Publications by authors named "F Plank"
: Left atrial (LA) fibrosis imaging improves the guidance of LA catheter ablation. Cardiac computed tomography (CT) may be a reasonable alternative to CMR. The aim was to evaluate late enhancement (LE) fibrosis mapping by CT, and to correlate the results with low-voltage areas on electroanatomical mapping (EAM).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) Findings in COVID-19.
J Cardiovasc Dev Dis
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on the cardiovascular system, specifically looking at how the virus affects the endothelium and can lead to coronary artery diseases and vasculitis.
- Researchers performed coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) on patients recently infected with SARS-CoV-2 to identify atypical coronary lesions and related inflammation.
- Results showed that while a significant number of acute patients exhibited serious heart conditions, most stable patients did not have severe coronary artery disease, highlighting the usefulness of CTA in evaluating COVID-19 related cardiac issues.
Objective: Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum (LHIS) is a distinct section of epicardial adipose tissue. However, its association with COPD is poorly documented.
Methods: Patients undergoing coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) for clinical indications were recruited retrospectively and screened for LHIS and COPD.
Objective: Novel pericardial adipose tissue imaging biomarkers are currently under investigation for cardiovascular risk stratification. However, a specific compartment of the epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum (LHIS), is included in the pericardial fat volume (PCFV) quantification software. Our aim was to evaluate LHIS by computed tomography angiography (CTA), to elaborate differences to other pericardial adipose tissue components (EAT) and paracardial adipose tissue (PAT), and to compare CT with [F]FDG-PET.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Public campaigns such as the "Go-red-for-women"-initiative have raised heart-disease awareness and may trigger overutilization of coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA). Objective was to investigate the diagnostic efficacy of coronary CTA stratified by age and gender.
Methods: 1882 consecutive patients (58.