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Author: Bertini, Matteo
Title: Left ventricular mechanics in advanced heart failure patients
Issue Date: 2015-11-03
Left ventricular mechanics in advanced heart failure patients
Left ventricular mechanics in advanced heart failure patients
The studies described in this thesis were performed at the Department of Cardiology of Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Left ventricular mechanics in advanced heart failure patients
Proefschrift
Ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof. mr. C.J.J.M. Stolker, volgens besluit van het College voor
Promoties te verdedigen op 3 november 2015 klokke 16.15 uur
door Matteo Bertini
geboren te Forlimpopoli (FC), Italy in 1976
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Promotor
Prof. Dr. Jeroen J Bax co-promotor Dr. Victoria Delgado overige Leden
Prof. Dr. Cristophe Leclercq, University of Rennes, France.
Prof. Dr. J.W. Jukema Prof. Dr. Martin J Schalij Prof. dr. Robert J. Klautz Dr. Harriette Verwey Dr. Nina Ajmone Marsan
To Anna Chiara and Samuele
taBLe of contents
chapter 1: General introduction and outline thesis 9
Part i: Heart failure
chapter 2: Role of left ventricular twist mechanics in the assessment of cardiac dyssynchrony in heart failure. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2009 Dec;
2(12): 1425-35.
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chapter 3: Left ventricular rotational mechanics in acute myocardial infarction and in chronic (ischemic and nonischemic) heart failure patients.
Am J Cardiol. 2009 Jun 1; 103(11): 1506-12.
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chapter 4: Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on left ventricular twist. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Sep 29; 54(14): 1317-25.
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chapter 5: Effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy on subendo- and subepicardial left ventricular twist mechanics and relation to favorable outcome. Am J Cardiol. 2010 Sep 1; 106(5): 682-7.
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chapter 6: Prediction of cardiac resynchronization therapy response: value of calibrated integrated backscatter imaging. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010 Jan; 3(1): 86-93.
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chapter 7: Why, how and when do we need to optimize the setting of cardiac resynchronization therapy? Europace 2009; 11: v46-v57
107
Part ii: Prognostic evaluation
chapter 8: Impact of clinical and echocardiographic response to cardiac resynchronization therapy on long-term survival. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013; 14(8): 774-81
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chapter 9: Longitudinal mechanics of the periinfarct zone and ventricular tachycardia inducibility in patients with chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy.
Am Heart J. 2010 Oct; 160(4): 729-36.
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chapter 10: Global longitudinal strain predicts long-term survival in patients with chornic ischemic cardiomyopathy. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012; 5(3):
383-91
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chapter 11: Prediction of atrial fibrillation in patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 2010 Oct; 12(10):
1101-10.
181
8 ○ Table of Contents
chapter 12: summary and conclusions 203
samenvatting en conclusie 207
List of publications 209
curriculum vitae 221
acknowledgements 223
