Myocardial interstitial fibrosis is part of the advanced disease stage of most cardiovascular
pathologies. It has been characterized histologically in various disease settings from …

The inappropriate deposition of extracellular matrix within the heart (termed cardiac fibrosis)
is associated with nearly all types of heart disease, including ischemic, hypertensive …

Astragaloside IV (AsIV), an active ingredient isolated from traditional Chinese medicine
astragalus membranaceus, is beneficial to cardiovascular health. This study aimed to …

Background Cardiac MRI features are not well-defined in immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)–
induced myocarditis (ICI-M), a severe complication of ICI therapy in patients with cancer …

Objectives Because risk stratification data represents a key domain of biomarker validation,
we compared associations between outcomes and various cardiovascular magnetic …

Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) has evolved into a major tool for the diagnosis and
assessment of prognosis of patients suffering from heart failure. Anatomical and structural …

Incidence and prevalence of cancer is an alarming situation globally. For the treatment of
cancer many anticancer drugs have been developed but, unfortunately, their potential …

Background Evaluation of impaired left ventricular (LV) filling has focused on intrinsic
causes of LV dysfunction; however, pulmonary vascular changes may contribute to reduced …

Aims To evaluate whether myocardial fibrosis predicts cardiovascular events (CVEs) and
mortality in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Methods and results Cardiac magnetic …

Abstract The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) is the first large-scale multi-ethnic
population study in the US to use advanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) …