2016
Association of Right Ventricular Pressure and Volume Overload with Non-Ischemic Septal Fibrosis on Cardiac Magnetic Resonance
Kim J, Medicherla CB, L. C, Feher A, Kukar N, Geevarghese A, Goyal P, Horn E, Devereux RB, Weinsaft JW. Association of Right Ventricular Pressure and Volume Overload with Non-Ischemic Septal Fibrosis on Cardiac Magnetic Resonance. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0147349. PMID: 26799498, PMCID: PMC4723145, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147349.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary artery systolic pressureNon-ischaemic fibrosisCardiac magnetic resonanceRV dysfunctionAdverse right ventricular (RV) remodelingRV end-systolic volumeWall stressRV pressure loadRV wall stressRight ventricular remodelingRight ventricular pressureEnd-systolic volumeLower RVEFSimilar LVEFLV dysfunctionRV dilationRV sizeSeptal fibrosisMultivariable analysisSystolic pressureVolume overloadChamber dilationPoor prognosisTransthoracic echoVentricular remodeling
2015
Myocardial perfusion pattern for stratification of ischemic mitral regurgitation response to percutaneous coronary intervention
Goyal P, Kim J, Feher A, L. C, Gurevich S, Veal DR, Szulc M, Wong FJ, Ratcliffe MB, Levine RA, Devereux RB, Weinsaft JW. Myocardial perfusion pattern for stratification of ischemic mitral regurgitation response to percutaneous coronary intervention. Coronary Artery Disease 2015, 26: 642-650. PMID: 26049923, PMCID: PMC4631658, DOI: 10.1097/mca.0000000000000271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overCardiac-Gated Single-Photon Emission Computer-Assisted TomographyEchocardiographyExercise TestFemaleHeartHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMitral Valve InsufficiencyMultivariate AnalysisMyocardial InfarctionMyocardial Perfusion ImagingPercutaneous Coronary InterventionRisk AssessmentStroke VolumeConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionMyocardial perfusion imagingAdvanced mitral regurgitationMitral regurgitationMyocardial perfusionCoronary interventionPerfusion defectsLV volumesStress/rest myocardial perfusionLeft ventricular (LV) chamber dilationVentricular chamber dilationAbnormal myocardial perfusionMild mitral regurgitationPerfusion defect sizeIschemic mitral regurgitationMyocardial perfusion patternsRest myocardial perfusionSingle photon emissionTransthoracic echocardiographyChamber dilationPerfusion deficitsPerfusion patternsMR severityRest scorePerfusion differences