ArticleCardiovascular diabetology2016
Impact of obesity and epicardial fat on early left atrial dysfunction assessed by cardiac MRI strain analysis.
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- Adverse association of epicardial adipose tissue accumulation with cardiac function and atrioventricular coupling in postmenopausal women assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- Left atrial evaluation by cardiovascular magnetic resonance: sensitive and unique biomarkers.European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging · 2021Article
- Predictors of left atrial remodeling in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients: a speckle-tracking echocardiographic study.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2021Article
- Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Studied with Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Systematic Review of Techniques and Relation to Established Measures of Diastolic Function.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Association of pericardial adipose tissue with left ventricular structure and function: a region-specific effect?Cardiovascular diabetology · 2021Article
- Volumetric evaluation of renal sinus adipose tissue on computed tomography images in bilateral nephrolithiasis patients.International urology and nephrology · 2020Article
- Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: the missing pieces in diagnostic imaging.Heart failure reviews · 2020Review
- Effect of Obesity on Left Atrial Strain in Persons Aged 35-55 Years (The Asklepios Study).The American journal of cardiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundDiastolic dysfunction is a major cause of morbidity in obese individuals. We aimed to assess the ability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) derived left atrial (LA) strain to detect early diastolic dysfunction in individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes, and to explore the association between cardiac adipose tissue and LA function.
methodsTwenty patients with obesity and T2D (55 ± 8 years) and nineteen healthy controls (48 ± 13 years) were imaged using cine steady state free precession and 2-point Dixon cardiovascular magnetic resonance. LA function was quantified using a feature tracking technique with definition of phasic longitudinal strain and strain rates, as well as radial motion fraction and radial velocities.
resultsSystolic left ventricular size and function were similar between the obesity and type 2 diabetes and control groups by MRI. All patients except four had normal diastolic assessment by echocardiography. In contrast, measures of LA function using magnetic resonance feature tracking were uniformly altered in the obesity and type 2 diabetes group only. Although there was no significant difference in intra-myocardial fat fraction, Dixon 3D epicardial fat volume(EFV) was significantly elevated in the obesity and type 2 diabetes versus control group (135 ± 31 vs. 90 ± 30 mL/m
conclusionsLA MRI-strain may be a sensitive tool for the detection of early diastolic dysfunction in individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes and correlated with BMI and epicardial fat supporting a possible association between adiposity and LA strain. Trials Registration Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry No. ACTRN12613001069741.
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