Browsing by Author "Sitges, Marta"

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  • Added value of cardiac deformation imaging in differential diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy
    Loncaric, Filip; Bijnens, Bart; Sitges, Marta (Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals, 2018)
    Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is clinically defined by the presence of increased left ventricular (LV) wall thickness that is not solely explained by abnormal loading conditions. The aetiology is diverse, but in 60% of ...
  • Aortic valvular disease in elderly subjects with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: impact of lipid-lowering therapy
    Marco-Benedí, Victoria; Laclaustra, Martín; Casado-Dominguez, Juan M.; Villa-Pobo, Rosa; Mateo-Gallego, Rocío; Sánchez-Hernández, Rosa M.; Blanco Nuez, Marta; Ortega-Martínez de Victoria, Emilio; Sitges, Marta; Pedro-Botet, Juan Carlos; Puzo, Jose; Villarroel, Teresa; Civeira, Fernando (MDPI, 2019)
    Hypercholesterolemia and statins are risk factors for aortic stenosis (AS) and vascular calcification, respectively. Whether heterozygous subjects with familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) treated with statins are at risk ...
  • Atrial functional and geometrical remodeling in highly trained male athletes: for better or worse?
    Gabrielli, Luigi; Bijnens, Bart; Butakoff, Constantine; Duchateau, Nicolas; Montserrat, Silvia; Merino, Beatriz; Gutierrez, Josep Antoni; Paré, Carles; Mont, Lluís; Brugada, Josep; Sitges, Marta (Springer, 2014)
    Purpose Highly trained athletes have an increased risk of atrial arrhythmias. Atrial geometrical and functional remodeling may be the underlying substrate. We analyze and relate atrial size, deformation and performance ...
  • Basal ventricular septal hypertrophy in systemic hypertension
    Loncaric, Filip; Nunno, Loredana; Mimbrero, Maria; Marciniak, Maciej; Fernandes, João, 1964-; Tirapu, Laia; Fabijanovic, Dora; Sanchis, Laura; Doltra, Adelina; Cikes, Maja; Lamata, Pablo; Bijnens, Bart; Sitges, Marta (Elsevier, 2020)
    Basal septal hypertrophy (BSH) is commonly seen in patients with systemic hypertension and has been associated with increased afterload. The impact of localized hypertrophy on left ventricular (LV) and left atrial (LA) ...
  • Cardiovascular benefits of moderate exercise training in Marfan syndrome: insights from an animal model
    Mas‐Stachurska, Aleksandra; Siegert, Anna‐Maria; Batlle, Montserrat; Gorbenko del Blanco, Darya; Meirelles, Thayna; Rubies, Cira; Bonorino, Fabio; Serra‐Peinado, Carla; Bijnens, Bart; Baudin, Julio; Sitges, Marta; Mont, Lluís; Guasch, Eduard; Egea, Gustavo (Wiley, 2017)
    Marfan syndrome (MF) leads to aortic root dilatation and a predisposition to aortic dissection, mitral valve prolapse, and primary and secondary cardiomyopathy. Overall, regular physical exercise is recommended for a healthy ...
  • Characterizing the spectrum of right ventricular remodelling in response to chronic training
    Sitges, Marta; Merino, Beatriz; Butakoff, Constantine; Sanz de la Garza, Maria; Paré, Carles; Montserrat, Silvia; Vidal, Barbara; Azqueta, Manel; Sarquella-Brugada, Georgia; Gutierrez, Josep Antoni; Canal, Ramon; Brugada, Josep; Bijnens, Bart (Springer, 2017)
    Background: The significance and spectrum of reduced right ventricular (RV) deformation, reported in endurance athletes, is unclear. Purpose: to comprehensively analyze the cardiac performance at rest of athletes, especially ...
  • Comprehensive data integration—Toward a more personalized assessment of diastolic function
    Loncaric, Filip; Cikes, Maja; Sitges, Marta; Bijnens, Bart (Wiley, 2020)
    Background and aim: The main challenge of assessing diastolic function is the balance between clinical utility, in the sense of usability and time‐efficiency, and overall applicability, in the sense of precision for the ...
  • 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). ...
