Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging最新文献

{"title":"Aortic valve sclerosis is not a benign finding but progressive disease associated with poor cardiovascular outcomes.","authors":"Jeong Hun Seo, Kwang Jin Chun, Bong-Ki Lee, Byung-Ryul Cho, Dong Ryeol Ryu","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00037-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s44348-024-00037-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Aortic valve sclerosis (AVS) shares risk factors with atherosclerosis. However, the relationship between AVS progression with cardiovascular (CV) risk has not been researched. This study investigates CV outcomes according to progression of AVS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study included 2,901 patients with AVS (irregular leaflet thickening and peak aortic jet velocity < 2 m/sec) who underwent serial echocardiograms at least 1 year apart during 2011-2020. The primary outcome was defined as CV death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or revascularization.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During a median follow-up period of 3.9 years, 439 of 2,901 AVS patients (15.1%) progressed to mild or greater aortic stenosis. Patients with progression were older and more likely to have atrial fibrillation than those without. In a stepwise regression, age (odds ratio [OR] per 1-year increase, 1.04; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.01-1.07), peripheral artery disease (OR, 9.07; 95% CI, 3.12-26.4), and left ventricular mass index (OR per 1-g/m² increase, 1.01; 95% CI, 1.00-1.02) were associated with AVS progression. Over a median of 6.3 years, the primary outcome occurred in 858 of 2,901 patients (29.6%). Patients with progression had higher frequency of CV death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or revascularization than those without progression (P < 0.0001). In Cox proportional hazards regression, AVS progression (hazard ratio, 1.33; 95% CI, 1.10-1.61) was a significant determinant of CV mortality.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The progression to aortic stenosis in AVS patients is an independent risk factor for CV mortality. These findings suggest that patients with AVS progression may benefit from stricter CV risk monitoring.</p>","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11590455/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142728302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of regional impairment of longitudinal strain and regurgitant jet in aortic regurgitation on myocardial mechanics and postoperative recovery.","authors":"Ji-Won Hwang","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00042-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s44348-024-00042-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11590520/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142716302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Contemporary diagnosis and treatment of valvular heart disease in Korea: a nationwide hospital-based registry study.","authors":"Hyung Yoon Kim, Hee Jeong Lee, In-Cheol Kim, Jung-Woo Son, Jun-Bean Park, Sahmin Lee, Eun Kyoung Kim, Seong-Mi Park, Woo-Baek Chung, Jung Sun Cho, Jin-Sun Park, Jeong-Sook Seo, Sun Hwa Lee, Byung Joo Sun, Chi Young Shim, Hyungseop Kim, Kye Hun Kim, Duk-Hyun Kang, Jong-Won Ha","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00036-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s44348-024-00036-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study was designed to determine the current status of diagnosis and treatment of valvular heart disease (VHD) in Korea.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A nationwide registry study was conducted in 45 hospitals in Korea involving adult patients with at least moderate VHD as determined by echocardiography carried out between September and October of 2019. Of a total of 4,094 patients with at least moderate VHD, 1,482 had severe VHD (age, 71.3 ± 13.5 years; 49.1% male). Echocardiographic data used for the diagnosis of each case of VHD were analyzed. Experts from each center determined the diagnosis and treatment strategy for VHD based on current guidelines and institutional policy. The clinical outcome was in-hospital mortality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Each valve underwent surgical or transcatheter intervention in 19.3% cases of severe mitral stenosis, 31.4% cases of severe primary mitral regurgitation (MR), 7.5% cases of severe secondary MR, 43.7% cases of severe aortic stenosis, 27.5% cases of severe aortic regurgitation, and 7.2% cases of severe tricuspid regurgitation. The overall in-hospital mortality rate for patients with severe VHD was 5.4%, and for secondary severe MR and severe tricuspid regurgitation, the rates were 9.0% and 7.5%, respectively, indicating a poor prognosis. In-hospital mortality occurred in 73 of the 1,244 patients (5.9%) who received conservative treatment and in 18 of the 455 patients (4.0%) who received a surgical or transcatheter intervention, which was significantly lower in the intervention group (P = 0.037).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study provides important information about the current status of VHD diagnosis and treatment through a nationwide registry in Korea and helps to define future changes.</p>","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11583530/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142687215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Efficacy of routine contrast echocardiography for the detection of left ventricular thrombus in patients with anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction.","authors":"Hui-Jeong Hwang, Il Suk Sohn","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00041-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s44348-024-00041-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11580538/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142681888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Global longitudinal strain manually measured from mid-myocardial lengths is a reliable alternative to speckle tracking global longitudinal strain.","authors":"Chee Cheen Yeong, Danielle L Harrop, Arnold C T Ng, William Y S Wang","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00038-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s44348-024-00038-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Global longitudinal strain (GLS) is a useful marker for the echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction. Presently GLS is derived from speckle tracking of LV images, but speckle tracking software is not always available. We seek to determine if manually measured GLS (MM-GLS) by assessing mid-myocardial lengths can be a reliable alternative to speckle tracking GLS (ST-GLS).