Timion A Meijs, Josephine F Heidendael, Bernadette Schurink, Marianna Bugiani, Wim Jan P van Boven, S Matthijs Boekholdt, Lourens F H J Robbers
{"title":"Constrictive Pericarditis Caused by Primary Pericardial Mesothelioma: A Case Series.","authors":"Timion A Meijs, Josephine F Heidendael, Bernadette Schurink, Marianna Bugiani, Wim Jan P van Boven, S Matthijs Boekholdt, Lourens F H J Robbers","doi":"10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.016847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.016847","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10202,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141615965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raffaello Ditaranto, Chiara Chiti, Agnese Milandri, Francesco Lai, Luigi Lovato, Maddalena Graziosi, Francesca Graziani, Maurizio Pieroni, Francesco Cappelli, Giuseppe Limongelli, Iacopo Olivotto, Elena Biagini
{"title":"Atypical Subendocardial Late Gadolinium Enhancement in Anderson-Fabry Cardiomyopathy.","authors":"Raffaello Ditaranto, Chiara Chiti, Agnese Milandri, Francesco Lai, Luigi Lovato, Maddalena Graziosi, Francesca Graziani, Maurizio Pieroni, Francesco Cappelli, Giuseppe Limongelli, Iacopo Olivotto, Elena Biagini","doi":"10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.016865","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.016865","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10202,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141589760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anomalous Origin of Left Pulmonary Artery From the Left Carotid Artery With a Right Aortic Arch and Aberrant Left Subclavian Artery in a Neonate With DiGeorge Syndrome.","authors":"Naruhito Watanabe, Ashley Hapak, Teimour Nasirov","doi":"10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.016355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.016355","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10202,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141579124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Reed Mszar, Miguel Cainzos-Achirica, Javier Valero-Elizondo, Shubham Lahan, Sadeer G Al-Kindi, Renato Quispe, Shozab S Ali, Lara Arias, Anshul Saxena, Svati H Shah, Ricardo C Cury, Matthew J Budoff, Michael J Blaha, Michael D Shapiro, Garima Sharma, Raul D Santos, Ron Blankstein, Theodore Feldman, Jonathan Fialkow, Khurram Nasir
{"title":"Lipoprotein(a) and Coronary Plaque in Asymptomatic Individuals: The Miami Heart Study at Baptist Health South Florida.","authors":"Reed Mszar, Miguel Cainzos-Achirica, Javier Valero-Elizondo, Shubham Lahan, Sadeer G Al-Kindi, Renato Quispe, Shozab S Ali, Lara Arias, Anshul Saxena, Svati H Shah, Ricardo C Cury, Matthew J Budoff, Michael J Blaha, Michael D Shapiro, Garima Sharma, Raul D Santos, Ron Blankstein, Theodore Feldman, Jonathan Fialkow, Khurram Nasir","doi":"10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.123.016152","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.123.016152","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Elevated levels of lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) are independently associated with an increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events. However, the mechanisms driving this association are poorly understood. We aimed to evaluate the association between Lp(a) and coronary plaque characteristics in a contemporary US cohort without clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, undergoing coronary computed tomography angiography, the noninvasive gold standard for the assessment of coronary atherosclerosis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used baseline data from the Miami Heart Study-a community-based, prospective cohort study-which included asymptomatic adults aged 40 to 65 years evaluated using coronary computed tomography angiography. Those taking any lipid-lowering therapies were excluded. Elevated Lp(a) was defined as ≥125 nmol/L. Outcomes included any plaque, coronary artery calcium score >0, maximal stenosis ≥50%, presence of any high-risk plaque feature (positive remodeling, spotty calcification, low-attenuation plaque, napkin ring), and the presence of ≥2 high-risk plaque features.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 1795 participants (median age, 52 years; 54.3% women; 49.6% Hispanic), 291 (16.2%) had Lp(a) ≥125 nmol/L. In unadjusted analyses, individuals with Lp(a) ≥125 nmol/L had a higher prevalence of all outcomes compared with Lp(a) <125 nmol/L, although differences were only statistically significant for the presence of any coronary plaque and ≥2 high-risk features. In multivariable models, elevated Lp(a) was independently associated with the presence of any coronary plaque (odds ratio, 1.40, [95% CI, 1.05-1.86]) and with ≥2 high-risk features (odds ratio, 3.94, [95% CI, 1.82-8.52]), although only 35 participants had this finding. Among participants with a coronary artery calcium score of 0 (n=1200), those with Lp(a) ≥125 nmol/L had a significantly higher percentage of any plaque compared with those with Lp(a) <125 nmol/L (24.2% versus 14.2%; <i>P</i><0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this contemporary analysis, elevated Lp(a) was independently associated with the presence of coronary plaque. Larger studies are needed to confirm the strong association observed with the presence of multiple high-risk coronary plaque features.</p>","PeriodicalId":10202,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141626208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brett W Sperry, Mark P Metzinger, Ali O Ibrahim, Randall C Thompson, Yoon J Cho, Phillip G Jones, A Iain McGhie, Timothy M Bateman
