Tag: Cardiomyopathies

Multimodality Imaging for Cardiomyopathies in the Era of Precision Medicine

Announcing a new publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal.   A clinical approach to new cardiomyopathy entails defining patient phenotype and disease pathophysiology. After echocardiography, invasive assessments to define hemodynamics and coronary anatomy are usually pursued. In selected non-ischemic cases, endomyocardial biopsies are performed in search for an etiology. Fortunately, advances in cardiac imaging allow for a multifaceted cardiac evaluation in a single study, reducing cost, lead time to diagnosis, and procedural adverse events while still providing supreme accuracy. As the stream of science and clinical practice worldwide emphasizes personalized and high-value care, noninvasive imaging has emerged as a new standard to prevent, diagnose, and guide the treatment of cardiac disease, reserving invasive procedures to cases where an intervention is required.

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Joshua Latner, Ahmad N. Nusairat and Mustafa A. Abuelsamen et al. Multimodality Imaging for Cardiomyopathies in the Era of Precision Medicine. CVIA. 2023. Vol. 8(1). DOI: 10.15212/CVIA.2023.0053

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Unusual Cardiomyopathies

Unusual Cardiomyopathies: Some May Be More Usual Than Previously Thought and Simply Underdiagnosed

Author: Smart, Frank W.

Heart failure is the most common cause of hospitalization in the United States. Just as the prevalence of heart failure has increased, the number of diseases identified that result in the heart failure syndrome has escalated. Certain cardiomyopathies that have previously been regarded as very rare are being recognized with increasing frequency, because of improved imaging techniques and an increased understanding of the pathophysiologic mechanisms that result in these diseases. Improved echocardiographic techniques and methods such as spectral Doppler and 3D image rendering, along with the use of advanced diagnostic tools such as cardiac CT angiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging are now common. These advanced imaging methods have led to an increased appreciation of the frequency of diseases such as isolated left ventricular noncompaction and cardiac amyloidosis. Left ventricular noncompaction, once thought to occur in roughly one in one million patients, may actually be seen in fewer than one in 1000 patients. Cardiac amyloidosis, in the senile form, may exist in 80% of 80-year-old patients, although the incidence of clinical symptoms is less. As the genetic alterations that contribute to these diseases are further elucidated, improved diagnosis and a better understanding of the prognosis of these uncommon cardiomyopathies will follow.

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2015.0006

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