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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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	387
Aortic Size Matters	192
The Role of Coronary Blood Flow and Myocardial Edema in the Pathophysiology of Takotsubo Syndrome	178
Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery From Pulmonary Artery With Intramural Course	178
Entry Tear Hemodynamics Detect Patients With Adverse Aorta-Related Outcomes in Type B Aortic Dissection	170
Multimodality Imaging to Assess Leaflet Height in Mitral Bioprosthetic Valves	164
Full issue PDF	162
Editorial Board	153
Prognostic Relevance and Lower Limit of the Reference Range of Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain	151
A Deep Learning Model to Identify Mitral Valve Prolapse From the Echocardiogram	135
Beyond Proximity	128
Full Issue PDF	127
Diagnosis of Mitral Valve Prolapse Using Artificial Intelligence	126
Medium-Term Outcomes of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients With Myocardial Injury	124
Myocardial Tissue Characterization to Predict Ventricular Arrhythmic Risk	121
Cardiac CT and PET for Surveillance of Heart Transplant Recipients	114
Echocardiographic Outcomes After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Patients With Isolated Tricuspid Regurgitation	107
Stress-Related Neural Activity Associates With Coronary Plaque Vulnerability and Subsequent Cardiovascular Events	106
Type I Carpentier Classification for aFMR Definition	105
Rebound Effect in Left Ventricular Structure, Tissue Characteristics, and Function in HOCM After Mavacamten Discontinuation	102
When Does a Calcium Score Equate to Secondary Prevention?	101
Opportunistic CT-Derived Periaortic Fat Attenuation as a Novel Marker of Mortality in Patients Undergoing TAVR	97
Myocardial Tissue Characterization With CT-Derived Extracellular Volume	97
Mechanistic Basis for Differential Effects of Interatrial Shunt Treatment in HFrEF vs HFpEF	96
Changes in Right Ventricular–to–Pulmonary Artery Coupling After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Secondary Mitral Regurgitation	95

Atherosclerotic Disease Risk Stratification Using Ultrasonographic Measurements of Plaque	92
Proposed Standardized Nomenclature for Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery	90
Long-Term Favorable Cardiac Remodeling in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients Treated With Mavacamten for Up to 128 Weeks	85
Heterogeneity and Beyond	83
5-Year Echocardiographic Results of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients	82
Statin Therapy Persistence Following Opportunistic Screening for Coronary Artery Calcium on Nongated Chest CTs	79
Atrial Longitudinal Strain Predicts New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation	77
Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Thrombosis	75
Long-Term Left Atrial Function After Device Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in Cryptogenic Stroke Patients	75
Prognostic Value of CT-FFR–Based Functional Duke Jeopardy Score in Patients With Suspected CAD	73
Coronary Plaque and the Adjacent Fat	71
Editorial Board	70
Where Is Echocardiography Going?	70
Cholesterol, Atherosclerotic, and Inflammatory Risks Among Patients With Statin Therapy	69
Reply	67
Editorial Board	67
Noninvasive Imaging Methods for Quantification of Pulmonary Edema and Congestion	66
Excessive Trabeculation of the Left Ventricle	66
The PROMISE Minimal Risk Score Improves Risk Classification of Symptomatic Patients With Suspected CAD	66
Concomitant Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection	66
Editorial Board	63
Peripulmonary Vein Adipose Tissue Attenuation as a Novel Marker of Atrial Fibrillation Risk	63
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Statins to Reduce Inflammation in Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms	62
CTA-Derived Pericoronary Fat Attenuation Index Predicts Allograft Rejection and Cardiovascular Events in Heart Transplant Recipients	61
Combined Impact of MAFLD, TyG Index, and LAPB on Cardiovascular Risk	60
Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of MINOCA Caused by Atherosclerotic and Nonatherosclerotic Mechanisms Assessed by OCT	59
Association of Sex, Reduced Myocardial Flow Reserve, and Long-Term Mortality Across Spectrum of Atherosclerotic Disease	58
Coronary Atherosclerosis Phenotypes in Focal and Diffuse Disease	57
Clinical Validation of a Virtual Planner for Coronary Interventions Based on Coronary CT Angiography	57
Unrecognized Myocardial Fibrosis Detected by Contrast-Enhanced Cardiovascular MRI in Patients With Ischemic Stroke	56
Full Issue PDF	56
Chronic Myocardial Iron After Myocardial Infarction	55
Correction	55
Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography for the Diagnosis of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection	55
Myocardial Work and Work Index	54
Imaging Biomarkers to Predict Ischemic Stroke	54
