Machine-learning tool for classifying pulmonary hypertension via expert reader-provided CT features: An educational resource for non-dedicated radiologists.

Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a complex disease classified into five groups (I-V) by the European Society of Cardiology/European Respiratory Society (ESC/ERS) guidelines. Chest contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) is crucial in the non-invasive PH assessment. This study aimed to develop a machine learning (ML)-based educational resource for classifying PH cases via CECT according to ESC/ERS groups.

Myocarditis and pericarditis during COVID-19 pandemic: a study of the Italian Society of Cardiology.

Aims: Some studies about myocarditis and pericarditis following COVID-19 vaccination raised concerns worldwide. However, the heterogeneous diagnostic criteria for postvaccination inflammatory heart diseases may result in overestimating incidence rates. The aim of this multicentre Italian registry is to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 vaccines on the incidence of myocarditis and pericarditis in the Italian population.

Critical approach to the 2023 European Society of Cardiology guidelines on cardiomyopathies: a document by the Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases of the Italian Society of Cardiology.

Last year, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) published the first guidelines to comprehensively address the management of cardiomyopathies. This document by the Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases of the Italian Society of Cardiology aims at highlighting the most relevant messages and novelties introduced by these guidelines for the management of patients affected by cardiomyopathies. Five main messages are summarized: the key role of the phenotype, the new classification of cardiomyopathies provided in the ESC guidelines, the importance given to new techniques such as cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and genetic testing, the newly provided recommendations given on sport activities and finally how the importance of follow-up evaluations is highlighted.

Arrhythmic Risk Stratification of Carriers of Filamin C Truncating Variants.

Importance: Filamin C truncating variants (FLNCtv) are a rare cause of cardiomyopathy with heterogeneous phenotypic presentations. Despite a high incidence of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD), reliable risk predictors to stratify carriers of FLNCtv are lacking.

Objective: To determine factors predictive of SCD/major ventricular arrhythmias (MVA) in carriers of FLNCtv.