A rare case of inferior sinus venosus atrial septal defect and concomitant hypoplasia of the posterior mitral valve leaflet.

Inferior sinus venosus atrial septal defect (SVASD) is the rarest form of the atrial septal defect (ASD) and can sometimes go unnoticed. Although this defect can be associated with other congenital anomalies, its association with hypoplasia of the posterior mitral leaflet is extremely rare. In this case, we present a woman with a history of surgery for an ostium secundum ASD who exhibited persistent right heart chamber dilation.

Synthetic Generation of Cardiac MR Images Combining Convolutional Variational Autoencoders and Style Transfer.

The number of studies in the medical field that uses machine learning and deep learning techniques has been increasing in the last years. However, these techniques require a huge amount of data that can be difficult and expensive to obtain. This specially happens with cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) images.

Detection and Classification of Myocardial Infarction Transmurality Using Cardiac MR Image Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms.

The presence of abnormalities when the left ventricle is deformed is related to the patients' prognosis after a first myocardial infarction. These deformations can be detected by performing a cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) study. Currently, late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) is considered to be the gold standard when performing CMR imaging.

Exercise ECG Testing and Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for Risk Prediction in Patients With Chronic Coronary Syndrome.

Purpose: Vasodilator stress cardiac magnetic resonance (VS-CMR) has become crucial in the workup of patients with known or suspected chronic coronary syndrome (CCS). Whether traditional exercise ECG testing (ExECG) contributes prognostic information beyond VS-CMR is unclear.

Methods: We retrospectively included 288 patients with known or suspected CCS who had undergone ExECG and subsequent VS-CMR in our institution.

Role of PCSK9 in the course of ejection fraction change after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a pilot study.

Aims: Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) has emerged as a therapeutic target for reducing plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Beyond lipid control, recent findings suggest a deleterious effect of this protein in the pathogenesis of postmyocardial infarction left ventricle remodelling and heart failure-related complications. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between circulating PCSK9 and 6 month cardiac magnetic resonance imaging-derived left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) after a first ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

ST2 and left ventricular remodeling after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: A cardiac magnetic resonance study.

Background: The association of soluble interleukin-1 receptor-like 1 (ST2) with left ventricular (LV) remodeling is unclear in patients with a first ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The objective of this work was to assess the relationship between ST2, a marker of inflammation, and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging-derived LV remodeling after a first STEMI.

Methods: We prospectively evaluated 109 patients with a first STEMI treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention who had ST2 assessed 24 h post-reperfusion.

Left ventricular ejection fraction recovery in patients with heart failure treated with intravenous iron: a pilot study.

Aims: In patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and iron deficiency, treatment with intravenous iron has shown a clinical improvement regardless of anaemic status. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) T2* sequence has shown a potential utility for evaluating myocardial iron deficiency. We aimed to evaluate whether T2* sequence significantly changes after ferric carboximaltose (FCM) administration, and if such changes correlate with changes in left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF).

White blood cell subtypes after STEMI: temporal evolution, association with cardiovascular magnetic resonance--derived infarct size and impact on outcome.

The evolution of white blood cells after ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and their association with infarct size and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) remains unclear. Two hundred eleven patients underwent CMR after STEMI. Infarct mass (grams) was determined.

Atrial stunning as predictor of early relapse into atrial fibrillation after cardioversion.

Although the high rate of success after cardioversion, less than 50% of patients maintain sinus rhythm for the first year. In view for the high percentage of relapse into atrial fibrillation, it is interesting to analyze the relationship between atrial stunning after cardioversion and relapse into atrial fibrillation. Thus, we evaluated 101 patients with atrial fibrillation and successful cardioversion.