3D Navigation and Intraprocedural Intracardiac Echocardiography Imaging for Tricuspid Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair	54
Comparison of RA Volumes Obtained Using the Standard Apical 4-Chamber and the RV-Focused Views	53
Myocardial Work in Cardio-Oncology	52
Should Every Patient With MINOCA Have Cardiac Magnetic Resonance?	52
Editorial Board	52
Multiparametric Approach to Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis	51
Right Ventricular Longitudinal Contractility Mismatch	50
Pulmonary Hypertension in Mitral Regurgitation	50
Utility of Baseline Left Atrial Reservoir Strain in Predicting Cardiotoxicity After Chemotherapy	50
Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Coronary Microvascular Function	49
Parsing the Shades of Gray of Myocardial Fibrosis in Aortic Stenosis	49
CMR Is Often Abnormal Despite Normal Echocardiography in Suspected Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructed Coronary Arteries	48
Myocarditis in Children	48
Deep Learning-Derived Myocardial Strain	48

Molecular Stratification of Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis With 18F-Florbetapir and 68Ga-FAPI-04 for Enhanced Prognostic Precision	48
Prognostic Impact of Extra–Mitral Valve Cardiac Involvement in Patients With Primary Mitral Regurgitation	47
The Predictive Accuracy of Aortic Valve Calcium Score in Mediastinal Radiation Therapy Survivors	47
Stress Perfusion Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging	47
Incremental Prognostic Value of Carotid Plaque–RADS Over Stenosis Degree in Relation to Stroke Risk	46
Predictors for Vulnerable Plaque in Functionally Significant Lesions	46
Coronary Microvascular Health in Patients With Prior COVID-19 Infection	46
Is the Diagnosis of Erosion on OCT Reliable in the Presence of Thrombus?	45
Preoperative Left Atrial Strain Predicts Outcome in Patients With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy after Myectomy	44
Full issue PDF	43
Further Insights Into the Prognostic Value of Left Atrial Strain in Dilated Cardiomyopathy?	43
Blood-Oxygen-Level Dependent (BOLD) T2-Mapping Reflects Invasively Measured Central Venous Oxygen Saturation in Cardiovascular Patients	43
REPLY	43
Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After TAVR	42
Standard and Ultrahigh Resolution Photon-Counting Coronary CTA–Derived FFR Against Invasive FFR Assessment	41
The So-Called “Conservative Diving” Was Highly Provocative	41
Left Atrial Strain Is an Independent Predictor of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Dilated Cardiomyopathy	41
Predictors and Prognostic Implications of Progressive Systemic Ventricular Dysfunction in Adults With Fontan Palliation	41
From Paroxysmal to Persistent Atrial Fibrillation	41
Myocardial Strain Is Not in Vain	41
CT-FFR	41
Imaging in Amyloidosis	40
Assessment of the Extracellular Matrix by CT Extracellular Volume Fraction	40
Improving Precision and Refining Risk Prediction of CTRCD With Cardiovascular CT	40
Effect of Alirocumab on Carotid Inflammation by [18F]FDG PET in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction	39
18F-FDG PET/CT and Radiolabeled Leukocyte SPECT/CT Imaging for the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Infection in the Multimodality Context	39
Artificial Intelligence in Echocardiographic Evaluation of Mitral Regurgitation	39
Normalized Echocardiographic Values From Guideline-Directed Dedicated Views for Cardiac Dimensions and Left Ventricular Function	39
Evidence-Based Cardiovascular Imaging	39
Microvascular Obstruction and Intramyocardial Hemorrhage in Reperfused Myocardial Infarctions	38
Accelerating Drug Translation	38
Right Ventricular Reverse Remodeling Following Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair	36
Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation and Exercise-Induced Changes in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction	36
Clinical Significance of Myocardial Injury in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19	36
Unknowing the Unknown	36
Correction	36
The Evolving Concept of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation Phenotypes	35
Myocardial Iron Overload Causes Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Disease	35
Prognostic Value of Preprocedural LV Global Longitudinal Strain for Post-TAVR-Related Morbidity and Mortality	35
Towards Noninvasive Evaluation of the Right Heart-Pulmonary Circulation Unit	34
Full Issue PDF	34
Evaluating Acute Ischemic Myocardial Injury With Photon-Counting Computed Tomography	34
Straining to See the Future in Subclinical Heart Failure	34
Full Issue PDF	33
Linking Amyloid Burden to Prognosis	33
Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Ischemia Burden and Cardiovascular Events	33
Extent and Features of Late Gadolinium Enhancement Stratify Arrhythmic Risk in Patients With Biopsy-Proven Sarcoidosis	33
Reply	32
Perivascular Fat	32
Full Issue PDF	32
