{"title":"Prevalence and characteristics of patients with incidental cardiac uptake on bone scintigraphy.","authors":"Jihee Son, Yeon-Hee Han, Sun Hwa Lee","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00030-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s44348-024-00030-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Bone scintigraphy is emerging as a confirmatory diagnostic tool for transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA). This study aimed to investigate the frequency and clinical characteristics of patients with incidental cardiac uptake and incidental ATTR-CA on bone scintigraphy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All bone scintigraphic studies performed at a tertiary teaching hospital between 2011 and 2022 were reviewed retrospectively. Patients who underwent bone scintigraphy to confirm ATTR-CA were excluded. Patients with cardiac uptake of grade 2 or 3 were included and divided into two groups: possible ATTR-CA group and noncardiac amyloidosis (non-CA) group.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 61,432 bone scintigraphic studies performed on 32,245 patients, 23 (0.07%) had grade 2 or 3 cardiac uptake. Nine of 23 patients (39.1%) were assigned to the non-CA group because they showed cardiac uptake from definite other causes or focal uptake that did not match CA. The remaining 14 patients (60.9%) were classified as the possible ATTR-CA group, and five patients were referred to cardiologists and finally diagnosed with ATTR-CA. Two patients were treated with tafamidis. Patients in the ATTR-CA group were significantly older and had a less frequent history of end-stage renal disease than those in the non-CA group. Other characteristics were comparable in both groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although incidental ATTR-CA in patients undergoing bone scintigraphy for noncardiac reasons is uncommon, if cardiac uptake is observed in elderly patients without metastatic calcification associated with end-stage renal disease, further diagnostic work-up for ATTR-CA as a cause of undiagnosed heart failure should be considered.</p>","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11297744/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141878767","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}
Nihal M Batouty, Ahmad M Tawfik, Donia M Sobh, Basma N Gadelhak, Shimaa El-Ashwah, Mohamed Abdelghafar Hussein, Mai Gad, A Ashraf Abd El Aziz, Mahmoud Abd El-Shahed, Rasha Karam
{"title":"Global and regional cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking left ventricular strain analysis in assessing early myocardial disease in β thalassemia major patients.","authors":"Nihal M Batouty, Ahmad M Tawfik, Donia M Sobh, Basma N Gadelhak, Shimaa El-Ashwah, Mohamed Abdelghafar Hussein, Mai Gad, A Ashraf Abd El Aziz, Mahmoud Abd El-Shahed, Rasha Karam","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00026-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s44348-024-00026-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) is the modality of choice for quantification of myocardial iron overload in β-thalassemia major patients using the T2* sequence. CMR feature tracking (FT) is a recent magnetic resonance imaging tool that gives an idea about myocardial fibers deformation; thus, it can detect early impairment in myocardial function even before the reduction in ejection fraction.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study aims to assess the ability of left ventricular CMR-FT in the early detection of systolic dysfunction in β thalassemia major patients and to correlate it with the degree of myocardial iron overload measured by CMR T2*. This prospective study enrolled 57 β thalassemia major patients who received long-term blood transfusion and 20 healthy controls. CMR was used to evaluate left ventricular volumes, ejection fraction, and the amount of myocardial T2*. A two-dimensional left ventricular FT analysis was performed. Both global and segmental left ventricular strain values were obtained.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean global circumferential strain (GCS) and global radial strain (GRS) values were significantly lower in patients compared to control (P = 0.002 and P = 0.006, respectively). No correlation was found between T2* values and ejection fraction; however, there was a significant correlation between T2* values and GCS and GRS (P = 0.012 and P = 0.025, respectively) in thalassemia patients. Regional strain revealed significantly lower values of GCS and GRS in basal regions compared to apical ones (P = 0.000).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study revealed that CMR-FT can play a role in the early detection of systolic impairment in thalassemia patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11297698/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141878766","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}
Soongu Kwak, Sojung Lim, Yong-Jin Kim, Hyung-Kwan Kim
{"title":"Isolated severe mitral stenosis as an uncommon manifestation of cardiac amyloidosis.","authors":"Soongu Kwak, Sojung Lim, Yong-Jin Kim, Hyung-Kwan Kim","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00013-6","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s44348-024-00013-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11295530/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141874885","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":"Old problem surfaces with new technology: Twiddler's syndrome in Barostim NEO.","authors":"Anila Rao, Lakshmi Rao, Akarsh Parekh, Surya Rao","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00010-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s44348-024-00010-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11295297/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141874886","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":"Echocardiographic parameters dynamically alter in patients with chronic kidney disease between pre- and post-dialysis.","authors":"Dong-Hyuk Cho","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00005-6","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s44348-024-00005-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11293163/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141859865","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}
Iksung Cho, Seng-Chan You, Min-Jae Cha, Hui-Jeong Hwang, Eun Jeong Cho, Hee Jun Kim, Seong-Mi Park, Sung-Eun Kim, Yun-Gyoo Lee, Jong-Chan Youn, Chan Seok Park, Chi Young Shim, Woo-Baek Chung, Il Suk Sohn
