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Papers

(The TQCC of Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging is 5. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Primary Atriopathy in Mitral Valve Prolapse: Echocardiographic Evidence and Clinical Implications	71
Ischemic Anterolateral Papillary Muscle Rupture During Pandemic	68
Interesting Cause of Pseudopleural Effusion: Giant Left Atrium	59
Routine Coronary Atherosclerosis Imaging in the Cardiovascular Risk Assessment of Prediabetes and Diabetes	49
Multimodal Imaging and Endomyocardial Biopsy in the Assessment and Diagnosis of a Cardiac Melanoma	48
In This Issue of the Journal	48
Bursting Mass in the Aortic Root	48
In This Issue of the Journal	47
Value of Ischemia in Prognosis and Guiding Revascularization Among Patients With Chronic Coronary Artery Disease	42
Imaging-Based FFR: How Many Steps Toward Replacement for Wire-Based FFR on A Journey of A Thousand Miles	41
‘Form fruste’ Aortoventricular Tunnel: Preoperative Computed Tomographic Virtual Dissection Defines This Unusual Variant	40
Usefulness of Aortic Valve Calcification in Patients With Low-Flow Aortic Stenosis	39
Echocardiography: Past, Present, and Future	39
MRI-Extracellular Volume Fraction Versus Histological Amyloid Load in Cardiac Amyloidosis: The Importance of T2 Mapping	37
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques and Applications for Pericardial Diseases	36
Modeling of the Tricuspid Valve and Right Ventricle in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome With a Fontan Circulation	34
Left Atrial Strain During Exercise: A Window to Atrioventricular Coupling in Heart Failure	33
Deep Learning-Derived Cardiac Chamber Volumes and Mass From PET/CT Attenuation Scans: Associations With Myocardial Flow Reserve and Heart Failure	32
Ultrafast Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography for the Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease: First In-Human Study	32
Imaging for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Edge-to-Edge Repair for an Unusual Cause of Cardiogenic Shock	32
Response by Hijazi et al to Letter Regarding Article, “Deep Learning-Derived Cardiac Chamber Volumes and Mass From PET/CT Attenuation Scans: Associations With Myocardial Flow Reserve and Heart Failure	31
Chronic Subepicardial Hematoma: A Multimodality Imaging Diagnostic Approach After Elective Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty	30
Correction to: Left Atrial Reservoir Strain-Based Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Grading and Incident Heart Failure in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy	30
Complete Resolution of Technetium Pyrophosphate Uptake After Treatment of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis	29
Correction to: Culprit of Unstable Angina: A Large Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Pseudoaneurysm	28

Surgical Intervention of a Rare Case of Complex Coarctation of Descending Aorta	28
In This Issue of the Journal	27
Mitral Stenosis and Pulmonary Pressure: Rewriting the Classics or Stuck in the Past?	27
Mechanical Mitral Valve Avulsion and Mitral-Aortic Junction Pseudoaneurysm Following Surgical Treatment of Mitral Valve Aneurysm and Severe Aortic Insufficiency in a Patient With Spondyloarthropathy:	27
In This Issue of the Journal	26
Early Appearance of Myocardial Fibrosis in Restrictive Diabetic Cardiomyopathy	26
Unique Case of Coronary Artery Rupture and Acute Myocardial Infarction Triggered by a Karate Punch: Evaluation of the Hit Site by CT Imaging	26
Stress-Only CMR Perfusion: Ready for Clinical Application?	26
Correction to: Mahmod et al, “Differentiating Left Ventricular Remodeling in Aortic Stenosis From Systemic Hypertension”	25
In This Issue of the Journal	25
Elevated Lipoprotein(a) With Zero Coronary Artery Calcium: A Silent Threat or a Clinical Paradox?	25
Ghostly Cystic Mass Attached to a Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device Following Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia	22
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Vessel Wall Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm	22
Spontaneously Healed Arterial Thrombosis at Birth	22
Correction to: Hepatic T1-Time Predicts Cardiovascular Risk in All-Comers Referred for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: A Post-Hoc Analysis	22
Longitudinal Assessment of Subclinical Arterial Inflammation in Patients Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors by Sequential [ ¹⁸ F]FDG PET Scans	21
Inheritance of Imaging Parameters of Arrhythmic Risk in Mitral Valve Prolapse: A Pedigree Study	21
4D-Flow Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Versus 3D Transesophageal Echocardiography in Multifenestrated Atrial Septal Defect	21
Comparison of Stress-Rest and Stress-LGE Analysis Strategy in Patients Undergoing Stress Perfusion Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance	21
Hepatic Tissue Alterations in STEMI: New Insights Into the Prognostic Significance of Cardio-Hepatic Interplay	20
Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging’s Top 10 Reviewers of 2022-2023	20
In This Issue of the Journal	20
Is Right Ventricular Strain the New TAPSE to Estimate Right Ventricular Arterial Coupling in Children?	20
Impact of Carrying DNMT3A or TET2 Mutations on Plaque Characteristics and Prognosis in Patients With STEMI Based on OCT	19
Absolute Myocardial Blood Flow Quantification With PET: Should Diagnostic Cutoffs Be Tracer Specific?	19
Association of Lipoprotein(a) With Changes in Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients Treated With Alirocumab	19
Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Progressive LV Dysfunction and Adverse Outcomes After Aortic Valve Replacement With Bioprosthetic Valves in Young Patients”	19
3D Reconstruction of Pulmonary Vascular Lesions in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension	18
Relationship of Ketosis With Myocardial Glucose Uptake Among Patients Undergoing FDG PET/CT for Evaluation of Cardiac Sarcoidosis	18
Explainable Artificial Intelligence and Cardiac Imaging: Toward More Interpretable Models	18
Imaging of the Acute and Chronic Cardiovascular Complications of Radiation Therapy	17
How to Use Imaging: Complex Cases of Atherosclerosis, Myocardial Inflammation, and Cardiomyopathy in Cardio-Oncology	17
Sudden Cardiac Arrest With Acute Myocardial Infarction Due to Myocardial Bridging and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy	16
Right Ventricular Function: Deep Learning’s Prognostic Edge in Mitral Regurgitation	16
Intracardiac Echocardiography in Alterra Prestent Constrained by the Native Pulmonary Valve Leaflet	16
Differences in Myocardial Remodeling and Tissue Characteristics in Chronic Isolated Aortic and Mitral Regurgitation	15
Left Atrial Strain Predicts Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation Detected by Long-term Continuous Monitoring in Elderly High-Risk Individuals	15
Two Facets of Shear Stress Post Drug Coating Balloon: Angiography Versus Optical Coherence Tomography Fusion Approach	14
[ ^99m Tc]-PentixaTec SPECT/CT for Imaging of Chemokine Receptor 4 Expression After Myocardial Infarction	14
In This Issue of the Journal	14
L’Équilibre Périlleux: Mental Stress and Inflammation in Women	14
Rare Cause of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Children: Congenital Hypoplastic Left Coronary Cusp Associated With a Small Opening Into the Left Coronary Sinus	13
Tissue-Based Predictors of Impaired Right Ventricular Strain in Coronary Artery Disease: A Multicenter Stress Perfusion Study	13
Prevalence of Left Ventricular Noncompaction in Newborns	13
Prognostic Value of Modified Coronary Flow Capacity Derived From [ ¹⁵ O]H ₂ O Positron Emission Tomography Perfusion Imaging	13
Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence: What Does the Cardiologist Really Need to Know?	13
Machine Learning and Bias in Medical Imaging: Opportunities and Challenges	13
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Following Aortic Valve Replacement: Bruce Banner or the Hulk?	13
Letter by Aldous et al Regarding Article, “Epicardial Adipose Tissue Assessed by Computed Tomography and Echocardiography Are Associated With Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Systematic Review and M	12
Gene Silencing Therapy in Hereditary (Variant) Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Puzzling Case of Decreasing Pyrophosphate Uptake on Scintigraphy	12

Response by Majmundar et al to Letter Regarding Article, “Predictors of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Moderate Aortic Stenosis: Implications for Aortic Valve Replacement”	12
New Kid on the Block: Double-Peak Strain Pattern in Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse	12
Three-Dimensional Multimodality Image-Guided Transcatheter Device Closure of Ruptured Aortic Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm	12
Deep Learning–Enabled Assessment of Right Ventricular Function Improves Prognostication After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair for Mitral Regurgitation	11
Multimodality Imaging in a Case of Muscular Outlet Ventricular Septal Defect With Aortic Regurgitation due to Right Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Herniation	11
Rapid Plaque Progression Is Independently Associated With Hyperglycemia and Low HDL Cholesterol in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease: A PARADIGM Study	11
In This Issue of the Journal	11
Myocardial Parametric Mapping by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease	11
Pericardial Late Gadolinium Enhancement After Cardiac Surgery: Defining Disease Begins With Understanding Normal	11
Age- and Sex-Specific Myocardial Blood Flow Values in Patients Without Coronary Atherosclerosis on Rb-82 PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging	11
Unraveling Sex Differences in Layered Plaque in Chronic Coronary Syndromes	11
Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging With Fluorine-19 MRI: The Road to the Clinic	11
Feasibility and Diagnostic Performance of Functional SYNTAX Score Derived From Dynamic CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging	10
