Pulmonary vein ostium shape and orientation evaluated by MSCT proved to be useful in predicting the degree of occlusion obtained during CA.

In patients with DCM, QT dynamicity is independently associated with the occurrence of major arrhythmic events and improves the predictive accuracy of stratifying arrhythmic risk of these patients.

Mitral regurgitation improvement at 3 months predicts CRT response and MR improvement at 12-month follow-up. This finding could have implications for subsequent MR surgical therapies.

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