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Sex-specific structural and functional cardiac remodeling during healthy aging assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance
BackgroundAging as a major non-modifiable cardiac risk factor challenges future cardiovascular medicine and economic demands, which requires further...
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Complimentary Cardiac Computed Tomography Ventricular Volumetry-Derived Metrics of Severity in Patients with Ebstein Anomaly: Comparison with Echocardiography-Based Severity Indices
Detailed three-dimensional cardiac segmentations using cardiac computed tomography (CT) data is technically feasible in patients with Ebstein...
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Is atrial fibrillation in HFpEF a distinct phenotype? Insights from multiparametric MRI and circulating biomarkers
BackgroundHeart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) frequently co-exist. There is a limited understanding...
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Mid-Term Outcome of Left Ventricle Reverse Remodeling After Atrial Septal Defect Closure: A Comparison Between Surgical and Device Groups
Right ventricular (RV) volume overload occurs in patients with significant atrial septal defect (ASD II) shunts, which can impair left ventricle (LV)...
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Free-breathing cardiac cine MRI with compressed sensing real-time imaging and retrospective motion correction: clinical feasibility and validation
ObjectivesTo prospectively evaluate the feasibility and biventricular assessment accuracy of a free-breathing cardiac cine imaging technique...
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Left ventricular fibrosis and CMR tissue characterization of papillary muscles in mitral valve prolapse patients
PurposeMitral valve prolapse (MVP) is associated with left ventricle (LV) fibrosis, including the papillary muscles (PM), which is in turn linked to...
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Effect of concomitant atrial septal defect on left ventricular function in adult patients with unrepaired Ebstein’s anomaly: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging study
BackgroundDue to the heterogeneity of anatomic anomalies in Ebstein’s anomaly (EA), particularly in the subset of patients with atrial septal defect...
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Multi-parametric speckle tracking analyses to characterize cardiac amyloidosis: a comparative study of systolic left ventricular longitudinal myocardial mechanics
Cardiac amyloidosis (CAM), the most common cardiac storage disease is associated with significant changes in left-ventricular (LV) morphology and...
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Right to left ventricular volume ratio is associated with mortality in congenital diaphragmatic hernia
BackgroundCongenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is associated with high neonatal mortality. We performed this study to test the hypothesis that left...
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Hybrid Molecular and Functional Micro-CT Imaging Reveals Increased Myocardial Apoptosis Preceding Cardiac Failure in Progeroid Ercc1 Mice
PurposeIn this study, we explored the role of apoptosis as a potential biomarker for cardiac failure using functional micro-CT and fluorescence...
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Cardiac magnetic resonance in histologically proven eosinophilic myocarditis
BackgroundEosinophilic myocarditis (EM) is a life-threatening acute heart disease. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) excels in the assessment of...
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Evaluation of left ventricular filling pressure by echocardiography in patients with atrial fibrillation
BackgroundEchocardiography is widely used to evaluate left ventricular (LV) diastolic function in patients suspected of heart failure. For patients...
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Left atrioventricular interaction and impaired left atrial phasic function in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with or without anemia: a cardiac magnetic resonance study
ObjectiveType 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and anemia are related to some cardiovascular diseases and can predict poor outcomes. Both of them can...
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Comparison of Cadmium Zinc Telluride ECG-gated SPECT equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography to magnetic resonance imaging to measure right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction in patients with cardiomyopathy
AimsThe objective of this study was to determine the accuracy of right ventricular function (RVF) assessed by Cadmium Zinc Telluride ECG-gated SPECT...
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Normal reference values of cardiac chamber sizes and functional parameters in a beninese community population: the TAHES study
Reported ranges of normal values for echocardiographic measurements are mostly issued from studies performed in Caucasians. This study is a part of...
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Prognostic implications of left ventricular inward displacement assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with myocardial infarction
Risk stratification of patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) still depends mainly on the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). LV inward...
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Left atrial and left ventricular strain dynamics with echocardiography in asymptomatic children with mitral regurgitation
Left atrial (LA) dilatation is a strong predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Strain parameters evaluating LA functions have gained...
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Echocardiographic Measurements in Normal Chinese Adults (EMINCA) II focusing on left ventricular and left atrial size and function by three-dimensional echocardiography
Current guidelines encourage large studies in a diverse population to establish normal reference ranges for three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography...
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Effects of left atrial function on pulmonary arterial pressure in acute myocardial infarction, hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy
BackgroundTo investigate the differential contribution of the left atrial (LA) function and left ventricular (LV) fibrosis to pulmonary arterial...
