Publications by authors named "Lang-Lang Tang"
Purpose: The temporal evolution of ventricular trabecular complexity and its correlation with major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) remain indeterminate in patients presenting with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
Methods: This retrospective analysis enrolled patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) for acute STEMI, possessing cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) data in the acute (within 7 days), subacute (1 month after pPCI), and chronic phases (6 months after pPCI) from January 2015 to January 2020 at the three participating sites. Fractal dimensions (FD) were measured for the global, infarct, and remote regions of left ventricular trabeculae during each phase.
Article Synopsis
- The study looked at a heart condition called ARVC, which can cause serious heart problems and is passed down in families.
- Researchers measured something called right atrial (RA) strain in people with ARVC to see if it could help predict the risk of heart issues, like sudden cardiac death.
- They found that lower RA strain measurements were linked to a higher chance of these heart problems and could provide extra useful information beyond traditional heart risk factors.
Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the incremental prognostic value of the right ventricular fractal dimension (FD), a novel marker of myocardial trabecular complexity by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) in patients with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM).
Methods: Consecutive patients with ACM undergoing CMR were followed up for major cardiac events, including sudden cardiac death, aborted cardiac arrest, and appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator intervention. Prognosis prediction was compared by Cox regression analysis.
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the correlation between increased extracellular matrix estimated by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and left ventricular aneurysm after acute myocardial infarction.
Methods: A total of 175 patients from 3 centers with an isolated left anterior descending culprit vessel underwent CMR examinations within 1 week and at a 6-month follow-up. Of these, 92 were identified to have left ventricular aneurysms (LVAs): 74 with functional aneurysm and 18 with anatomical aneurysm.
Background: Myocardial T1 and extracellular volume (ECV) fraction values have important roles in the prognostication of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). However, the traditional mean quantification of intensity levels is not sufficient.
Purpose: To evaluate a T1 map-based radiomic nomogram as a long-term prognosticator for HFpEF in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients.
Objective: To investigate the clinical change of post-stroke dysphagia after the intervention of Liyan Tongqiao （relieving sore-throat and dredging orifices）acupuncture using cranial diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).
Methods: A total of 60 patients with post-stroke dysphagia were enrolled and randomly divided into Liyan Tongqiao acupuncture group and neurology treatment group, with 30 patients in each group. The patients in the neurology treatment group were given routine neurology treatment and swallowing rehabilitation training, and those in the Liyan Tongqiao acupuncture group received acupuncture at Sishencong (EX-HN1), Baihui (GV20), bilateral Tai-yang (EX-HN5), and bilateral Fengchi (GB20) and tongue triple acupuncture, with an electroacupuncture apparatus for EX-HN1, bilateral GB20, and tongue triple acupuncture, for a needle retaining time of 30 minutes each time, once a day and 5 times a week, in addition to the treatment in the neurology treatment group.