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Bjerring AW, Landgraff HEW, Leirstein S, Aaeng A, Ansari HZ, Saberniak J, Murbræch K, Bruun H, Stokke TM, Haugaa KH, Hallén J, Edvardsen T, Sarvari SI. Morphological changes and myocardial function assessed by traditional and novel echocardiographic methods in preadolescent athlete’s heart. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2018; 25:1000-1007. [DOI: 10.1177/2047487318776079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Background Athlete’s heart is a term used to describe the morphological and functional changes in the hearts of athletes. Recent studies suggest that these changes may occur even in preadolescent athletes. This study aims to improve our understanding of the changes occurring in the preadolescent athlete’s heart. Design and methods Cardiac morphology and function in 76 preadolescent cross-country skiers (aged 12.1 ± 0.2 years) were compared with 25 age-matched non-competing preadolescents. Echocardiography was performed in all subjects, including 2D speckle-tracking strain echocardiography and 3D echocardiography. All participants underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing to assess oxygen uptake and exercise capacity. Results Athletes had greater indexed VO2 max (62 ± 7 vs. 44 ± 5 mL/kg per min, p < 0.001), indexed left ventricular end-diastolic volume (79 ± 7 vs. 68 ± 7 mL/m2, p < 0.001), left ventricular mass (69 ± 12 vs. 57 ± 13 g/m2, p < 0.001), indexed right ventricular basal diameter (28.3 ± 3.0 vs. 25.4 ± 3.5 mm/m2, p < 0.001) and right atrial area (10.6 ± 1.4 vs. 9.7 ± 1.2 cm2/m2, p < 0.01). There was no difference in left ventricular ejection fraction, global longitudinal strain, and global circumferential strain and right ventricular fractional area change between the groups. Controls had higher right ventricular global longitudinal strain (−28.1 ± 3.5 vs. −31.1 ± 3.3%, p < 0.01). VO2 max was highly correlated to left ventricular end-diastolic volume ( r = 0.76, p < 0.001). Conclusion Athletes had greater left ventricular mass and greater left and right ventricular chamber dimensions compared with controls, while left ventricular function did not differ. Interestingly, right ventricular deformation was significantly lower compared with controls. This supports the notion that there is physiological, adaptive remodelling in preadolescent athlete’s heart.
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Rodríguez-Zanella H, Haugaa K, Boccalini F, Secco E, Edvardsen T, Badano LP, Muraru D. Physiological Determinants of Left Ventricular Mechanical Dispersion. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2018; 11:650-651. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2017.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dahlslett T, Karlsen S, Grenne B, Sjøli B, Bendz B, Skulstad H, Smiseth OA, Edvardsen T, Brunvand H. Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Optimizes Myocardial Function During Cardiogenic Shock. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2018; 11:512-514. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2017.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Myhre P, Omland T, Sarvari S, Rademakers F, Engvall J, Sicari R, Zamorano J, Monaghan M, Edvardsen T, Rosjo H. CARDIAC TROPONIN T CONCENTRATIONS MEASURED WITH A HIGH-SENSITIVITY ASSAY INTEGRATE INFORMATION ON REVERSIBLE MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA AND LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS: A DOPPLER-CIP SUBSTUDY. J Am Coll Cardiol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(18)30773-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Galderisi M, Donal E, Magne J, Lo Iudice F, Agricola E, Sade LE, Cameli M, Schwammenthal E, Cardim N, Cosyns B, Hagendorff A, Neskovic AN, Zamorano JL, Lancellotti P, Habib G, Edvardsen T, Popescu BA. Rationale and design of the EACVI AFib Echo Europe Registry for assessing relationships of echocardiographic parameters with clinical thrombo-embolic and bleeding risk profile in non-valvular atrial fibrillation. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2018; 19:245-252. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jex322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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Haugaa KH, Edvardsen T. Global longitudinal strain: the best biomarker for predicting prognosis in heart failure? Eur J Heart Fail 2018; 18:1340-1341. [PMID: 27813299 PMCID: PMC5129538 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Revised: 07/21/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Stokke TM, Haugaa KH, Smiseth OA, Edvardsen T, Remme EW. Reply. J Am Coll Cardiol 2018; 71:584-585. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/03/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Baumgartner H, Hung J, Bermejo J, Chambers JB, Edvardsen T, Goldstein S, Lancellotti P, LeFevre M, Miller F, Otto CM. Recommendations on the echocardiographic assessment of aortic valve stenosis: a focused update from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2018; 18:254-275. [PMID: 28363204 DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jew335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 414] [Impact Index Per Article: 69.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Accepted: 12/23/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Echocardiography is the key tool for the diagnosis and evaluation of aortic stenosis. Because clinical decision-making is based on the echocardiographic assessment of its severity, it is essential that standards are adopted to maintain accuracy and consistency across echocardiographic laboratories. Detailed recommendations for the echocardiographic assessment of valve stenosis were published by the European Association of Echocardiography and the American Society of Echocardiography in 2009. In the meantime, numerous new studies on aortic stenosis have been published with particular new insights into the difficult subgroup of low gradient aortic stenosis making an update of recommendations necessary. The document focuses in particular on the optimization of left ventricular outflow tract assessment, low flow, low gradient aortic stenosis with preserved ejection fraction, a new classification of aortic stenosis by gradient, flow and ejection fraction, and a grading algorithm for an integrated and stepwise approach of artic stenosis assessment in clinical practice.
