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- Christersson, Christina, et al.
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Screening for Biomarkers Associated with Left Ventricular Function During Follow-up After Acute Coronary Syndrome
- 2023
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In: Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. - : Springer Nature. - 1937-5387 .- 1937-5395. ; 16:1, s. 244-254
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A proportion of patients with the acute coronary syndrome (ACS) will suffer progressive remodeling of the left ventricular (LV). The aim was to screen for important biomarkers from a large-scale protein profiling in 420 ACS patients and define biomarkers associated with reduced LV function early and 1 year after the ACS. Transferrin receptor protein 1 and NT-proBNP were associated with LV function early and after 1 year, whereas osteopontin and soluble ST2 were associated with LV function in the early phase and, tissue-type plasminogen activator after 1 year. Fatty-acid-binding protein and galectin 3 were related to worse GLS but not to LVEF 1 year after the ACS. Proteins involved in remodeling and iron transport in cardiomyocytes were related to worse LV function after ACS. Biomarkers for energy metabolism and fibrosis were exclusively related to worse LV function by GLS. Studies on the functions of these proteins might add knowledge to the biological processes involved in heart failure in long term after ACS.
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- Dalen, Magnus, et al.
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Percutaneous Fluoroscopic-Guided Endomyocardial Delivery in an Experimental Model of Left Ventricular Assist Device Support
- 2015
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In: Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1937-5387 .- 1937-5395. ; 8:6, s. 381-384
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Endomyocardial delivery in the setting of active left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support has rarely been studied. The objective was to establish a protocol for endomyocardial injections during LVAD support without compromising mechanical circulation. LVAD implantation was performed in four pigs. A curved needle catheter was percutaneously inserted into the right carotid artery and positioned into the left ventricle under fluoroscopic guidance. In the setting of increasing LVAD flows (2.3-3.1 l/min), percutaneous methylene blue dye administration into the myocardium proceeded without complications in all pigs. Transection of excised hearts revealed an anterior, lateral, inferior, and septal wall distribution of methylene blue documenting injections in all four regions of the left ventricle. Ex vivo, the catheter could be maneuvered close to the LVAD inflow cannula despite augmentation of LVAD flow up to 5 l/min. Endomyocardial injections during LVAD support was found to be feasible and safe with the curved needle catheter.
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- de Vecchi, A, et al.
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Unlocking the Non-invasive Assessment of Conduit and Reservoir Function in the Aorta : The Obstructive Descending Aorta in HLHS
- 2022
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In: Journal of cardiovascular translational research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1937-5395 .- 1937-5387. ; 15:5, s. 1075-1085
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Aortic surgeries in congenital conditions, such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), aim to restore and maintain the conduit and reservoir functions of the aorta. We proposed a method to assess these two functions based on 4D flow MRI, and we applied it to study the aorta in pre-Fontan HLHS. Ten pre-Fontan HLHS patients and six age-matched controls were studied to derive the advective pressure difference and viscous dissipation for conduit function, and pulse wave velocity and elastic modulus for reservoir function. The reconstructed neo-aorta in HLHS subjects achieved a good conduit function at a cost of an impaired reservoir function (69.7% increase of elastic modulus). The native descending HLHS aorta displayed enhanced reservoir (elastic modulus being 18.4% smaller) but impaired conduit function (three-fold increase in peak advection). A non-invasive and comprehensive assessment of aortic conduit and reservoir functions is feasible and has potentially clinical relevance in congenital vascular conditions.Graphical abstract
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- Dogan, Emanuel M., 1984-, et al.
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Intra-aortic and Intra-caval Balloon Pump Devices in Experimental Non-traumatic Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- 2023
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In: Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. - : Springer-Verlag New York. - 1937-5387 .- 1937-5395. ; 16:4, s. 948-955
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) use during CPR has been scarcely studied. Intra-caval balloon pump (ICBP) may decrease backward venous flow during CPR. Mechanical chest compressions (MCC) were initiated after 10 min of cardiac arrest in anesthetized pigs. After 5 min of MCC, IABP (n = 6) or ICBP (n = 6) was initiated. The MCC device and the IABP/ICBP had slightly different frequencies, inducing a progressive peak pressure phase shift. IABP inflation 0.15 s before MCC significantly increased mean arterial pressure (MAP) and carotid blood flow (CBF) compared to inflation 0.10 s after MCC and to MCC only. Coronary perfusion pressure significantly increased with IABP inflation 0.25 s before MCC compared to inflation at MCC. ICBP inflation before MCC significantly increased MAP and CBF compared to inflation after MCC but not compared to MCC only. This shows the potential of IABP in CPR when optimally synchronized with MCC. The effect of timing of intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) inflation during mechanical chest compressions (MCC) on hemodynamics. Data from12 anesthetized pigs.
