Publications by authors named "Simona B Botezatu"
Aims: To assess the current role of cardiac imaging in the diagnosis, management, and follow-up of patients with acute myocarditis (AM) through a European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging survey.
Methods And Results: A total of 412 volunteers from 74 countries responded to the survey. Most participants worked in tertiary centres (56%).
Objective: Aortic stenosis (AS) shares pathophysiological similarities with atherosclerosis including active inflammation. CT attenuation of perivascular adipose tissue provides a measure of vascular inflammation that is linked to prognosis and has the potential to be applied to the aortic valve. We investigated perivascular adipose tissue attenuation around the aortic valve in patients with AS.
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- The study investigates the role of right ventricular (RV) to pulmonary artery (PA) coupling in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).
- Significant improvements in RV-PA coupling were observed shortly after TAVI, primarily due to a decrease in pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP).
- Impaired RV-PA coupling was linked to lower survival rates in patients, with factors like left atrial strain and RV diameter being significant predictors of RV-PA coupling impairment.
Serum lipoprotein(a) and bioprosthetic aortic valve degeneration.
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging
May 2023
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates the relationship between serum lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels and the degeneration of bioprosthetic aortic valves, given that Lp(a) is linked to aortic stenosis risk.
- - Researchers conducted a detailed analysis using echocardiography and imaging techniques on 97 patients with bioprosthetic valves over two years, focusing on Lp(a) levels and valve health metrics.
- - Results indicate that serum Lp(a) concentrations do not significantly influence the progression or degeneration of bioprosthetic aortic valves, suggesting other factors may play a more critical role.
Anemia is common in heart failure with preserved and reduced ejection fraction. It is independently associated with poor functional status, hospitalization, and reduced survival. Its etiology is complex and multifactorial.
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