2017
Value of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Derived Baseline Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Volumes for Precise Risk Stratification of Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Insights From the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) Trial
Pai RG, Varadarajan P, Rouleau JL, Stebbins AL, Velazquez EJ, Al-Khalidi HR, Pohost GM. Value of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Derived Baseline Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Volumes for Precise Risk Stratification of Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Insights From the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) Trial. JAMA Cardiology 2017, 2: 577-579. PMID: 28199489, PMCID: PMC5814980, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.5492.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCardiac Surgical ProceduresCardiomyopathiesFemaleHeart FailureHeart VentriclesHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance Imaging, CineMaleMiddle AgedMortalityMultivariate AnalysisMyocardial IschemiaOrgan SizePlastic Surgery ProceduresRisk AssessmentStroke VolumeConceptsIschemic Heart Failure (STICH) trialCardiovascular magnetic resonance imagingHeart Failure TrialVentricular ejection fractionPrecise risk stratificationMagnetic resonance imagingEjection fractionIschemic cardiomyopathySurgical treatmentFailure TrialRisk stratificationResonance imagingPatientsCardiomyopathyBaselineTrials
2014
Predictors and Progression of Aortic Stenosis in Patients With Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
Ersboll M, Schulte PJ, Al Enezi F, Shaw L, Køber L, Kisslo J, Siddiqui I, Piccini J, Glower D, Harrison JK, Bashore T, Risum N, Jollis JG, Velazquez EJ, Samad Z. Predictors and Progression of Aortic Stenosis in Patients With Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2014, 115: 86-92. PMID: 25456876, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.09.049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsModerate aortic stenosisAortic stenosisMild aortic stenosisVentricular ejection fractionMean gradientHemodynamic progressionEjection fractionClinical variablesLeft ventricular ejection fractionSevere aortic stenosisBaseline clinical variablesSubset of patientsRate of progressionEchocardiographic surveillanceRenal dysfunctionUnselected cohortAccelerated progressionLongitudinal linear regression modelsCurrent guidelinesDisease progressionRetrospective analysisPatientsSignificant interactionProgressionBaseline