Editor’s note January 2013

Johan H. C. Reiber

MR findings in iatrogenic Gerbode defect

Abhishek Chaturvedi, Randy Lau, Gregory Kicska, Gautham P. Reddy

Reproducibility of qualitative assessment of stent struts coverage by optical coherence tomography

Salvatore Brugaletta, Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, Josep Gomez-Lara, Maria D. Radu, Ravindra Pawar, Jamal Khachabi, Nico Bruining, Manel Sabaté, Patrick W. Serruys

Morphological characteristics of culprit coronary lesions according to clinical presentation: insights from a multimodality imaging approach

Lorenzo Hernando, Cecilia Corros, Nieves Gonzalo, Rosana Hernández-Antolin, Camino Bañuelos, Pilar Jiménez-Quevedo, Esther Bernardo, Antonio Fernández-Ortiz, Javier Escaned, Carlos Macaya, Fernando Alfonso

Contemporary assessment of stent strut coverage by OCT

Guilherme F. Attizzani, Hiram G. Bezerra

Automatic stent strut detection in intravascular optical coherence tomographic pullback runs

Ancong Wang, Jeroen Eggermont, Niels Dekker, Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, Ravindra Pawar, Johan H. C. Reiber, Jouke Dijkstra

Interstudy reproducibility of the second generation, Fourier domain optical coherence tomography in patients with coronary artery disease and comparison with intravascular ultrasound: a study applying automated contour detection

Z. Jamil, G. Tearney, N. Bruining, K. Sihan, G. van Soest, J. Ligthart, R. van Domburg, B. Bouma, E. Regar

Transthoracic echocardiographic guidance during transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects in children and adults

Abdullah Erdem, Turkay Sarıtas, Cenap Zeybek, Ilker Kemal Yucel, Nurdan Erol, Halil Demır, Ender Odemıs, Yalim Yalcın, Ahmet Celebı

Differentiation of transmural and nontransmural infarction using speckle tracking imaging to assess endocardial and epicardial torsion after revascularization

Zhiming Wu, Xianhong Shu, Bing Fan, Lili Dong, Cuizhen Pan, Shaoliang Chen

Analysis of electrical and mechanical left atrial properties in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

Anna Degiovanni, Miriam Bortnik, Gabriele Dell’Era, Virginia Bolzani, Eraldo Occhetta, Giorgio Bellomo, Paolo Marino

Left ventricular remodeling and torsion dynamics in hypertensive patients

Matteo Cameli, Matteo Lisi, Francesca Maria Righini, Alberto Massoni, Sergio Mondillo

Characterization of right atrial function and dimension in top-level athletes: a speckle tracking study

Flavio D’Ascenzi, Matteo Cameli, Margherita Padeletti, Matteo Lisi, Valerio Zacà, Benedetta Natali, Angela Malandrino, Federico Alvino, Massimo Morelli, Gian Maria Vassallo, Cosetta Meniconi, Marco Bonifazi, Andrea Causarano, Sergio Mondillo

Can ischemia and dyssynchrony be detected during early stages of dobutamine stress echocardiography by 2-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography?

Yang Yu, Hector R. Villarraga, Haydar K. Saleh, Stephen S. Cha, Patricia A. Pellikka

Utility of the inversion scout sequence (TI scout) in diagnosing myocardial amyloid infiltration

Tarun Pandey, Kedar Jambhekar, Raja Shaikh, Shelly Lensing, Sanjaya Viswamitra

Effect of protocol choice on phase contrast cardiac magnetic resonance flow measurement in the ascending aorta: breath-hold and non-breath-hold

Michael A. Bolen, Randolph M. Setser, Ruvin S. Gabriel, Rahul D. Renapurkar, Yasmeen Tandon, Michael L. Lieber, Milind Y. Desai, Scott D. Flamm

Diagnosis of viral myocarditis by cardiac magnetic resonance and viral genome detection in peripheral blood

Michael Jeserich, Eva Brunner, Reinhard Kandolf, Manfred Olschewski, Simone Kimmel, Matthias G. Friedrich, Daniela Föll, Christoph Bode, Annette Geibel

Flow-gated radial phase-contrast imaging in the presence of weak flow

Hsu-Hsia Peng, Teng-Yi Huang, Fu-Nien Wang, Hsiao-Wen Chung

Reduced global longitudinal and radial strain with normal left ventricular ejection fraction late after effective repair of aortic coarctation: a CMR feature tracking study