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- Frieberg, Petter, et al.
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Computational Fluid Dynamics Support for Fontan Planning in Minutes, Not Hours : The Next Step in Clinical Pre-Interventional Simulations
- 2022
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In: Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1937-5395 .- 1937-5387. ; 15:4, s. 708-720
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling may aid in planning of invasive interventions in Fontan patients. Clinical application of current CFD techniques is however limited by complexity and long computation times. Therefore, we validated a "lean" CFD method to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and an "established" CFD method, ultimately aiming to reduce complexity to enable predictive CFD during ongoing interventions. Fifteen Fontan patients underwent MRI for CFD modeling. The differences between lean and established approach, in hepatic and total flow percentage to the left pulmonary artery (%LPA), power loss and relative wall shear stress area were 1.5 ± 4.0%, -0.17 ± 1.1%, -0.055 ± 0.092 mW and 1.1 ± 1.4%. Compared with MRI, the lean and established method showed a bias in %LPA of -1.9 ± 3.4% and -1.8 ± 3.1%. Computation time was for the lean and established approach 3.0 ± 2.0 min and 7.0 ± 3.4 h, respectively. We conclude that the proposed lean method provides fast and reliable results for future CFD support during interventions.
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- Gan, Li-Ming, 1969, et al.
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Coronary Flow Reserve from Mouse to Man-from Mechanistic Understanding to Future Interventions
- 2013
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In: Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1937-5387 .- 1937-5395. ; 6:5, s. 715-728
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Myocardial ischemia is recognized as an important mechanism increasing the risk for cardiovascular events in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. In addition to obstructive coronary diseases, systemic inflammation, macro- and microvascular function are additional important mechanisms contributing to the ischemic myocardium. Accumulating evidence indicates that coronary flow reserve (CFR) is a quantitative measurement of ischemia including integrated information on structure and function of the coronary artery at all levels. Not surprisingly, CFR has been shown to confer strong prognostic value for hard cardiovascular (CV) events in a number of relevant patient cohorts. Using high-resolution imaging, it is now possible to study coronary arteries from mouse to man. Therefore, CFR may be an important translational tool to risk-stratify patients and to perform both preclinical and clinical proof-of-concept studies before investing in large-scale outcome trials, thus improving the translational value for novel CV targets.
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- Lindblom, Rickard, 1981-, et al.
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Mechanical Reperfusion Following Prolonged Global Cerebral Ischemia Attenuates Brain Injury
- 2021
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In: Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1937-5387 .- 1937-5395. ; 14:2, s. 338-347
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Previous experiments demonstrated improved outcome following prolonged cerebral ischemia given controlled brain reperfusion using extracorporeal circulation. The current study further investigates this. Young adult pigs were exposed to 30 min of global normothermic cerebral ischemia, achieved through intrathoracic clamping of cerebral arteries, followed by 20 min of isolated mechanical brain reperfusion. Leukocyte-filtered blood was delivered by a roller-pump at fixed pressure and flow. One experimental group additionally had a custom-made buffer solution delivered at 1:8 ratio with the blood. Hemodynamics including intracranial pressure were monitored. Blood gases were from peripheral arteries and the sagittal sinus, and intraparenchymal brain microdialysis was performed. The brains were examined by a neuropathologist. The group with the added buffer showed lower intracranial pressure as well as decreased intraparenchymal glycerol and less signs of excitotoxicity and ischemia, although histology revealed similar degrees of injury. A customized mechanical reperfusion improves multiple parameters after prolonged normothermic global cerebral ischemia. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
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- Lindblom, Rickard P F, 1981-, et al.
