- Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, GreeceInterests: cardiovascular imaging modalities; autoimmune rheumatic diseases; arrhythmia; heart failure; coronary artery disease; valvular diseaseSpecial Issues and Topics in IMR Press journalsSpecial Issue in Research of Cardiovascular Imaging in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
Dear Colleagues,
The great progress of Cardiology in our days is based on the new technologies that allowed the noninvasive diagnosis and follow-up of various cardiovascular entities. Between them, the development of new imaging modalities facilitated a better understanding of the pathophysiologic background of cardiovascular diseases.
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR), a noninvasive modality without radiation, is included in the new “magic world”. CMR has been successfully used for diagnosis and treatment follow-up of various cardiac diseases. Its great advantage is that it can provide noninvasively and without radiation direct information regarding all cardiac tissues. In contrast to echocardiography, CMR is operator independent and has excellent reproducibility, and can provide in the same examination information about function, perfusion, tissue characterization.
Before CMR, our knowledge of myocardial edema/fibrosis was indirect, based on wall motion assessment, provided by echocardiography. The development of native T1, T2 mapping allowed the assessment of myocardial edema, indicating the acuity of myocardial disease, which was unavailable prior to CMR. Furthermore, CMR using late gadolinium enhanced images (LGE) allowed the assessment of various types of replacement fibrosis, which is characteristic of various cardiovascular diseases. Finally, native T1 mapping and extracellular volume fraction (ECV) provides information that is comparable to histology about diffuse myocardial fibrosis.
Dear reader, in the current issue of our journal we welcome you in this “magic world” and we promise to guide you to a better understanding of Cardiovascular Diseases, based on detailed pathophysiologic information, provided by CMR.
We hope that you will enjoy the magic trip to the “Ithaca” of knowledge.
Prof. Sophie I. Mavrogeni
Guest Editor
Manuscripts should be submitted via our online editorial system at https://imr.propub.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to start your submission. Manuscripts can be submitted now or up until the deadline. All papers will go through peer-review process. Accepted papers will be published in the journal (as soon as accepted) and meanwhile listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, reviews as well as short communications are preferred. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office to announce on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts will be thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. Please visit the Instruction for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) in this open access journal is 2200 USD. Submitted manuscripts should be well formatted in good English.
- Open Access ReviewState-of-the-Art of Myocardial Perfusion by CMR: A Practical ViewGuillem Pons-Lladó, Peter KellmanRev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2022, 23(10), 325; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2310325(This article belongs to the Special Issue Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Cardiology)241Downloads418Views
- Open Access ReviewCardiac Magnetic Resonance and Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk Assessment in Chronic Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: An Unmet Need?Beatriz Jáuregui, Naiara Calvo, Teresa Olóriz, Carlos López-Perales, Antonio AssoRev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2022, 23(7), 246; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2307246(This article belongs to the Special Issue Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Cardiology)79Downloads208Views