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Papers

(The median citation count of JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Challenges and Opportunities in Evaluating Severity of Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation	266
More Than Meets the Eye	120
Editorial Board/Officers	119
Editorial Board	109
Integrating Coronary Artery Calcium and Functional Imaging	105
Full issue PDF	103
Editorial Board	101
Entry Tear Hemodynamics Detect Patients With Adverse Aorta-Related Outcomes in Type B Aortic Dissection	98
Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery From Pulmonary Artery With Intramural Course	94
Full Issue PDF	88
The Role of Coronary Blood Flow and Myocardial Edema in the Pathophysiology of Takotsubo Syndrome	87
Myocardial Tissue Characterization With CT-Derived Extracellular Volume	86
Myocardial Tissue Characterization to Predict Ventricular Arrhythmic Risk	85
Type I Carpentier Classification for aFMR Definition	80
Medium-Term Outcomes of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients With Myocardial Injury	79
Changes in Right Ventricular–to–Pulmonary Artery Coupling After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Secondary Mitral Regurgitation	79
Pancoronary Plaque Characteristics in STEMI Caused by Culprit Plaque Erosion Versus Rupture	76
Atherosclerotic Disease Risk Stratification Using Ultrasonographic Measurements of Plaque	76
5-Year Echocardiographic Results of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients	75
Aortic Stenosis in Bicuspid and Tricuspid Valves	75
Diabetes and Myocardial Fibrosis	74
Stress-Related Neural Activity Associates With Coronary Plaque Vulnerability and Subsequent Cardiovascular Events	73
Detection and Characterization of Thrombosis in Humans Using Fibrin-Targeted Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance	72
When Does a Calcium Score Equate to Secondary Prevention?	72
Air Pollution and Coronary Plaque Vulnerability and Instability	71

Multimodality Imaging to Assess Leaflet Height in Mitral Bioprosthetic Valves	71
Editorial Board	70
Cholesterol, Atherosclerotic, and Inflammatory Risks Among Patients With Statin Therapy	70
Hyperventilation/Breath-Hold Maneuver to Detect Myocardial Ischemia by Strain-Encoded CMR	70
Editorial Board	70
Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Thrombosis	69
Editorial Board	69
The REPAIR Study	69
Statin Therapy Persistence Following Opportunistic Screening for Coronary Artery Calcium on Nongated Chest CTs	68
Coronary Plaque and the Adjacent Fat	68
American Society of Echocardiography Algorithm for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation	67
Prognostic Value of CT-FFR–Based Functional Duke Jeopardy Score in Patients With Suspected CAD	67
Reply	67
Noninvasive Imaging Methods for Quantification of Pulmonary Edema and Congestion	67
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Statins to Reduce Inflammation in Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms	67
The PROMISE Minimal Risk Score Improves Risk Classification of Symptomatic Patients With Suspected CAD	66
Atrial Longitudinal Strain Predicts New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation	66
Association of Sex, Reduced Myocardial Flow Reserve, and Long-Term Mortality Across Spectrum of Atherosclerotic Disease	65
Long-Term Left Atrial Function After Device Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in Cryptogenic Stroke Patients	65
Coronary Atherosclerosis Phenotypes in Focal and Diffuse Disease	64
CTA-Derived Pericoronary Fat Attenuation Index Predicts Allograft Rejection and Cardiovascular Events in Heart Transplant Recipients	64
Clinical Validation of a Virtual Planner for Coronary Interventions Based on Coronary CT Angiography	63
Excessive Trabeculation of the Left Ventricle	63
Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of MINOCA Caused by Atherosclerotic and Nonatherosclerotic Mechanisms Assessed by OCT	62
Anatomic Description of Tricuspid Apparatus Interference From Implantable Intracardiac Devices	62
Should Every Patient With MINOCA Have Cardiac Magnetic Resonance?	61
Full Issue	60
Phenogrouping Diastolic Dysfunction by Artificial Intelligence	58
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Quantitative Assessment of Hemodynamic Congestion and Predicting Outcomes	58
Thromboembolic Complications of Annuloplasty Rings	56
Short-Term sequelae of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Assessed by CMR	55
Correction	54
Molecular Stratification of Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis With 18F-Florbetapir and 68Ga-FAPI-04 for Enhanced Prognostic Precision	54
Chronic Myocardial Iron After Myocardial Infarction	54
Incremental Prognostic Value of Carotid Plaque–RADS Over Stenosis Degree in Relation to Stroke Risk	52