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Protein Profiling in Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid Following Complex Surgery on the Thoracic Aorta Identifies Biological Markers of Neurologic Injury.
- 2018
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In: Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1937-5387 .- 1937-5395. ; 11:6, s. 503-516
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Surgery on the arch or descending aorta is associated with significant risk of neurological complications. As a consequence of intubation and sedation, early neurologic injury may remain unnoticed. Biomarkers to aid in the initial diagnostics could prove of great value as immediate intervention is critical. Twenty-three patients operated in the thoracic aorta with significant risk of perioperative neurological injury were included. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum were obtained preoperatively and in the first and second postoperative days and assessed with a panel of 92 neurological-related proteins. Three patients suffered spinal cord injury (SCI), eight delirium, and nine hallucinations. There were markers in both serum and CSF that differed between the affected and non-affected patients (SCI; IL6, GFAP, CSPG4, delirium; TR4, EZH2, hallucinations; NF1). The study identifies markers in serum and CSF that reflect the occurrence of neurologic insults following aortic surgery, which may aid in the care of these patients.
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- Marlevi, David, doktorand, et al.
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Altered Aortic Hemodynamics and Relative Pressure in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- 2021
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In: Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. - : Springer Nature. - 1937-5387 .- 1937-5395.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Ventricular-vascular interaction is central in the adaptation to cardiovascular disease. However, cardiomyopathy patients are predominantly monitored using cardiac biomarkers. The aim of this study is therefore to explore aortic function in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Fourteen idiopathic DCM patients and 16 controls underwent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, with aortic relative pressure derived using physics-based image processing and a virtual cohort utilized to assess the impact of cardiovascular properties on aortic behaviour. Subjects with reduced left ventricular systolic function had significantly reduced aortic relative pressure, increased aortic stiffness, and significantly delayed time-to-pressure peak duration. From the virtual cohort, aortic stiffness and aortic volumetric size were identified as key determinants of aortic relative pressure. As such, this study shows how advanced flow imaging and aortic hemodynamic evaluation could provide novel insights into the manifestation of DCM, with signs of both altered aortic structure and function derived in DCM using our proposed imaging protocol. Graphic Abstractr: [Figure not available: see fulltext.].
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- Medrano-Gracia, Pau, et al.
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A Study of Coronary Bifurcation Shape in a Normal Population
- 2017
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In: Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. - : SPRINGER. - 1937-5387 .- 1937-5395. ; 10:1, s. 82-90
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- During percutaneous coronary intervention, stents are placed in narrowings of the arteries to restore normal blood flow. Despite improvements in stent design, deployment techniques and drug-eluting coatings, restenosis and stent thrombosis remain a significant problem. Population stent design based on statistical shape analysis may improve clinical outcomes. Computed tomographic (CT) coronary angiography scans from 211 patients with a zero calcium score, no stenoses and no intermediate artery, were used to create statistical shape models of 446 major coronary artery bifurcations (left main, first diagonal and obtuse marginal and right coronary crux). Coherent point drift was used for registration. Principal component analysis shape scores were tested against clinical risk factors, quantifying the importance of recognised shape features in intervention including size, angles and curvature. Significant differences were found in (1) vessel size and bifurcation angle between the left main and other bifurcations; (2) inlet and curvature angle between the right coronary crux and other bifurcations; and (3) size and bifurcation angle by sex. Hypertension, smoking history and diabetes did not appear to have an association with shape. Physiological diameter laws were compared, with the Huo-Kassab model having the best fit. Bifurcation coronary anatomy can be partitioned into clinically meaningful modes of variation showing significant shape differences. A computational atlas of normal coronary bifurcation shape, where disease is common, may aid in the design of new stents and deployment techniques, by providing data for bench-top testing and computational modelling of blood flow and vessel wall mechanics.
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- Seilitz, Jenny, 1978-, et al.
