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Papers

(The TQCC of JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging is 12. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Challenges and Opportunities in Evaluating Severity of Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation	284
Editorial Board	126
Integrating Coronary Artery Calcium and Functional Imaging	121
Full issue PDF	116
The Role of Coronary Blood Flow and Myocardial Edema in the Pathophysiology of Takotsubo Syndrome	112
More Than Meets the Eye	112
Changes in Right Ventricular–to–Pulmonary Artery Coupling After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Secondary Mitral Regurgitation	107
Diabetes and Myocardial Fibrosis	104
Entry Tear Hemodynamics Detect Patients With Adverse Aorta-Related Outcomes in Type B Aortic Dissection	99
5-Year Echocardiographic Results of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients	99
Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery From Pulmonary Artery With Intramural Course	97
Full Issue PDF	96
Myocardial Tissue Characterization With CT-Derived Extracellular Volume	87
Myocardial Tissue Characterization to Predict Ventricular Arrhythmic Risk	85
Medium-Term Outcomes of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients With Myocardial Injury	83
Type I Carpentier Classification for aFMR Definition	83
Atherosclerotic Disease Risk Stratification Using Ultrasonographic Measurements of Plaque	82
Editorial Board	82
Multimodality Imaging to Assess Leaflet Height in Mitral Bioprosthetic Valves	82
Detection and Characterization of Thrombosis in Humans Using Fibrin-Targeted Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance	81
Cardiac CT and PET for Surveillance of Heart Transplant Recipients	81
When Does a Calcium Score Equate to Secondary Prevention?	80
Stress-Related Neural Activity Associates With Coronary Plaque Vulnerability and Subsequent Cardiovascular Events	80
Air Pollution and Coronary Plaque Vulnerability and Instability	79
Editorial Board	78

Editorial Board	76
Editorial Board	76
Statin Therapy Persistence Following Opportunistic Screening for Coronary Artery Calcium on Nongated Chest CTs	76
Anatomic Description of Tricuspid Apparatus Interference From Implantable Intracardiac Devices	76
Coronary Plaque and the Adjacent Fat	74
Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Thrombosis	74
CTA-Derived Pericoronary Fat Attenuation Index Predicts Allograft Rejection and Cardiovascular Events in Heart Transplant Recipients	73
Hyperventilation/Breath-Hold Maneuver to Detect Myocardial Ischemia by Strain-Encoded CMR	73
Reply	72
Prognostic Value of CT-FFR–Based Functional Duke Jeopardy Score in Patients With Suspected CAD	72
Atrial Longitudinal Strain Predicts New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation	71
The PROMISE Minimal Risk Score Improves Risk Classification of Symptomatic Patients With Suspected CAD	69
Long-Term Left Atrial Function After Device Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in Cryptogenic Stroke Patients	69
Cholesterol, Atherosclerotic, and Inflammatory Risks Among Patients With Statin Therapy	68
Clinical Validation of a Virtual Planner for Coronary Interventions Based on Coronary CT Angiography	68
Association of Sex, Reduced Myocardial Flow Reserve, and Long-Term Mortality Across Spectrum of Atherosclerotic Disease	68
The REPAIR Study	68
Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of MINOCA Caused by Atherosclerotic and Nonatherosclerotic Mechanisms Assessed by OCT	68
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Statins to Reduce Inflammation in Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms	67
Coronary Atherosclerosis Phenotypes in Focal and Diffuse Disease	66
Noninvasive Imaging Methods for Quantification of Pulmonary Edema and Congestion	66
American Society of Echocardiography Algorithm for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation	65
Excessive Trabeculation of the Left Ventricle	65
Should Every Patient With MINOCA Have Cardiac Magnetic Resonance?	62
Full Issue	60
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Quantitative Assessment of Hemodynamic Congestion and Predicting Outcomes	59
Phenogrouping Diastolic Dysfunction by Artificial Intelligence	59
Thromboembolic Complications of Annuloplasty Rings	57
Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography for the Diagnosis of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection	56
Chronic Myocardial Iron After Myocardial Infarction	55
Short-Term sequelae of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Assessed by CMR	55
Correction	55
Molecular Stratification of Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis With 18F-Florbetapir and 68Ga-FAPI-04 for Enhanced Prognostic Precision	55
Is the Diagnosis of Erosion on OCT Reliable in the Presence of Thrombus?	54
