A5003401277- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Lung Cancer Research Studies
Antwerp University Hospital
2020
KU Leuven
2018
Two methods are currently available for left atrial (LA) strain measurement by speckle tracking echocardiography, with two different reference timings starting the analysis: QRS (QRS-LASr) and P wave (P-LASr). The aim of MASCOT HIT study was to define which more reproducible, feasible, less time consuming. In 26 expert centers, LA analyzed echocardiographers (young vs senior) in a blinded fashion. population included: healthy subjects, patients arterial hypertension or aortic stenosis (LA...
Background: Development of carcinoid heart disease (CHD) is the major negative prognostic factor in patients with syndrome. The only effective treatment valve replacement. However, selection candidates and determination optimal timing remain unclear. Considerable variability local screening strategies exist.Methods: In this single-centre study, we retrospectively analysed diagnostic process outcome all CHD who underwent surgery between 2000 2016. We propose a new management...
Abstract Background Percutaneous mitral valve repair using MitraClip offers symptomatic benefit and improves rest exercise hemodynamics in patients with severe functional regurgitation (MR). Recent randomized trials have shown contradictory results regarding the impact of on mid-term survival MR. It is unknown whether improved are related to patients" outcome. Purpose To assess residual MR altered resting predictors outcome treated MitraClip. Methods Consecutive (n = 45, 72 ± 10years, left...
Abstract Background Recent randomised trials have shown conflicting results regarding the usefulness of percutaneous mitral valve repair using MitraClip in patients with severe functional regurgitation (FMR). At present, it remains unclear whether FMR and advanced heart failure might benefit from therapy. Moreover, has been that left ventricular reverse remodelling (LVRR) post-MitraClip is associated a favourable outcome. Purpose We sought to assess baseline contractile reserve (CR) can...
Abstract Funding Acknowledgements No disclosure Introduction. Pulmonary vein (PV) firing can trigger or act as a rapid driver to maintain atrial fibrillation (AF). Automated 1-minute measurement of fragmented and non-fragmented PV activity cycle length (CL) showed contradictory results predict ablation outcome in persistent AF. Purpose. This study investigated the reproducibility novel non-automated simple method measure fastest discrete consecutive AF signal value this PVs long-term success...