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Magne J, Schwammenthal E, Maurer G, Edvardsen T, Popescu BA. The European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Research and Innovations Committee: a platform for research in cardiovascular imaging. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2018; 19:1-2. [PMID: 29121174 DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jex250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Stokke TM, Hasselberg NE, Smedsrud MK, Sarvari SI, Haugaa KH, Smiseth OA, Edvardsen T, Remme EW. Reply. J Am Coll Cardiol 2018; 71:257-258. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.10.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Gilljam T, Haugaa KH, Jensen HK, Svensson A, Bundgaard H, Hansen J, Dellgren G, Gustafsson F, Eiskjær H, Andreassen AK, Sjögren J, Edvardsen T, Holst AG, Svendsen JH, Platonov PG. Heart transplantation in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy — Experience from the Nordic ARVC Registry. Int J Cardiol 2018; 250:201-206. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.10.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Revised: 09/30/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Habib G, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Caforio A, Cardim N, Charron P, Cosyns B, Dehaene A, Derumeaux G, Donal E, Dweck M, Edvardsen T, Erba P, Ernande L, Gaemperli O, Galderisi M, Grapsa J, Jacquier A, Klingel K, Lancellotti P, Neglia D, Pepe A, Perrone-Filardi P, Petersen S, Plein S, Popescu B, Reant P, Sade LE, Salaun E, Slart R, Tribouilloy C, Zamorano J. Multimodality imaging in restrictive cardiomyopathies: an european association of cardiovascular imaging expert consensus document in collaboration with the “Working group on myocardial and pericardial diseases” of the european society of cardiology endorsed by the indian academy of echocardiography. JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN ACADEMY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY & CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING 2018. [DOI: 10.4103/2543-1463.227042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Chivulescu M, Haugaa K, Lie ØH, Edvardsen T, Ginghină C, Popescu BA, Jurcut R. Right ventricular remodeling in athletes and in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. SCAND CARDIOVASC J 2017; 52:13-19. [DOI: 10.1080/14017431.2017.1416158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Edvardsen T, Smiseth OA. Evaluation of diastolic function by echocardiography: important progression, but issues to be resolved. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 19:387-388. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jex319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Dejgaard LA, Haland TF, Lie OH, Ribe M, Bjune T, Leren IS, Berge KE, Edvardsen T, Haugaa KH. Data on exercise and cardiac imaging in a patient cohort with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Data Brief 2017; 15:30-39. [PMID: 28971120 PMCID: PMC5609871 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2017.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Revised: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Data presented in this paper are supplementary material to our study "Vigorous exercise in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy" [1]. The current article presents supplementary data on collection and analyses of exercise parameters and genetic data in the original research article.
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Pedrosa J, Queiros S, Bernard O, Engvall J, Edvardsen T, Nagel E, D'hooge J. Fast and Fully Automatic Left Ventricular Segmentation and Tracking in Echocardiography Using Shape-Based B-Spline Explicit Active Surfaces. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2017; 36:2287-2296. [PMID: 28783626 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2017.2734959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Cardiac volume/function assessment remains a critical step in daily cardiology, and 3-D ultrasound plays an increasingly important role. Fully automatic left ventricular segmentation is, however, a challenging task due to the artifacts and low contrast-to-noise ratio of ultrasound imaging. In this paper, a fast and fully automatic framework for the full-cycle endocardial left ventricle segmentation is proposed. This approach couples the advantages of the B-spline explicit active surfaces framework, a purely image information approach, to those of statistical shape models to give prior information about the expected shape for an accurate segmentation. The segmentation is propagated throughout the heart cycle using a localized anatomical affine optical flow. It is shown that this approach not only outperforms other state-of-the-art methods in terms of distance metrics with a mean average distances of 1.81±0.59 and 1.98±0.66 mm at end-diastole and end-systole, respectively, but is computationally efficient (in average 11 s per 4-D image) and fully automatic.