Is the Diagnosis of Erosion on OCT Reliable in the Presence of Thrombus?	51
Imaging Biomarkers to Predict Ischemic Stroke	50
Right Ventricular Longitudinal Contractility Mismatch	50
Editorial Board	50
3D Navigation and Intraprocedural Intracardiac Echocardiography Imaging for Tricuspid Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair	50
Valve Strain	50
Preoperative Left Atrial Strain Predicts Outcome in Patients With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy after Myectomy	50
Parsing the Shades of Gray of Myocardial Fibrosis in Aortic Stenosis	49
Left Ventricular Longitudinal Strain in Characterization and Outcome Assessment of Mixed Aortic Valve Disease Phenotypes	49
Myocarditis in Children	49
Myocardial Work in Cardio-Oncology	49
Bone Marrow Cells Improve Coronary Flow Reserve in Ischemic Nonrevascularized Myocardium	48
Utility of Baseline Left Atrial Reservoir Strain in Predicting Cardiotoxicity After Chemotherapy	48
Multiparametric Approach to Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis	48
Coronary Microvascular Health in Patients With Prior COVID-19 Infection	47

Pulmonary Hypertension in Mitral Regurgitation	47
Doing a Deep Dive on Patent Foramen Ovale	46
Primary Prevention Trial Designs Using Coronary Imaging	46
Myocardial Work and Work Index	46
Prognostic Impact of Extra–Mitral Valve Cardiac Involvement in Patients With Primary Mitral Regurgitation	45
Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Coronary Microvascular Function	45
Deep Learning-Derived Myocardial Strain	45
Serial Native T1 Assessment for LV Functional Recovery in Recent-Onset DCM	44
Predictors for Vulnerable Plaque in Functionally Significant Lesions	44
CMR Is Often Abnormal Despite Normal Echocardiography in Suspected Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructed Coronary Arteries	44
Machine Learning-Derived Echocardiographic Phenotypes Predict Heart Failure Incidence in Asymptomatic Individuals	44
Comparison of RA Volumes Obtained Using the Standard Apical 4-Chamber and the RV-Focused Views	43
Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography for the Diagnosis of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection	43
Bicuspid Aortopathy	42
Imaging Coronary Inflammatory Risk	42
Fibrin-Targeted PET/CMR in Atrial Fibrillation	42
Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After TAVR	42
The So-Called “Conservative Diving” Was Highly Provocative	42
Towards Noninvasive Evaluation of the Right Heart-Pulmonary Circulation Unit	41
Further Insights Into the Prognostic Value of Left Atrial Strain in Dilated Cardiomyopathy?	40
CT-FFR	39
Artificial Intelligence in Echocardiographic Evaluation of Mitral Regurgitation	39
Myocardial Strain Is Not in Vain	39
Evidence-Based Cardiovascular Imaging	39
Full issue PDF	38
Impact of COVID-19 on Cardiovascular Testing in the United States Versus the Rest of the World	38
Multimodality Imaging Assessment of Myocardial Fibrosis	38
Clinical Significance of Myocardial Injury in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19	38
Correlation Between Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Echocardiography in Assessment of Diastolic Function	38
Right Ventricular Reverse Remodeling Following Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair	37
Effect of Alirocumab on Carotid Inflammation by [18F]FDG PET in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction	37
Improving Precision and Refining Risk Prediction of CTRCD With Cardiovascular CT	37
Assessment of the Extracellular Matrix by CT Extracellular Volume Fraction	37
Myocardial Iron Overload Causes Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Disease	37
Mechanistic Insights Into Significant Atrial Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation	36
Imaging in Amyloidosis	36
18F-FDG PET/CT and Radiolabeled Leukocyte SPECT/CT Imaging for the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Infection in the Multimodality Context	35
The Evolving Concept of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation Phenotypes	35
Deep-Learning Models for the Echocardiographic Assessment of Diastolic Dysfunction	35
Blood-Oxygen-Level Dependent (BOLD) T2-Mapping Reflects Invasively Measured Central Venous Oxygen Saturation in Cardiovascular Patients	35
Microvascular Obstruction and Intramyocardial Hemorrhage in Reperfused Myocardial Infarctions	34
Reply	34
Left Atrial Strain Is an Independent Predictor of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Dilated Cardiomyopathy	34
Normalized Echocardiographic Values From Guideline-Directed Dedicated Views for Cardiac Dimensions and Left Ventricular Function	34
Prognostic Value of Preprocedural LV Global Longitudinal Strain for Post-TAVR-Related Morbidity and Mortality	34
Understanding Myocardial Biomechanics Through the Lens of Cardiac Imaging	34