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Splanchnic Circulation and Intraabdominal Metabolism in Two Porcine Models of Low Cardiac Output
- 2019
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In: Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1937-5387 .- 1937-5395. ; 12:3, s. 240-249
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The impact of acute cardiac dysfunction on the gastrointestinal tract was investigated in anesthetized and instrumented pigs by sequential reductions of cardiac output (CO). Using a cardiac tamponade (n=6) or partial inferior caval vein balloon inflation (n=6), CO was controllably reduced for 1h each to 75% (CO75%), 50% (CO50%), and 35% (CO35%) of the baseline value. Cardiac output in controls (n=6) was not manipulated and maintained. Mean arterial pressure, superior mesenteric arterial blood flow, and intestinal mucosal perfusion started to decrease at CO50% in the intervention groups. The decrease in superior mesenteric arterial blood flow was non-linear and exaggerated at CO35%. Systemic, venous mesenteric, and intraperitoneal lactate concentrations increased in the intervention groups from CO50%. Global and mesenteric oxygen uptake decreased at CO35%. In conclusion, gastrointestinal metabolism became increasingly anaerobic when CO was reduced by 50%. Anaerobic gastrointestinal metabolism in low CO can be detected using intraperitoneal microdialysis.
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- Skoog, Per, et al.
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NO-Donation Increases Visceral Circulation in a Porcine Model of Abdominal Hypertension
- 2023
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In: Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1937-5387 .- 1937-5395. ; 16:1, s. 42-50
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Intraabdominal hypertension (IAH) is negative for outcome after intensive care. Little research has focused on medical intervention to improve visceral circulation during IAH. A nitric oxide (NO)-donor was compared with placebo in 25 pigs; each pig was randomized into three groups: PDNO (NO-donor), Control (placebo), or Sham. IAH was induced by CO2 insufflation to 30 mmHg. Sham group had surgical preparation only. Blood gases, invasive venous and arterial blood pressure, intestinal microcirculation and superior mesenteric blood flow were measured. The PDNO group had significantly increased intestinal microcirculation compared with Controls during IAH (last hour, P = 0.009). The mean arterial pressure and abdominal perfusion pressures (APP) were decreased, and the cardiac index were increased in the PDNO group. Also, systemic and pulmonary vascular resistances were lower in the PDNO group compared with Controls. These experimental findings indicate that NO should be further explored with potential application to improve intestinal microcirculation in IAH patients.
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- van Deursen, Caroline J M, et al.
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Vectorcardiography for Optimization of Stimulation Intervals in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.
- 2015
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In: Journal of cardiovascular translational research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1937-5395 .- 1937-5387. ; 8:2, s. 128-137
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Current optimization of atrioventricular (AV) and interventricular (VV) intervals in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is time consuming and subject to noise. We aimed to prove the principle that the best hemodynamic effect of CRT is achieved by cancelation of opposing electrical forces, detectable from the QRS morphology in the 3D vectorcardiogram (VCG). Different degrees of left (LV) and right ventricular (RV) pre-excitation were induced, using variation in AV intervals during LV pacing in 20 patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB) and variation in VV intervals during biventricular pacing in 18 patients with complete AV block or atrial fibrillation. The smallest QRS vector area identified stimulation intervals with minimal systolic stretch (median difference [IQR] 20ms [-20, 20ms] and maximal hemodynamic response (10ms [-20, 40ms]). Reliability of VCG measurements was superior to hemodynamic measurements. This study proves the principle that VCG analysis may allow easy and reliable optimization of stimulation intervals in CRT patients.
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- Ölander, Carl-Henrik, et al.
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Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Guided by End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide : a Porcine Model
- 2022
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In: Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. - : Springer. - 1937-5387 .- 1937-5395. ; 15:2, s. 291-301
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Extracorporeal membrane cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for selected cases and end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) could be used to guide initiation of ECPR. Ventricular fibrillation was induced in 12 pigs and CPR was performed until ETCO2 fell below 10 mmHg; then, ECPR was performed. Animals were divided into group short (GShort) and group long (GLong), according to time of CPR. Carotid blood flow was higher (p = 0.02) and mean arterial blood pressure lower in GLong during CPR (p < 0.05). B-Lactate was lower and pH higher in GShort (p < 0.01). In microdialysis lactate-pyruvate ratio, glycerol and glutamate increased in both groups during CPR, but considerably in GLong (p < 0.01). No difference could be seen in histopathology of the brain or kidney post-ECPR. No apparent histological differences of tissue damage in brains or levels of S100B in plasma were detected between groups. This might suggest that ETCO2 could be used as a marker for brain injury following ECPR.
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