  • Distribution of myocardial work in arterial hypertension: insights from non-invasive left ventricular pressure-strain relations
    Loncaric, Filip; Marciniak, Maciej; Nunno, Loredana; Mimbrero, Maria; Fernandes, João, 1964-; Fabijanovic, Dora; Sanchis, Laura; Doltra, Adelina; Montserrat, Silvia; Cikes, Maja; Lamata, Pablo; Bijnens, Bart; Sitges, Marta (Springer, 2020)
    A index of non-invasive myocardial work (MWI) can account for pressure during the assessment of cardiac function, potentially separating the influence of loading conditions from the influence of the underlying tissue ...
  • 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 ...
  • Gender influence on the adaptation of atrial performance to training
    Sanchis, Laura; Sanz de la Garza, Maria; Bijnens, Bart; Giraldeau, Geneviève; Grazioli, Gonzalo; Marin, Josefa; Gabrielli, Luigi; Montserrat, Silvia; Sitges, Marta (Taylor & Francis, 2017)
    Background: High-intensity training has been associated with atrial remodelling and arrhythmias in men. Our purpose was to analyse atrial performance in female endurance athletes, compared to male athletes and controls. ...
  • 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 ...
  • Improved myocardial motion estimation combining tissue Doppler and B-mode echocardiographic images
    Bijnens, Bart; Porras Pérez, Antonio Reyes; Alessandrini, Martino; Craene, Mathieu de; Duchateau, Nicolas; Sitges, Marta; Delingette, Hervé; Sermesant, Maxime; D'hooge, Jan; Frangi Caregnato, Alejandro; Piella Fenoy, Gemma (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014)
    We propose a technique for myocardial motion estimation based on image registration using both B-mode echocardiographic images and tissue Doppler sequences acquired interleaved. The velocity field is modeled continuously ...
  • Influence of gender on right ventricle adaptation to endurance exercise: an ultrasound two-dimensional speckle-tracking stress study
    Sanz de la Garza, Maria; Giraldeau, Geneviève; Marin, Josefa; Grazioli, Gonzalo; Esteve, Montserrat; Gabrielli, Luigi; Brambila, Carlos; Sanchis, Laura; Bijnens, Bart; Sitges, Marta (Springer, 2017)
    Background: Characteristic right ventricle (RV) remodelling is related to endurance exercise in male athletes (MAs), but data in female athletes (FAs) are scarce. Our aim was to evaluate sex-related influence on exercise-induced ...
  • Interatrial dyssynchrony may contribute to heart failure symptoms in patients with preserved ejection fraction
    Sanchis, Laura; Vannini, Luca; Gabrielli, Luigi; Duchateau, Nicolas; Falces, Carles; Andrea, Rut; Bijnens, Bart; Sitges, Marta (Wiley, 2015)
    Purpose Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) is the most prevalent type of HF in nonhospitalized patients, but its pathophysiology remains poorly understood. The aim of our study was to assess the ...
  • 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 ...
  • Postsystolic thickening is a potential new clinical sign of injured myocardium in marfan syndrome
    Mas Stachurska, Aleksandra; Egea, Gustavo; de Bruin-Bon, Rianne; Rudenick, Paula A.; Sanchis, Laura; Bouma, Berto J.; Mulder, Barbara J.; Bijnens, Bart; Sitges, Marta (Nature Research, 2021)
    The mechanisms leading to cardiac remodeling in Marfan syndrome (MFS) are a matter of debate since it could be either due to structural dysfunction of the myocardial extracellular matrix or to increased afterload caused ...
  • 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 ...
  • Quantitative analysis of electro-anatomical maps: application to an experimental model of left bundle branch block/cardiac resynchronization therapy
    Soto-Iglesias, David; Duchateau, Nicolas; Butakoff, Constantine; Andreu Martínez, David; Fernández-Armenta, Juan; Bijnens, Bart; Berruezo Sánchez, Antonio; Sitges, Marta; Camara, Oscar (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2017)
    Electro-anatomical maps (EAMs) are commonly acquired in clinical routine for guiding ablation therapies. They provide voltage and activation time information on a 3-D anatomical mesh representation, making them useful for ...

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