Aortic Valve Calcification Density Measured by MDCT in the Assessment of Aortic Stenosis Severity	10
Rare Cardiac Duo: Double Orifice Mitral Valve and Bicuspid Aortic Valve	10
Myocardial Infarction in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Due to Coronary Embolism Clarified by Cardiac Computed Tomography	10
Myocardial Flow Reserve, an Independent Prognostic Marker of All-Cause Mortality Assessed by ⁸² Rb PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: A Danish Multicenter Study	10
Association of Tricuspid Regurgitation With Outcome in Acute Heart Failure	10
Predictors of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Moderate Aortic Stenosis: Implications for Aortic Valve Replacement	10
Moving Beyond Right Ventricular Ejection Fraction: Incremental Prognostic Role of Right Ventricular Strain on Postcardiac Transplant Outcomes	10
Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve-in-Valve Intervention for Severe Bioprosthetic Structural Valve Deterioration in a Cardiac Allograft	9
Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance, Revascularization, and All-Cause Mortality: Do We Have a Final Answer?	9
Subclinical Leaflet Thrombosis After Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation: Two Clinical Concerns	9
Left Atrial Strain in the Assessment of Diastolic Function in Heart Failure: A Machine Learning Approach	9
Combined Assessment of Quantitative Coronary Plaque Characteristics and Perivascular Inflammation for Better Detection of High Risk	9
Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Versus Invasive Coronary Angiography in Stable Chest Pain: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials	9
Assessing LV Contractility Identifies Populations With Preserved Ejection Fraction at Risk of Adverse Heart Failure Outcomes	9
Can We Make the Next Step in Precision Risk Stratification of Dilated Cardiomyopathy?	9
Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Analysis of Echocardiography-Based Radiomic Features for Myocardial Hypertrophy Detection and Etiology Differentiation	9
Theranostic Contribution of Extracellular Matrix Metalloprotease Inducer-Paramagnetic Nanoparticles Against Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Pig Model of Coronary Ischemia-Reperfusion	9
CMR Findings in the Long-Term Outcomes After Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MUSIC) Study	9
Impact of Echocardiographic Probability of Pulmonary Hypertension on Prognosis and Outcomes Among Patients With Myeloproliferative Neoplasms	9
In This Issue of the Journal	8
Characteristics of Coronary Atherosclerosis Related to Plaque Burden Regression During Treatment With Alirocumab: The ARCHITECT Study	8
Letter by Natale et al Regarding Article, “Association of Lipoprotein(a) With Changes in Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients Treated With Alirocumab”	8
In This Issue of the Journal	8
Radiogenomics and Artificial Intelligence Approaches Applied to Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for Precision Medicine in Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Re	8
Giant Cell Myocarditis and Left Ventricular Apical Aneurysm in a Child With Severe Combined Immunodeficiency	8
Aortic Valve Calcification: Clarifying Severity and Prognosis in Low-Flow Aortic Stenosis	8
Race- and Sex-Specific Age at Which Coronary Artery Calcium Becomes Detectable Among Young Adults	8
Phospholamban Cardiomyopathy: Unveiling a Distinct Phenotype Through Heart Failure Stages Progression	7
Flow by Any Other Name: A Correlative Assessment of Multimodality Myocardial Flow	7
Lipoprotein(a) and Coronary Plaque in Asymptomatic Individuals: The Miami Heart Study at Baptist Health South Florida	7
Identifying People at High Risk for Severe Aortic Stenosis: Aortic Valve Calcium Versus Lipoprotein(a) and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol	7
Good Things in Small Packages: Growth and Potential of Theragnostic Platforms in Cardiovascular Medicine	7
Pericardial Cyst or Something Else? Do Not Forget Echocontrast in the Drawer!	7
Optimal Echocardiographic Parameters to Improve the Diagnostic Yield of Tc-99m-Bone Avid Tracer Cardiac Scintigraphy for Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis	7
Prognostic Value of PET-Derived Myocardial Flow Reserve in Patients With Very High Coronary Artery Calcium Score	7
Progressive LV Dysfunction and Adverse Outcomes After Aortic Valve Replacement With Bioprosthetic Valves in Young Patients	7
In This Issue of the Journal	7
Impact of Sex and Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Myocardial T1, Extracellular Volume Fraction, and T2 at 3 Tesla: Results From the Population-Based, Hamburg City Health Study	7
Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor Mimicking Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma and Causing Pulmonary Artery Obstruction: A Rare Case Report	7
Long-term Consequence of Mediastinal Radiation Therapy for Thymoma on Cardiovascular System Confirmed by Cardiovascular Imaging	6
