Publications by authors named "T Mellberg"
Inter- and intra-observer variability in the echocardiographic evaluation of wall motion abnormality in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction or takotsubo syndrome - A novel approach.
Echocardiography
July 2023
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to improve the assessment of left ventricular wall motion abnormalities (WMAs) by introducing new measurement methods and comparing them to traditional scoring indices like the wall motion score index (WMSI).
- Researchers analyzed 140 echocardiograms from patients with serious heart issues, focusing on various metrics for measuring wall motion, including the percentage of akinesia and hypokinesia.
- Results showed that the new methods demonstrated low inter- and intra-observer variability, making them reliable alternatives for evaluating WMAs in echocardiographic exams.
Introduction: Cardiomyopathy is the fourth most common cause of heart failure. The spectrum of cardiomyopathies may be impacted by changes in environmental factors and the prognosis may be influenced by modern treatment. The aim of this study is to create a prospective clinical cohort, the Sahlgrenska CardioMyoPathy Centre (SCMPC) study, and compare patients with cardiomyopathies in terms of phenotype, symptoms, and survival.
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- The study compares ECG changes over 30 days between female patients with anterior STEMI (a type of heart attack) and female patients with Takotsubo syndrome (a stress-induced heart condition).
- It found that T wave inversion patterns were similar in both groups, but ST elevation was more common in STEMI, while QT prolongation was less frequent.
- Overall, the ECG patterns suggest that TTS may show a temporary ischemic-like pattern, indicating similarities in heart stress responses between these conditions.
This case presents a challenging diagnosis of EGPA presenting as eosinophilic myocarditis. It is a condition that can mimic many other diseases and where prompt diagnosis and early treatment is essential for recovery. The diagnosis was made after an endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) and showed the importance of EMB in the diagnostic work-up.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn HIV-1 patients with low viral burden, sequencing is often problematic, yet important. This study presents a sensitive, sub-type independent system for sequencing of low level viremia. Sequencing data from 32 HIV-1 infected patients with low level viremia were collected longitudinally.
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