Evaluating the Clinical Utility of Left Ventricular Strains in Severe AS: A Pilot Study with Feature-Tracking Cardiac Magnetic Resonance.

Aortic valve stenosis (AS) is the most common degenerative valvular heart disease, significantly impacting the outcome. Current guidelines recommend valve replacement only for symptomatic patients, but advanced cardiovascular imaging, particularly cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), may refine these recommendations. Feature-tracking CMR (FT-CMR) effectively assesses left ventricular (LV) strain and shows promise in predicting major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), though data on AS are limited.

Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Liver Disease in Patients Undergoing Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography.

In this single-center cross-sectional study on patients undergoing coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA), we assessed the prognostic significance of metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), metabolic syndrome (MetS), and CCTA-derived parameters for predicting major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Over a mean follow-up of 26.9 months, 2038 patients were analyzed, with 361 (17.

Evaluation and implications of mitral regurgitation using cMRI in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Objective: Mitral regurgitation (MR) represents an important feature in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) due to left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction and mitral valve systolic anterior motion (SAM). Mitral valve anatomical variants associated with HCM also contribute to the severity of MR. The aim of this study is to evaluate MR severity and its correlation with different parameters in patients with HCM using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI).

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and Left Atrial Remodeling: A Novel Insight?

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) restores ventricular dyssynchrony, improving left ventricle (LV) systolic function, symptoms, and outcome in patients with heart failure, systolic dysfunction, and prolonged QRS interval. The left atrium (LA) plays tremendous roles in maintaining cardiac function, being often inflicted in various cardiovascular diseases. LA remodeling implies structural-dilation, functional-altered phasic functions, and strain and electrical-atrial fibrillation remodeling.

Parkinson's disease and cardiovascular involvement: Edifying insights (Review).

Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative illnesses, and is a major healthcare burden with prodigious consequences on life-quality, morbidity, and survival. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality worldwide and growing evidence frequently reports their co-existence with PD. Cardiac dysautonomia due to autonomic nervous system malfunction is the most prevalent type of cardiovascular manifestation in these patients, comprising orthostatic and postprandial hypotension, along with supine and postural hypertension.