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Papers

(The TQCC of JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging is 11. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Prognostic Relevance and Lower Limit of the Reference Range of Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain	310
A Deep Learning Model to Identify Mitral Valve Prolapse From the Echocardiogram	140
Diagnosis of Mitral Valve Prolapse Using Artificial Intelligence	133
Long-Term Favorable Cardiac Remodeling in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients Treated With Mavacamten for up to 128 Weeks	126
Detection and Characterization of Thrombosis in Humans Using Fibrin-Targeted Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance	124
Changes in Right Ventricular–to–Pulmonary Artery Coupling After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Secondary Mitral Regurgitation	124
Air Pollution and Coronary Plaque Vulnerability and Instability	122
Challenges and Opportunities in Evaluating Severity of Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation	121
When Does a Calcium Score Equate to Secondary Prevention?	118
Stress-Related Neural Activity Associates With Coronary Plaque Vulnerability and Subsequent Cardiovascular Events	114
Editorial Board	107
Cardiac CT and PET for Surveillance of Heart Transplant Recipients	105
Mechanistic Basis for Differential Effects of Interatrial Shunt Treatment in HFrEF vs HFpEF	95
Full Issue PDF	94
The Role of Coronary Blood Flow and Myocardial Edema in the Pathophysiology of Takotsubo Syndrome	94
Aortic Size Matters	93
5-Year Echocardiographic Results of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients	92
Rebound Effect in Left Ventricular Structure, Tissue Characteristics, and Function in HOCM After Mavacamten Discontinuation	91
Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery From Pulmonary Artery With Intramural Course	91
More Than Meets the Eye	90
Multimodality Imaging to Assess Leaflet Height in Mitral Bioprosthetic Valves	89
Entry Tear Hemodynamics Detect Patients With Adverse Aorta-Related Outcomes in Type B Aortic Dissection	89
Full issue PDF	88
Type I Carpentier Classification for aFMR Definition	88
Atherosclerotic Disease Risk Stratification Using Ultrasonographic Measurements of Plaque	85

Integrating Coronary Artery Calcium and Functional Imaging	84
Myocardial Tissue Characterization With CT-Derived Extracellular Volume	83
Myocardial Tissue Characterization to Predict Ventricular Arrhythmic Risk	80
Editorial Board	78
Diabetes and Myocardial Fibrosis	78
Medium-Term Outcomes of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients With Myocardial Injury	77
Editorial Board	76
Long-Term Left Atrial Function After Device Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in Cryptogenic Stroke Patients	74
Peripulmonary Vein Adipose Tissue Attenuation as a Novel Marker of Atrial Fibrillation Risk	74
Statin Therapy Persistence Following Opportunistic Screening for Coronary Artery Calcium on Nongated Chest CTs	74
CTA-Derived Pericoronary Fat Attenuation Index Predicts Allograft Rejection and Cardiovascular Events in Heart Transplant Recipients	74
Cholesterol, Atherosclerotic, and Inflammatory Risks Among Patients With Statin Therapy	74
Concomitant Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection	73
Excessive Trabeculation of the Left Ventricle	72
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Statins to Reduce Inflammation in Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms	72
Anatomic Description of Tricuspid Apparatus Interference From Implantable Intracardiac Devices	71
Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Thrombosis	69
Coronary Plaque and the Adjacent Fat	68
Reply	68
Prognostic Value of CT-FFR–Based Functional Duke Jeopardy Score in Patients With Suspected CAD	67
Noninvasive Imaging Methods for Quantification of Pulmonary Edema and Congestion	66
Editorial Board	63
The PROMISE Minimal Risk Score Improves Risk Classification of Symptomatic Patients With Suspected CAD	62
Editorial Board	62
American Society of Echocardiography Algorithm for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation	60
The REPAIR Study	60
Association of Sex, Reduced Myocardial Flow Reserve, and Long-Term Mortality Across Spectrum of Atherosclerotic Disease	60
Atrial Longitudinal Strain Predicts New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation	59
Coronary Atherosclerosis Phenotypes in Focal and Diffuse Disease	58
Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of MINOCA Caused by Atherosclerotic and Nonatherosclerotic Mechanisms Assessed by OCT	58
Clinical Validation of a Virtual Planner for Coronary Interventions Based on Coronary CT Angiography	58
3D Navigation and Intraprocedural Intracardiac Echocardiography Imaging for Tricuspid Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair	57
Correction	57
