Imaging in women with heart failure: sex-specific characteristics and current challenges

I Leo, E Nakou, A de Marvao, J Wong… - Cardiac failure …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) represents a significant threat to women's health. Heart
failure (HF) is one CVD that still has an increasing incidence and about half of all cases …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiovascular disease in women: insights from magnetic resonance imaging

C Bucciarelli-Ducci, E Ostenfeld, LA Baldassarre… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The presentation and identification of cardiovascular disease in women pose unique
diagnostic challenges compared to men, and underrecognized conditions in this patient …

Time-resolved tracking of the atrioventricular plane displacement in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) images

F Seemann, U Pahlm, K Steding-Ehrenborg… - BMC medical …, 2017 - Springer
Background Atrioventricular plane displacement (AVPD) is an indicator for systolic and
diastolic function and accounts for 60% of the left ventricular, and 80% of the right ventricular …

[HTML][HTML] Left ventricular long axis function assessed during cine-cardiovascular magnetic resonance is an independent predictor of adverse cardiac events

V Rangarajan, SJ Chacko, S Romano, J Jue… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Left ventricular pump function requires a complex interplay involving
myocardial fibers orientated in the longitudinal, oblique and circumferential directions. Long …

Right ventricular function parameters in pulmonary hypertension: echocardiography vs. cardiac magnetic resonance

AW Evaldsson, A Lindholm, R Jumatate… - BMC cardiovascular …, 2020 - Springer
Background Right ventricular (RV) function is a major determinant of outcome in patients
with pulmonary hypertension. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is gold standard to …

Maternal nutrient restriction during pregnancy and lactation leads to impaired right ventricular function in young adult baboons

AH Kuo, C Li, HF Huber, M Schwab… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Key points Maternal nutrient restriction induces intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and
leads to heightened cardiovascular risks later in life. We report right ventricular (RV) filling …

Decreased biventricular longitudinal strain in patients with systemic sclerosis is mainly caused by pulmonary hypertension and not by systemic sclerosis per se

A Lindholm, R Hesselstrand… - Clinical physiology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) due to systemic sclerosis (SS
c) have high mortality. Left ventricular (LV) peak global longitudinal strain (GLS) is …

Non-invasive imaging techniques for early diagnosis of bilateral cardiac dysfunction in pulmonary hypertension: current crests, future peaks

A Ahmad, Y Zou, P Zhang, L Li, X Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a chronic and progressive disease that eventually
leads to heart failure (HF) and subsequent fatality if left untreated. Right ventricular (RV) …

Increased biventricular hemodynamic forces in precapillary pulmonary hypertension

K Pola, E Bergström, J Töger, G Rådegran… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PHprecap) is a condition with elevated pulmonary
vascular pressure and resistance. Patients have a poor prognosis and understanding the …

Longitudinal shortening remains the principal component of left ventricular pum** in patients with chronic myocardial infarction even when the absolute …

D Asgeirsson, E Hedström, J Jögi, U Pahlm… - BMC cardiovascular …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background The majority (60%) of left ventricular (LV) stroke volume (SV) is
generated by longitudinal shortening causing apical atrioventricular plane displacement …