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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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Interesting Cause of Pseudopleural Effusion: Giant Left Atrium	80
Ischemic Anterolateral Papillary Muscle Rupture During Pandemic	77
‘Form fruste’ Aortoventricular Tunnel: Preoperative Computed Tomographic Virtual Dissection Defines This Unusual Variant	61
Usefulness of Aortic Valve Calcification in Patients With Low-Flow Aortic Stenosis	60
Seeing the Unseen: Contrast-Free MRI for Predicting Thrombolytic Susceptibility	55
In This Issue of the Journal	54
Value of Ischemia in Prognosis and Guiding Revascularization Among Patients With Chronic Coronary Artery Disease	51
Imaging-Based FFR: How Many Steps Toward Replacement for Wire-Based FFR on A Journey of A Thousand Miles	48
Routine Coronary Atherosclerosis Imaging in the Cardiovascular Risk Assessment of Prediabetes and Diabetes	45
In This Issue of the Journal	44
Prognostic Utility of Quantitative Perfusion PET in Patients With Prior CABG: Incremental Value of Myocardial Flow Reserve and Coronary Vascular Resistance	43
MRI-Extracellular Volume Fraction Versus Histological Amyloid Load in Cardiac Amyloidosis: The Importance of T2 Mapping	43
Primary Atriopathy in Mitral Valve Prolapse: Echocardiographic Evidence and Clinical Implications	40
Echocardiography: Past, Present, and Future	39
Correction to: Mahmod et al, “Differentiating Left Ventricular Remodeling in Aortic Stenosis From Systemic Hypertension”	37
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques and Applications for Pericardial Diseases	37
Unique Case of Coronary Artery Rupture and Acute Myocardial Infarction Triggered by a Karate Punch: Evaluation of the Hit Site by CT Imaging	35
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:	34
Ultrafast Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography for the Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease: First In-Human Study	34
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	34
Aortitis in Disguise: Cardiomyopathy in a Child With Takayasu Arteritis	34
Chronic Subepicardial Hematoma: A Multimodality Imaging Diagnostic Approach After Elective Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty	34
Imaging for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Edge-to-Edge Repair for an Unusual Cause of Cardiogenic Shock	33
Left Atrial Strain During Exercise: A Window to Atrioventricular Coupling in Heart Failure	32
Modeling of the Tricuspid Valve and Right Ventricle in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome With a Fontan Circulation	32

In This Issue of the Journal	30
Mitral Stenosis and Pulmonary Pressure: Rewriting the Classics or Stuck in the Past?	30
Stress-Only CMR Perfusion: Ready for Clinical Application?	30
Correction to: Left Atrial Reservoir Strain-Based Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Grading and Incident Heart Failure in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy	30
In This Issue of the Journal	29
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Vessel Wall Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm	29
Elevated Lipoprotein(a) With Zero Coronary Artery Calcium: A Silent Threat or a Clinical Paradox?	28
Early Appearance of Myocardial Fibrosis in Restrictive Diabetic Cardiomyopathy	28
Complete Resolution of Technetium Pyrophosphate Uptake After Treatment of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis	27
Deep Learning-Derived Cardiac Chamber Volumes and Mass From PET/CT Attenuation Scans: Associations With Myocardial Flow Reserve and Heart Failure	27
How to Use Imaging: Complex Cases of Atherosclerosis, Myocardial Inflammation, and Cardiomyopathy in Cardio-Oncology	26
Spontaneously Healed Arterial Thrombosis at Birth	26
Impact of Carrying DNMT3A or TET2 Mutations on Plaque Characteristics and Prognosis in Patients With STEMI Based on OCT	23
Correction to: Hepatic T1-Time Predicts Cardiovascular Risk in All-Comers Referred for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: A Post-Hoc Analysis	23
Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Progressive LV Dysfunction and Adverse Outcomes After Aortic Valve Replacement With Bioprosthetic Valves in Young Patients”	23
Ghostly Cystic Mass Attached to a Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device Following Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia	22
Absolute Myocardial Blood Flow Quantification With PET: Should Diagnostic Cutoffs Be Tracer Specific?	22
4D-Flow Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Versus 3D Transesophageal Echocardiography in Multifenestrated Atrial Septal Defect	22
