How to diagnose heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

S Istratoaie, L Gargani, BA Popescu… - European Heart …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a major healthcare problem that is
raising in prevalence. There has been a shift in HpEF management towards early diagnosis …

Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography in Cardiology

A Caenen, S Bézy, M Pernot, KR Nightingale… - Cardiovascular …, 2024 - jacc.org
The advent of high–frame rate imaging in ultrasound allowed the development of shear
wave elastography as a noninvasive alternative for myocardial stiffness assessment. It …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of right ventricular pressure overload on myocardial stiffness assessed by natural wave imaging

M Venet, A Malik, S Gold, N Zhang, J Gopaul… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Right ventricular (RV) hemodynamic performance determines the prognosis of
patients with RV pressure overload. Using ultrafast ultrasound, natural wave velocity (NWV) …

Continuous shear wave measurements for dynamic cardiac stiffness evaluation in pigs

A Caenen, L Keijzer, S Bézy, J Duchenne… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Ultrasound-based shear wave elastography is a promising technique to non-invasively
assess the dynamic stiffness variations of the heart. The technique is based on tracking the …

Evolution of natural myocardial shear wave behavior in young hearts: determinant factors and reproducibility analysis

AS Youssef, A Petrescu, T Salaets, S Bézy… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Myocardial diastolic function assessment in children by conventional
echocardiography is challenging. High–frame rate echocardiography facilitates the …

The mechanistic interaction between mechanical dyssynchrony and filling pressure in cardiac resynchronization therapy candidates

AS Beela, CA Manetti, FW Prinzen… - European Heart …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Both left ventricular (LV) mechanical dyssynchrony and filling pressure have
been shown to be associated with outcome in heart failure patient treated with cardiac …

Advancing Myocardial Tissue Analysis Using Echocardiography

PP Sengupta, Y Chandrashekhar - Cardiovascular Imaging, 2024 - jacc.org
Cardiac tissue characterization is an area of great interest, and novel technologies are
allowing us to study its value in the clinical arena. We can now probe subclinical and clinical …

[HTML][HTML] To be, or not to be diastolic: about natural mechanical waves after mitral valve closure

O Villemain, M Pernot - Cardiovascular Imaging, 2022 - jacc.org
Bezy et al 1 explore the use of natural mechanical waves induced by mitral valve closure
(MVC) for the assessment of diastolic function under different loading conditions in a porcine …

[HTML][HTML] Myocardial Fibrosis: A Viable Imaging Target in Diastolic Dysfunction and Heart Failure?

SV Raman, Y Chandrashekhar - Cardiovascular Imaging, 2023 - jacc.org
Recognition of the importance of ventricular diastole in cardiac physiology has continued to
expand since the second-century Greek scholar, Galen, first described the heart's function …

Cancer and the Heart: What Do We Really Know About Imaging?

P Thavendiranathan, Y Chandrashekhar - Cardiovascular Imaging, 2024 - jacc.org
The potential role of cardiovascular imaging in patients diagnosed with cancer can be
considered within the context of the patient's cancer journey. Before cancer therapy, it has a …