biglino
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2021;
11
(6)
:1436-1438
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Disclosure:

1. The series “Current Management Aspects in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD): Part III & IV” was commissioned by the editorial office, Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy without any sponsorship or funding. Yskert von Kodolitsch, Harald Kaemmerer and Koichiro Niwa served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.

2. The series “Arts and Medicine” was commissioned by the editorial office, Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy without any sponsorship or funding.