Recommendations on the echocardiographic assessment of aortic valve stenosis: a focused update from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the …

H Baumgartner, J Hung, J Bermejo… - European Heart …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Echocardiography is the key tool for the diagnosis and evaluation of aortic stenosis.
Because clinical decision-making is based on the echocardiographic assessment of its …

Clinical implication of mitral annular plane systolic excursion for patients with cardiovascular disease

K Hu, D Liu, S Herrmann, M Niemann… - European Heart …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Mitral annular plane systolic excursion (MAPSE) has been suggested as a parameter for left
ventricular (LV) function. This review describes the current clinical application and potential …

Speckle strain echocardiography predicts outcome in patients with heart failure with both depressed and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction

MR Stampehl, DL Mann, JS Nguyen, F Cota… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background While speckle imaging has been shown to predict outcome in patients with
heart failure (HF), it remains unclear whether speckle strain predicts outcome in patients with …

Multimodality imaging markers of adverse myocardial remodeling in aortic stenosis

TA Treibel, S Badiani, G Lloyd, JC Moon - JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2019 - jacc.org
Aortic stenosis (AS) causes left ventricular remodeling (hypertrophy, remodeling, fibrosis)
and other cardiac changes (left atrial dilatation, pulmonary artery and right ventricular …

Prognostic value of preprocedural LV global longitudinal strain for post-TAVR-related morbidity and mortality: a meta-analysis

NA Stens, O van Iersel, MJP Rooijakkers… - Cardiovascular …, 2023 - jacc.org
Background Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) demonstrates limited prognostic value
for post-transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) outcomes. Evidence regarding the …

Strain assessment in aortic stenosis: pathophysiology and clinical utility

T Meredith, D Roy, C Hayward, M Feneley… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•GLS is a sensitive marker of subclinical hypertrophy-mediated LV
dysfunction.•GLS quantifies LV functional recovery following intervention.•GLS outperforms …

Relative contribution of afterload and interstitial fibrosis to myocardial function in severe aortic stenosis

A Slimani, J Melchior, C de Meester, S Pierard… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - jacc.org
Objectives The present study aimed at investigating the respective contribution of afterload
and myocardial fibrosis to pre-and post-operative left ventricular (LV) function by using …

Global longitudinal strain is associated with better outcomes in transcatheter aortic valve replacement

F Al-Rashid, M Totzeck, N Saur, RA Jánosi… - BMC cardiovascular …, 2020 - Springer
Background Parameters that mark the timing of left ventricular (LV) reverse remodeling
following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) are incompletely defined. This study …

Cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking–a novel method to assess myocardial strain: Comparison with echocardiographic speckle tracking in healthy volunteers …

S Orwat, A Kempny, GP Diller… - Kardiologia Polska …, 2014 - journals.viamedica.pl
Background: Left ventricular longitudinal strain (LV-LS) and strain rate (SR) are sensitive
markers of early systolic dysfunction. Aim: To evaluate the feasibility of a novel, cardiac …

Recovery of left ventricular mechanics after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: effects of baseline ventricular function and postprocedural aortic regurgitation

F Poulin, S Carasso, EM Horlick, H Rakowski… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Impaired left ventricular (LV) myocardial deformation is associated with adverse
outcome in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS). The aim of this retrospective study was …