Cardiac resynchronization therapy and left atrial remodeling: a novel insight?

AD Radu, A Zlibut, A Scarlatescu, C Cojocaru… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) restores ventricular dyssynchrony, improving left
ventricle (LV) systolic function, symptoms, and outcome in patients with heart failure, systolic …

Application of left atrial strain derived from cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking to predict cardiovascular disease: A comprehensive review

Y Zhao, Y Song, X Mu - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
The structural and functional changes of the left atrium (LA) are important for maintaining the
filling of the left ventricle (LV), whether the hemodynamics is stable or not, and are valuable …

Parkinson´ s disease cardiovascular symptoms: A new complex functional and structural insight

V Kincl, R Panovský, M Bočková… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background The known impairments of the cardiovascular system in Parkinson´ s disease
(PD) are caused by autonomic dysfunction and manifested mainly in postural hypotension …

Evaluation of cardiac function recovery in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after catheter radiofrequency ablation using two-dimensional speckle tracking …

R Han, YC Mei, HW Li, RJ Li, YH He, ZF Wang, YQ Wu - Cardiology, 2024 - karger.com
Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of 2D-STI and real-time three-
dimensional echocardiography (RT-3DE) in assessing changes in left atrial (LA) structure …

Impact of left atrial wall motion assumptions in fluid simulations on proposed predictors of thrombus formation

HA Kjeldsberg, C Albors, J Mill… - International Journal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Atrial fibrillation (AF) poses a significant risk of stroke due to thrombus formation, which
primarily occurs in the left atrial appendage (LAA). Medical image‐based computational fluid …

Normal Values for Atrial Deformation Measured by Feature‐Tracking Cardiac MRI: A Meta‐Analysis

Q Cai, Z Zhao, J Gao, J Liu, J Li… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background A consensus on normal atrial deformation measurements by feature‐tracking
cardiac MRI remained absent. Purpose Provide reference ranges for atrial strain parameters …