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Edvardsen T, Gerber B, Donal E, Maurovich-Horvat P, Maurer G, Popescu BA. The year 2015–16 in the European Heart Journal—Cardiovascular Imaging. Part II. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 18:1322-1330. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jex237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2017] [Accepted: 09/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Gimelli A, Achenbach S, Buechel RR, Edvardsen T, Francone M, Gaemperli O, Hacker M, Hyafil F, Kaufmann PA, Lancellotti P, Nieman K, Pontone G, Pugliese F, Verberne HJ, Gutberlet M, Bax JJ, Neglia D, Gerber B, Donal E, Flachskampf F, Haugaa K, Delgado V, Knuuti J, Knaapen P, Maurovich-Horvat P, Schroeder S. Strategies for radiation dose reduction in nuclear cardiology and cardiac computed tomography imaging: a report from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), the Cardiovascular Committee of European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), and the European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology (ESCR). Eur Heart J 2017; 39:286-296. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Slart RHJA, Glaudemans AWJM, Lancellotti P, Hyafil F, Blankstein R, Schwartz RG, Jaber WA, Russell R, Gimelli A, Rouzet F, Hacker M, Gheysens O, Plein S, Miller EJ, Dorbala S, Donal E, Sciagra R, Bucerius J, Verberne HJ, Lindner O, Übleis C, Agostini D, Signore A, Edvardsen T, Neglia D, Beanlands RS, Di Carli M, Chareonthaitawee P, Dilsizian V, Soman P, Habib G, Delgado V, Cardim N, Cosyns B, Flachskampf F, Gerber B, Haugaa K, Lombardi M, Masci PG. A joint procedural position statement on imaging in cardiac sarcoidosis: from the Cardiovascular and Inflammation & Infection Committees of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 18:1073-1089. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jex146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Haugaa KH, Edvardsen T, Smiseth OA. Mechanical dyssynchrony-resurrected as a flashing and rocking parameter to predict prognosis after cardiac resynchronization therapy. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 18:1118-1119. [PMID: 28984891 DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jex198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Edvardsen T, Donal E, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Maurovich-Horvat P, Maurer G, Popescu BA. The years 2015-2016 in the European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging. Part I. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 18:1092-1098. [PMID: 28984893 DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jex192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Accepted: 07/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The multimodality cardiovascular imaging journal, European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging, was launched in 2012. It has gained an impressive impact factor of 5.99 during its 5 first years and is now established as the most important cardiovascular imaging journal in Europe. The most important studies from the journal's forth and fifth years will be highlighted in two reports. Part I of the review will focus on studies about myocardial function and risk prediction, myocardial ischaemia, and emerging techniques in cardiovascular imaging, while Part II will focus on valvular heart disease, heart failure, cardiomyopathies, and congenital heart disease.
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Nunes MCP, Badano LP, Marin-Neto JA, Edvardsen T, Fernández-Golfín C, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Popescu BA, Underwood R, Habib G, Zamorano JL, Saraiva RM, Sabino EC, Botoni FA, Barbosa MM, Barros MVL, Falqueto E, Simões MV, Schmidt A, Rochitte CE, Rocha MOC, Ribeiro ALP, Lancellotti P. Multimodality imaging evaluation of Chagas disease: an expert consensus of Brazilian Cardiovascular Imaging Department (DIC) and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI). Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 19:459-460n. [PMID: 29029074 DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jex154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Aims To develop a document by Brazilian Cardiovascular Imaging Department (DIC) and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) to review and summarize the most recent evidences about the non-invasive assessment of patients with Chagas disease, with the intent to set up a framework for standardized cardiovascular imaging to assess cardiovascular morphologic and functional disturbances, as well as to guide the subsequent process of clinical decision-making. Methods and results Chagas disease remains one of the most prevalent infectious diseases in Latin America, and has become a health problem in non-endemic countries. Dilated cardiomyopathy is the most severe manifestation of Chagas disease, which causes substantial disability and early mortality in the socially most productive population leading to a significant economical burden. Prompt and correct diagnosis of Chagas disease requires specialized clinical expertise to recognize the unique features of this disease. The appropriate and efficient use of cardiac imaging is pivotal for diagnosing the cardiac involvement in Chagas disease, to stage the disease, assess patients' prognosis and address management. Echocardiography is the most common imaging modality used to assess, and follow-up patients with Chagas disease. The presence of echocardiographic abnormalities is of utmost importance, since it allows to stage patients according to disease progression. In early stages of cardiac involvement, echocardiography may