2024
Diastolic Stress Echocardiography in Patients With Hypertrophy Cardiomyopathy: Association With Exercise Capacity
Fava A, Popovic Z, Alashi A, Thamilarasan M, Xu B, Desai M. Diastolic Stress Echocardiography in Patients With Hypertrophy Cardiomyopathy: Association With Exercise Capacity. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2024, 232: 34-40. PMID: 39307332, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2024.09.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTreadmill exercise echocardiographyHypertrophic cardiomyopathyCongestive heart failureDiastolic parametersExercise capacityStress echocardiographyAssociated with reduced exercise capacityPrecipitate congestive heart failureLeft ventricular (LVAsymptomatic/minimally symptomatic patientsDiastolic stress echocardiographyMultivariate logistic regression analysisSymptomatic HCM patientsEtiology of dyspneaHigher body mass indexBody mass indexReduced exercise capacityExercise functional capacityLogistic regression analysisAssociated with <Incremental diagnostic utilityHigher LAViLVOT gradientE/e' ratioDiastolic dysfunction
2019
Characteristics and Outcomes in a Contemporary Group of Patients With Suspected Significant Mitral Stenosis Undergoing Treadmill Stress Echocardiography
Gentry JL, Parikh PK, Alashi A, Gillinov AM, Pettersson GB, Rodriguez LL, Popovic ZB, Sato K, Grimm RA, Kapadia SR, Tuzcu EM, Svensson LG, Griffin BP, Desai MY. Characteristics and Outcomes in a Contemporary Group of Patients With Suspected Significant Mitral Stenosis Undergoing Treadmill Stress Echocardiography. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2019, 12: e009062. PMID: 31203672, DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.119.009062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight ventricular systolic pressureTreadmill stress echocardiographyVentricular systolic pressureStress echocardiographySystolic pressureMetabolic equivalentsMV gradientMitral proceduresHigh mortalityThoracic Surgeons scoreLong-term survivalAsymptomatic patientsCause mortalityPrimary outcomeSurgeons scoreConsecutive patientsImproved survivalContemporary patientsMV proceduresPatientsEchocardiographySignificant MSSurvival analysisModerate MSMortality
2018
P5450Characteristics and outcomes in a contemporary group of patients with at least moderate mitral stenosis undergoing treadmill stress echocardiography
Gentry J, Parikh P, Alashi A, Gillinov A, Pettersson G, Rodriguez L, Popovic Z, Grimm R, Kapadia S, Tuzcu E, Svensson L, Griffin B, Desai M. P5450Characteristics and outcomes in a contemporary group of patients with at least moderate mitral stenosis undergoing treadmill stress echocardiography. European Heart Journal 2018, 39: ehy566.p5450. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.p5450.Peer-Reviewed Original Research