Publications by authors named "Peng Liqing"

Background: Type B Aortic Dissection (TBAD) is a serious cardiovascular condition treated effectively by TEVAR (Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair), which promotes false lumen thrombosis with minimal invasiveness. However, the impact of aortic branch retention strategies on thrombus growth prediction is often underestimated.

Method: This study numerically investigated four branch retention strategies: preserving all branches (Type 1 strategy), removing all branches (Type 2 strategy), removing only the aortic arch branches (Type 3 strategy), and removing only the abdominal aortic branches (Type 4 strategy).

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  • The study assessed the prognostic value of the left atrioventricular coupling index (LACI) in predicting all-cause mortality in patients with light-chain amyloidosis (AL).
  • A total of 179 patients were analyzed, with results showing that a higher LACI was linked to increased mortality; specifically, a cut-off of 49.3% for LACI was identified as a significant predictor.
  • The findings suggest that LACI can serve as an additional biomarker for risk stratification in advanced stages of AL amyloidosis, enhancing prediction accuracy beyond just the Mayo stage.
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  • Early identification of high-risk dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is crucial for improving patient care, and this study aimed to explore the effectiveness of enhanced cine cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR)-based radiomics in predicting outcomes for DCM patients.
  • A total of 401 DCM patients participated, with radiomic features extracted from CMR images, leading to the development of predictive models that combined clinical data with these features to assess mortality and transplantation risk.
  • The resulting Rad_Combined model showed strong predictive ability with an AUC of around 0.836, successfully distinguishing high-risk patients with significantly shorter survival times compared to low-risk patients, providing valuable insight for clinical decision-making in DCM management.
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Background: Obesity is commonly linked with heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction, with diastolic dysfunction playing an important role in this type of HF. However, diastolic function has not been well clarified in obese patients free of overt comorbidities. We aimed to comprehensively assess diastolic function in adults with uncomplicated obesity by combining left atrial (LA) and left ventricular (LV) strain and ventricular volume-time curve based on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), and to evaluate its association with body fat distribution.

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Objectives: To investigate the effect of motion-compensated reconstruction (MCR) algorithm on improving the image quality of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) using second-generation dual-layer spectral detector computed tomography (DLCT), and to evaluate the influence of heart rate (HR) on the motion-correction efficacy of this algorithm.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively enrolled 127 patients who underwent CCTA for suspected coronary artery disease using second-generation DLCT. We divided the patients into two subgroups according to their average HR during scanning: the "HR < 75 bpm" group and the "HR ≥ 75 bpm" group.

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Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of HRCT-based radiomics in predicting rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD) and mortality in anti-MDA5 positive dermatomyositis-related interstitial lung disease (anti-MDA5 + DM-ILD).

Methods: From August 2014 to March 2022, 160 patients from Institution 1 were retrospectively and consecutively enrolled and were randomly divided into the training dataset (n = 119) and internal validation dataset (n = 41), while 29 patients from Institution 2 were retrospectively and consecutively enrolled as external validation dataset. We generated four Risk-scores based on radiomics features extracted from four areas of HRCT.

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Rationale And Objectives: To develop a radiomics model based on cardiac computed tomography (CT) for predicting left ventricular adverse remodeling (LVAR) in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).

Materials And Methods: Patients with severe AS who underwent TAVR from January 2019 to December 2022 were recruited. The cohort was divided into adverse remodeling group and non-adverse remodeling group based on LVAR occurrence, and further randomly divided into a training set and a validation set at an 8:2 ratio.

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Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with worse prognosis in patients with myocardial infarction (MI). However, it is unclear how MetS in MI patients is associated with left atrial (LA) and left ventricular (LV) deformation.

Purpose: To determine the effect of MetS on LA and LV deformation and atrioventricular interactions in MI patients.

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Background: Obesity is often associated with multiple comorbidities. However, whether obese subjects with hyperlipidemia in the absence of other complications have worse cardiac indices than metabolically healthy obese subjects is unclear. Therefore, we aimed to determine the effect of hyperlipidemia on subclinical left ventricular (LV) function in obesity and to evaluate the association of cardiac parameters with body fat distribution.

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The significance of ecological non-monotonicity (a function whose first derivative changes signs) in shaping the structure and functions of the ecosystem has recently been recognized, but such studies involving high-order interactions are rare. Here, we have proposed a three-trophic conceptual diagram on interactions among trees, rodents, and insects in mast and non-mast years and tested the hypothesis that oak (Quercus wutaishanica) masting could result in increased mutualism and less predation in an oak-weevil-rodent system in a warm temperate forest of China. Our 14-year dataset revealed that mast years coincided with a relatively low rodent abundance but a high weevil abundance.

