2024
Adverse cardiovascular events and cardiac imaging findings in patients on immune checkpoint inhibitors
Kwan J, Shen M, Akhlaghi N, Hu J, Mora R, Cross J, Jiang M, Mankbadi M, Wang P, Zaman S, Lee S, Im Y, Feher A, Liu Y, S. S, Tao W, Wei W, Baldassarre L. Adverse cardiovascular events and cardiac imaging findings in patients on immune checkpoint inhibitors. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0314555. PMID: 39621799, PMCID: PMC11611253, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314555.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse cardiovascular eventsICI therapyCardiac magnetic resonanceIncreased risk of mortalityICI initiationIncreased riskRisk of mortalityCentral nervous systemVentricular dysfunctionCancer patients treated with ICIsCardiovascular eventsLeft ventricular late gadolinium enhancementMortality benefitCardiovascular riskAbnormal left ventricular ejection fractionPatients treated with ICIsLeft ventricular ejection fractionCentral nervous system malignanciesRisk of adverse cardiovascular eventsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsRight ventricular dysfunctionGlobal longitudinal strainVentricular ejection fractionLeft ventricular dysfunctionMultimodality cardiac imaging
2023
Impaired left-ventricular global longitudinal strain by feature-tracking cardiac MRI predicts mortality in systemic sclerosis
Feher A, Miller E, Peters D, Mojibian H, Sinusas A, Hinchcliff M, Baldassarre L. Impaired left-ventricular global longitudinal strain by feature-tracking cardiac MRI predicts mortality in systemic sclerosis. Rheumatology International 2023, 43: 849-858. PMID: 36894756, DOI: 10.1007/s00296-023-05294-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate gadolinium enhancementLV-GLSSystemic sclerosisWorse survivalClinical indicationsImpaired left ventricular global longitudinal strainLeft ventricular global longitudinal strainPresence of LGECMR strainLV cardiac indexWorse LV-GLSLV ejection fractionCox regression analysisGlobal longitudinal strainLV cardiac outputGlobal radialCardiac indexOverall survivalRetrospective cohortEjection fractionPrognostic valueAdverse outcomesCardiac outputGadolinium enhancementRV strain
2022
Novel Cardiac Computed Tomography Methods for the Assessment of Anthracycline Induced Cardiotoxicity
Feher A, Baldassarre LA, Sinusas AJ. Novel Cardiac Computed Tomography Methods for the Assessment of Anthracycline Induced Cardiotoxicity. Frontiers In Cardiovascular Medicine 2022, 9: 875150. PMID: 35571206, PMCID: PMC9094702, DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.875150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiac structureEpicardial coronary arteriesAnthracycline-induced cardiotoxicityAnti-cancer therapyCoronary vasoreactivityCoronary anatomyCoronary arteryInduced cardiotoxicityCardiac functionCardiotoxic effectsPreprocedural planningExtracellular volumeMyocardial deformationPotential roleCardiotoxicityMolecular imagingCurrent manuscriptVasoreactivityComputed tomography methodArteryAnthracyclinesTherapyCardiacPlaquesEvaluation
2021
57884 Fast strain-encoded cardiac magnetic resonance detects immune checkpoint inhibitor associated cardiotoxicity
Cuomo J, Ragheb E, Feher A, Kwan J, Huber S, Mojibian H, Peters D, Sinusas A, Baldassarre L. 57884 Fast strain-encoded cardiac magnetic resonance detects immune checkpoint inhibitor associated cardiotoxicity. Journal Of Clinical And Translational Science 2021, 5: 141-142. PMCID: PMC8827987, DOI: 10.1017/cts.2021.761.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImmune checkpoint inhibitorsVentricular ejection fractionLV strainCardiotoxicity groupCheckpoint inhibitorsEjection fractionProspective studyCardiac functionNormal left ventricular ejection fractionLeft ventricular ejection fractionCardiac magnetic resonance imagingCardiac magnetic resonance imaging techniquesGlobal longitudinal LV strainAbnormal troponin valuesEvidence of cardiotoxicityProportion of myocardiumLarge prospective studiesLongitudinal LV strainStudy of patientsSteady-state free precession cine imagesAbnormal cardiac functionCircumferential LV strainT2-weighted imagingMagnetic resonance imagingDysfunctional segments
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