Nonischemic or Dual Cardiomyopathy in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease.

Background: Randomized trials in obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) have largely shown no prognostic benefit from coronary revascularization. Although there are several potential reasons for the lack of benefit, an underexplored possible reason is the presence of coincidental nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM). We investigated the prevalence and prognostic significance of NICM in patients with CAD (CAD-NICM).

The primary cardiomyopathy of systemic sclerosis on cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.

Aims: Cardiac disease in systemic sclerosis (SSc) may be primary or secondary to other disease manifestations of SSc. The prevalence of the primary cardiomyopathy of SSc is unknown. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging can help accurately determine the presence and cause of cardiomyopathy.

Interplay of CT Coronary Plaque Characteristics and Ischemia to Predict Adverse Outcomes.

In 134 patients with stable coronary artery disease, high-risk plaque features at CT and physiologic stenosis were found to act in a synergistic fashion to predict adverse outcomes.

Impact of 2016 SCCT/STR guidelines for coronary artery calcium scoring of noncardiac chest CT scans on lung cancer screening CT reporting.

The 2016 SCCT/STR guideline for coronary artery calcification (CAC) scoring on non-cardiac chest CT (NCCT) scans explicitly calls for the reporting of CAC. Whether the publication of the 2016 SCCT/STR guideline has had any impact on CAC reporting in lung cancer screening (LCS) scans has not been investigated. Consecutive patients with a LCS scan were identified from the University of Minnesota LCS registry and evaluated for CAC reporting in 3 separate cohorts: 6 months before, 6 months after, and 1 year after the publication of the 2016 SCCT/STR guideline.