With Giovanni Benfari, University of Verona, Verona - Italy, Marija Brestovac, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb - Croatia and Andreea Motoc, University Hospital (UZ) Brussels, Brussels - Belgium.

The second episode of the EACVI Journal Club podcast is dedicated to the MAPLE-HCM trial—comparing aficamten with metoprolol in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and LVOT obstruction—alongside a methodological discussion on how to approach sample size calculation in clinical trials.

With Novi Yanti Sari, Siloam Hospitals Group, Jakarta - Indonesia and Gianluca Pontone, Monzino Cardiology Centre, Milan - Italy.

In this episode of advances in cardiovascular imaging, Novi Yanti Sari welcomes Gianluca Pontone to discuss the paper "Redefining the risk of major arrhythmic events in non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy: insights from the DERIVATE-NICM study". The discussion focuses on the role of cardiac magnetic resonance, late gadolinium enhancement pattern distribution, and the DERIVATE Risk Score 2.0 for improving arrhythmic risk stratification and implantable cardioverter defibrillator selection in patients with non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy.

More information here: https://academic.oup.com/ehjcimaging/article/26/10/1609/8217429

With Alexander Gall, University of East Anglia, Norwich - UK and Pankaj Garg, University of East Anglia, Norwich - UK.

In this episode of Advances in Cardiovascular Imaging, Alexander Gall hosts Pankaj Garg to discuss the recent article on cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in mitral valve disease published in the European Heart Journal.

More information here: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae801