Francesco Secchi

Impaired Flow and Physiology in Coronaries With Anomalous Origin From the Opposite Sinus of Valsalva

BACKGROUND: Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery (AAOCA) high-risk anatomical features (intramural segment, acute take-off angle, slit-like ostium) cause coronary stenosis leading to myocardial infarction. How these features alter coronary physiology remains unclear. AIMS...

CT-derived myocardial extracellular volume: current evidence, clinical utility, and the emerging role of photon-counting CT—a systematic review

Abstract Objective Cardiac extracellular volume (ECV) is a quantitative imaging biomarker of myocardial interstitial expansion and diffuse fibrosis, with cardiac magnetic resonance regarded as the reference standard method for assessment. Interest in computed tomography (CT)-deri...