Strain and strain rate deformation parameters: from tissue Doppler to 2D speckle trackingHarry Pavlopoulos
Imperial College of Medicine and Technology, Echocardiography Department, National Heart and Lung Institute, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Rd, W12 0HS London, UK
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 24:479-91. 2008
..Accurate knowledge of the basic principles of those techniques, as presented in this article, will further enhance their applicability to clinical practice...
Pulse pressure/stroke volume: a surrogate index of arterial stiffness and the relation to segmental relaxation and longitudinal systolic deformation in hypertensive diseaseHarry Pavlopoulos
Department of Cardiology, Imperial College of Medicine and Technology, National Heart and Lung Institute NHLI, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, W12 0HS London, UK
Eur J Echocardiogr 10:519-26. 2009
..The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of AS on segmental relaxation and systolic deformation in hypertensive disease...
- Abnormal segmental relaxation patterns in hypertensive disease and symptomatic diastolic dysfunction detected by strain echocardiography
Harry Pavlopoulos
Hammersmith Hospital, Cardiology Department, Imperial College of Medicine and Technology, London, United Kingdom
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 21:899-906. 2008
..An abnormal segmental relaxation pattern exists as an early sign of diastolic dysfunction (DD), detectable by strain (S) echocardiography...
- The constellation of hypertensive heart disease
Harry Pavlopoulos
Cardiology Department, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College of Medicine and Technology, NHLI, London, UK
Hellenic J Cardiol 49:92-9. 2008
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- The evolution of diastolic dysfunction in the hypertensive disease
Harry Pavlopoulos
Cardiology Department, National Heart and Lung Institute NHLI, Imperial College of Medicine and Technology, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Rd, W12 0HS London, UK
Eur J Echocardiogr 9:772-8. 2008
..Cardiac remodelling is the major pathophysiological result of increased blood pressure and manifests as changes in the size, shape, and function of the heart...
- Is it only diastolic dysfunction? Segmental relaxation patterns and longitudinal systolic deformation in systemic hypertension
Harry Pavlopoulos
Echocardiography Department, Imperial College of Medicine and Technology, National Heart and Lung Institute NHLI, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, W12 0HS London, UK
Eur J Echocardiogr 9:741-7. 2008
..To investigate changes in longitudinal systolic function estimated by strain echocardiography in relation to global diastolic dysfunction and alterations in segmental relaxation patterns...
- Recent advances in cardiac resynchronization therapy: echocardiographic modalities, patient selection, optimization, non-responders--all you need to know for more efficient CRT
Harry Pavlopoulos
Cardiology Department, Imperial College of Medicine and Technology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 26:177-91. 2010
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- Regional left ventricular distribution of abnormal segmental relaxation evaluated by strain echocardiography and the incremental value over annular diastolic velocities in hypertensive patients with normal global diastolic function
Harry Pavlopoulos
Cardiology Department, Imperial College of Medicine and Technology, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Rd, NHLI, London W12 0HS, UK
Eur J Echocardiogr 10:654-62. 2009
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- Left atrial size: a structural expression of abnormal left ventricular segmental relaxation evaluated by strain echocardiography
Harry Pavlopoulos
Department of Cardiology, Imperial College of Medicine and Technology, Hammersmith Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, London W12 0HS, UK
Eur J Echocardiogr 10:865-71. 2009
..The aim of this study was to investigate the relation of one-dimensional (1D) and volume derived indexes of LA enlargement with abnormal segmental relaxation in hypertensive patients...
- The association of clinical outcome with right atrial and ventricular remodelling in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: study with real-time three-dimensional echocardiography
Julia Grapsa
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 13:666-72. 2012
..The aim of this study was to examine the longitudinal RA and right ventricular (RV) remodelling in PAH patients using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) and their relation to clinical outcome...
- Right ventricular remodelling in pulmonary arterial hypertension with three-dimensional echocardiography: comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
Julia Grapsa
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, NHLI, Du Cane Road, W12 0HS London, UK
Eur J Echocardiogr 11:64-73. 2010
..We tested the hypothesis that RV mass, volumes and function could be measured accurately with real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) in patients with PAH and compared those against cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR)...
- Retrospective study of pulmonary hypertensive patients: is right ventricular myocardial performance index a vital prognostic factor?
Ioulia Grapsa
Department of Cardiology and Pulmonary Hypertension Service, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College School of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK
Hellenic J Cardiol 48:152-60. 2007
..Nowadays, many indices have been linked with pulmonary hypertension. The myocardial performance index (MPI), which may be determined by both conventional Doppler and tissue Doppler imaging (TDI), is one of these...
