2025
Skeletal muscle adiposity, coronary microvascular dysfunction, and adverse cardiovascular outcomes
do A H Souza A, Troschel A, Marquardt J, Hadžić I, Foldyna B, Moura F, Hainer J, Divakaran S, Blankstein R, Dorbala S, Di Carli M, Aerts H, Lu M, Fintelmann F, Taqueti V. Skeletal muscle adiposity, coronary microvascular dysfunction, and adverse cardiovascular outcomes. European Heart Journal 2025, ehae827. PMID: 39827905, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae827.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoronary microvascular dysfunctionBody mass indexCoronary flow reserveIntermuscular adipose tissueSubcutaneous adipose tissueHeart failureFat infiltrationMarker of coronary microvascular dysfunctionPreserved left ventricular ejection fractionCardiovascular outcomesAssociated with coronary microvascular dysfunctionHigher IMATIncreased IMATPresence of coronary microvascular dysfunctionSkeletal muscleFlow reserveIncreased risk of MACEMyocardial infarctionStress positron emission tomographyAssociated with increased MACERisk of heart failureLow coronary flow reserveThoracic vertebra levelVentricular ejection fractionIntermuscular adipose tissue area
2020
Role of myocardial strain imaging in surveillance and management of cancer therapeutics‐related cardiac dysfunction: A systematic review
McGregor P, Moura F, Banchs J, Aragam J. Role of myocardial strain imaging in surveillance and management of cancer therapeutics‐related cardiac dysfunction: A systematic review. Echocardiography 2020, 38: 314-328. PMID: 33277729, DOI: 10.1111/echo.14944.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunctionLeft ventricular ejection fractionManagement of Cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunctionGlobal longitudinal strainSpeckle-tracking echocardiographyMyocardial strain imagingCardiac dysfunctionPeak systolic global longitudinal strainLeft ventricular ejection fraction assessmentSystolic global longitudinal strainVentricular ejection fractionCardiac imaging modalitiesAdverse cardiac eventsMyocardial deformation imagingTransthoracic echocardiographyEjection fractionCardiac eventsStrain imagingMyocardial changesCancer patientsMyocardial strainGLS measurementsLongitudinal strainImaging modalitiesPRISMA guidelines