Atypical Subendocardial Late Gadolinium Enhancement in Anderson-Fabry Cardiomyopathy	6
AI-Quantitative CT Coronary Plaque Features Associate With a Higher Relative Risk in Women: CONFIRM2 Registry	6
Unexpected Left Ventricle Pseudoaneurysm With Unusual Origin: History of a Diseased Annulus Broken Into a Diseased Myocardium	6
Impact of Absolute Myocardial Blood Flow Quantification on the Diagnostic Performance of PET-Based Perfusion Scans Using ⁸² Rubidium	6
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome After Esophageal Dilation in a Patient With a Dilated Ascending Aorta	6
In This Issue of the Journal	6
Single Meandering Right Pulmonary Vein With Potential Systemic Arterial Fistula: Serial Cardiac MRI Assessment With 4D Flow Characterization	6
Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation	6
In This Issue of the Journal	6
Response by Chong et al to Letter Regarding Article, “Epicardial Adipose Tissue Assessed by Computed Tomography and Echocardiography Are Associated With Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Systematic R	6
Letter by Geva Regarding Article, “Stroke Caused by a Paradoxical Embolus From a Rare Congenital Anomaly in the Adult: Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Draining Into the Left Upper Pulmonary Vein”	6
High-Intensity Lipid-Lowering Therapies: An Opportunity for Improving Cardiovascular Outcomes in Postmenopausal Women?	6
Prognostic Value of Coronary Flow Capacity by ⁸² Rb PET in Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease and Normal Myocardial Perfusion at Semiquantitative Imagin	6
Differences in Prognostic Value of Myocardial Perfusion Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography Using High-Efficiency Solid-State Detector Between Men and Women in a Large International Multicenter	6
Multiparametric Strategy to Predict Early Disease Decompensation in Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Regurgitation	6
Sex Differences in the Density of Lipidic Plaque Materials: Insights From the REASSURE-NIRS MultiCenter Registry	6
Benign or Malignant Cardiac Mass: Refining the Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance	6
Beware Before Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty: Parachute Mitral Valve Can Mimic Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis	6
Vasospastic Angina: How Much Can We Know Before Provocative Testing?	6
Beyond Myocarditis: Exploring the Vascular Impact of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors	6
How to Use Imaging: Cardiac Sarcoidosis	6
Ischemia-Guided Management Using Cardiac SPECT: Reconciling Real-World Evidence in a Post-ISCHEMIA Trial World	6
Thin Disguise: Workup of a Left Atrial Appendage Anomaly	6
Coronary Artery Embolism Secondary to Q Fever Endocarditis	5
Three-Dimensional Modeling Prior to Stage 1 Palliation in a Patient With Heterotaxy Syndrome: Planning for the Future	5
Long-Term Follow-Up in Severe Mitral Stenosis With Low Transmitral Diastolic Pressure Gradient: From MASTER Registry	5
Nuances in Defining Normal Ranges for Chamber Quantification With Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance	5

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging’s Top 10 Reviewers of 2024-2025	5
Improving Clinical Utility of Fetal Cine CMR Using Deep Learning Super-Resolution	5
Cave Under the Aortic Valve: The Rare Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Pseudoaneurysm With Thrombosis	5
Coronary Artery Calcium Density in Clinical Risk Prediction: Ready for Primetime?	5
Myocardial Blood Flow in Patients Without Coronary Artery Disease: Slowing Down With Age	5
Multimodality Imaging Assessment and Follow-Up in a Case of Rickettsial Myocarditis: Echocardiographic and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Features	5
Unifying Diagnosis Explaining Multiorgan Clinical Manifestations: The Unique Case of Antiphospholipid Syndrome Leading to MINOCA	5
Eosinophilic Myocarditis Complicated by Massive Right Ventricular Thrombus	5
Fatal Pulmonary Embolism Resulting From a Popliteal Venous Aneurysm	5
Aortic Valve Calcium in Relation to Subclinical Cardiac Dysfunction and Risk of Heart Failure	5
First-In-Human Study of [ ⁶⁴ Cu]Cu-DOTATATE PET/CT in Infective Endocarditis: A Prospective Head-to-Head Comparison With [ ¹⁸ F]FD	5
Reduction in Afterload Reveals the Apical Sparing Phenotype	5
Potential Life-Threatening Complication After Transacatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Pseudoaneurysm of the Interventricular Septum	5
A Rare Cause of Syncope: Naxos Disease Caused by Novel Homozygous Deletion in the JUP Gene	5
Atrioventricular Longitudinal Mechanics Using Novel Speckle-Tracking Improved Risk Stratification Beyond Baseline Thyroid Hormone in Asymptomatic Subclinical Hypothyroidism	5
In This Issue of the Journal	5
Utility of ¹³ N-Ammonia Positron Emission Tomography to Visualize the Therapeutic Effect: A Case With Anteroseptal Myocardial Infarction and Implanted Autologous Ske	5
Editors and Editorial Board	5
Association Between Systemic Vasculitis and Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease	5