demonstrate segmental left ventricuar wall motion abnormalities, mainly in the basal segments of inferior, inferolateral walls, and the apex, which cannot be attributed to obstructive coronary artery arteries. The prevalence of segmental wall motion abnormalities varies according to the stage of the disease, reaching about 50% in patients with left ventricular dilatation and dysfunction. Speckle tracking echocardiography allows a more precise and quantitative measurement of the regional myocardial function. Since segmental wall motion abnormalities are frequent in Chagas disease, speckle tracking echocardiography may have an important clinical application in these patients, particularly in the indeterminate forms when abnormalities are more subtle. Speckle tracking echocardiography can also quantify the heterogeneity of systolic contraction, which is associated with the risk of arrhythmic events. Three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography is superior to conventional two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography for assessing more accurately the left ventricular apex and thus to detect apical aneurysms and thrombus in patients in whom ventricular foreshortening is suspected by 2D echocardiography. In addition, 3D echocardiography is more accurate than 2D Simpson s biplane rule for assessing left ventricular volumes and function in patients with significant wall motion abnormalities, including aneurysms with distorted ventricular geometry. Contrast echocardiography has the advantage to enhancement of left ventricular endocardial border, allowing for more accurate detection of ventricular aneurysms and thrombus in Chagas disease. Diastolic dysfunction is an important hallmark of Chagas disease even in its early phases. In general, left ventricular diastolic and systolic dysfunction coexist and isolated diastolic dysfunction is uncommon but may be present in patients with the indeterminate form. Right ventricular dysfunction may be detected early in the disease course, but in general, the clinical manifestations occur late at advanced stages of Chagas cardiomyopathy. Several echocardiographic parameters have been used to assess right ventricular function in Chagas disease, including qualitative evaluation, myocardial performance index, tissue Doppler imaging, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, and speckle tracking strain. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is useful to assess global and regional left ventricular function in patients with Chagas diseases. Myocardial fibrosis is a striking feature of Chagas cardiomyopathy and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) is used to detect and quantify the extension of myocardial fibrosis. Myocardial fibrosis might have a role in risk stratification of patients with Chagas disease. Limited data are available regarding right ventricular function assessed by CMR in Chagas disease. Radionuclide ventriculography is used for global biventricular function assessment in patients with suspected or definite cardiac involvement in Chagas disease with suboptimal acoustic window and contraindication to CMR. Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy may improve risk stratification to define cardiac involvement in Chagas disease, especially in the patients with devices who cannot be submitted to CMR and in the clinical setting of Chagas patients whose main complaint is atypical chest pain. Detection of reversible ischemic defects predicts further deterioration of left ventricular systolic function and helps to avoid unnecessary cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography. Conclusion Cardiac imaging is crucial to detect the cardiac involvement in patients with Chagas disease, stage the disease and stratify patient risk and address management. Unfortunately, most patients live in regions with limited access to imaging methods and point-of-care, simplified protocols, could improve the access of these remote populations to important information that could impact in the clinical management of the disease. Therefore, there are many fields for further research in cardiac imaging in Chagas disease. How to better provide an earlier diagnosis of cardiac involvement and improve patients risk stratification remains to be addressed using different images modalities.
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Ross S, Odland HH, Aranda A, Edvardsen T, Gammelsrud LO, Haland TF, Cornelussen R, Hopp E, Kongsgaard E. Cardiac resynchronization therapy when no lateral pacing option exists: vectorcardiographic guided non-lateral left ventricular lead placement predicts acute hemodynamic response. Europace 2017; 20:1294-1302. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/eux249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Günther A, Andersen R, Gude E, Jakobsen J, Edvardsen T, Sandvik L, Abildgaard A, Aaberge L, Gullestad L. The predictive value of coronary artery calcium detected by computed tomography in a prospective study on cardiac allograft vasculopathy in heart transplant patients. Transpl Int 2017; 31:82-91. [DOI: 10.1111/tri.13057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Revised: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Melichova D, Nguyen T, Sjoli B, Karlsen S, Dahlslett T, Smiseth O, Edvardsen T, Haugaa K, Brunvand H. P1439Mechanical dispersion predicts survival after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in patients treated with thrombolysis or percutaneous coronary intervention. Eur Heart J 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx502.p1439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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