Publications by authors named "S C Gerretsen"
Ultrasound speckle tracking is frequently used to quantify myocardial strain, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) feature tracking is rapidly gaining interest. Our aim is to validate cardiac MRI feature tracking by comparing it with the gold standard method (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDEcreased Cognitive functiON, NEurovascular CorrelaTes and myocardial changes in women with a history of pre-eclampsia (DECONNECT): research protocol for a cross-sectional pilot study.
BMJ Open
March 2024
Introduction: Pre-eclampsia is a hypertensive disorder affecting up to 8% of pregnancies. After pre-eclampsia, women are at increased risk of cognitive problems, and cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disorders. These sequelae could result from microvascular dysfunction persisting after pre-eclampsia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Unintentional falls are common among the elderly and given the expected increase of the aging population, these falls contribute to a high number of admissions to the emergency department. Relatively low-energy trauma mechanisms can lead to serious injuries in the elderly, with contributing factors being comorbidities, medication use and degenerative abnormalities.
Case Presentation: A 94-year-old female suffered an unintentional fall at home.
Article Synopsis
- TTN truncating variants (TTNtv) are the leading genetic cause of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), and this study focuses on comparing left atrial (LA) function between patients with and without these variants.
- Results show that patients with TTNtv have larger LA volumes and reduced LA strain compared to those without genetic variants, indicating more severe LA dysfunction in the TTNtv group.
- Computational modeling reveals that both left ventricular (LV) and LA dysfunction contribute to the observed differences between the two groups, highlighting complex interactions in heart function for DCM patients.