Diagnosis and Outcomes Using Magnetic Resonance Positron Emission Tomography in Known or Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis	32
Recent Trends and Highlights in Cardiac Imaging	32
Full issue PDF	32
Understanding Myocardial Biomechanics Through the Lens of Cardiac Imaging	32
3-Dimensional Echocardiographic Prediction of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Area Prior to Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement	32
The Future of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Clinical Trials	31
Additive Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Dispersion and Deformation in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis	31
Assessment of Myocardial Stiffness in Patients With Left Ventricular Hypertrophy	31
Systemic Inflammation With High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression	31
Association of Bicuspid Aortic Valve Morphology With Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement	31
Reduced Left Atrial Rotational Flow Is Independently Associated With Embolic Brain Infarcts	30
Effect of Immunosuppressive Therapy and Biopsy Status in Monitoring Therapy Response in Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis	30
Distance and Likelihood of Cardiovascular Imaging Receipt Among Medicare Beneficiaries	30
From Curves to Clinic	29
Pericoronary Adipose Tissue Imaging and the Need for Standardized Measurement of Coronary Inflammation	29
Coronary Flow Assessment Using 3-Dimensional Ultrafast Ultrasound Localization Microscopy	29
The Specificity of Left Ventricular Bite-Like Fibrofatty Replacement for Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy	28
Probing the Depths	28
Carotid Plaque Characteristics Predict Recurrent Ischemic Stroke and TIA	28
Editorial Board	28
The Rise of T2	28
Guide for Authors	28
The Authors Reply	27
Editorial Board	27
Onwards and Upwards	27
Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?	27
Reply	27
Editorial Board	26
Sex-Specific Stress Perfusion Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Suspected Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Reply	26

Is Metabolically Healthy Obesity Really Healthy for the Heart?	26
Coronary Artery Calcium Association With Diseases	26
Correction	26
Reply	25
Prognostic Impact of Culprit Lesion Calcified Nodule After Emergency Coronary Intervention	25
Precision Medicine in Ischemic Heart Disease Through Point-of-Care Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography	25
Myocardial Hypoperfusion in Severe Aortic Stenosis Is Reversed Early After Aortic Valve Replacement	25
Intraprocedural Doppler and Invasive Hemodynamic Profiling Predict Clinical Outcomes After Mitral TEER	25
Feasibility of 68Ga-Labeled Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor PET/CT in Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis	24
2-Dimensional Echocardiographic Global Longitudinal Strain With Artificial Intelligence Using Open Data From a UK-Wide Collaborative	24
Toward a Standardized Threshold of Global Longitudinal Strain in Asymptomatic Aortic Regurgitation	24
Coronary Plaque Characteristics Associated With Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Atherosclerotic Patients and Lesions	24
Machine Learning–Based Phenogrouping in MVP Identifies Profiles Associated With Myocardial Fibrosis and Cardiovascular Events	24
Early Observations on Effects of Mavacamten on Left Atrial Function in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients	24
AI Evaluation of Stenosis on Coronary CTA, Comparison With Quantitative Coronary Angiography and Fractional Flow Reserve	24
Prognostic Value of AI-Based Quantitative Coronary CTA vs Human Reader-Based Visual Assessment	24
Impaired Myocardial Calcium Uptake in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus	23
Normal Ranges of Right Atrial Strain	23
Angiography-Derived and Sensor-Wire Methods to Assess Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction	23
Validation of Ultra-Low-Dose Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring Using Photon-Counting Computed Tomography	23
Incidence and Predictors of Atrial Fibrillation in Cardiac Sarcoidosis	23
Physical and Computational Modeling for Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions	22
Full issue PDF	22
Full issue PDF	22
Myocardial Fibrosis by Late Gadolinium Enhancement Among Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy	22
The Case for Measurement of Left Atrial Strain in Patients With Mitral Regurgitation	22
Epicardial Adipose Tissue, Coronary Plaque Progression, and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events	22
Hepatic Steatosis and High-Risk Coronary Plaque	21
Impact of Loading and Myocardial Mechanical Properties on Natural Shear Waves	21
Direct Oral Anticoagulant Treatment Is Associated With a Lower Prevalence of Thin-Cap Fibroatheroma	21
The True Power of Zero	21
Symptoms, Outcomes, and Regurgitant Severity in Guideline-Directed Mitral Valve Surgery	21