{"title":"Cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction and the role of cardiovascular imaging: systemic review and opinion paper from the Working Group on Cardio-Oncology of the Korean Society of Cardiology.","authors":"Iksung Cho, Seng-Chan You, Min-Jae Cha, Hui-Jeong Hwang, Eun Jeong Cho, Hee Jun Kim, Seong-Mi Park, Sung-Eun Kim, Yun-Gyoo Lee, Jong-Chan Youn, Chan Seok Park, Chi Young Shim, Woo-Baek Chung, Il Suk Sohn","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00014-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s44348-024-00014-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cardio-oncology is a critical field due to the escalating significance of cardiovascular toxicity as a side effect of anticancer treatments. Cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) is a prevalent condition associated with cardiovascular toxicity, necessitating effective strategies for prediction, monitoring, management, and tracking. This comprehensive review examines the definition and risk stratification of CTRCD, explores monitoring approaches during anticancer therapy, and highlights specific cardiovascular toxicities linked to various cancer treatments. These include anthracyclines, HER2-targeted agents, vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors, immune checkpoint inhibitors, chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies, and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes therapies. Incorporating the Korean data, this review offers insights into the regional nuances in managing CTRCD. Using systematic follow-up incorporating cardiovascular imaging and biomarkers, a better understanding and management of CTRCD can be achieved, optimizing the cardiovascular health of both cancer patients and survivors.</p>","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11288116/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141792532","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":"Searching for 'the method' in the assessment of complex mitral valve.","authors":"Ran Heo","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00004-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s44348-024-00004-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11288064/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141855639","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":"Morphological and functional assessment of the left atrial appendage in daily practice: a comprehensive approach using basic and advanced echocardiography with practical tips.","authors":"Ashraf M Anwar","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00017-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s44348-024-00017-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cardioembolic stroke is the most serious and life-threatening complication of atrial fibrillation (AF), with an associated mortality up to 30% at 12 months. Approximately 47% of thrombi in valvular AF and 91% of thrombi in nonvalvular AF are localized in the left atrial appendage (LAA). Therefore, identification or exclusion of LAA thrombi is critical in many clinical situations. It is essential to assess LAA morphology and function using imaging modalities (particularly echocardiography) before, during, and after interventional procedures such as AF ablation and LAA occlusion. This review article describes the anatomical, physiological, and pathological background of the LAA, followed by an assessment of different echocardiographic modalities. Many practical points are included to improve the diagnostic accuracy and to minimize errors during image acquisition and interpretation. In each clinical scenario where LAA is the crucial target, specific and essential information and parameters are collected.</p>","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11285475/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141788158","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}
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
{"title":"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/s44348-024-00019-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s44348-024-00019-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This manuscript represents the official position of the Korean Society of Echocardiography on valvular heart diseases. This position paper focuses on the clinical management of valvular heart diseases with reference to the guidelines recently published by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology. The committee tried to reflect the recently published results on the topic of valvular heart diseases and Korean data by a systematic literature search based on validity and relevance. In part I of this article, we will review and discuss the current position of aortic valve disease in Korea.</p>","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11282617/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141766130","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}
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, Sahmin Lee, Byung Joo Sun, Se-Jung Yoon, Sun Hwa Lee, Hyung Yoon Kim, Hyue Mee Kim, Jae-Hyeong Park, Geu-Ru Hong, Hae Ok Jung, Yong-Jin Kim, Kye Hun Kim, Duk-Hyun Kang, Jong-Won Ha, Hyungseop Kim
{"title":"2023 Korean Society of Echocardiography position paper for the diagnosis and management of valvular heart disease, part II: mitral and tricuspid valve disease.","authors":"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, Sahmin Lee, Byung Joo Sun, Se-Jung Yoon, Sun Hwa Lee, Hyung Yoon Kim, Hyue Mee Kim, Jae-Hyeong Park, Geu-Ru Hong, Hae Ok Jung, Yong-Jin Kim, Kye Hun Kim, Duk-Hyun Kang, Jong-Won Ha, Hyungseop Kim","doi":"10.1186/s44348-024-00021-6","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s44348-024-00021-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This manuscript represents the official position of the Korean Society of Echocardiography on valvular heart diseases. This position paper focuses on the diagnosis and management of valvular heart diseases with referring to the guidelines recently published by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology. The committee sought to reflect national data on the topic of valvular heart diseases published to date through a systematic literature search based on validity and relevance. In the part II of this article, we intend to present recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of mitral valve disease and tricuspid valve disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":15229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging","volume":"32 1","pages":"10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11218416/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141476661","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}