ArticleRadiology2017
Hypertrabeculated Left Ventricular Myocardium in Relationship to Myocardial Function and Fibrosis: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
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- Three-dimensional Whole-Heart Cardiac MRI Sequence for Measuring Trabeculation in Left Ventricular Noncompaction.Radiology. Cardiothoracic imaging · 2022Article
- Left Ventricular Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy-Still More Questions than Answers.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Highlights of the Virtual Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2022 Scientific Conference: CMR: improving cardiovascular care around the world.Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance · 2022Review
- Inhibition of SphK1/S1P Signaling Pathway Alleviates Fibrosis and Inflammation of Rat Myocardium after Myocardial Infarction.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
- Left ventricular characteristics of noncompaction phenotype patients with good ejection fraction measured with cardiac magnetic resonance.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2021Article
- A machine learning framework for the evaluation of myocardial rotation in patients with noncompaction cardiomyopathy.PloS one · 2021Observational
- Increased fractal dimension of left ventricular trabeculations is associated with subclinical diastolic dysfunction in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2019Article
- Left Ventricular Trabeculations in Athletes: Epiphenomenon or Phenotype of Disease?Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine · 2018Review
- Fractal analysis of left ventricular trabeculations is associated with impaired myocardial deformation in healthy Chinese.Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance · 2017Article
- A method to quantify mechanobiologic forces during zebrafish cardiac development using 4-D light sheet imaging and computational modeling.PLoS computational biology · 2017Article
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Purpose To determine if excess greater left ventricle (LV) trabeculation is associated with decreased average regional myocardial function, diffuse fibrosis, or both. Materials and Methods This was a HIPAA-compliant institutional board approved multicenter study, and all participants provided written informed consent. Participants in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) underwent a comprehensive cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) examination. LV trabeculation was measured with the maximal apical fractal dimension (FD), which is a marker of endocardial complexity. Demographic covariates, cardiovascular risk factors, and cardiac MR measurements were compared across quartiles of FD. Associations between FD and peak regional systolic circumferential strain (Ecc) and T1 time, a surrogate for diffuse myocardial fibrosis, were assessed with multivariable linear regression models. Results A total of 1123 subjects (593 [52.8%] female; mean age, 67.1 years ± 8.7 [standard deviation]) underwent FD and Ecc measurement, and 992 (521 [52.5%] female; mean age, 67.1 years ± 8.7) underwent FD and T1 measurement. Mean FD was 1.2 ± 0.07 in both groups, and mean Ecc was -18.3 ± 2.27 in the subjects who underwent FD and Ecc measurement. Global volumes and ejection fraction showed no differences between FD quartiles. However, with increasing FD quartile, Ecc was greater (indicating worse average regional function) (P < .001). After adjustment, greater trabeculation was associated with 21% worse myocardial strain (relative to the mean) per unit change in FD (regression coefficient = 4.0%; P < .001). There was no association between the degree of trabeculation and diffuse fibrosis measured with T1 mapping. Conclusion Average regional LV function was worse in individuals with greater LV trabeculation, supporting the concept of hypertrabeculation being an epiphenomenon of disease.
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