Tricuspid Annulus Disjunction	33
The Authors Reply:	33
Editorial Board	33
Exploring the Complexity of Tricuspid Valve Anatomy	33
Vasodilator Stress Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Prior Myocardial Infarction	33
What Do We Gain From Septal Strain?	33
Full Issue PDF	32
“Bad News, You’re Older Than Suspected”	32
Subclinical Pulmonary Congestion and Abnormal Hemodynamics in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction	32
Straining to See the Future in Subclinical Heart Failure	32
Full Issue PDF	32
Mixed Aortic Valve Disease and Strain	32
Assessment of Myocardial Stiffness in Patients With Left Ventricular Hypertrophy	31
Full issue PDF	31
Reduced Left Atrial Rotational Flow Is Independently Associated With Embolic Brain Infarcts	31
Full Issue PDF	31
Carotid Plaque Characteristics Predict Recurrent Ischemic Stroke and TIA	30
Coronary Flow Assessment Using 3-Dimensional Ultrafast Ultrasound Localization Microscopy	30
Diagnosis and Outcomes Using Magnetic Resonance Positron Emission Tomography in Known or Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis	30
Systemic Inflammation With High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression	30
A Noncontrast CMR Risk Score for Long-Term Risk Stratification in Reperfused ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction	30
3-Dimensional Echocardiographic Prediction of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Area Prior to Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement	30
Proof-of-Principle Demonstration of Direct Metabolic Imaging Following Myocardial Infarction Using Hyperpolarized 13C CMR	30
The Future of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Clinical Trials	30
Additive Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Dispersion and Deformation in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis	30
Linking Amyloid Burden to Prognosis	30
Editorial Board	29
Editorial Board	29
Editorial Board	29
Effect of Immunosuppressive Therapy and Biopsy Status in Monitoring Therapy Response in Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis	29
Onwards and Upwards	29
The Authors Reply	29
Are You a Robot?	28
Precision Medicine in Ischemic Heart Disease Through Point-of-Care Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography	28

Probing the Depths	28
Coronary Artery Calcium Association With Diseases	28
Topologic Data Analysis and Machine Learning	28
Getting Closer to Predicting SCD in TOF	28
Reply	28
Correction	27
Functional Mitral Regurgitation Outcome and Grading in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction	27
Toward a Standardized Threshold of Global Longitudinal Strain in Asymptomatic Aortic Regurgitation	27
Guide for Authors	27
Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance	27
2-Dimensional Echocardiographic Global Longitudinal Strain With Artificial Intelligence Using Open Data From a UK-Wide Collaborative	27
Myocardial Flow Reserve and Coronary Calcification in Prognosis of Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease	26
Feasibility of 68Ga-Labeled Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor PET/CT in Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis	26
Sex-Specific Stress Perfusion Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Suspected Ischemic Heart Disease	26
The Specificity of Left Ventricular Bite-Like Fibrofatty Replacement for Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy	26
The Authors Reply	26
Reply	26
Incidence and Predictors of Atrial Fibrillation in Cardiac Sarcoidosis	26
Machine Learning–Based Phenogrouping in MVP Identifies Profiles Associated With Myocardial Fibrosis and Cardiovascular Events	26
Intraprocedural Doppler and Invasive Hemodynamic Profiling Predict Clinical Outcomes After Mitral TEER	26
Myocardial Hypoperfusion in Severe Aortic Stenosis Is Reversed Early After Aortic Valve Replacement	26
Impaired Myocardial Calcium Uptake in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus	26
Normal Ranges of Right Atrial Strain	26
Early Observations on Effects of Mavacamten on Left Atrial Function in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients	26
Is Metabolically Healthy Obesity Really Healthy for the Heart?	26
Prognostic Impact of Culprit Lesion Calcified Nodule After Emergency Coronary Intervention	26
Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?	26
Right Ventricular Function in Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Tricuspid Valve Repair	25
AI Evaluation of Stenosis on Coronary CTA, Comparison With Quantitative Coronary Angiography and Fractional Flow Reserve	25
The True Power of Zero	25
Coronary Plaque Characteristics Associated With Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Atherosclerotic Patients and Lesions	25
Reply	25