Right Ventricular Longitudinal Contractility Mismatch	54
Imaging Biomarkers to Predict Ischemic Stroke	53
Myocardial Work in Cardio-Oncology	52
Myocarditis in Children	52
Editorial Board	52
Parsing the Shades of Gray of Myocardial Fibrosis in Aortic Stenosis	52
Multiparametric Approach to Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis	51
Pulmonary Hypertension in Mitral Regurgitation	51
3D Navigation and Intraprocedural Intracardiac Echocardiography Imaging for Tricuspid Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair	50
Prognostic Impact of Extra–Mitral Valve Cardiac Involvement in Patients With Primary Mitral Regurgitation	50
Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Coronary Microvascular Function	50
Myocardial Work and Work Index	49
Comparison of RA Volumes Obtained Using the Standard Apical 4-Chamber and the RV-Focused Views	49
CMR Is Often Abnormal Despite Normal Echocardiography in Suspected Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructed Coronary Arteries	48
Predictors for Vulnerable Plaque in Functionally Significant Lesions	48
Doing a Deep Dive on Patent Foramen Ovale	48

Machine Learning-Derived Echocardiographic Phenotypes Predict Heart Failure Incidence in Asymptomatic Individuals	47
Bone Marrow Cells Improve Coronary Flow Reserve in Ischemic Nonrevascularized Myocardium	47
Incremental Prognostic Value of Carotid Plaque–RADS Over Stenosis Degree in Relation to Stroke Risk	47
Coronary Microvascular Health in Patients With Prior COVID-19 Infection	47
Preoperative Left Atrial Strain Predicts Outcome in Patients With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy after Myectomy	46
Utility of Baseline Left Atrial Reservoir Strain in Predicting Cardiotoxicity After Chemotherapy	46
Serial Native T1 Assessment for LV Functional Recovery in Recent-Onset DCM	46
Deep Learning-Derived Myocardial Strain	46
The So-Called “Conservative Diving” Was Highly Provocative	45
Imaging Coronary Inflammatory Risk	43
Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After TAVR	43
Fibrin-Targeted PET/CMR in Atrial Fibrillation	43
Towards Noninvasive Evaluation of the Right Heart-Pulmonary Circulation Unit	42
Unknowing the Unknown	41
Myocardial Strain Is Not in Vain	41
18F-FDG PET/CT and Radiolabeled Leukocyte SPECT/CT Imaging for the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Infection in the Multimodality Context	41
Further Insights Into the Prognostic Value of Left Atrial Strain in Dilated Cardiomyopathy?	41
Normalized Echocardiographic Values From Guideline-Directed Dedicated Views for Cardiac Dimensions and Left Ventricular Function	41
Bicuspid Aortopathy	40
Full issue PDF	40
Effect of Alirocumab on Carotid Inflammation by [18F]FDG PET in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction	40
Correlation Between Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Echocardiography in Assessment of Diastolic Function	40
Left Atrial Strain Is an Independent Predictor of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Dilated Cardiomyopathy	39
Prognostic Value of Preprocedural LV Global Longitudinal Strain for Post-TAVR-Related Morbidity and Mortality	39
Impact of COVID-19 on Cardiovascular Testing in the United States Versus the Rest of the World	39
Assessment of the Extracellular Matrix by CT Extracellular Volume Fraction	38
Clinical Significance of Myocardial Injury in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19	38
From Paroxysmal to Persistent Atrial Fibrillation	38
Blood-Oxygen-Level Dependent (BOLD) T2-Mapping Reflects Invasively Measured Central Venous Oxygen Saturation in Cardiovascular Patients	38
Right Ventricular Reverse Remodeling Following Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair	38
Improving Precision and Refining Risk Prediction of CTRCD With Cardiovascular CT	38
Artificial Intelligence in Echocardiographic Evaluation of Mitral Regurgitation	38
Deep-Learning Models for the Echocardiographic Assessment of Diastolic Dysfunction	37
Multimodality Imaging Assessment of Myocardial Fibrosis	37
Mechanistic Insights Into Significant Atrial Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation	37
Imaging in Amyloidosis	36
CT-FFR	36
The Evolving Concept of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation Phenotypes	36
Evidence-Based Cardiovascular Imaging	36
Myocardial Iron Overload Causes Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Disease	35
Reply	35
Microvascular Obstruction and Intramyocardial Hemorrhage in Reperfused Myocardial Infarctions	35
Reduced Left Atrial Rotational Flow Is Independently Associated With Embolic Brain Infarcts	34
Straining to See the Future in Subclinical Heart Failure	34
Editorial Board	34
Full Issue PDF	34
Vasodilator Stress Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Prior Myocardial Infarction	34