Visual Presence of Mechanical Dyssynchrony Combined With Septal Scarring Identifies Responders to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy	20
Full Issue PDF	20
Reply	20
AI-Based Coronary Plaque Quantification	19
Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation	19
Ischemia, Wall Motion, and Functional Mitral Regurgitation	19
Improving Preoperative Abscess Detection in Infective Endocarditis by Adding Troponin I	19
18F-GP1 Positron Emission Tomography and Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Thrombus	19
Photon-Counting Detector Computed Tomography	18
Machine Learning to Optimize the Echocardiographic Follow-Up of Aortic Stenosis	18
Of Invasive Hemodynamics, Shear Waves, and Echocardiography	18
Estimating LV Filling Pressures Noninvasively	18
Parametric Imaging of Biologic Activity of Atherosclerosis Using Dynamic Whole-Body Positron Emission Tomography	18
Biological, Radiological, and Clinical Significance of Spotty Calcification in Coronary Artery Disease	18
Dapagliflozin Effects on Cardiac Deformation in Heart Failure and Secondary Clinical Outcome	18
Editorial Board	18
Differences in Cardiac Remodeling in Left-Sided Valvular Regurgitation	17
Guiding Automated Implementation Strategies for Patients With Atherosclerotic Plaque on Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography	17
Ultrasonic Texture Analysis for Predicting Acute Myocardial Infarction	17
Ischemia With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries	17
Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular 18F-Florbetapir Uptake in Systemic Light-Chain Amyloidosis	17
PRIME 2.0: Proposed Requirements for Cardiovascular Imaging-Related Multimodal-AI Evaluation	17
Editorial Board/Officers	17
Longitudinal Assessment of Left Atrial Remodeling in Patients With Chronic Severe Aortic Regurgitation	17
Myocardial Fibrosis by Magnetic Resonance and Outcomes in Chagas Disease	17
Reply	17
Angiography-Derived FFR as Novel Parameter in Assessing Flow-Limiting CAD?	16
Full issue PDF	16
Abnormal Right Ventricular–Pulmonary Arterial Coupling in Patients With Coarctation of Aorta Presenting With Aortic Stenosis	16
Editorial Board	16
Right Ventricular Systolic Strain Reference Ranges Across Contemporary Vendor-Neutral Echocardiography Software in Healthy Patients	16
Coronary CT Angiography as a Guide to Timing of Invasive Treatment in Patients With NSTEACS	16
Editorial Board	16
Advancing Precision Cardiovascular Medicine	16
Calcified Coronary Lesion Number and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the 75-and-Older Population	16
Hybrid Imaging for Better Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies	16
Behind the Age Cutoff in the Chest Pain Guidelines	16
Post-Myocardial Infarction Risk Prediction	16
Validation of Noninvasive Left Atrial Stiffness Against Left Atrial Operating Chamber Stiffness by Cardiac Catheterization	16
Revisiting Diagnostic Criteria for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Hypertensive and Nonhypertensive Patients	16
Editorial Board	15
Myocardial Injury on CMR in Patients With COVID-19 and Suspected Cardiac Involvement	15
Low-Flow Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis	15
Pulmonary Hypertension by Catheterization Is More Accurately Detected by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 4D-Flow Than Echocardiography	15
Molecular Imaging in Acute Aortic Syndrome	15
Diffuse Interstitial Fibrosis of the Myocardium Predicts Outcome in Moderate and Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis	14
Outcomes in Patients Undergoing TAVR Planning with Contrast-Enhanced CT vs Noncontrast CT and CMR	14
Total-Body Positron Emission Tomography	14
Comparison of 99mTc-DPD Scintigraphy, CMR Imaging, and Echocardiography in Patients With V30M-Associated Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis	14
Multiparametric Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Characterization of the Noninfarcted Myocardium	14
Advanced Analyses of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography to Predict Future Cardiac Events	14
Prevalence of Abnormal Atrial and Ventricular Mechanics and Its Reversibility in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation	14
Machine Learning–Based CT Angiography–Derived Fractional Flow Reserve for Diagnosis of Functionally Significant Coronary Artery Disease	14
Too Little of a Good Thing	14
Impact of Residual Vegetations After Treatment of Left-Sided Infective Endocarditis	13
Combined Aortic and Mitral Regurgitation	13
Full Issue PDF	13
Vulnerable or High-Risk Plaque	13
Harnessing SGLT2 Inhibitors	13
Prognostic Interplay Between Exercise Capacity and PET-Derived Myocardial Flow Reserve	13
Noninvasive Techniques for Tracking Biological Aging of the Cardiovascular System	13
Quantitative Myocardial Perfusion With Simultaneous-Multislice Stress CMR for Detection of Significant Coronary Artery Disease	13
Deep Learning, Constrictive Pericarditis, and its Occasional Doppelganger	13