M. Cameli

Impaired Left Atrial Function in Patients with Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source

Background/Objectives: Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (ESUS) refers to non-lacunar ischemic stroke without an identified cause and is presumed to be related to a cardioembolic mechanism. A potential etiological factor is atrial fibrosis leading to left atrial (LA) dysfunction, also known as atrial cardiomyopathy...

Multicenter invasive validation of the Venous Excess Ultrasound Score (VExUS) in patients referred for pulmonary hypertension.

BACKGROUND The Venous Excess Ultrasound (VExUS) score is increasingly used to assess systemic venous congestion, yet direct validation against invasively measured right atrial pressure (RAP) in pulmonary hypertension (PH) remains limited. RESEARCH QUESTION How accurate is the VExUS score to predict RAP in patients wi...

Obesity and left atrial function in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: OLA-HF registry.

The prognostic importance of the right ventricle for patients with mitral regurgitation undergoing surgical treatment: A speckle tracking study.

BACKGROUND A careful preoperative evaluation of patients with mitral regurgitation (MR) is pivotal to optimize the timing of intervention and clinical outcome. The aim of this study was to evaluate preoperative prognostic parameters, among basic and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE), in patients undergoing MR sur...

Dynamic Changes in Myocardial Function Early and Long-Term After Mitral Valve Surgery Detected by Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography

Background: It is known that mitral valve surgery produces an early reduction in hemodynamic overload after the procedure. However, the reduction in left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) may persist over the long term. Speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) provides more sensitive indices of cardiac performance...

Usefulness of Strain Echocardiography in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

A multi-chamber strain-based approach may improve HFpEF diagnosis, phenotyping, and risk stratification, supporting a transition toward a more personalized management strategy.