Publications by authors named "Jan Habasko"
Aims: In patients with recently diagnosed non-ischaemic LV systolic dysfunction, left ventricular reverse remodelling (LVRR) and favourable prognosis has been documented in studies with short-term follow-up. The aim of our study was to assess the long-term clinical course and stability of LVRR in these patients.
Methods And Results: We prospectively studied 133 patients (37 women; 55 [interquartile range 46, 61] years) with recently diagnosed unexplained LV systolic dysfunction, with heart failure symptoms lasting <6 months and LV ejection fraction <40% persisting after at least 1 week of therapy.
Article Synopsis
- Sarcoidosis is a disease that causes inflammation in different parts of the body, and it can affect the heart even if people don't have heart symptoms.
- This study looked at 55 patients who were recently diagnosed with sarcoidosis but showed no heart issues, using a special heart scan called CMR to check for heart involvement.
- The results showed that only a small number of those patients (6%) had signs of heart issues, suggesting that heart problems are rare in these cases, but the CMR scan can be helpful to find them.
Unlabelled: Bacground: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) represents the gold standard in noninvasive evaluation of myocardial tissue. However, some patients are unable to undergo cardiac MRI due to a variety of reasons.
Aims: We sought to determine the diagnostic accuracy of routinely performed contrast‑enhanced computed tomography (CECT) compared with cardiac MRI in the evaluation of myocardial tissue.