Cristina Fuss
she/her/hers
Professor of Radiology and Biomedical ImagingCards
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2024
CT for Congenital Heart Disease
Fuss C. CT for Congenital Heart Disease. 2024, 277-293. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-6919-3_21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCongenital heart diseaseHeart diseaseEvaluation of congenital heart diseaseManagement of congenital heart diseaseContrast doseAffected patientsBirth defectsStages of repairRadiation exposureAltered physiologySmall organ sizeCT roleDiseaseVariable stagesCongenitallyPatientsCTDoseSpatial image resolutionComplexity of defectsBirthImmunological and microbial shifts in the aging rhesus macaque lung during nontuberculous mycobacterial infection
Cinco I, Napier E, Rhoades N, Davies M, Allison D, Kohama S, Bermudez L, Winthrop K, Fuss C, Spindel E, Messaoudi I. Immunological and microbial shifts in the aging rhesus macaque lung during nontuberculous mycobacterial infection. MBio 2024, 15: e00829-24. PMID: 38771046, PMCID: PMC11237422, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00829-24.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNTM pulmonary diseaseIncreased disease severityNontuberculous mycobacteriaDisease severityBacterial DNAAged animalsAntigen-specific T cellsPulmonary diseaseAssociated with increased disease severityDysregulated macrophage responsePersistence of bacterial DNALack of animal modelsRhesus macaquesSingle-cell RNA sequencingNontuberculous mycobacterial infectionsImmune cell infiltrationRhesus macaque modelBacterial loadAged rhesus macaquesTesting novel therapeuticsRight caudal lobeLower respiratory microbiomeYears of ageMAH infectionMicrobial communitiesTransthoracic Echocardiography–Guided Placement of a Pulmonary Artery Catheter in a Patient With a Known Persistent Left but Unknown Absent Right Superior Vena Cava
Leclerc J, Clemes R, Fuss C, Macon C, Schulman P. Transthoracic Echocardiography–Guided Placement of a Pulmonary Artery Catheter in a Patient With a Known Persistent Left but Unknown Absent Right Superior Vena Cava. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2024, 17: e016301. PMID: 38469718, DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.123.016301.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Filamin C-associated Cardiomyopathy on Cardiac MR Images.
Weller S, Bartz-Overman C, Fuss C, Wu E. Filamin C-associated Cardiomyopathy on Cardiac MR Images. Radiology Cardiothoracic Imaging 2023, 5: e230165. PMID: 38166338, PMCID: PMC11163239, DOI: 10.1148/ryct.230165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImaging Acute and Chronic Cardiac Complications of COVID-19 and after COVID-19 Vaccination.
Sánchez Tijmes F, Marschner C, de Matos J, Urzua Fresno C, Gutiérrez Chacoff J, Thavendiranathan P, Fuss C, Hanneman K. Imaging Acute and Chronic Cardiac Complications of COVID-19 and after COVID-19 Vaccination. RadioGraphics 2023, 43: e230044. PMID: 37616171, DOI: 10.1148/rg.230044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate gadolinium enhancementGadolinium enhancementCardiac MRICOVID-19 vaccinePattern of late gadolinium enhancementCardiac complications of COVID-19MRNA-based COVID-19 vaccinesPresence of cardiovascular diseaseStress-induced cardiomyopathyMultimodality cardiac imagingBasal inferolateral wallMinority of patientsPersistent cardiac symptomsAdverse cardiovascular eventsComplications of COVID-19Chronic cardiac complicationsManifestations of COVID-19Potential mechanisms of injuryMechanism of injuryCardiovascular manifestations of COVID-19Messenger ribonucleic acidAcute COVID-19Cardiac symptomsCardiovascular manifestationsImaging findingsStandardized medical terminology for cardiac computed tomography 2023 update- commentary by North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI)
Rai A, Allen B, Fuss C, Dennie C, Hanneman K. Standardized medical terminology for cardiac computed tomography 2023 update- commentary by North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI). The International Journal Of Cardiovascular Imaging 2023, 39: 2255-2257. PMID: 37589871, DOI: 10.1007/s10554-023-02922-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpen-Label Trial of Amikacin Liposome Inhalation Suspension in Mycobacterium abscessus Lung Disease
Siegel S, Griffith D, Philley J, Brown-Elliott B, Brunton A, Sullivan P, Fuss C, Strnad L, Wallace R, Winthrop K. Open-Label Trial of Amikacin Liposome Inhalation Suspension in Mycobacterium abscessus Lung Disease. CHEST Journal 2023, 164: 846-859. PMID: 37419144, PMCID: PMC10645596, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.05.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmikacin liposome inhalation suspensionAmikacin resistanceCulture conversionInhalation suspensionMycobacterium abscessus lung diseasePresence of macrolide resistanceEnd pointsMicrobiological end pointsMonthly sputum culturesSputum culture conversionTreatment-refractory diseaseOpen-label protocolSecondary end pointsOpen-label trialCohort of patientsCavitary diseaseSputum culturePretreatment isolatesM abscessusOpen-labelOral antimicrobialsParenteral antibioticsCompanion therapyMacrolide resistanceMultidrug therapyThe updated CADS-RADS 2.0: Changes, challenges and considerations for implementation—commentary by North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI)
Johannesen J, Hanneman K, Fuss C, Truong Q. The updated CADS-RADS 2.0: Changes, challenges and considerations for implementation—commentary by North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI). The International Journal Of Cardiovascular Imaging 2023, 39: 465-467. PMID: 36652039, DOI: 10.1007/s10554-023-02795-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Contemporary diagnosis and management of severe tricuspid regurgitation
Zahr F, Chadderdon S, Song H, Sako E, Fuss C, Bailey S, Cigarroa J. Contemporary diagnosis and management of severe tricuspid regurgitation. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2022, 100: 646-661. PMID: 36086951, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.30364.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRhesus Macaque Model of Pulmonary Aging and Non-tuberculous Mycobacterium Infection Reveals Age Related Mechanisms of Disease Severity
Rhoades N, Davies M, Kohama S, Bermudez L, Winthrop K, Mattison J, Fuss C, Spindel E, Messaoudi I. Rhesus Macaque Model of Pulmonary Aging and Non-tuberculous Mycobacterium Infection Reveals Age Related Mechanisms of Disease Severity. 2022, a2155-a2155. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2022.205.1_meetingabstracts.a2155.Peer-Reviewed Original Research