Angiography-Derived and Sensor-Wire Methods to Assess Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction	25
The Rise of T2	25
Ischemia, Wall Motion, and Functional Mitral Regurgitation	25
Full Issue PDF	24
Editorial Board/Officers	24
Direct Oral Anticoagulant Treatment Is Associated With a Lower Prevalence of Thin-Cap Fibroatheroma	24
Visual Presence of Mechanical Dyssynchrony Combined With Septal Scarring Identifies Responders to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy	23
Plaque Progression of Nonculprit Lesions	23
Improving Diagnostic Value of Echocardiography in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Using Deformation Imaging	23
Left Atrial Remodeling Assessed by Serial Longitudinal Cardiac MRI in MESA	23
Assessing Cardiac Remodeling in Aortic Regurgitation Using Indexed Extracellular Volume	23
The Health Economics of Ischemia With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries	23
Pulmonary Artery 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake by PET/CMR as a Marker of Pulmonary Hypertension in Sarcoidosis	22
Full Issue PDF	22
3D Myocardial Mechanical Wave Measurements	22
Full issue PDF	22
The Case for Measurement of Left Atrial Strain in Patients With Mitral Regurgitation	22
Myocardial Fibrosis by Magnetic Resonance and Outcomes in Chagas Disease	21
Differences in Cardiac Remodeling in Left-Sided Valvular Regurgitation	21
Symptoms, Outcomes, and Regurgitant Severity in Guideline-Directed Mitral Valve Surgery	21
Can Machine Learning Help Simplify the Measurement of Diastolic Function in Echocardiography?	21
Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular 18F-Florbetapir Uptake in Systemic Light-Chain Amyloidosis	21
Impact of Loading and Myocardial Mechanical Properties on Natural Shear Waves	21
Estimating LV Filling Pressures Noninvasively	21
Photon-Counting Detector Computed Tomography	21
Machine Learning to Optimize the Echocardiographic Follow-Up of Aortic Stenosis	21
Improving Preoperative Abscess Detection in Infective Endocarditis by Adding Troponin I	21
Parametric Imaging of Biologic Activity of Atherosclerosis Using Dynamic Whole-Body Positron Emission Tomography	21
Dapagliflozin Effects on Cardiac Deformation in Heart Failure and Secondary Clinical Outcome	21
Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation	21
Longitudinal Assessment of Left Atrial Remodeling in Patients With Chronic Severe Aortic Regurgitation	21
Physical and Computational Modeling for Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions	21
CMR 4D-Flow Wall Shear Stress and Aortic Dilation in Bicuspid Aortic Valve	20
Full issue PDF	20
Low-Flow Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis	20
Hepatic Steatosis and High-Risk Coronary Plaque	20
The Emerging Role of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Stable Angina With ISCHEMIA	20
Ischemia With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries	20
Post-Myocardial Infarction Risk Prediction	20
Editorial Board	20
18F-GP1 Positron Emission Tomography and Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Thrombus	20
The Authors’ Reply	20
Molecular Imaging in Acute Aortic Syndrome	20
The Authors Reply	20
Automated Echocardiographic Detection of Severe Coronary Artery Disease Using Artificial Intelligence	20
Editorial Board	20
Incremental Value of 3D Printing in the Preoperative Planning of Complex Congenital Heart Disease Surgery	19
Advancing Precision Cardiovascular Medicine	19
Editorial Board	19
Echocardiographic Stiffness Measurements	19
Revisiting Diagnostic Criteria for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Hypertensive and Nonhypertensive Patients	19
Mitral Annular Disjunction in the Context of Mitral Valve Prolapse	18
Machine Learning–Based CT Angiography–Derived Fractional Flow Reserve for Diagnosis of Functionally Significant Coronary Artery Disease	18
Prevalence of Abnormal Atrial and Ventricular Mechanics and Its Reversibility in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation	18
Behind the Age Cutoff in the Chest Pain Guidelines	18
Pulmonary Hypertension by Catheterization Is More Accurately Detected by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 4D-Flow Than Echocardiography	18
Abnormal Right Ventricular–Pulmonary Arterial Coupling in Patients With Coarctation of Aorta Presenting With Aortic Stenosis	18
Validation of Noninvasive Left Atrial Stiffness Against Left Atrial Operating Chamber Stiffness by Cardiac Catheterization	18
Angiography-Derived FFR as Novel Parameter in Assessing Flow-Limiting CAD?	18
Outcomes in Patients Undergoing TAVR Planning with Contrast-Enhanced CT vs Noncontrast CT and CMR	18
Total-Body Positron Emission Tomography	18
Machine Learning in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy	18
Hybrid Imaging for Better Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies	18