What Do We Gain From Septal Strain?	34
Understanding Myocardial Biomechanics Through the Lens of Cardiac Imaging	34
“Bad News, You’re Older Than Suspected”	34
Tricuspid Annulus Disjunction	34
Full Issue PDF	33
Effect of Immunosuppressive Therapy and Biopsy Status in Monitoring Therapy Response in Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis	33
A Noncontrast CMR Risk Score for Long-Term Risk Stratification in Reperfused ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction	32
Full issue PDF	32
3-Dimensional Echocardiographic Prediction of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Area Prior to Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement	32
Extent and Features of Late Gadolinium Enhancement Stratify Arrhythmic Risk in Patients With Biopsy-Proven Sarcoidosis	32
Diagnosis and Outcomes Using Magnetic Resonance Positron Emission Tomography in Known or Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis	32
Full Issue PDF	32
Coronary Flow Assessment Using 3-Dimensional Ultrafast Ultrasound Localization Microscopy	31
The Future of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Clinical Trials	31
Linking Amyloid Burden to Prognosis	31
Additive Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Dispersion and Deformation in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis	31
Carotid Plaque Characteristics Predict Recurrent Ischemic Stroke and TIA	31
Systemic Inflammation With High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression	31
Editorial Board	30
Are You a Robot?	30
Editorial Board	30
Editorial Board	30
Assessment of Myocardial Stiffness in Patients With Left Ventricular Hypertrophy	30
Subclinical Pulmonary Congestion and Abnormal Hemodynamics in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction	30
Getting Closer to Predicting SCD in TOF	29
Topologic Data Analysis and Machine Learning	29
Toward a Standardized Threshold of Global Longitudinal Strain in Asymptomatic Aortic Regurgitation	29
The Specificity of Left Ventricular Bite-Like Fibrofatty Replacement for Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy	29
Precision Medicine in Ischemic Heart Disease Through Point-of-Care Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography	29
Guide for Authors	29
Is Metabolically Healthy Obesity Really Healthy for the Heart?	29
Correction	29
Reply	29

Coronary Artery Calcium Association With Diseases	29
Probing the Depths	29
The Rise of T2	29
Myocardial Flow Reserve and Coronary Calcification in Prognosis of Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease	28
Intraprocedural Doppler and Invasive Hemodynamic Profiling Predict Clinical Outcomes After Mitral TEER	28
Early Observations on Effects of Mavacamten on Left Atrial Function in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients	28
Impaired Myocardial Calcium Uptake in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus	28
The Authors Reply	28
Prognostic Impact of Culprit Lesion Calcified Nodule After Emergency Coronary Intervention	28
Reply	28
Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?	28
Normal Ranges of Right Atrial Strain	27
Myocardial Hypoperfusion in Severe Aortic Stenosis Is Reversed Early After Aortic Valve Replacement	27
Incidence and Predictors of Atrial Fibrillation in Cardiac Sarcoidosis	27
Right Ventricular Function in Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Tricuspid Valve Repair	27
Machine Learning–Based Phenogrouping in MVP Identifies Profiles Associated With Myocardial Fibrosis and Cardiovascular Events	27
Functional Mitral Regurgitation Outcome and Grading in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction	27
Feasibility of 68Ga-Labeled Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor PET/CT in Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis	27
Sex-Specific Stress Perfusion Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Suspected Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Coronary Plaque Characteristics Associated With Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Atherosclerotic Patients and Lesions	27
Angiography-Derived and Sensor-Wire Methods to Assess Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction	27
Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance	27
Ischemia, Wall Motion, and Functional Mitral Regurgitation	26
Onwards and Upwards	26
The True Power of Zero	26
AI Evaluation of Stenosis on Coronary CTA, Comparison With Quantitative Coronary Angiography and Fractional Flow Reserve	26
Reply	26
2-Dimensional Echocardiographic Global Longitudinal Strain With Artificial Intelligence Using Open Data From a UK-Wide Collaborative	26
Assessing Cardiac Remodeling in Aortic Regurgitation Using Indexed Extracellular Volume	25
Full Issue PDF	25
Improving Diagnostic Value of Echocardiography in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Using Deformation Imaging	25