Molecular Stratification of Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis With 18F-Florbetapir and 68Ga-FAPI-04 for Enhanced Prognostic Precision	56
The Predictive Accuracy of Aortic Valve Calcium Score in Mediastinal Radiation Therapy Survivors	54
Deep Learning-Derived Myocardial Strain	54
Full Issue PDF	53
Parsing the Shades of Gray of Myocardial Fibrosis in Aortic Stenosis	52
Pulmonary Hypertension in Mitral Regurgitation	52
Predictors for Vulnerable Plaque in Functionally Significant Lesions	51
Unrecognized Myocardial Fibrosis Detected by Contrast-Enhanced Cardiovascular MRI in Patients With Ischemic Stroke	51
Incremental Prognostic Value of Carotid Plaque–RADS Over Stenosis Degree in Relation to Stroke Risk	50
Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography for the Diagnosis of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection	50
Preoperative Left Atrial Strain Predicts Outcome in Patients With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy after Myectomy	50
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Quantitative Assessment of Hemodynamic Congestion and Predicting Outcomes	49
Editorial Board	48
Myocardial Work in Cardio-Oncology	48
Should Every Patient With MINOCA Have Cardiac Magnetic Resonance?	47
Doing a Deep Dive on Patent Foramen Ovale	47
Chronic Myocardial Iron After Myocardial Infarction	47

Is the Diagnosis of Erosion on OCT Reliable in the Presence of Thrombus?	46
Myocardial Work and Work Index	46
CMR Is Often Abnormal Despite Normal Echocardiography in Suspected Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructed Coronary Arteries	45
Multiparametric Approach to Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis	45
Myocarditis in Children	44
Prognostic Impact of Extra–Mitral Valve Cardiac Involvement in Patients With Primary Mitral Regurgitation	44
Right Ventricular Longitudinal Contractility Mismatch	44
Utility of Baseline Left Atrial Reservoir Strain in Predicting Cardiotoxicity After Chemotherapy	44
Bone Marrow Cells Improve Coronary Flow Reserve in Ischemic Nonrevascularized Myocardium	43
Imaging Biomarkers to Predict Ischemic Stroke	43
Serial Native T1 Assessment for LV Functional Recovery in Recent-Onset DCM	43
Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Coronary Microvascular Function	42
Unknowing the Unknown	42
Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation and Exercise-Induced Changes in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction	42
Machine Learning-Derived Echocardiographic Phenotypes Predict Heart Failure Incidence in Asymptomatic Individuals	42
Coronary Microvascular Health in Patients With Prior COVID-19 Infection	42
Predictors and Prognostic Implications of Progressive Systemic Ventricular Dysfunction in Adults With Fontan Palliation	42
Comparison of RA Volumes Obtained Using the Standard Apical 4-Chamber and the RV-Focused Views	42
Artificial Intelligence in Echocardiographic Evaluation of Mitral Regurgitation	42
Assessment of the Extracellular Matrix by CT Extracellular Volume Fraction	41
18F-FDG PET/CT and Radiolabeled Leukocyte SPECT/CT Imaging for the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Infection in the Multimodality Context	41
Evaluating Acute Ischemic Myocardial Injury With Photon-Counting Computed Tomography	41
Microvascular Obstruction and Intramyocardial Hemorrhage in Reperfused Myocardial Infarctions	41
Accelerating Drug Translation	41
From Paroxysmal to Persistent Atrial Fibrillation	40
Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After TAVR	38
Effect of Alirocumab on Carotid Inflammation by [18F]FDG PET in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction	38
The So-Called “Conservative Diving” Was Highly Provocative	38
The Evolving Concept of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation Phenotypes	38
Myocardial Strain Is Not in Vain	37
Fibrin-Targeted PET/CMR in Atrial Fibrillation	37
Bicuspid Aortopathy	37
Towards Noninvasive Evaluation of the Right Heart-Pulmonary Circulation Unit	37
Imaging Coronary Inflammatory Risk	37
Full issue PDF	36
Blood-Oxygen-Level Dependent (BOLD) T2-Mapping Reflects Invasively Measured Central Venous Oxygen Saturation in Cardiovascular Patients	36
Left Atrial Strain Is an Independent Predictor of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Dilated Cardiomyopathy	36
Myocardial Iron Overload Causes Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Disease	36
Right Ventricular Reverse Remodeling Following Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair	36
Prognostic Value of Preprocedural LV Global Longitudinal Strain for Post-TAVR-Related Morbidity and Mortality	36
Further Insights Into the Prognostic Value of Left Atrial Strain in Dilated Cardiomyopathy?	36
CT-FFR	36
Improving Precision and Refining Risk Prediction of CTRCD With Cardiovascular CT	35
Imaging in Amyloidosis	35
Evidence-Based Cardiovascular Imaging	35
Linking Amyloid Burden to Prognosis	34
Multimodality Imaging Assessment of Myocardial Fibrosis	34
