Publications
Association of right atrial strain and long-term outcome in severe secondary tricuspid regurgitation Vrije Universiteit Brussel
OBJECTIVE: Severe secondary tricuspid regurgitation (STR) causes significant right atrial (RA) volume overload, resulting in structural and functional RA-remodelling. This study evaluated whether patients with severe STR and reduced RA function, as assessed by RA-reservoir-strain (RASr), show lower long-term prognosis.
METHODS: Consecutive patients, from a single centre, with first diagnosis of severe STR and RASr measure available, ...
Syndromic pulmonary artery aneurysm Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Impact of vessel morphology on CT-derived fractional-flow-reserve in non-obstructive coronary artery disease in right coronary artery Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Objectives: Computed tomography (CT)–derived fractional flow reserve (FFR CT) decreases continuously from proximal to distal segments of the vessel due to the influence of various factors even in non-obstructive coronary artery disease (NOCAD). It is known that FFR CT is dependent on vessel-length, but the relationship with other vessel morphologies remains to be explained. Purpose: To investigate morphological aspects of the vessels that ...
Pulmonary Vein Remodeling Between Atrial Fibrillation Subtypes Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Although pulmonary vein (PV) isolation is the cornerstone for atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation; no data exist comparing the PV anatomy between the AF subtypes directly. We aimed to compare the PV anatomic characteristics between paroxysmal AF (PAF) and persistent AF (PeAF) in a matched population using cardiac computed tomography. A total of 58 patients with PeAF (with cardiac computed tomography before the first AF ablation procedure, ...
Depression and Malnutrition for Prediction of Mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Moderate to severe frailty is a predictor of a poor outcome after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), but little is known about the prognostic importance of different geriatric frailty markers in an overall fit or pre-frail geriatric population undergoing TAVR. This retrospective study aimed to examine the incremental value of adding patient frailty markers to conventional surgical risk score to predict all-cause mortality in ...
Predictors of late pulmonary vein reconnection in patients with arrhythmia recurrence after cryoballoon ablation-per vein analysis including cardiac computed tomography-based anatomic factors Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Aims: To identify predictors of individual late pulmonary vein (PV) reconnection after second-generation cryoballoon (CB2) ablation. Anatomic indicators of late pulmonary vein reconnection (LPVR) post-CB2 ablation have not yet been studied on an individual PV level, nor weighed against clinical and procedural factors. Methods and results: Clinical, procedural, and PV anatomic data from 125 patients with a repeat procedure for arrhythmia ...
Prognostic implications of atrial vs. ventricular functional tricuspid regurgitation Vrije Universiteit Brussel
AIMS: Atrial functional tricuspid regurgitation (AFTR) has shown distinctive pathophysiological and anatomical differences compared with ventricular functional tricuspid regurgitation (VFTR) with potential implications for interventions. However, little is known about the difference in long-term prognosis between these two FTR-aetiologies, which was investigated in the current study.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Patients with severe FTR were ...
EACVI SIMULATOR-online study Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Aims To assess the level of transesophageal echocardiography (TOE) knowledge and skills of young cardiologists. Methods and results A European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) online study using the first fully virtual simulation-based software was conducted in two periods (9–12 December 2021 and 10–13 April 2022). All young cardiologists eligible to participate (<40 years) across the world were invited to participate. After a ...
The year 2021 in the European Heart Journal Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging was launched in 2012 and has during these years become one of the leading multimodality cardiovascular imaging journals. The journal is currently ranked as Number 19 among all cardiovascular journals. It has an impressive impact factor of 9.130. The most important studies published in our Journal from 2021 will be highlighted in two reports. Part II will focus on valvular heart disease, heart ...