European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice最新文献

{"title":"Verification of reprojected planar images generated from a ring-configured cadmium zinc telluride gamma camera in scintigraphy for diagnosing transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis.","authors":"Irma Cerić Andelius, Ragnheidur Fridriksdóttir, David Minarik, Fredrik Hedeer, Anna Stenvall, Elin Trägårdh, Jenny Oddstig","doi":"10.1093/ehjimp/qyae051","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjimp/qyae051","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Non-invasive diagnosis of amyloid transthyretin (ATTR) cardiac amyloidosis using planar scintigraphy and single-photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography (SPECT-CT) with [^99mTc]Tc-3,3-diphosphono-1,2-propanodicarboxylic acid ([^99mTc]Tc-DPD) has high specificity and sensitivity. However, the introduction of ring-configured cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) gamma cameras warrants an update in the acquisition method since these systems are not able to perform planar scintigraphy. We aimed to verify the use of reprojected planar images from SPECT-CT as a replacement for planar scintigraphy in evaluating ATTR-amyloidosis.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>The study examined 30 patients referred for clinically indicated [^99mTc]Tc-DPD scintigraphy who were scanned with both a conventional gamma camera and a ring-configured CZT gamma camera. Planar scintigraphy from the conventional gamma camera was compared with reprojected planar images from the ring-configured CZT gamma camera. The images were evaluated in regard to image quality and Perugini visual score in a blinded fashion by three nuclear medicine physicians. Heart-to-contralateral (H/CL) ratios were calculated. There were 27 patients who had an identical Perugini score in planar and reprojected planar images, yielding a strong level of agreement and inter-rater reliability among the three readers. The H/CL ratios showed a strong correlation ratio (<i>r</i> = 0.98, <i>P</i> < 0.0001). A shift towards lower image quality was seen for the reprojected images.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Reprojected planar images generated from a ring-configured CZT gamma camera combined with SPECT-CT can be used to score ATTR amyloidosis and extract H/CL ratios in the same way as planar images and SPECT-CT from a conventional gamma camera.</p>","PeriodicalId":94317,"journal":{"name":"European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice","volume":"2 1","pages":"qyae051"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11367964/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142121464","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":"Celebrating 1 year of <i>EHJ-IMP</i>: imaging an open world.","authors":"Alessia Gimelli, Gerald Maurer","doi":"10.1093/ehjimp/qyae031","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjimp/qyae031","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94317,"journal":{"name":"European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice","volume":"2 1","pages":"qyae031"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11195762/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141753775","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 to: Atrial function after percutaneous occluder device and suture-mediated patent fossa ovalis closure.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/ehjimp/qyae033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjimp/qyae033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1093/ehjimp/qyae008.].</p>","PeriodicalId":94317,"journal":{"name":"European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice","volume":"2 1","pages":"qyae033"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11195694/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141753776","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 echocardiographic prediction of atrial fibrillation after patent foramen ovale closure: a challenging matter.","authors":"Antonio Vitarelli, Lidia Capotosto, Gaetano Tanzilli, Enrico Mangieri","doi":"10.1093/ehjimp/qyae032","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjimp/qyae032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94317,"journal":{"name":"European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice","volume":"2 1","pages":"qyae032"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11195801/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141753780","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":"Fatal intramyocardial dissecting haematoma caused by coronary artery perforation during percutaneous coronary intervention.","authors":"Hiroki Yamanobe, Kensaku Nishihira, Mitsuhiro Yano, Yoshisato Shibata, Yujiro Asada","doi":"10.1093/ehjimp/qyae030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjimp/qyae030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94317,"journal":{"name":"European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice","volume":"2 1","pages":"qyae030"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11195723/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141753778","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 influence of transcatheter aortic valve replacement on left atrial mechanics: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Thomas Meredith, Lauren Brown, Farhan Mohammed, Amy Pomeroy, David Roy, David W M Muller, Christopher Hayward, Michael Feneley, Mayooran Namasivayam","doi":"10.1093/ehjimp/qyae026","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjimp/qyae026","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>The morphology and function of the left atrium (LA) are intimately tied to left ventricular loading conditions. Data pertaining to the effect of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) on LA function and geometry are scarce. The aim of the study was to quantify associations between TAVR and LA remodelling by pooling available data from published observational studies.