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Transthoracic echocardiogram images of a tertiary hospital in Australia were retrospectively analyzed to study the relationships between ST-GLS, MM-GLS, and LV ejection fraction (LVEF). We further evaluated the impact of image quality and regional wall motion abnormalities on those relationships.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Echocardiography studies from 154 patients were included (female sex, 36%; mean age, 61.7 ± 14.8 years). The average LVEF was 51.3% ± 11.3% and the average ST-GLS was 16.7 ± 3.8. MM-GLS strongly correlated with ST-GLS (intraclass correlation coefficient, 0.986; P < 0.001) and with LVEF regardless of the presence of regional wall motion abnormalities. If using GLS cutoff of more than 18% as normal, 97.5% of studies with normal ST-GLS had normal MM-GLS. If using GLS cutoff as less than 16% as abnormal, 95.5% of studies with abnormal ST-GLS had abnormal MM-GLS. There was no case with ST-GLS > 18% and MM-GLS < 16%, nor were there any case in with ST-GLS < 16% and MM-GLS > 18%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>MM-GLS correlates strongly with ST-GLS. If ST-GLS cannot be accurately assessed, MM-GLS may be a useful alternative to provide GLS values in both clinical and research studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11575028/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142675853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correction: 2023 Korean Society of Echocardiography position paper for diagnosis and management of valvular heart disease, part I: aortic valve disease.","authors":"Sun Hwa Lee, Se Jung Yoon, Byung Joo Sun, Hyue Mee Kim, Hyung Yoon Kim, Sahmin Lee, Chi Young Shim, Eun Kyoung Kim, Dong Hyuk Cho, Jun Bean Park, Jeong Sook Seo, Jung Woo Son, In Cheol Kim, Sang Hyun Lee, Ran Heo, Hyun Jung Lee, Jae Hyeong Park, Jong Min Song, Sang Chol Lee, Hyungseop Kim, Duk Hyun Kang, Jong Won Ha, Kye Hun Kim","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00039-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s44348-024-00039-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11546191/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142620940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Usefulness and importance of echocardiography in the diagnosis of pediatric pulmonary hypertension.","authors":"Hee Joung Choi","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00022-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s44348-024-00022-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11460101/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142390830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"To see those not to be seen: cardiac uptake on noncardiac imaging.","authors":"Sang-Geon Cho","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00024-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s44348-024-00024-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11439330/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142347460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Speckle tracking echocardiography: a reliable tool for right ventricle function evaluation in severe tricuspid regurgitation.","authors":"Ju-Hee Lee","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00034-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s44348-024-00034-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11425876/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142347459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Super-resolution deep learning image reconstruction: image quality and myocardial homogeneity in coronary computed tomography angiography.","authors":"Chuluunbaatar Otgonbaatar, Hyunjung Kim, Pil-Hyun Jeon, Sang-Hyun Jeon, Sung-Jin Cha, Jae-Kyun Ryu, Won Beom Jung, Hackjoon Shim, Sung Min Ko","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00031-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s44348-024-00031-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The recently introduced super-resolution (SR) deep learning image reconstruction (DLR) is potentially effective in reducing noise level and enhancing the spatial resolution. We aimed to investigate whether SR-DLR has advantages in the overall image quality and intensity homogeneity on coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography with four different approaches: filtered-back projection (FBP), hybrid iterative reconstruction (IR), DLR, and SR-DLR.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Sixty-three patients (mean age, 61 ± 11 years; range, 18-81 years; 40 men) who had undergone coronary CT angiography between June and October 2022 were retrospectively included. Image noise, signal to noise ratio, and contrast to noise ratio were quantified in both proximal and distal segments of the major coronary arteries. The left ventricle myocardium contrast homogeneity was analyzed. Two independent reviewers scored overall image quality, image noise, image sharpness, and myocardial homogeneity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Image noise in Hounsfield units (HU) was significantly lower (P < 0.001) for the SR-DLR (11.2 ± 2.0 HU) compared to those associated with other image reconstruction methods including FBP (30.5 ± 10.5 HU), hybrid IR (20.0 ± 5.4 HU), and DLR (14.2 ± 2.5 HU) in both proximal and distal segments. SR-DLR significantly improved signal to noise ratio and contrast to noise ratio in both the proximal and distal segments of the major coronary arteries. No significant difference was observed in the myocardial CT attenuation with SR-DLR among different segments of the left ventricle myocardium (P = 0.345). Conversely, FBP and hybrid IR resulted in inhomogeneous myocardial CT attenuation (P < 0.001). Two reviewers graded subjective image quality with SR-DLR higher than other image reconstruction techniques (P < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>SR-DLR improved image quality, demonstrated clearer delineation of distal segments of coronary arteries, and was seemingly accurate for quantifying CT attenuation in the myocardium.</p>","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11414070/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142288109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}