Seismocardiography: Past, present and future

JM Zanetti, K Tavakolian - … of the IEEE engineering in medicine …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an overview of seismocardiography (SCG) as a noninvasive cardiology
method. The paper represents a brief historical background to the SCG, an assessment of …

Wearable seismocardiography: Towards a beat-by-beat assessment of cardiac mechanics in ambulant subjects

M Di Rienzo, E Vaini, P Castiglioni, G Merati… - Autonomic …, 2013 - Elsevier
Seismocardiogram (SCG) is the measure of the micro-vibrations produced by the heart
contraction and blood ejection into the vascular tree. Over time, a large body of evidence …

Analyzing seismocardiogram cycles to identify the respiratory phases

V Zakeri, A Akhbardeh, N Alamdari… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Goal: the objective of this study was to develop a method to identify respiratory phases (ie,
inhale or exhale) of seismocardiogram (SCG) cycles. An SCG signal is obtained by placing …

Precordial vibrations provide noninvasive detection of early-stage hemorrhage

K Tavakolian, GA Dumont, G Houlton, AP Blaber - Shock, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Graded lower-body negative pressure was used to create a hemodynamic response similar
to hemorrhage. Echocardiogram measurements showed a maximal reduction of 32.4% in …

Assessment of real‐time myocardial uptake and enzymatic conversion of hyperpolarized [1‐13C]pyruvate in pigs using slice selective magnetic resonance …

L Menichetti, F Frijia, A Flori, F Wiesinger… - Contrast media & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Hyperpolarization of 13C‐labeled energy substrates enables the noninvasive detection and
mapping of metabolic activity, in vivo, with magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) …

Placental stem cells pre-treated with a hyaluronan mixed ester of butyric and retinoic acid to cure infarcted pig hearts: a multimodal study

A Simioniuc, M Campan, V Lionetti… - Cardiovascular …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Aims Pre-treating placenta-derived human mesenchymal stem cells (FMhMSCs) with a
hyaluronan mixed ester of butyric and retinoic acid (HBR) potentiates their reparative …

Mechanocardiography detects improvement of systolic function caused by resynchronization pacing

F Tokmak, T Koivisto, O Lahdenoja… - Physiological …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is commonly used to manage heart
failure with dyssynchronous ventricular contraction. CRT pacing resynchronizes the …

Implantable Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor for Continuous Heart Activity Monitoring: Ex-Vivo and In-Vivo Validation

D Ferraro, G D'Alesio, D Camboni, C Zinno… - IEEE Sensors …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Continuous and reliable cardiac function monitoring could improve medication adherence in
patients at risk of heart failure. This work presents an innovative implantable Fiber Bragg …

Abnormal shortened diastolic time length at increasing heart rates in patients with abnormal exercise-induced increase in pulmonary artery pressure

T Bombardini, R Sicari, E Bianchini, E Picano - Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2011 - Springer
Background The degree of pulmonary hypertension is not independently related to the
severity of left ventricular systolic dysfunction but is frequently associated with diastolic filling …

DNP Methods for Cardiac Metabolic Imaging with Hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate Large Dose Injection in Pigs

A Flori, F Frijia, V Lionetti, JH Ardenkjaer-Larsen… - Applied Magnetic …, 2012 - Springer
In this study we set up and optimized a dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) procedure for
the hyperpolarization of a large dose suitable for cardiac metabolic imaging in vivo in swine …