Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
State of the Art Review: Vascular Remodeling in Hypertension.
Am J Hypertens
January 2023
Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Although the gold-standard method for the assessment of structural alteration in small resistance arteries is the evaluation of the MLR by micromyography in bioptic tissues, new, noninvasive techniques are presently under development, focusing mainly on the evaluation of WLR in retinal arterioles. These approaches represent a promising and interesting future perspective. Appropriate antihypertensive treatment is able to prevent the development of microvascular alterations or to induce their regression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLeft atrial strain by speckle tracking predicts atrial fibrosis in patients undergoing heart transplantation.
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging
June 2022
Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University and Heart Centre, Umeå, Sweden.
Aims: In patients with heart failure (HF), chronically raised left ventricular (LV) filling pressures lead to progressive left atrial (LA) dysfunction and fibrosis. We aimed to assess the correlation of LA reservoir strain (peak atrial longitudinal strain, PALS) by speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) and LA fibrosis assessed by myocardial biopsy in patients undergoing heart transplantation (HTx).
Methods And Results: Forty-eight patients with advanced HF [mean age 51.
Bioptic Study of Left and Right Atrial Interstitium in Cardiac Patients with and without Atrial Fibrillation: Interatrial but Not Rhythm-Based Differences.
PLoS One
April 2016
Institute of Histology and Embryology, The First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
One of the generally recognized factors contributing to the initiation and maintenance of atrial fibrillation (AF) is structural remodeling of the myocardium that affects both atrial cardiomyocytes as well as interstitium. The goal of this study was to characterize morphologically and functionally interstitium of atria in patients with AF or in sinus rhythm (SR) who were indicated to heart surgery. Patient population consisted of 46 subjects (19 with long-term persistent AF, and 27 in SR) undergoing coronary bypass or valve surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCorrelations of the changes in bioptic findings with echocardiographic, clinical and laboratory parameters in patients with inflammatory cardiomyopathy.
Heart Vessels
March 2016
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, St. Anne's University Hospital, International Clinical Research Center, Pekarska 53, 65690, Brno, Czech Republic.
Patients with myocarditis and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction may improve after standard heart failure therapy. This improvement seems to be related to retreat of myocardial inflammation. The aim of the present study was to assess changes in clinical, echocardiographic and some laboratory parameters and to correlate them with changes in the number of inflammatory infiltrating cells in endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) samples during the 6-month follow-up, and to define predictors of LV function improvement among baseline parameters.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLong term survival in patients with cardiac amyloidosis. Prevalence and characterisation during follow-up.
Heart Lung Circ
August 2013
Cardiovascular Department, Ospedali Riuniti and University of Trieste, Italy.
Background And Aims: Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is usually characterised by a poor outcome in the short-term; clinical and instrumental features are heterogeneous and could characterise subgroups with different prognoses. The aim of our study was to describe a subgroup of patients with CA showing an impressive favourable long-term survival.
Methods: Out of 50 patients (males 65%, 63 ± 11 years) with an echocardiographic and bioptic diagnosis of CA observed from 1991 to 2009, we selected a subgroup of patients surviving more than 50 months from diagnosis (group 1).
Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!