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>A systematic review and meta-analysis were performed. Studies reporting serial LA speckle-tracking echocardiographic (STE) data, before and after TAVR, were included. Other outcome data included LA area and indexed volume (LAVi) and standard chamber measurements. Outcomes were stratified by timing of follow-up echocardiography: early (<6 months) or late (≥6 months). Twelve studies were included, comprising 1066 patients. The mean reduction in LAVi was 2.72 mL/m² [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.37-4.06, <i>P</i> < 0.01]. LA reservoir function improved overall by a mean difference (MD) of 3.71% (95% CI 1.82-5.6, <i>P</i> < 0.01), although there was significant heterogeneity within the pooled studies (<i>I</i> ² = 87.3%). Significant improvement in reservoir strain was seen in both early follow-up (MD 3.1%, <i>P</i> < 0.01) and late follow-up studies (MD 4.48%, <i>P</i> = 0.03), but heterogeneity remained high (<i>I</i> ² = 65.23 and 94.4%, respectively). Six studies reported a change in LA contractile function, which recovered in the early follow-up studies (MD 2.26, <i>P</i> < 0.01), but not in the late group (MD 1.41, <i>P</i> = 0.05). Pooled improvement in LA booster function was 1.96% (95% CI 1.11-2.8, <i>P</i> < 0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>TAVR is associated with significant negative LA remodelling, and an improvement in LA mechanics, quantified by STE. The prognostic implications of these findings require further study.</p>","PeriodicalId":94317,"journal":{"name":"European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice","volume":"2 2","pages":"qyae026"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11195759/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141753782","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":"Multi-modality cardiac imaging confirms quadricuspid aortic valve and excludes papillary fibroelastoma.","authors":"Malgorzata Wamil, Marcos Goncalves","doi":"10.1093/ehjimp/qyae025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjimp/qyae025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94317,"journal":{"name":"European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice","volume":"2 1","pages":"qyae025"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11195687/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141753779","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":"A new protocol for a single-stage combined cardiopulmonary and echocardiography exercise test: a pilot study.","authors":"Dan M Dorobantu, Curtis A Wadey, Ben Berryman, Nurul H Amir, Lynsey Forsythe, A Graham Stuart, Guido E Pieles, Craig A Williams","doi":"10.1093/ehjimp/qyae021","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjimp/qyae021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>The value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) in managing cardiac disease is well known, but no standard CPET-ESE protocol is currently recommended. This pilot study aims to compare feasibility and cardiac function responses between a new high-intensity single-stage combined test (CPET-hiESE) and a standard maximal ESE (smESE).</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>After screening and maximal CPET, all volunteers (<i>n</i> = 21) underwent three ESE modalities: (i) based on the gas exchange threshold (hiESE-GET, 40% of peak-GET, 6 min), (ii) based on heart rate (HR) (hiESE-HR, 80% of peak HR, 6 min), and (iii) smESE (85% of predicted peak HR for age, 3 min). Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) and tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) were measured at each step. There was superior image quality and data completeness for the right ventricle strain for both hiESE modalities compared with smESE (71.4 and 76.2 vs. 42.9%, <i>P</i> = 0.07). Left ventricular STE data completeness was similar for all three conditions. Despite systematically higher HR, work rate and levels of exertion in the smESE compared with hiESE, STE and TDI parameters were not systematically different. Concordance correlation coefficients ranged from 0.56 to 0.88, lowest for strain rate parameters and mean difference from -0.34 to 1.53, highest for TDI measurements.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The novel CPET-hiESE protocol allowed for better data completeness, at lower levels of exertion compared with smESE, without systematically different cardiac reserve measurements in healthy participants. This single-stage protocol can be individualized to clinical populations, which would provide practical advantages to standard testing.</p>","PeriodicalId":94317,"journal":{"name":"European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice","volume":"2 1","pages":"qyae021"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11195695/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141753774","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":"Enhancing cardiovascular imaging department efficiency through robust quality systems and effective risk management.","authors":"Roberta Lo Giudice, Alessia Gimelli, Marianna Venditti","doi":"10.1093/ehjimp/qyae012","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjimp/qyae012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94317,"journal":{"name":"European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice","volume":"2 1","pages":"qyae012"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11195758/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141753777","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":"ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction due to a giant coronary artery aneurysm caused by IgG4-related disease.","authors":"Yasuhiro Honda, Kensaku Nishihira, Mitsuhiro Yano, Atsuko Yokota, Yujiro Asada","doi":"10.1093/ehjimp/qyae011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjimp/qyae011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94317,"journal":{"name":"European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice","volume":"2 1","pages":"qyae011"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11195725/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141753781","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}