Comparison of Stress-Rest and Stress-LGE Analysis Strategy in Patients Undergoing Stress Perfusion Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance	22
Inheritance of Imaging Parameters of Arrhythmic Risk in Mitral Valve Prolapse: A Pedigree Study	21
Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging’s Top 10 Reviewers of 2022-2023	21
3D Reconstruction of Pulmonary Vascular Lesions in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension	21
Hepatic Tissue Alterations in STEMI: New Insights Into the Prognostic Significance of Cardio-Hepatic Interplay	20
In This Issue of the Journal	19
Relationship of Ketosis With Myocardial Glucose Uptake Among Patients Undergoing FDG PET/CT for Evaluation of Cardiac Sarcoidosis	19
Is Right Ventricular Strain the New TAPSE to Estimate Right Ventricular Arterial Coupling in Children?	19
Attenuating Postinfarction Left Ventricular Remodeling: New Mechanisms, Old Challenges	19
Explainable Artificial Intelligence and Cardiac Imaging: Toward More Interpretable Models	18
Longitudinal Assessment of Subclinical Arterial Inflammation in Patients Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors by Sequential [ ¹⁸ F]FDG PET Scans	18
Association of Lipoprotein(a) With Changes in Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients Treated With Alirocumab	18
Intracardiac Echocardiography in Alterra Prestent Constrained by the Native Pulmonary Valve Leaflet	17
Imaging of the Acute and Chronic Cardiovascular Complications of Radiation Therapy	17
Sudden Cardiac Arrest With Acute Myocardial Infarction Due to Myocardial Bridging and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy	17
Right Ventricular Function: Deep Learning’s Prognostic Edge in Mitral Regurgitation	17
In This Issue of the Journal	16
[ ^99m Tc]-PentixaTec SPECT/CT for Imaging of Chemokine Receptor 4 Expression After Myocardial Infarction	16
Two Facets of Shear Stress Post Drug Coating Balloon: Angiography Versus Optical Coherence Tomography Fusion Approach	15
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Following Aortic Valve Replacement: Bruce Banner or the Hulk?	15
Differences in Myocardial Remodeling and Tissue Characteristics in Chronic Isolated Aortic and Mitral Regurgitation	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	14
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	13
Tissue-Based Predictors of Impaired Right Ventricular Strain in Coronary Artery Disease: A Multicenter Stress Perfusion Study	13
Myocardial Parametric Mapping by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease	13
Three-Dimensional Multimodality Image-Guided Transcatheter Device Closure of Ruptured Aortic Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm	13
Deep Learning–Enabled Assessment of Right Ventricular Function Improves Prognostication After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair for Mitral Regurgitation	13
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”	13
Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence: What Does the Cardiologist Really Need to Know?	13
Gene Silencing Therapy in Hereditary (Variant) Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Puzzling Case of Decreasing Pyrophosphate Uptake on Scintigraphy	13
Machine Learning and Bias in Medical Imaging: Opportunities and Challenges	12

New Kid on the Block: Double-Peak Strain Pattern in Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse	12
Prognostic Value of Modified Coronary Flow Capacity Derived From [ ¹⁵ O]H ₂ O Positron Emission Tomography Perfusion Imaging	12
Prevalence of Left Ventricular Noncompaction in Newborns	12
Left Atrial Strain Predicts Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation Detected by Long-term Continuous Monitoring in Elderly High-Risk Individuals	12
Age- and Sex-Specific Myocardial Blood Flow Values in Patients Without Coronary Atherosclerosis on Rb-82 PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging	11
In This Issue of the Journal	11
Pericardial Late Gadolinium Enhancement After Cardiac Surgery: Defining Disease Begins With Understanding Normal	11
Rare Cardiac Duo: Double Orifice Mitral Valve and Bicuspid Aortic Valve	11
Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging With Fluorine-19 MRI: The Road to the Clinic	11
Rapid Plaque Progression Is Independently Associated With Hyperglycemia and Low HDL Cholesterol in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease: A PARADIGM Study	11
Moving Beyond Right Ventricular Ejection Fraction: Incremental Prognostic Role of Right Ventricular Strain on Postcardiac Transplant Outcomes	11
Association of Tricuspid Regurgitation With Outcome in Acute Heart Failure	11
Feasibility and Diagnostic Performance of Functional SYNTAX Score Derived From Dynamic CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging	11
