2025
How to Use Imaging: Complex Cases of Atherosclerosis, Myocardial Inflammation, and Cardiomyopathy in Cardio-Oncology
Khattab M, Baig M, Zarif T, Barac A, Ferencik M, Henry M, Lopez-Mattei J, Redheuil A, Salem J, Scherrer-Crosbie M, Yang E, Baldassarre L. How to Use Imaging: Complex Cases of Atherosclerosis, Myocardial Inflammation, and Cardiomyopathy in Cardio-Oncology. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2025, 18: e015981. PMID: 39772610, DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.124.015981.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardio-oncologyCases of atherosclerosisCardiac magnetic resonance imagingCoronary computed tomography angiographySingle-photon emission computed tomographyImmune checkpoint inhibitorsLeft ventricular dysfunctionMultimodality cardiac imagingTyrosine kinase inhibitorsCardiac imaging modalitiesComputed tomography angiographyRisk of cardiovascular diseaseEmission computed tomographyPositron emission tomographyMagnetic resonance imagingCheckpoint inhibitorsVentricular dysfunctionMyocardial inflammationCoronary vasospasmAccelerated atherosclerosisKinase inhibitorsPatient populationDiagnosing such pathologiesCancer therapyCardiac imaging
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
2021
Left ventricular myocardial strain and tissue characterization by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in immune checkpoint inhibitor associated cardiotoxicity
Higgins AY, Arbune A, Soufer A, Ragheb E, Kwan JM, Lamy J, Henry M, Cuomo JR, Charifa A, Gallegos C, Hull S, Coviello JS, Bader AS, Peters DC, Huber S, Mojibian HR, Sinusas AJ, Kluger H, Baldassarre LA. Left ventricular myocardial strain and tissue characterization by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in immune checkpoint inhibitor associated cardiotoxicity. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0246764. PMID: 33606757, PMCID: PMC7895343, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246764.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlobal longitudinal strainImmune checkpoint inhibitorsLate gadolinium enhancementRecovery of LVEFLake Louise criteriaCheckpoint inhibitorsNormal LVEFAverage global longitudinal strainPresence of LGEAbnormal global longitudinal strainCardiac magnetic resonance imagingCorrect clinical contextEvaluation of myocarditisLeft ventricular dysfunctionVentricular ejection fractionDiagnosis of myocarditisLeft ventricular strainCardiac magnetic resonanceLeft ventricular myocardial strainOvert left ventricular dysfunctionVentricular myocardial strainMagnetic resonance imagingAtrial strainVentricular dysfunctionVentricular strain
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