Myocardial fibrosis, the expansion of the cardiac interstitium through deposition of
extracellular matrix proteins, is a common pathophysiologic companion of many different …

Health professionals are encouraged to take the ESC/EACTS Guidelines fully into account
when exercising their clinical judgment, as well as in the determination and the …

Aims Early detection of aortic stenosis (AS) is becoming increasingly important with a better
outcome after aortic valve replacement in asymptomatic severe AS patients and a poor …

Background: Acute myocardial injury in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) has a poor prognosis. Its associations and pathogenesis are unclear. Our aim …

Aortic stenosis is characterized both by progressive valve narrowing and the left ventricular
remodeling response that ensues. The only effective treatment is aortic valve replacement …

Myocardial fibrosis, either focal or diffuse, is a common feature of many cardiac diseases
and is associated with a poor prognosis for major adverse cardiovascular events. Although …

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guidelines, which is freely available via the ESC and EACTS website and hosted on the EHJ …

Background: Convolutional neural network (CNN) based segmentation methods provide an
efficient and automated way for clinicians to assess the structure and function of the heart in …

The measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is a ubiquitous component of
imaging studies used to evaluate patients with cardiac conditions and acts as an arbiter for …

Adverse cardiac remodelling is the main determinant of patient prognosis in degenerative
valvular heart disease (VHD). However, to give an indication for valvular intervention …