2018
Clinical Utility and Prognostic Value of Right Atrial Function in Pulmonary Hypertension
Alenezi F, Mandawat A, Il'Giovine ZJ, Shaw LK, Siddiqui I, Tapson VF, Arges K, Rivera D, Romano MMD, Velazquez EJ, Douglas PS, Samad Z, Rajagopal S. Clinical Utility and Prognostic Value of Right Atrial Function in Pulmonary Hypertension. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2018, 11: e006984. PMID: 30571314, PMCID: PMC6309911, DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.117.006984.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary arterial hypertensionArterial hypertensionRA dysfunctionLongitudinal strainComplete echocardiographic dataResults Study subjectsRight atrial functionRight atrial enlargementComposite of timeEarly diastolic SRPeak longitudinal strainRA conduitRA reservoirMultivariable adjustmentPulmonary hypertensionAtrial functionComposite outcomeDiastolic SRAtrial enlargementAtrial sizePrimary outcomePrognostic importancePrognostic valueAdverse outcomesMean age
2013
Regional cardiac dysfunction and outcome in patients with left ventricular dysfunction, heart failure, or both after myocardial infarction
Wang N, Shah A, Querejeta G, Gupta D, Velazquez E, Califf R, Mcmurray J, Pfeffer M, Solomon S. Regional cardiac dysfunction and outcome in patients with left ventricular dysfunction, heart failure, or both after myocardial infarction. European Heart Journal 2013, 34: p662. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht307.p662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWall motion scoreLV ejection fractionHeart failureLV dysfunctionRegional cardiac functionLongitudinal strainEjection fractionClinical outcomesCardiac functionMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelCox proportional hazards modelPost-myocardial infarction patientsLV wall motion scoreAbnormal wall motion scoreRegional cardiac dysfunctionLeft ventricular dysfunctionLeft ventricular functionMyocardial infarction patientsSpeckle tracking echocardiographySegmental longitudinal strainRegional longitudinal strainProportional hazards modelRegional myocardial functionPeak longitudinal strainNormal reference values