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Pablo Perez Lopez @pabloplopez.bsky.social · Jun 5

#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

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Pablo Perez Lopez @pabloplopez.bsky.social · Jun 7

#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

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Pablo Perez Lopez @pabloplopez.bsky.social · Jun 4

#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

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Pablo Perez Lopez @pabloplopez.bsky.social · Jun 2

#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

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Julia Grapsa @jgrapsa.bsky.social · May 25

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Pablo Perez Lopez @pabloplopez.bsky.social · May 23

#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

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Pablo Perez Lopez @pabloplopez.bsky.social · May 24

#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

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Pablo Perez Lopez @pabloplopez.bsky.social · May 25

#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

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Pablo Perez Lopez @pabloplopez.bsky.social · May 24

#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

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Pablo Perez Lopez @pabloplopez.bsky.social · May 21

#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

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Pablo Perez Lopez @pabloplopez.bsky.social · May 16

#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

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Pablo Perez Lopez @pabloplopez.bsky.social · May 14

#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

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Pablo Perez Lopez @pabloplopez.bsky.social · May 10

#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

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Pablo Perez Lopez @pabloplopez.bsky.social · May 8

#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

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Parham Eshtehardi MD @cardioobdoc.bsky.social · May 2

#AI for Preconception #Cardiomyopathy Screening Among Women of Reproductive Age

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Pablo Perez Lopez @pabloplopez.bsky.social · Apr 30

#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

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Parham Eshtehardi MD @cardioobdoc.bsky.social · Apr 3

Routine LAA surgical closure for all patients undergoing cardiac surgery?

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · Mar 29

NEJM Editorial Fellow Harleen Marwah, MD, summarizes the SOUL trial. Read the full trial results: nej.md/4hHII5M

#ACC25 #MedSky #CardioSky @accintouch.bsky.social

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Alessia Gimelli @gimelliale.bsky.social · Mar 15

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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Alessia Gimelli @gimelliale.bsky.social · Mar 6

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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CardioOB @cardioob.bsky.social · Feb 23

Pregnancies in women after peri-partum cardiomyopathy #PPCM: global ESC EuroObservational Registry

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Julia Grapsa @jgrapsa.bsky.social · Feb 13

🔥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

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Parham Eshtehardi MD @cardioobdoc.bsky.social · Feb 4

Skeletal muscle adiposity, coronary microvascular dysfunction #cvCMD, & adverse CV outcomes

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Julia Grapsa @jgrapsa.bsky.social · Feb 2

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Julia Grapsa @jgrapsa.bsky.social · Feb 2

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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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Yael L. Maxwell @yaelmaxwell.bsky.social · Jan 31

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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