Vol 16, No 4 (August 31, 2026): Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy

Editorial Commentary

Bioresorbable patent foramen ovale closure—is less more?
Stefan Toggweiler, Mathias Wolfrum
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
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Original Article

Prognostic value of early cardiac magnetic resonance first-pass perfusion assessment of microcirculatory dysfunction for acute rejection after heart transplantation
Ke Han, Yuelong Yang, Liqi Cao, Chang Liu, Chulan Ou, Caiying Mo, Chun Luo, Yingying Bao, Min Wu, Hui Liu
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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Long-term high-sensitivity C-reactive protein trajectories and risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in statin-treated patients: a retrospective cohort
Qin Ma, Shaoping Wang, Hua Chen
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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Optimal timing of surgery and analysis of prognostic factors for myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular septal rupture
Lisong Wu, Wei Fu, Ran Dong, Jubing Zheng
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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:61
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Biomarkers in plasma and extracellular vesicles for early detection of asymptomatic ischemic heart disease: a retrospective case-control study
Chris Lenselink, Daan Ties, Geert H. D. Voordes, Adriaan A. Voors, Dominique P. V. de Kleijn, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, Pim van der Harst, Erik Lipsic
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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AI-driven radiomics and functional imaging integration for intelligent identification of coronary high-risk plaques and prediction of cardiovascular events
Lei Yu, Ying Cao, Xinyue Li, Manli Zhang, Chunpeng Yang, Junzhi Sang, Yuguang Wang, Tan Xue, Kexin Pang, Guangwei Li
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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Comparison of safety and long-term outcomes of retrograde chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with vs. without diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cohort study
Dunliang Ma, Qiheng Wan, Song Wen, Zehan Huang, Kaize Wu, Feihuang Han, Jiquan Xiao, Feng Wang, Yuqing Huang, Bin Zhang, Jun Guo
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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Simulation of calcium blooming artifacts in coronary CT angiography from digital phantoms
Xiaoling Wang, Guanyu Li, Shiteng Suo, Sant Kumar, Jiayue Huang, Jianhua Ma, Yongbo Wang, Xuhui Zhou, Yiqiang Yang, Shengxian Tu
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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Continuous anatomical radiation modulation for the acquisition of coronary computed tomography angiography in difficult to scan patients: a prospective cohort study
Yosef A. Cohen, M. Robert Peters, Mrinali Shetty, Luca Bremner, Michelle Castillo, David Bae, Cyrus Attia, Seth Uretsky, Andrew J. Einstein
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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:66
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Fully connected neural network model for predicting postthrombotic syndrome in patients with deep vein thrombosis
Haowei Chen, Zhiyong Yu, Liang Li, Peng Qiu, Deyin Zhao
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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Association of left ventricular global longitudinal strain with outcomes of severe mitral regurgitation due to severe mitral annular calcification: a retrospective cohort study
Mohammad Al Zein, Yuichiro Okushi, Shinya Unai, Gösta B. Pettersson, A. Marc Gillinov, Richard A. Grimm, Brian P. Griffin, Bo Xu
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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Integrated single-cell RNA sequencing and mendelian randomization analysis identifies causal immune-related driver genes in the heart failure inflammatory microenvironment
Ziwei Shan, Xiaoling Liu, Qingxuan Yang, Yuxuan Fan, Wenjuan Xiu, Yuqin Shen
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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U-shaped relationship between coronary artery calcification and underestimation of moderate coronary stenosis by coronary computed tomography angiography
Yu Xie, Chengzhuo Wang, Xuzhe Wang, Wenyu Wang, Ruifeng Liu
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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Review Article

Visceral artery aneurysms: a literature review of etiology, natural history, diagnosis and treatment paradigms
Mehreet Kaur Chahal, Amrit Khooblall, Ramanpreet Singh, Amanjit Gill, Sameer Gadani
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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:71
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Non-pharmacological nursing interventions in patients with myocardial infarction: a systematic review
Yunjing Du, Qi Wang, Yueqin Shen
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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:72
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Narrative review of the current management of ectopic varices: an update
Doo Hee Kim, Sameer Gadani, Hassan Anbari, Baljendra Kapoor
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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Letter to the Editor

Body mass index, valve size, and post-transcatheter aortic valve replacement hemodynamics: is patient-prosthesis mismatch the missing link?
Teruhiko Imamura
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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Recommendations for future research on body mass index, valve sizing, patient-prosthesis mismatch, and post-transcatheter aortic valve replacement hemodynamics
Rafferty I. Koontz, Thelsa T. Weickert, John P. Vavalle
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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Could drug-eluting balloons be a routine alternative for chronic total occlusion lesions?
Mehmet U. Çalışkan
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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Statistical concerns regarding the validation of myocardial contraction fraction cut-off in transcatheter aortic valve replacement patients
Senol Coskun
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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Response to: “Comparative hemodynamic effects of mavacamten and septal myectomy in HOCM: important methodological considerations”
Yinzhu Chen, Xinyi Luo, Yuelong Yang, Jiehao Ou, Hui Liu
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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Comparative hemodynamic effects of mavacamten and septal myectomy in HOCM: important methodological considerations
Teruhiko Imamura
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2026;
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