Figure 1.

Schematic spectrum from insult to heart failure using atherosclerotic disease as an example. As the myocardium moves through different phases of the spectrum, various biological processes like angiogenesis, inflammation, cell death, and ventricular remodeling occur. Each process is marked by molecular events that serve as targets for imaging. There is overlap temporally as well as molecularly between the processes underscoring the importance of the pathological circumstances in which an event takes place. The processes highlighted will be discussed in more detail throughout this article.