Standardized imaging for aortic annular sizing: implications for transcatheter valve selection

AM Kasel, S Cassese, S Bleiziffer, M Amaki… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2013 - jacc.org
The safety and efficacy of transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures are directly
related to proper imaging. This report revisits the existing noninvasive and invasive …

JCS/JSCS/JATS/JSVS 2020 guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease

C Izumi, K Eishi, K Ashihara, T Arita, Y Otsuji… - Circulation …, 2020 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The “Guidelines on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease” were initially published as
the “Guidelines on Non-pharmacological Treatment of Valvular Heart Disease” in 2002 …

Extensive late gadolinium enhancement on cardiovascular magnetic resonance predicts adverse outcomes and lack of improvement in LV function after steroid …

T Ise, T Hasegawa, Y Morita, N Yamada, A Funada… - Heart, 2014 - heart.bmj.com
Background Gadolinium-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance is an emerging tool
for the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis (CS); however, the correlations between extent of …

Direct comparison of the diagnostic capability of cardiac magnetic resonance and endomyocardial biopsy in patients with heart failure

A Yoshida, H Ishibashi-Ueda, N Yamada… - European journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The diagnostic performance of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) has not been
compared with that of other imaging modalities. Therefore, this study investigated the …

Three-dimensional principal strain analysis for characterizing subclinical changes in left ventricular function

G Pedrizzetti, S Sengupta, G Caracciolo… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Subendocardial strain analysis is currently feasible in two-dimensional and
three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography; however, there is a lack of clarity regarding the …

Subclinical hypothyroidism is an independent predictor of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with acute decompensated heart failure

T Hayashi, T Hasegawa, H Kanzaki, A Funada… - ESC heart …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Altered thyroid hormone metabolism characterized by a low triiodothyronine (T3), so‐
called low‐T3 syndrome, is a common finding in patients with severe systemic diseases …

Diagnostic Concordance of Echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance–Based Tissue Tracking for Differentiating Constrictive Pericarditis From Restrictive …

M Amaki, J Savino, DL Ain, J Sanz… - Circulation …, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Variations in longitudinal deformation of the left ventricle have been
suggested to be useful for differentiating chronic constrictive pericarditis (CP) and restrictive …

Effects of percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty on left ventricular deformation in patients with isolated severe mitral stenosis: a speckle-tracking strain …

SP Sengupta, M Amaki, M Bansal, M Fulwani… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Previous studies have reported abnormal left ventricular (LV) contraction in
patients with mitral stenosis (MS). The aim of this study was to explore the serial changes in …

[HTML][HTML] Does the pathophysiology of heart failure prime the incidence of cancer?

M Sakamoto, T Hasegawa, M Asakura… - Hypertension …, 2017 - nature.com
Both chronic heart failure (CHF) and cancer are among the most frequent causes of death in
developed countries. Given that CHF activates neurohumoral factors, such as cytokines, the …

AVJ-514 Trial―Baseline Characteristics and 30-Day Outcomes Following MitraClip® Treatment in a Japanese Cohort―

K Hayashida, S Yasuda, T Matsumoto, M Amaki… - Circulation …, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: The MitraClip® system is a transcatheter-based therapeutic option for patients
with chronic mitral regurgitation (MR) who are at high risk for surgery. A prospective …