Conclusions In the modern era, multimodality imaging is essential in the diagnosis and
management of pericardial syndromes. Echocardiography is the initial test for most pericardial …

Inflammatory diseases of the aorta include routine atherosclerosis, aortitis, periaortitis, and
atherosclerosis with excessive inflammatory responses, such as inflammatory atherosclerotic …

During the last 25 years, antibody-mediated rejection of the cardiac allograft has evolved
from a relatively obscure concept to a recognized clinical complication in the management of …

Background : Patients with cardiac amyloidosis often have carpal tunnel syndrome that
precedes cardiac manifestations by several years. However, the prevalence of cardiac …

Background The pathogenesis of acute cardiac allograft rejection involves cell-mediated
and antibody-mediated immunologic mechanisms of action. The endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) …

Most patients with acute pericarditis have a benign course and a good prognosis. However,
a minority of patients develop complicated pericarditis, and the care of these patients is the …

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and histopathologic
correlates of pericardial delayed hyperenhancement (DHE) seen with cardiac magnetic …

Antibody‐mediated rejection (AMR) in human heart transplantation is an immunopathologic
process in which injury to the graft is in part the result of activation of complement and it is …

Context.—The endomyocardial biopsy is the mainstay for monitoring acute allograft rejection
in heart transplantation. Objective and accurate assessment of cellular and humoral types …

Aims Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disorder of cholesterol deposition in
monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM) within the arterial wall leading to impingement on the lumen …