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Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain Is Associated with Filling Pressure...
Barbas de Albuquerque, Francisco; Teixeira, Rita; Pereira-da-Silva, Tiago; Ferreira, Vera; Valentim Gonçalves, António; Ilhão Moreira, RitaIntroduction and objectives: Left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS) is an indicator of myocardial function in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Nevertheless, it is not clear whether LVGLS correlates with filling pressures and cardiac output (CO) in an ambulatory setting. We aimed to assess whether LVGLS is associated with inv...
Short and long-term clinical impact of transcatheter aortic valve implantation ...
Guerreiro, Cláudio; Ferreira, Pedro Carrilho; Teles, Rui Campante; Braga, Pedro; Canas da Silva, Pedro; Patrício, Lino; Silva, João CarlosIntroduction: The Portuguese National Registry of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation records prospectively the characteristics and outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedures in Portugal. Objectives: To assess the 30-day and one-year outcomes of TAVI procedures in Portugal. Methods: We compared TAVI results according to the principal access used (transfemoral (TF) vs. non-transfem...