Impact of sirolimus as a primary immunosuppressant on myocardial fibrosis and diastolic function following heart transplantation

H Alnsasra, R Asleh, JK Oh… - … of the American Heart …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
… In 100 heart transplantation recipients who were either treated with a calcineurin inhibitor (…
right heart catheterizations. Myocardial fibrosis was quantified on serial myocardial biopsies. …

Endomyocardial fibrosis: diagnosis and management

SI Khalil - Journal of Vascular Diagnostics and Interventions, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a form of restrictive cardiomyopathy of unknown etiology,
characterized by endocardial fibrosis … buy time before surgery or heart transplant is available. …

Progression of myocardial fibrosis in nonischemic DCM and association with mortality and heart failure outcomes

A Mandawat, P Chattranukulchai, A Mandawat… - Cardiovascular …, 2021 - jacc.org
… and extent of fibrosis changes over time in patients with … heart failure hospitalization,
aborted sudden cardiac death, left ventricular (LV) assist device implantation, or heart transplant

Myocardial fibrosis: morphologic patterns and role of imaging in diagnosis and prognostication

C Giordano, M Francone, G Cundari, A Pisano… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - Elsevier
… The present Review focuses on the morphologic patterns of MF observed either at autopsy
and heart transplant, or in vivo by non-invasive imaging techniques. Main aim is to provide …

Mechanical circulatory support does not reduce advanced myocardial fibrosis in patients with end‐stage heart failure

A Kassner, C Oezpeker, J Gummert… - … Journal of Heart …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… Left ventricular myocardial tissue from ischaemic or non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy
patients undergoing VAD implantation and subsequent cardiac transplantation and non-failing …

Left atrial strain by speckle tracking predicts atrial fibrosis in patients undergoing heart transplantation

M Lisi, GE Mandoli, M Cameli… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
… In Figure 2, atrial bioptic specimens from our population show increasing grades of LA
myocardial fibrosis. Mean Peak VO 2 was 12.6 ± 1.9 mL/kg/min and mean N-terminal pro-brain …

Myocardial fibrosis as a predictor of sudden death in patients with coronary artery disease

A Zegard, O Okafor, J De Bono, M Kalla… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - jacc.org
Cardiac transplantation was undertaken in 2 patients and left ventricular assist device …
cardiac death and the arrhythmic endpoint in the subcohort of patients with myocardial fibrosis on …

Cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking global longitudinal strain and prognosis after heart transplantation

C Shenoy, S Romano, A Hughes, O Okasha… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - jacc.org
… We have previously shown a prognostic role for myocardial fibrosis in heart transplant
recipients (15). This study showed an independent and incremental prognostic value for CMR-FT …

Myocardial fibrosis predicts ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death after cardiac electronic device implantation

F Leyva, A Zegard, O Okafor, P Foley, F Umar… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
… presence of myocardial fibrosis on visual assessment (MF VA ) and gray zone fibrosis (GZF)
mass predicts sudden cardiac death (… Cardiac transplantation was undertaken in 7 (0.01%) …

Approach to optimal assessment of right ventricular remodelling in heart transplant recipients: insights from myocardial work index, T1 mapping, and endomyocardial …

LE Sade, A Colak, SA Duzgun… - European Heart …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
… Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is an important cause of graft failure after heart transplantation
(HTx). We sought to investigate relative merits of echocardiographic tools and cardiac