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ArticleCirculation reports2026

Usefulness of Sinus of Valsalva Wall Thickness to Predict

Yui Kinoshita, Hiroki Usuku, Eiichiro Yamamoto, Daisuke Mori, Ryudai Higashi, Atsushi Nozuhara, Fumi Oike, Naoto Kuyama, Noriaki Tabata, Masanobu Ishii and 11 more

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Article in Circulation reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Cardiac amyloidosis: what every interventional cardiologist should know.Cardiovascular intervention and therapeutics · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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21 authors.

Yui KinoshitaDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kumamoto University Hospital Kumamoto Japan.
Hiroki UsukuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kumamoto University Hospital Kumamoto Japan.
Eiichiro YamamotoDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto Japan.
Daisuke MoriDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kumamoto University Hospital Kumamoto Japan.
Ryudai HigashiDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto Japan.
Atsushi NozuharaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto Japan.
Fumi OikeDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto Japan.
Naoto KuyamaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto Japan.
Noriaki TabataDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto Japan.
Masanobu IshiiDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto Japan.
Shinsuke HanataniDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto Japan.
Tadashi HoshiyamaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto Japan.
Hisanori KanazawaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto Japan.
Yuichiro ArimaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto Japan.
Seitaro OdaDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto Japan.
Hiroaki KawanoDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto Japan.
Yasushi MatsuzawaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto Japan.
Yasuhiro IzumiyaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto Japan.
Mitsuharu UedaDepartment of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto Japan.
Yasuhito TanakaDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kumamoto University Hospital Kumamoto Japan.
Kenichi TsujitaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The usefulness of the sinus of Valsalva wall thickness for diagnosing concomitant amyloid cardiomyopathy is not evaluated in patient with aortic stenosis (AS). Methods and Results: We investigated 70 consecutive patients with moderate to severe AS who underwent Conclusions: The sinus of Valsalva wall thickness was useful for predicting

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Amyloid cardiomyopathyAortic stenosisLeft ventricular apical sparingSinus of Valsalva wall thickness

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PMCPMC12885538

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