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Julia Grapsa
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Cardiologist, Deputy editor EHJCVI - imaging & VHD ❤️
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#EHJIMP 🏃‍♂️ What’s the role of exercise CMR PA compliance in suspected diastolic dysfunction with pRVEF? 🫁 They show a sharper drop in PA compliance during exercise, despite normal resting values 📉 Is there a link with HFA-PEFF score or outcomes? doi.org/10.1093/ehji... #CardioSky @jgrapsa.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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#EHJIMP 🧒🫁 Can we use lung ultrasound in pediatric cardiology? 🖋️ This expert opinion from the AEPC Imaging WG outlines key principles, diagnostic applications, limitations, and future directions 🔍 Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/ehji... #CardioSky @jgrapsa.bsky.social @escardio.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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#EHJIMP 👀 Our SoMe editor Eirini Beneki presents this fascinating case:🧍‍♂️49-year-old male 😮 Sudden-onset dyspnoea (NYHA IV) one week after chest trauma 🫀EKG: complete heart block + ventricular escape rhythm 🔍 What do the imaging findings reveal? #CardioSky @jgrapsa.bsky.social @escardio.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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#EHJIMP 🚫 Measuring perivascular adipose tissue attenuation around the RCA or aortic valve adds no incremental prognostic value for MACE prediction in TAVI patients beyond established risk factors 📉 Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/ehji... #CardioSky @jgrapsa.bsky.social @escardio.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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#EHJIMP 🫀 Is epicardial adipose tissue linked to diastolic dysfunction? 👀 This editorial dives into the findings by Ishikawa et al. from a retrospective study of 314 symptomatic CCS patients 🧩 A potential piece in the HFpEF puzzle? 🔍 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/ehji... #CardioSky @jgrapsa.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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#EHJCVI 🌍 How should we use multimodality cardiac imaging to diagnose cardiovascular involvement in tropical diseases? 🫀 Check out this joint EACVI & DICSB scientific statement highlighting the role of imaging in these conditions 🔎 Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/ehjc... @jgrapsa.bsky.social #CardioSky
May 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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#EHJCVI 🌀 What’s the incremental value of regurgitant fraction by 3DE in STR? ⚠️ This study shows it’s the strongest severity marker and the only one improving risk stratification beyond EROA 📈, identifying a high-risk subgroup 📊 Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/ehjc... #CardioSky @jgrapsa.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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#EHJIMP 🧪 What’s the role of MRI-measured myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in predicting atherothrombosis? 🐇 In rabbits, R1 relaxation rate after MPO-Gd was the best predictor 🧠 But what about MPO in human carotid plaques? 🔍 Dive into the study: doi.org/10.1093/ehji... #CardioSky @jgrapsa.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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#EHJIMP 🩻 How should coronary assessment be handled in TAVI candidates? 🧠 Is coronary angiography enough? ⚖️ What are the benefits and risks of different approaches? 🔍 Want to know more? doi.org/10.1093/ehji... #CardioSky @jgrapsa.bsky.social @escardio.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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#EHJIMP💡 Can we use CMR to assess pulmonary congestion? 🫁 This study found that patients at risk for HF have significantly higher lung water density (LWD) 📈 Optimal cut-off: 27.6% 🔍 Curious about the results and how LWD was measured? Dive in here: doi.org/10.1093/ehji... #CardioSky
May 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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#EHJCVI 📉 Baseline pulmonary vascular resistance >2 WU is linked to worse outcomes in patients undergoing tricuspid annuloplasty. Is it a stronger prognostic marker than PASP or the TAPSE/PASP ratio? What’s the role of post-op PVR? 🫁 Read more doi.org/10.1093/ehjc... #CardioSky @jgrapsa.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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#EHJCVI 👶 A 2-year-old is admitted for a 3/6 diastolic murmur at the 2nd–4th intercostal spaces along the left sternal border 🎧 TTE reveals the following findings What’s your diagnosis? 🤔🫀 #CardioSky @jgrapsa.bsky.social @escardio.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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#EHJCVI 🖥️ What’s the prognostic value of ECV-derived radiomics (RadScore) for risk stratification in reperfused STEMI? 🫀 Do patients with increased RadScore face higher MACE risk? ⚠️ Want to know more? 👉 doi.org/10.1093/ehjc... #CardioSky @escardio.bsky.social @jgrapsa.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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#AI for Preconception #Cardiomyopathy Screening Among Women of Reproductive Age

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May 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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#EHJCVI 💬 67-year-old woman with shortness of breath and lower limb oedema 🦵ECG shows atrial fibrillation ⚡ TTE reveals severe MR and TR plus the following findings. What’s your suspicion? What would you do? 🕵️‍♂️🔍 (Part 1) @escardio.bsky.social @jgrapsa.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Routine LAA surgical closure for all patients undergoing cardiac surgery?

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April 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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NEJM Editorial Fellow Harleen Marwah, MD, summarizes the SOUL trial. Read the full trial results: nej.md/4hHII5M

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March 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Sarcopenia-related indices, particularly the 5-STS, effectively and simply predicted achievable exercise intensity during ESE, independent of age and sex.
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The Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test Predicts Achievable Exercise Intensity During Stress Echocardiography
AbstractBackground. Exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) is becoming increasingly important in assessing heart failure and valvular diseases; however, de
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March 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Reduced passive and active 3D LA motion from 4D RGCT associates with more advanced AF and AF recurrence post-ablation, respectively. Future work should extend this approach to larger populations.
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March 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Pregnancies in women after peri-partum cardiomyopathy #PPCM: global ESC EuroObservational Registry

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February 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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🔥Just published #EHJCVI 🔥

LV GLS and T2 value were independently associated with significant allograft rejection ➡️ incremental value for non-invasive identification of significant rejection in HTx recipients ➡️ academic.oup.com/ehjcimaging/... @escardio.bsky.social @pabloplopez.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Skeletal muscle adiposity, coronary microvascular dysfunction #cvCMD, & adverse CV outcomes

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February 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Read this important study on #EHJIMP what are the parameters of TR regression post M-TEER?
✅ A lower prevalence of atrial fibrillation, smaller left atrial volume index, and smaller right atrial area were significantly associated with TR regression
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February 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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To combat some of the limitations of observational analyses in cardiac surgery, factoring in instrumental variables like surgeon preference could potentially alleviate some confounding bias, according to the authors of a new study.

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With Limited RCTs of Arterial Grafting, Researchers Take a Different Tack
A new study comparing multiple and single arterial grafting highlights how physician preference can bias observational data.
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January 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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For HTN, starting a 2-pill low-dose Rx was noninferior to stepped monotherapy.
2-pill & 3-pill low-dose strategies were not superior to stepped monotherapy

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February 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM