Publications by authors named "Daniela Mascaretti"
Article Synopsis
- - Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is the go-to treatment for patients with severe aortic stenosis who can't have surgery, and a study was done to assess changes in heart function following the procedure using echocardiography.
- - The study involved 25 patients with a mean age of 83, and measurements of hemodynamic forces (HDFs) and left ventricular (LV) function showed significant improvements in HDF parameters post-TAVI.
- - Despite these improvements in HDFs, conventional measures like global longitudinal strain and left ventricular ejection fraction did not change much, suggesting that HDF analysis might be more effective in predicting recovery of LV function post-TAVI.
