Heart failure (HF) affects at least 26 million people worldwide and its prevalence is increasing. The management of HF patients has a strong economic and social impact and the projections for the future foresee an increase in the total costs of managing HF by 127% by 2030. Concomitantly, advanced heart failure populations will grow and clinicians have to face the increasing demand for advanced medical therapies and mechanical support. There is extended literature about medical treatment and indications for CRT-D which is well established. Meanwhile, there is still a lack of data on the management and outcomes of patients with durable ventricular assist devices either as a bridge to heart transplantation or as an alternative for patients who are not candidates for transplantation. Left ventricular assist device-related complications such as stroke, pump thrombosis, right ventricular dysfunction and suboptimal long-term survival remain a challenge. Understanding how echocardiography and multimodality imaging could be useful in detecting early signs for right ventricular decompensation could reduce hospitalization rates and mortality.
The editors would like to invite articles with evidence of how echocardiography and multimodality imaging is facing the challenge of advanced heart failure requests. Three dimensional and strain echocardiography together with lung ultrasonography are increasingly recommended in the assessment of advanced heart failure. Coronary computed tomography is providing new evidence in the diagnosis of mechanical complications of ventricular assist devices. Cardiac magnetic resonance currently offers an exciting possibility to measure metabolic changes in the heart non-invasively. An attempt will also be made to understand the factors limiting the employment of the application of principles in the treatment of heart failure, with particular emphasis on the current employment and problematics concerning durable ventricular assist devices.
Led by an international team of experts, this Research Topic welcomes original manuscripts demonstrating new evidence about our topic of interest with particular emphasis on the role of echocardiography, multimodality imaging and, nuclear imaging.
Sub-themes in this Research topic include, but are not limited to:
1) Advanced heart failure diagnosis and outcomes.
2) Long-term (durable) ventricular assist devices from pre-procedural planning to follow-up and outcomes
3) We will also accept/provide a comprehensive review about the role of echocardiography and multimodality imaging in advanced heart failure.
Heart failure (HF) affects at least 26 million people worldwide and its prevalence is increasing. The management of HF patients has a strong economic and social impact and the projections for the future foresee an increase in the total costs of managing HF by 127% by 2030. Concomitantly, advanced heart failure populations will grow and clinicians have to face the increasing demand for advanced medical therapies and mechanical support. There is extended literature about medical treatment and indications for CRT-D which is well established. Meanwhile, there is still a lack of data on the management and outcomes of patients with durable ventricular assist devices either as a bridge to heart transplantation or as an alternative for patients who are not candidates for transplantation. Left ventricular assist device-related complications such as stroke, pump thrombosis, right ventricular dysfunction and suboptimal long-term survival remain a challenge. Understanding how echocardiography and multimodality imaging could be useful in detecting early signs for right ventricular decompensation could reduce hospitalization rates and mortality.
The editors would like to invite articles with evidence of how echocardiography and multimodality imaging is facing the challenge of advanced heart failure requests. Three dimensional and strain echocardiography together with lung ultrasonography are increasingly recommended in the assessment of advanced heart failure. Coronary computed tomography is providing new evidence in the diagnosis of mechanical complications of ventricular assist devices. Cardiac magnetic resonance currently offers an exciting possibility to measure metabolic changes in the heart non-invasively. An attempt will also be made to understand the factors limiting the employment of the application of principles in the treatment of heart failure, with particular emphasis on the current employment and problematics concerning durable ventricular assist devices.
Led by an international team of experts, this Research Topic welcomes original manuscripts demonstrating new evidence about our topic of interest with particular emphasis on the role of echocardiography, multimodality imaging and, nuclear imaging.
Sub-themes in this Research topic include, but are not limited to:
1) Advanced heart failure diagnosis and outcomes.
2) Long-term (durable) ventricular assist devices from pre-procedural planning to follow-up and outcomes
3) We will also accept/provide a comprehensive review about the role of echocardiography and multimodality imaging in advanced heart failure.