Full issue PDF	34
Full Issue PDF	34
Clinical Significance of Myocardial Injury in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19	34
Systemic Inflammation With High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression	34
Full Issue PDF	34
Normalized Echocardiographic Values From Guideline-Directed Dedicated Views for Cardiac Dimensions and Left Ventricular Function	34
Editorial Board	33
The Future of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Clinical Trials	33
Reply	33
“Bad News, You’re Older Than Suspected”	33
Assessment of Myocardial Stiffness in Patients With Left Ventricular Hypertrophy	32
Effect of Immunosuppressive Therapy and Biopsy Status in Monitoring Therapy Response in Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis	32
A Noncontrast CMR Risk Score for Long-Term Risk Stratification in Reperfused ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction	32
Understanding Myocardial Biomechanics Through the Lens of Cardiac Imaging	32
Vasodilator Stress Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Prior Myocardial Infarction	32
Subclinical Pulmonary Congestion and Abnormal Hemodynamics in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction	31
Diagnosis and Outcomes Using Magnetic Resonance Positron Emission Tomography in Known or Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis	31
Coronary Flow Assessment Using 3-Dimensional Ultrafast Ultrasound Localization Microscopy	31
Pericoronary Adipose Tissue Imaging and the Need for Standardized Measurement of Coronary Inflammation	30
Reduced Left Atrial Rotational Flow Is Independently Associated With Embolic Brain Infarcts	30
3-Dimensional Echocardiographic Prediction of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Area Prior to Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement	30
Perivascular Fat	30
Full Issue PDF	30
Extent and Features of Late Gadolinium Enhancement Stratify Arrhythmic Risk in Patients With Biopsy-Proven Sarcoidosis	30
Additive Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Dispersion and Deformation in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis	30
Straining to See the Future in Subclinical Heart Failure	29
Coronary Plaque Characteristics Associated With Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Atherosclerotic Patients and Lesions	29
Myocardial Hypoperfusion in Severe Aortic Stenosis Is Reversed Early After Aortic Valve Replacement	29
Carotid Plaque Characteristics Predict Recurrent Ischemic Stroke and TIA	29
Myocardial Flow Reserve and Coronary Calcification in Prognosis of Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease	29
Machine Learning–Based Phenogrouping in MVP Identifies Profiles Associated With Myocardial Fibrosis and Cardiovascular Events	29
The Rise of T2	29
Normal Ranges of Right Atrial Strain	29

Toward a Standardized Threshold of Global Longitudinal Strain in Asymptomatic Aortic Regurgitation	28
The Specificity of Left Ventricular Bite-Like Fibrofatty Replacement for Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy	28
Editorial Board	28
2-Dimensional Echocardiographic Global Longitudinal Strain With Artificial Intelligence Using Open Data From a UK-Wide Collaborative	28
Precision Medicine in Ischemic Heart Disease Through Point-of-Care Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography	28
Onwards and Upwards	28
Reply	28
Early Observations on Effects of Mavacamten on Left Atrial Function in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients	28
Is Metabolically Healthy Obesity Really Healthy for the Heart?	28
Reply	27
Intraprocedural Doppler and Invasive Hemodynamic Profiling Predict Clinical Outcomes After Mitral TEER	27
Reply	27
The Authors Reply	27
Coronary Artery Calcium Association With Diseases	27
Editorial Board	27
Angiography-Derived and Sensor-Wire Methods to Assess Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction	27
Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?	27
Guide for Authors	27
Correction	27
Impaired Myocardial Calcium Uptake in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus	27
Editorial Board	26
AI Evaluation of Stenosis on Coronary CTA, Comparison With Quantitative Coronary Angiography and Fractional Flow Reserve	26
Incidence and Predictors of Atrial Fibrillation in Cardiac Sarcoidosis	26
Are You a Robot?	26
Sex-Specific Stress Perfusion Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Suspected Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Probing the Depths	25
Getting Closer to Predicting SCD in TOF	25
Feasibility of 68Ga-Labeled Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor PET/CT in Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis	24
Functional Mitral Regurgitation Outcome and Grading in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction	24
Full issue PDF	23
Myocardial Fibrosis by Magnetic Resonance and Outcomes in Chagas Disease	23
Improving Preoperative Abscess Detection in Infective Endocarditis by Adding Troponin I	23