{"title":"Age- and Sex-Specific Myocardial Blood Flow Values in Patients Without Coronary Atherosclerosis on Rb-82 PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.","authors":"Brett W Sperry, Mark P Metzinger, Ali O Ibrahim, Randall C Thompson, Yoon J Cho, Phillip G Jones, A Iain McGhie, Timothy M Bateman","doi":"10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.016577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.016577","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Quantitative myocardial blood flow (MBF) on positron-emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging is a measure of the overall health of the coronary circulation. The ability to adequately augment blood flow, measured by myocardial blood flow reserve (MBFR), is associated with lower major adverse cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. The age-specific ranges of MBFR in patients without demonstrable coronary artery disease have not been well established. We aimed to determine the effect of age and sex on MBF in a cohort of patients without demonstrable coronary artery disease.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients who underwent positron-emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging studies from 2012 to 2022 on positron-emission tomography/computed tomography cameras were included if the summed stress score was 0, the coronary calcium score was 0, and the left ventricular ejection fraction was ≥50%. Those with known coronary artery disease, prior history of coronary intervention, diabetes, heart/kidney/liver transplant, cirrhosis, or chronic kidney disease stage IV+ were excluded. MBF was calculated using a net retention model (ImagenQ, Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies, Kansas City), and quantile regression models were developed to predict MBF.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 2789 patients (age 59.9±13.0 years, 76.4% females), median rest MBF was 0.73 (0.60-0.91) mL/min·g, stress MBF was 1.72 (1.41-2.10) mL/min·g, and MBFR was 2.31 (1.96-2.74). Across all ages, males augmented MBF in response to vasodilator stress to a greater degree than females but achieved lower absolute stress MBF. Younger males in particular achieved a higher MBFR than their female counterparts, and this gap narrowed with increasing age. Predicted MBFR for a 20-year-old male was 3.18 and female was 2.50, while predicted MBFR for an 80-year-old male was 2.17 and female was 2.02.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In patients without demonstrable coronary artery disease, MBFR is higher in younger males than younger females and decreases with age in both sexes. Age- and sex-specific MBFR may be important in risk prediction and guidance for revascularization and warrant further study.</p>","PeriodicalId":10202,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141626201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elevated Lipoprotein(a) With Zero Coronary Artery Calcium: A Silent Threat or a Clinical Paradox?","authors":"Patricia F Rodriguez Lozano, Nisha Hosadurg","doi":"10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.017136","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.017136","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10202,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141626203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Per Tornvall, John F Beltrame, Jannike Nickander, Peder Sörensson, Harmony R Reynolds, Stefan Agewall
{"title":"How to Use Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries.","authors":"Per Tornvall, John F Beltrame, Jannike Nickander, Peder Sörensson, Harmony R Reynolds, Stefan Agewall","doi":"10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.123.016463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.123.016463","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The working diagnosis Myocardial Infarction with Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA) is being increasingly recognized with the common use of high-sensitivity troponins and coronary angiography, accounting for 5% to 10% of all acute myocardial infarction presentations. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is pivotal in patients presenting with suspected MINOCA, mainly to delineate those with a nonischemic cause, for example, myocarditis and Takotsubo syndrome, from those with true ischemic myocardial infarction, that is, MINOCA. The optimal timing for CMR imaging in patients with suspected MINOCA has been uncertain and, until recently, not been examined prospectively. Previous retrospective studies have indicated that the diagnostic yield decreases with time from the acute event. The SMINC studies (Stockholm Myocardial Infarction with Normal Coronaries) show that CMR should be performed early in all patients with the working diagnosis of MINOCA, with the possible exception of patients who are clearly identified as having Takotsubo syndrome as determined by echocardiography. In addition to CMR imaging, other investigations of importance in selected patients may be pulmonary artery computed tomography to exclude pulmonary embolism, optical coherence tomography to identify plaque disruption, and acetylcholine provocation to identify coronary artery spasm. Imaging of patients with the working diagnosis MINOCA, which is centered on CMR together with supplemental investigations, results in a clear diagnosis in approximately three-quarters of the patients. This is a good example of personalized medicine, because a correct diagnosis will not only increase the satisfaction of the individual patient but also result in optimizing treatment without harming the patient.</p>","PeriodicalId":10202,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141626204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}