Shelby Kutty, Sheela Rangamani, Jeeva Venkataraman, Ling Li, Andreas Schuster, Scott E. Fletcher, David A. Danford, Philipp Beerbaum

Usefulness of left ventricular diastolic function assessed by magnetic resonance imaging over invasive coronary flow reserve measurement for detecting cardiac allograft vasculopathy in heart transplant recipients

Haruhiko Machida, Shinichi Nunoda, Kazunobu Shitakura, Kiyotaka Okajima, Yutaka Kubo, Masami Hirata, Shinya Kojima, Eiko Ueno, Kuniaki Otsuka

Mri quantification of left ventricular function in microinfarct versus large infarct in swine model

Maythem Saeed, Steve W. Hetts, Loi Do, Sammir M. Sullivan, Mark W. Wilson

Infarct tissue characterization in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recipients for primary versus secondary prevention following myocardial infarction: a study with contrast-enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

Marlon A. G. M. Olimulder, Karin Kraaier, Michel A. Galjee, Marcoen F. Scholten, Jan van Es, Lodewijk J. Wagenaar, Job van der Palen, Clemens von Birgelen

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® pulsatile abdominal mass, suspected abdominal aortic aneurysm

Benoit Desjardins, Karin E. Dill, Scott D. Flamm, Christopher J. Francois, Marie D. Gerhard-Herman, Sanjeeva P. Kalva, M. Ashraf Mansour, Emile R. Mohler III, Isabel B. Oliva, Matthew P. Schenker, Clifford Weiss, Frank J. Rybicki

Shorter delay time reduces interpatient variability in coronary enhancement in coronary CT angiography using the bolus tracking method with 320-row CT

Nobuo Tomizawa, Takeshi Nojo, Masaaki Akahane, Rumiko Torigoe, Shigeru Kiryu, Kuni Ohtomo

Cardiac computed tomographic imaging to evaluate myocardial scarring/fibrosis in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Jennifer I. Berliner, Aya Kino, James C. Carr, Robert O. Bonow, Lubna Choudhury

Failed heart rate control with oral metoprolol prior to coronary CT angiography: effect of additional intravenous metoprolol on heart rate, image quality and radiation dose

Laura Jiménez-Juan, Elsie T. Nguyen, Bernd J. Wintersperger, Hadas Moshonov, Andrew M. Crean, Djeven P. Deva, Narinder S. Paul, Felipe S. Torres

Prevalence of thoracic aortic calcification and its relationship to cardiovascular risk factors and coronary calcification in an unselected population-based cohort: the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study

Hagen Kälsch, Nils Lehmann, Stefan Möhlenkamp, Cornelia Hammer, Amir A. Mahabadi, Susanne Moebus, Axel Schmermund, Andreas Stang, Marcus Bauer, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Raimund Erbel

Is there a role for thoracic aortic calcium to fine-tune cardiovascular risk prediction?

Marc Hartmann, Clemens von Birgelen

Non-invasive computed tomography coronary angiography as a gatekeeper for invasive coronary angiography

Fleur R. de Graaf, Joëlla E. van Velzen, Stephanie M. de Boer, Jacob M. van Werkhoven, Lucia J. Kroft, Albert de Roos, Allard Sieders, Greetje J. de Grooth, J. Wouter Jukema, Joanne D. Schuijf, Jeroen J. Bax, Martin J. Schalij, Ernst E. van der Wall

Non-contrast MR imaging for detecting endoleak after abdominal endovascular aortic repair

Elda C. Resta, Francesco Secchi, Antonello Giardino, Veronica G. Nardella, Giovanni Di Leo, Nicola Flor, Francesco Sardanelli

Novel computed tomography indexes of left atrial appendage stasis

Bill P. C. Hsieh, Onkar Jha, Ramesh Chandra, Mario Garcia, Lawrence Boxt, Cynthia Taub

Contrast media volume optimization in high-pitch dual-source CT coronary angiography: feasibility study

Wen Jie Yang, Ke Min Chen, Bo Liu, Li Fang Pang, Huan Zhang, Zi Lai Pan, Fu Hua Yan

Prognostic value of automated SPECT scoring system for coronary artery disease in stress myocardial perfusion and fatty acid metabolism imaging

Tomoaki Nakata, Akiyoshi Hashimoto, Takayuki Matsuki, Keiichiro Yoshinaga, Kazumasa Tsukamoto, Nagara Tamaki

Acknowledgments