Unraveling Sex Differences in Layered Plaque in Chronic Coronary Syndromes	11
Multimodality Imaging in a Case of Muscular Outlet Ventricular Septal Defect With Aortic Regurgitation due to Right Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Herniation	11
Combined Assessment of Quantitative Coronary Plaque Characteristics and Perivascular Inflammation for Better Detection of High Risk	10
Impact of Echocardiographic Probability of Pulmonary Hypertension on Prognosis and Outcomes Among Patients With Myeloproliferative Neoplasms	10
Predictors of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Moderate Aortic Stenosis: Implications for Aortic Valve Replacement	10
Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve-in-Valve Intervention for Severe Bioprosthetic Structural Valve Deterioration in a Cardiac Allograft	10
Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Analysis of Echocardiography-Based Radiomic Features for Myocardial Hypertrophy Detection and Etiology Differentiation	10
Assessing LV Contractility Identifies Populations With Preserved Ejection Fraction at Risk of Adverse Heart Failure Outcomes	10
Theranostic Contribution of Extracellular Matrix Metalloprotease Inducer-Paramagnetic Nanoparticles Against Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Pig Model of Coronary Ischemia-Reperfusion	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
CMR Findings in the Long-Term Outcomes After Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MUSIC) Study	10
Aortic Valve Calcification Density Measured by MDCT in the Assessment of Aortic Stenosis Severity	9
Entropy in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A New Layer in Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death	9
Race- and Sex-Specific Age at Which Coronary Artery Calcium Becomes Detectable Among Young Adults	9
Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Versus Invasive Coronary Angiography in Stable Chest Pain: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials	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
Myocardial Infarction in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Due to Coronary Embolism Clarified by Cardiac Computed Tomography	9
Can We Make the Next Step in Precision Risk Stratification of Dilated Cardiomyopathy?	9
Prognostic Value of PET-Derived Myocardial Flow Reserve in Patients With Very High Coronary Artery Calcium Score	8
Flow by Any Other Name: A Correlative Assessment of Multimodality Myocardial Flow	8
Giant Cell Myocarditis and Left Ventricular Apical Aneurysm in a Child With Severe Combined Immunodeficiency	8
Characteristics of Coronary Atherosclerosis Related to Plaque Burden Regression During Treatment With Alirocumab: The ARCHITECT Study	8
Aortic Valve Calcification: Clarifying Severity and Prognosis in Low-Flow Aortic Stenosis	8
Pericardial Cyst or Something Else? Do Not Forget Echocontrast in the Drawer!	8
In This Issue of the Journal	8
Good Things in Small Packages: Growth and Potential of Theragnostic Platforms in Cardiovascular Medicine	8
Multiparametric Strategy to Predict Early Disease Decompensation in Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Regurgitation	8
Progressive LV Dysfunction and Adverse Outcomes After Aortic Valve Replacement With Bioprosthetic Valves in Young Patients	8
In This Issue of the Journal	8
Letter by Natale et al Regarding Article, “Association of Lipoprotein(a) With Changes in Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients Treated With Alirocumab”	8
Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor Mimicking Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma and Causing Pulmonary Artery Obstruction: A Rare Case Report	8
In This Issue of the Journal	8
Benign or Malignant Cardiac Mass: Refining the Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance	7
In This Issue of the Journal	7
Phospholamban Cardiomyopathy: Unveiling a Distinct Phenotype Through Heart Failure Stages Progression	7
Optimal Echocardiographic Parameters to Improve the Diagnostic Yield of Tc-99m-Bone Avid Tracer Cardiac Scintigraphy for Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis	7
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	7
Single Meandering Right Pulmonary Vein With Potential Systemic Arterial Fistula: Serial Cardiac MRI Assessment With 4D Flow Characterization	7
Ischemia-Guided Management Using Cardiac SPECT: Reconciling Real-World Evidence in a Post-ISCHEMIA Trial World	7
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	7
Lipoprotein(a) and Coronary Plaque in Asymptomatic Individuals: The Miami Heart Study at Baptist Health South Florida	7
