Browsing by Author "Crispi Brillas, Fàtima"

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  • 3D fetal face reconstruction from ultrasound imaging
    Alomar Adrover, Antònia; Morales, Araceli; Vellvé, Kilian; Porras Pérez, Antonio Reyes; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; Linguraru, Marius; Piella Fenoy, Gemma; Sukno, Federico Mateo (SciTePress. Science and Technology Publications, 2021)
    The fetal face contains essential information in the evaluation of congenital malformations and the fetal brain function, as its development is driven by genetic factors at early stages of embryogenesis. Three-dimensional ...
  • A computational model of the fetal circulation to quantify blood redistribution in intrauterine growth restriction
    García Cañadilla, Patricia, 1985-; Rudenick, Paula A.; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; Cruz-Lemini, Mónica; Palau, Georgina; Camara, Oscar; Gratacós Solsona, Eduard; Bijnens, Bart (Public Library of Science, 2014)
    Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) due to placental insufficiency is associated with blood flow redistribution in order to/nmaintain delivery of oxygenated blood to the brain. Given that, in the fetus the aortic isthmus ...
  • A two dimensional electromechanical model of a cardiomyocyte to assess intra-cellular regional mechanical heterogeneities
    Garcia Canadilla, Patricia; Rodriguez, Jose F.; Palazzi, Maria J.; Gonzalez-Tendero, Anna; Schönleitner, Patrick; Balicevic, Vedrana; Loncaric, Sven; Luiken, Joost J. F. P.; Ceresa, Mario; Camara, Oscar; Antoons, Gudrun; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; Gratacós Solsona, Eduard; Bijnens, Bart (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017)
    Experimental studies on isolated cardiomyocytes from different animal species and human hearts have demonstrated that there are regional differences in the Ca2+ release, Ca2+ decay and sarcomere deformation. Local deformation ...
  • Aortic and carotid intima-media thickness in term small-for-gestational-age newborns and relationship with prenatal signs of severity
    Stergiotou, Iosifina; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; Valenzuela Alcaraz, Brenda; Cruz-Lemini, Mónica; Bijnens, Bart; Gratacós Solsona, Eduard (Wiley, 2014)
    Objective To assess carotid and aortic intima–media thickness (IMT) in term small‐for‐gestational‐age (SGA) newborns with and without prenatal signs of severity. Methods This prospective study comprised 67 cases ...
  • Automated cardiac sarcomere analysis from second harmonic generation images
    García Cañadilla, Patricia, 1985-; Gonzalez-Tendero, Anna; Iruretagoyena, Igor; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; Torre, Iratxe; Amat-Roldán, Iván; Bijnens, Bart; Gratacós Solsona, Eduard (Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 2014)
    Automatic quantification of cardiac muscle properties in tissue sections might provide important information related to different types of diseases. Second harmonic generation (SHG) imaging provides a stain-free microscopy ...
  • Comprehensive analysis of animal models of cardiovascular disease using multiscale X-Ray phase contrast tomography
    Dejea i Velardo, Hèctor; Garcia Canadilla, Patricia; Cook, Andrew C.; Guasch, Eduard; Zamora, Monica; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; Stampanoni, Marco; Bijnens, Bart; Bonnin, Anne (Nature Research, 2019)
    Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) affect the myocardium and vasculature, inducing remodelling of the heart from cellular to whole organ level. To assess their impact at micro and macroscopic level, multi-resolution imaging ...
  • Descriptive analysis of the different phenotypes of cardiac remodeling in fetal growth restriction
    Rodriguez López, Mérida; Cruz-Lemini, Mónica; Valenzuela Alcaraz, Brenda; Garcia‐Otero, Laura; Sitges, Marta; Bijnens, Bart; Gratacós Solsona, Eduard; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima (Wiley, 2017)
    Objective: To identify the presence of different cardiac phenotypes among FGR. Study Design: Fetal echocardiography was performed in 126 FGR (defined as birth weight <10th centile) and 64 adequate for gestational age (AGA). ...
  • Estimating 3D ventricular shape from 2D echocardiography: feasibility and effect of noise
    Bernardino Perez, Gabriel; Butakoff, Constantine; Nuñez-Garcia, Marta; Sarvari, Sebastian Imre; Rodriguez López, Mérida; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; González Ballester, Miguel Ángel, 1973-; Craene, Mathieu de; Bijnens, Bart (Springer, 2017)
    Many cardiac diseases are associated with changes in ventricular shape. However, in daily practice, the heart is mostly assessed by 2D echocardiography only. While 3D techniques are available, they are rarely used. In this ...
  • Experimentally induced intrauterine growth restriction in rabbits leads to differential remodelling of left versus right ventricular myocardial microstructure
    Schipke, Julia; Gonzalez-Tendero, Anna; Cornejo, Lidia; Willführ, Alper; Bijnens, Bart; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; Mühlfeld, Christian; Gratacós Solsona, Eduard (Springer, 2017)
    BACKGROUND: Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) affects up to 7-10% of pregnancies and is associated with fetal cardiac remodelling and dysfunction in utero together with increased risk of cardiovascular disease in ...
  • Fetal cardiovascular remodelling persists at 6 months of life in infants with intrauterine growth restriction
    Cruz-Lemini, Mónica; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; Valenzuela Alcaraz, Brenda; Figueras, Francesc; Sitges, Marta; Bijnens, Bart; Gratacós Solsona, Eduard (Wiley, 2016)
    Objectives Intrauterine growth restriction is associated with increased cardiovascular risk later in life but the link between fetal disease and postnatal risk is not well‐documented. We evaluated longitudinally the ...
