The Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease and the Impact of This on All Cardiomyopathies
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 7500
Special Issue Editor
Interests: coronary artery disease; cardiomyopathies; Interventional cardiology; non-invasive and invasive imaging techniques; cross-modality and multi-modality imaging
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The ageing of the population and the global epidemic of diabetes and obesity due to unhealthy eating habits and physical inactivity have led to an increase in the burden of coronary atherosclerosis.
Consequently, patients with cardiomyopathy might present or develop “bystander” coronary artery disease (CAD) in addition to their cardiomyopathy. The prognostic implications of cardiomyopathy and bystander CAD are poorly understood. The progress and evolution of non-invasive and invasive imaging techniques can help to better assess bystander CAD which may require revascularization and secondary prevention measures. However, randomized studies investigating the clinical benefits of revascularization are lacking. On the other hand, it is now widely acknowledged that coronary microvascular disease plays an important role in all cardiomyopathies.
In this Special Issue, we will present the clinical characteristics of bystander CAD in all forms of cardiomyopathy. We will expose the strengths and weaknesses of non-invasive and invasive imaging techniques as well as describe the use of cross-modality and multi-modality imaging in this setting. Finally, we will propose randomized clinical trials designed to evaluate treatment strategies.
I am sure that this Special Issue will allow readers to have a more precise knowledge regarding cardiomyopathy and bystander CAD, which will improve the management of their patients.
Prof. Dr. Gilles Barone-Rochette
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Cardiomyopathy
- Bystander Coronary artery disease
- Non-invasive and invasive imaging techniques
- Multi-modality imaging
- Revascularization
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