Sex Differences in the Density of Lipidic Plaque Materials: Insights From the REASSURE-NIRS MultiCenter Registry	7
Long-term Consequence of Mediastinal Radiation Therapy for Thymoma on Cardiovascular System Confirmed by Cardiovascular Imaging	7
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”	7
Atypical Subendocardial Late Gadolinium Enhancement in Anderson-Fabry Cardiomyopathy	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
Identifying People at High Risk for Severe Aortic Stenosis: Aortic Valve Calcium Versus Lipoprotein(a) and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol	7
Thin Disguise: Workup of a Left Atrial Appendage Anomaly	7
In This Issue of the Journal	7
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
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
Multimodality Imaging Assessment and Follow-Up in a Case of Rickettsial Myocarditis: Echocardiographic and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Features	6
Unexpected Left Ventricle Pseudoaneurysm With Unusual Origin: History of a Diseased Annulus Broken Into a Diseased Myocardium	6
Improving Clinical Utility of Fetal Cine CMR Using Deep Learning Super-Resolution	6
Three-Dimensional Modeling Prior to Stage 1 Palliation in a Patient With Heterotaxy Syndrome: Planning for the Future	6
Eosinophilic Myocarditis Complicated by Massive Right Ventricular Thrombus	6
Increasing Extracellular Volume Fraction on Coronary CTA in Patients With Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction	6
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome After Esophageal Dilation in a Patient With a Dilated Ascending Aorta	6
Vasospastic Angina: How Much Can We Know Before Provocative Testing?	6
Beware Before Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty: Parachute Mitral Valve Can Mimic Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis	6
Long-Term Follow-Up in Severe Mitral Stenosis With Low Transmitral Diastolic Pressure Gradient: From MASTER Registry	6
Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation	6
AI-Quantitative CT Coronary Plaque Features Associate With a Higher Relative Risk in Women: CONFIRM2 Registry	6
Beyond Myocarditis: Exploring the Vascular Impact of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors	6
High-Intensity Lipid-Lowering Therapies: An Opportunity for Improving Cardiovascular Outcomes in Postmenopausal Women?	6
Unifying Diagnosis Explaining Multiorgan Clinical Manifestations: The Unique Case of Antiphospholipid Syndrome Leading to MINOCA	6

Reduction in Afterload Reveals the Apical Sparing Phenotype	6
Temporal Trends in Noninvasive and Invasive Cardiac Testing From 2010 to 2022 in the US Medicare Population	5
Nuances in Defining Normal Ranges for Chamber Quantification With Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance	5
In This Issue of the Journal	5
Aortic Valve Calcium in Relation to Subclinical Cardiac Dysfunction and Risk of Heart Failure	5
Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging’s Top 10 Reviewers of 2024-2025	5
Left Bundle Branch Block and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Effector or Bystander?	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
Cave Under the Aortic Valve: The Rare Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Pseudoaneurysm With Thrombosis	5
Myocardial Blood Flow in Patients Without Coronary Artery Disease: Slowing Down With Age	5
Coronary Artery Embolism Secondary to Q Fever Endocarditis	5
Atrioventricular Longitudinal Mechanics Using Novel Speckle-Tracking Improved Risk Stratification Beyond Baseline Thyroid Hormone in Asymptomatic Subclinical Hypothyroidism	5
Fatal Pulmonary Embolism Resulting From a Popliteal Venous Aneurysm	5
Diagnosis of Acute Cholecystitis Using T1 and T2 Mapping by Cardiac MRI	5
Cardiac CT Versus Transesophageal Echocardiography Following Left Atrial Appendage Closure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	5
Is PET the Best Screening Tool for Cardiac Assessment Prior to Renal Transplant?	5
Rare Pseudoaneurysms Complicating From Endocarditis	5
Potential Life-Threatening Complication After Transacatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Pseudoaneurysm of the Interventricular Septum	5
How to Use Imaging: Cardiac Sarcoidosis	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
Impact of Absolute Myocardial Blood Flow Quantification on the Diagnostic Performance of PET-Based Perfusion Scans Using ⁸² Rubidium	5
Multimodality Imaging in MIS-C Recovery: Complementary Insights From Echocardiography and Cardiac MRI	5
Continuing the Quest to Refine Coronary Risk Stratification	5
Assessing Atrial Strain to Predict Atrial Fibrillation: Do We Have to See the Whole Staircase to Take the First Step?	5
Editors and Editorial Board	5