  • Handling confounding variables in statistical shape analysis - application to cardiac remodelling
    Bernardino Perez, Gabriel; Benkarim, Oualid M.; Sanz de la Garza, Maria; Prat Gonzàlez, Susanna; Sepúlveda-Martínez, Álvaro; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; Sitges, Marta; Butakoff, Constantine; Craene, Mathieu de; Bijnens, Bart; González Ballester, Miguel Ángel, 1973- (Elsevier, 2020)
    Statistical shape analysis is a powerful tool to assess organ morphologies and find shape changes associated to a particular disease. However, imbalance in confounding factors, such as demographics might invalidate the ...
  • Heart morphology differences induced by intrauterine growth restriction and preterm birth measured on the ECG at preadolescent age
    Ortigosa, Núria; Rodriguez López, Mérida; Bailón, Raquel; Sarvari, Sebastian Imre; Sitges, Marta; Gratacós Solsona, Eduard; Bijnens, Bart; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; Laguna, Pablo (Elsevier, 2016)
    Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) and premature birth are associated with higher risk of cardiovascular diseases throughout adulthood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of these factors in ventricular ...
  • Machine learning in fetal cardiology: what to expect
    García Cañadilla, Patricia, 1985-; Sanchez Martinez, Sergio; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; Bijnens, Bart (Karger (S. Karger AG), 2020)
    In fetal cardiology, imaging (especially echocardiography) has demonstrated to help in the diagnosis and monitoring of fetuses with a compromised cardiovascular system potentially associated with several fetal conditions. ...
  • Multiscale cardiovascular analysis and simulations for the understanding of intra-uterine cardiovascular remodelling
    García Cañadilla, Patricia (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2015-07-02)
    Cardiovascular diseases are nowadays one of the major causes of death in developed countries. Besides the already known risk factors such as lifestyle and genetics, there is a growing evidence that adverse remodelling ...
  • Online versus offline spatiotemporal image correlation (STIC) M-mode for the evaluation of cardiac longitudinal annular displacement in fetal growth restriction
    Tanis, Jozien C.; Mohammed, Nuruddin; Bennasar, Mar; Martinez, Josep Maria; Bijnens, Bart; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; Gratacós Solsona, Eduard (Taylor & Francis, 2018)
    Purpose: Our first aim was to compare online M-mode with offline spatiotemporal image correlation (STIC) M-mode for assessing longitudinal annular displacement (LAD) in growth-restricted fetuses (FGR). Our second aim was ...
  • Patient-specific estimates of vascular and placental properties in growth-restricted fetuses based on a model of the fetal circulation
    Bijnens, Bart; García Cañadilla, Patricia, 1985-; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; Cruz-Lemini, Mónica; Triunfo, Stefania; Nadal, Alfons; Valenzuela Alcaraz, Brenda; Rudenick, Paula A.; Gratacós Solsona, Eduard (Elsevier, 2015)
    Introduction: Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) due to placental insufficiency is associated with blood-flow redistribution in order to maintain perfusion to the brain. However, some hemodynamic parameters that might ...
  • Permanent cardiac sarcomere changes in a rabbit model of intrauterine growth restriction
    Torre, Iratxe; González-Tendero, Anna; García Cañadilla, Patricia, 1985-; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; García-García, Francisco; Bijnens, Bart; Iruretagoyena, Igor; Dopazo, Joaquín; Amat-Roldán, Iván; Gratacós Solsona, Eduard (Public Library of Science, 2014)
    Background: Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) induces fetal cardiac remodelling and dysfunction, which persists postnatally and may explain the link between low birth weight and increased cardiovascular mortality in ...
  • Persistence of cardiac remodeling in preadolescents with fetal growth restriction
    Imre Sarvari, Sebastian; Rodriguez López, Mérida; Nuñez-Garcia, Marta; Sitges, Marta; Sepúlveda-Martínez, Álvaro; Camara, Oscar; Butakoff, Constantine; Gratacós Solsona, Eduard; Bijnens, Bart; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima (American Hearth Association, 2017)
    Fetal growth restriction (FGR) affects 5% to 10% of newborns and is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality in adulthood. We evaluated whether prenatal cardiovascular changes previously demonstrated in FGR persist ...
  • Prevalence and pattern of cardiovascular magnetic resonance late gadolinium enhancement in highly trained endurance athletes
    Domenech Ximenos, Blanca; Sanz de la Garza, Maria; Prat Gonzàlez, Susanna; Sepúlveda-Martínez, Álvaro; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; Duran-Fernandez, K.; Perea, Rosario J.; Bijnens, Bart; Sitges, Marta (BioMed Central, 2020)
    Background Intensive endurance exercise may induce a broad spectrum of right ventricular (RV) adaptation/remodelling patterns. Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) has also been described in cardiovascular magnetic resonance ...
  • Reliability and concurrent and construct validity of a food frequency questionnaire for pregnant women at high risk to develop fetal growth restriction
    Juton, Charlotte; Castro-Barquero, Sara; Casas, Rosa; Freitas-Simoes, Tania-Marisa; Ruiz-León, Ana Maria; Crovetto, Francesca; Domenech, Mónica; Crispi Brillas, Fàtima; Vieta, Eduard; Gratacós Solsona, Eduard; Estruch, Ramón; Schröder, Helmut, 1958- (MDPI, 2021)
    Accuracy of dietary assessment instruments such as food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) is crucial in the evaluation of diet-disease relationships. Test-retest reliability and concurrent and construct validity of a FFQ were ...