Early identification of stage B heart failure (SBHF) in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) may allow timely initiation of cardioprotective therapies and help prevent progression to symptomatic heart failure. However, cardiovascular risk in T2DM is heterogeneous, and a selection process for echocardi...
A. Węgrzyn-Witek, C. Soh, W. Kosmala et al.· European Heart Journal· 0 citations
BACKGROUND
Guidelines advocate the use of dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) in low-gradient aortic stenosis (aortic valve area [AVA] <1 cm2 with aortic valve mean gradient <40 mm Hg) with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (<50%) for subsequent patient management. A significant proportion of patients hav...
A. Vamvakidou, M. Annabi, E. Płońska-Gościniak et al.· Circulation Cardiovascular I...· 0 citations
AIMS
To characterise sex-specific patterns of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) valvulo-aortopathy using consensus phenotyping and to assess how aortic normalisation strategies influence sex-related differences in aortic dimensions.
METHODS AND RESULTS
We analysed 808 adults with BAV (mean age 49.9 ± 17.5 years; 588 men) f...
E. Płońska-Gościniak, W. Kosmala, Jerzy Pacholewicz et al.· European Heart Journal-Cardi...· 0 citations
In conclusion, strain imaging has expanded from a specialized technique to a part of contemporary HF evaluation by capturing myocardial mechanics, which enables early detection, precise phenotyping, robust risk stratification, and timely therapy monitoring.
W. Kosmala, A. Węgrzyn-Witek· ESC Heart Failure· 0 citations
