Use of cardiac imaging in chronic coronary syndromes: the EURECA Imaging registry.

Background: The prospective, multicentre EURECA registry assessed the use of imaging and adoption of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines (GL) in patients with chronic coronary syndromes (CCS).

Methods: Between May 2019 and March 2020, 5156 patients were recruited in 73 centres from 24 ESC member countries. The adoption of GL recommendations was evaluated according to clinical presentation and pre-test probability (PTP) of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD).

Modern aspects of immunopathogenesis of autoimmune myocarditis.

Myocarditis (MC) is an inflammation of the cardiac muscle. Viral infections appear to be the most frequent cause for induction of MC. According to the I.