Tom Claessens

TL;DR: More appropriate normalization methods, normative data by 2D echocardiography and gradient-echo cardiac MRI, and cutoffs for defining LVH, along with prognostic validation data are provided.

TL;DR: Patellofemoral kinematics, contact area, contact pressure, and stability are significantly affected by trochlear dysplasia, and this investigation provides an empirical explanation for better treatment outcomes of trochleoplasty for Dejour types B and D Dysplasia.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between the myocardial loading sequence and left-ventricular contraction and relaxation, and found that a loading sequence characterized by prominent late systolic wall stress was associated with lower longitudinal Systolic function and diastolic relaxation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the effect of load changes on the systolic mitral annulus velocity wave (Sm), reflecting the peak velocity of shortening of the myocardial fibers oriented in the longitudinal direction.

TL;DR: It was found that myocardial contractility in women appears to be better preserved after the age of 50 yr compared with that in men, and the physiological mechanisms behind this potentially clinically important phenomenon at population level require further investigation.