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  • The study explores the use of human articular cartilage-derived extracellular matrix (hACECM) combined with the microfracture (MF) technique to enhance cartilage repair, as current research has not investigated this combination in sheep models.
  • The hypothesis suggests that using both hACECM and MF together will lead to better cartilage repair compared to using each method separately.
  • Initial results indicate that the groups using hACECM alone or with MF showed significantly improved cartilage regeneration compared to those treated with MF alone or no treatment, as assessed over 3, 6, and 12 months.
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Osteoarthritis (OA) stands as a prevalent degenerative joint ailment, demanding immediate attention towards the development of efficacious therapeutic interventions. Presently, a definitive cure for OA remains elusive, and when conservative treatment modalities prove ineffective, resorting to a joint prosthesis becomes imperative. Temporary distraction emerges as a pivotal joint-preserving intervention in human OA patients, conferring both clinical amelioration and structural enhancements.

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Objectives: To investigate the ability of new generation snapshot freeze (NGSSF) algorithm in improving diagnostic image quality of both aortic valve and coronary arteries for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) candidates in TAVI planning CT.

Methods: Sixty-four TAVI candidates underwent TAVI planning CT were enrolled. Scans from coronary CT angiography were reconstructed at 20%, 30%, 40%, and 75% R-R cardiac phases with NGSSF and standard (STD) algorithm.

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Objectives: To evaluate the left ventricular (LV) myocardial tissue characteristics in early adult obesity and its association with regional adipose tissue and ectopic fat deposition.

Methods: Forty-nine obese adults (mean body mass index: 29.9 ± 2.

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Differentiation of left atrial appendage thrombus (LAAT) and left atrial appendage (LAA) circulatory stasis is difficult when based only on single-phase computed tomography angiography (CTA) in routine clinical practice. Radiomics provides a promising tool for their identification. We retrospectively enrolled 204 (training set: 144; test set: 60) atrial fibrillation patients before ablation, including 102 LAAT and 102 circulatory stasis patients.

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Background: Total arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk has been developed with promising results for DeBakey type I aortic dissection. However, several problems, such as continuous perfusion of distal false lumen and unfavorable remodeling of distal aorta postoperatively, can seriously affect the long-term outcome. This trial aims to assess the effects of early minimally invasive endovascular repair on distal aortic remodeling and long-term clinical outcomes in patients with dominant false lumen and residual tears in the descending thoracic aorta after total arch replacement and frozen elephant trunk procedure.

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After agriculture, wood harvest is the human activity that has most reduced the storage of carbon in vegetation and soils. Although felled wood releases carbon to the atmosphere in various steps, the fact that growing trees absorb carbon has led to different carbon-accounting approaches for wood use, producing widely varying estimates of carbon costs. Many approaches give the impression of low, zero or even negative greenhouse gas emissions from wood harvests because, in different ways, they offset carbon losses from new harvests with carbon sequestration from growth of broad forest areas.

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Background: Abdominal ectopic fat deposition and excess visceral fat depots in obesity may be related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) as both are involved in the metabolic syndrome (MetS). The awareness of the link between abdominal adiposity and subclinical cardiac remodeling would help improve treatment and outcome. Besides, liver fibrosis has also shown a potential relationship with cardiac dysfunction.

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SLM (Selective Laser Melting) is a unique additive manufacturing technology which plays an irreplaceable role in the modern industrial revolution. 3D printers can directly process metal powder quickly to obtain the necessary parts faster. Shortly, it will be possible to manufacture products at unparalleled speeds.

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Objective: This study aimed to develop enhanced cine image-based radiomic models for non-invasive prediction of left ventricular adverse remodeling following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in symptomatic severe aortic stenosis.

Methods: A total of 69 patients (male:female = 37:32, median age: 66 years, range: 47-83 years) were retrospectively recruited, and severe aortic stenosis was confirmed transthoracic echocardiography detection. The enhanced cine images and clinical variables were collected, and three types of regions of interest (ROIs) containing the left ventricular (LV) myocardium from the short-axis view at the basal, middle, and apical LV levels were manually labeled, respectively.

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Background And Objective: The development of acute aortic dissection (AD) remains unpredictable due to the intricate nature of the AD mechanism and the varied patient-specific aortic anatomy. The aim of this study was to simulate the hemodynamic parameters in the aortas before the onset of TBAD with healthy controls.

Methods: This study numerically assessed the effectiveness of hemodynamic indicators in predicting the risk of type B AD (TBAD) by investigating the differences in hemodynamic parameters between healthy and repaired aortas (aortas before TBAD development).

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  • The study investigates the effect of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) on right ventricular (RV) systolic dysfunction in patients with essential hypertension, using cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking (CMR-FT).
  • It included three groups: hypertensive patients without T2DM, those with T2DM, and normal controls, and assessed various ventricular strain measurements.
  • Results showed that RV function worsened with T2DM presence, with significant deterioration in specific strain metrics compared to controls and hypertensive patients without diabetes.
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Background: Pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC) is an invasive pulmonary fungal disease, and nodule/mass-type PC may mimic lung cancer (LC) in imaging appearance. Thus, an accurate diagnosis of nodule/mass-type PC is beneficial for appropriate management. However, the differentiation of nodule/mass-type PC from LC through computed tomography (CT) is still challenging.

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