Dapagliflozin Effects on Cardiac Deformation in Heart Failure and Secondary Clinical Outcome	23
The Case for Measurement of Left Atrial Strain in Patients With Mitral Regurgitation	23
Prognostic Impact of Culprit Lesion Calcified Nodule After Emergency Coronary Intervention	23
Reply	23
Machine Learning to Optimize the Echocardiographic Follow-Up of Aortic Stenosis	23
Right Ventricular Function in Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Tricuspid Valve Repair	23
Editorial Board/Officers	23
Photon-Counting Detector Computed Tomography	23
Improving Diagnostic Value of Echocardiography in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Using Deformation Imaging	23
Full Issue PDF	22
Full Issue PDF	22
Symptoms, Outcomes, and Regurgitant Severity in Guideline-Directed Mitral Valve Surgery	22
Visual Presence of Mechanical Dyssynchrony Combined With Septal Scarring Identifies Responders to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy	22
The True Power of Zero	22
Direct Oral Anticoagulant Treatment Is Associated With a Lower Prevalence of Thin-Cap Fibroatheroma	22
Estimating LV Filling Pressures Noninvasively	22
Reply	22
Assessing Cardiac Remodeling in Aortic Regurgitation Using Indexed Extracellular Volume	22
Ischemia, Wall Motion, and Functional Mitral Regurgitation	21
18F-GP1 Positron Emission Tomography and Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Thrombus	21
Plaque Progression of Nonculprit Lesions	21
Differences in Cardiac Remodeling in Left-Sided Valvular Regurgitation	21
Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation	21
Automated Echocardiographic Detection of Severe Coronary Artery Disease Using Artificial Intelligence	21
Parametric Imaging of Biologic Activity of Atherosclerosis Using Dynamic Whole-Body Positron Emission Tomography	21
Editorial Board/Officers	21
Guiding Automated Implementation Strategies for Patients With Atherosclerotic Plaque on Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography	20
Longitudinal Assessment of Left Atrial Remodeling in Patients With Chronic Severe Aortic Regurgitation	20
Ischemia With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries	20
Ultrasonic Texture Analysis for Predicting Acute Myocardial Infarction	20
Of Invasive Hemodynamics, Shear Waves, and Echocardiography	20
Pulmonary Artery 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake by PET/CMR as a Marker of Pulmonary Hypertension in Sarcoidosis	20
PRIME 2.0: Proposed Requirements for Cardiovascular Imaging-Related Multimodal-AI Evaluation	20
Editorial Board	20
Can Machine Learning Help Simplify the Measurement of Diastolic Function in Echocardiography?	20
Hepatic Steatosis and High-Risk Coronary Plaque	19
Impact of Loading and Myocardial Mechanical Properties on Natural Shear Waves	19
Physical and Computational Modeling for Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions	19
Editorial Board	19
Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular 18F-Florbetapir Uptake in Systemic Light-Chain Amyloidosis	19
Low-Flow Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis	19
Right Ventricular Systolic Strain Reference Ranges Across Contemporary Vendor-Neutral Echocardiography Software in Healthy Patients	18
Coronary Atherosclerosis in an Asymptomatic U.S. Population	18
Hybrid Imaging for Better Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies	18
Epicardial Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease in Inflammatory Diseases	18
Advanced Analyses of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography to Predict Future Cardiac Events	18
Total-Body Positron Emission Tomography	18
Angiography-Derived FFR as Novel Parameter in Assessing Flow-Limiting CAD?	18
Revisiting Diagnostic Criteria for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Hypertensive and Nonhypertensive Patients	18
Relationship of Mechanical Dyssynchrony and LV Remodeling With Improvement of Mitral Regurgitation After CRT	18
Mitral Annular Disjunction in the Context of Mitral Valve Prolapse	18
Coronary CT Angiography as a Guide to Timing of Invasive Treatment in Patients With NSTEACS	18
Abnormal Right Ventricular–Pulmonary Arterial Coupling in Patients With Coarctation of Aorta Presenting With Aortic Stenosis	17
CMR 4D-Flow Wall Shear Stress and Aortic Dilation in Bicuspid Aortic Valve	17
Editorial Board	17
Vulnerable or High-Risk Plaque	17
Post-Myocardial Infarction Risk Prediction	17
Machine Learning–Based CT Angiography–Derived Fractional Flow Reserve for Diagnosis of Functionally Significant Coronary Artery Disease	17
Full issue PDF	17
Diffuse Interstitial Fibrosis of the Myocardium Predicts Outcome in Moderate and Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis	17
Editorial Board	17
Comparison of 99mTc-DPD Scintigraphy, CMR Imaging, and Echocardiography in Patients With V30M-Associated Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis	17
The Authors’ Reply	17