Heart Failure: Clinical Diagnostics and Treatment

Dear Colleagues,

Heart failure (HF) is a major global health problem, and its prevalence is increasing. HF is currently divided into three different phenotypes based on the measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Each phenotype has its own characteristics and criteria for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The development of multimodality imaging in recent years has opened up the possibility of a thorough investigation of all aspects of all types of HF, including diagnosis, individualized treatment, monitoring of the success of therapy, and prevention.

Although echocardiography remains the primary method of non-invasive diagnosis of heart failure, other non-invasive diagnostic techniques such as scintigraphy, CT, MRI, and PET-CT have demonstrated important clinical utility in patients with HF in recent years, mainly for the characterization or diagnosis of specific HF etiologies such as ATTR amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, and myocarditis. However, many unresolved etiological questions remain, especially in patients with HFpEF and HFmrEF.

Modern cardiovascular medicine involves the simultaneous use of several imaging modalities that provide additional information about complex diseases and enable timely and more effective treatment (whether medication, transcatheter interventions, or cardiovascular surgery), leading to better outcomes for our patients.

Therefore, the aim of this Special Issue is to provide scientific evidence on the potential usefulness and clinical relevance of multimodality imaging in patients with HF.

You are invited to submit a scientific paper or review article on any aspect related to the topic of this Special Issue.

Dr. Evgeny Belyavskiy
Dr. Nicolas Merke
Dr. Daniel A. Morris
Guest Editors

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