Left Atrial Remodeling Assessed by Serial Longitudinal Cardiac MRI in MESA	25
Editorial Board/Officers	25
Plaque Progression of Nonculprit Lesions	25
Direct Oral Anticoagulant Treatment Is Associated With a Lower Prevalence of Thin-Cap Fibroatheroma	25
Full Issue PDF	24
Full issue PDF	24
Hepatic Steatosis and High-Risk Coronary Plaque	24
The Case for Measurement of Left Atrial Strain in Patients With Mitral Regurgitation	24
Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation	24
3D Myocardial Mechanical Wave Measurements	23
Pulmonary Artery 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake by PET/CMR as a Marker of Pulmonary Hypertension in Sarcoidosis	23
Ischemia With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries	23
Improving Preoperative Abscess Detection in Infective Endocarditis by Adding Troponin I	23
Photon-Counting Detector Computed Tomography	23
Impact of Loading and Myocardial Mechanical Properties on Natural Shear Waves	23
Editorial Board/Officers	22
Longitudinal Assessment of Left Atrial Remodeling in Patients With Chronic Severe Aortic Regurgitation	22
Reply	22
Parametric Imaging of Biologic Activity of Atherosclerosis Using Dynamic Whole-Body Positron Emission Tomography	22
Can Machine Learning Help Simplify the Measurement of Diastolic Function in Echocardiography?	22
Machine Learning to Optimize the Echocardiographic Follow-Up of Aortic Stenosis	22
Differences in Cardiac Remodeling in Left-Sided Valvular Regurgitation	21
Estimating LV Filling Pressures Noninvasively	21
Symptoms, Outcomes, and Regurgitant Severity in Guideline-Directed Mitral Valve Surgery	21
Editorial Board	21
Dapagliflozin Effects on Cardiac Deformation in Heart Failure and Secondary Clinical Outcome	21
Myocardial Fibrosis by Magnetic Resonance and Outcomes in Chagas Disease	21
Automated Echocardiographic Detection of Severe Coronary Artery Disease Using Artificial Intelligence	21
Visual Presence of Mechanical Dyssynchrony Combined With Septal Scarring Identifies Responders to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy	21
Physical and Computational Modeling for Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions	21
Guiding Automated Implementation Strategies for Patients With Atherosclerotic Plaque on Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography	21
18F-GP1 Positron Emission Tomography and Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Thrombus	21
Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular 18F-Florbetapir Uptake in Systemic Light-Chain Amyloidosis	21
CMR 4D-Flow Wall Shear Stress and Aortic Dilation in Bicuspid Aortic Valve	20
Post-Myocardial Infarction Risk Prediction	20
Editorial Board	20
The Authors Reply	20
Editorial Board	20
Molecular Imaging in Acute Aortic Syndrome	20
Revisiting Diagnostic Criteria for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Hypertensive and Nonhypertensive Patients	20
The Authors’ Reply	20
Full issue PDF	20
Low-Flow Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis	20
Echocardiographic Stiffness Measurements	20
Editorial Board	19
Behind the Age Cutoff in the Chest Pain Guidelines	19
Prevalence of Abnormal Atrial and Ventricular Mechanics and Its Reversibility in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation	19
Machine Learning–Based CT Angiography–Derived Fractional Flow Reserve for Diagnosis of Functionally Significant Coronary Artery Disease	19
Epicardial Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease in Inflammatory Diseases	19
Right Ventricular Systolic Strain Reference Ranges Across Contemporary Vendor-Neutral Echocardiography Software in Healthy Patients	19
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
Abnormal Right Ventricular–Pulmonary Arterial Coupling in Patients With Coarctation of Aorta Presenting With Aortic Stenosis	18
Too Little of a Good Thing	18
Coronary CT Angiography as a Guide to Timing of Invasive Treatment in Patients With NSTEACS	18
Pulmonary Hypertension by Catheterization Is More Accurately Detected by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 4D-Flow Than Echocardiography	18
Validation of Noninvasive Left Atrial Stiffness Against Left Atrial Operating Chamber Stiffness by Cardiac Catheterization	18
Comparison of 99mTc-DPD Scintigraphy, CMR Imaging, and Echocardiography in Patients With V30M-Associated Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis	18
Myocardial Injury on CMR in Patients With COVID-19 and Suspected Cardiac Involvement	18
Machine Learning in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy	18
Imaging During Exercise	17
Ventricular-Arterial Coupling in Heart Failure	17
Diffuse Interstitial Fibrosis of the Myocardium Predicts Outcome in Moderate and Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis	17
Vulnerable or High-Risk Plaque	17