Genetic relevance and determinants of mitral leaflet size in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Whether mitral leaflet elongation is a primary phenotype of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is controversial. We investigated the genetic relevance and determinants of mitral leaflet size by performing exten... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - October 28, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Hyemoon Chung, Yoonjung Kim, Chul-Hwan Park, Jong-Youn Kim, Pil-Ki Min, Young Won Yoon, Tae Hoon Kim, Byoung Kwon Lee, Bum-Kee Hong, Se-Joong Rim, Hyuck Moon Kwon, Kyung-A Lee and Eui-Young Choi Tags: Research Source Type: research
Evaluation of left ventricular remodelling in young Afro-Caribbean athletes
Cardiac adaptation to intense physical training is determined by many factors including age, gender, body size, load training and ethnicity. Despite the wide availability of ECG analysis, with a higher presenc... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - October 20, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Giorgio Galanti, Loira Toncelli, Benedetta Tosi, Melissa Orlandi, Chiara Giannelli, Laura Stefani, Gabriele Mascherini and Pietro A. Modesti Tags: Research Source Type: research
Index of contractile asymmetry improves patient selection for CRT: a proof-of-concept study
Nearly one-third of heart failure (HF) patients do not respond to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) despite having left bundle branch block (LBBB). The aim of the study was to investigate a novel method ... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - October 10, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Tomas Zaremba, Bhupendar Tayal, Sam Riahi, Anna Margrethe Th øgersen, Niels Eske Bruun, Kasper Janus Grønn Emerek, Joseph Kisslo, Thomas Fritz Hansen, Niels Risum and Peter Søgaard Tags: Research Source Type: research
Global longitudinal strain is a more reproducible measure of left ventricular function than ejection fraction regardless of echocardiographic training
Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is an established method for evaluation of left ventricular (LV) systolic function. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) by speckle tracking echocardiography seems to be a... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - September 2, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Sigve Karlsen, Thomas Dahlslett, Bj ørnar Grenne, Benthe Sjøli, Otto Smiseth, Thor Edvardsen and Harald Brunvand Tags: Research Source Type: research
Clinical value of myocardial performance index in patients with isolated diastolic dysfunction
The Doppler-derived myocardial performance index (MPI) has been considered as a diagnostic and prognostic Doppler marker for many different clinical conditions. The purpose of this study was to determine the d... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - August 13, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Jos é Maria Gonçalves Fernandes, Benício de Oliveira Romão, Ivan Romero Rivera, Maria Alayde Mendonça, Francisco de Assis Costa, Margareth de Souza Lira Handro, Orlando Campos, Ângelo Amato V. De Paola and Valdir Ambrósio Moisés Tags: Research Source Type: research
General anesthesia and positive pressure ventilation suppress left and right ventricular myocardial shortening in patients without myocardial disease – a strain echocardiography study
Myocardial deformation imaging using speckle-tracking echocardiography to assess global longitudinal strain (GLS) is today considered a more sensitive measure of left ventricular (LV) systolic function than ej... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - August 10, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Keti Dalla, Odd Bech-Hanssen and Sven-Erik Ricksten Tags: Research Source Type: research
Area of the pressure-strain loop during ejection as non-invasive index of left ventricular performance: a population study
Previous studies highlighted the usefulness of integrating left ventricular (LV) deformation (strain) and hemodynamic parameters to quantify LV performance. In a population sample, we investigated the anthropo... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - August 5, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Nicholas Cauwenberghs, Mahdi Tabassian, Lutgarde Thijs, Wen-Yi Yang, Fang-Fei Wei, Piet Claus, Jan D ’hooge, Jan A. Staessen and Tatiana Kuznetsova Tags: Research Source Type: research
Evaluation of right ventricular function in fetuses with isolated single umbilical artery using spatiotemporal image correlation M-mode
Postnatal outcome of fetuses with isolated single umbilical artery (SUA) is determined mainly by right ventricular function. Our study examined whether there are differences in right ventricular function durin... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - July 20, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Tian-gang Li, Fang Nie, Zhen-dong Li, Yan-fang Wang and Qi Li Tags: Research Source Type: research
The effect of cardiac shock wave therapy on myocardial function and perfusion in the randomized, triple-blind, sham-procedure controlled study
Recent triple-blind sham procedure-controlled study revealed neutral effects of the cardiac shock wave therapy (CSWT) on exercise tolerance and symptoms in patients with stable angina. Current data about the e... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - July 4, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Jelena Čelutkienė, Greta Burneikaitė, Evgeny Shkolnik, Gabrielius Jakutis, Donatas Vajauskas, Kamilė Čerlinskaitė, Gitana Zuozienė, Birutė Petrauskienė, Roma Puronaitė, Renata Komiagienė, Irena Butkuvienė, Rima Steponėnienė, Jonas Misiūra a Tags: Research Source Type: research
Intracardiac echocardiography versus fluoroscopy for endovascular and endocardial catheter navigation during cryo-ablation of the slow pathway in AVNRT patients
A new zero-fluoroscopy technique for electrophysiology catheter navigation relying on intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) has been recently reported (Ice&ICE trial). We investigated potential differences in ef... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - June 11, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Blerim Luani, Thomas Rauwolf, Conrad Genz, Alexander Schmei ßer, Marcus Wiemer and Rüdiger C. Braun-Dullaeus Tags: Research Source Type: research
Echocardiographic predictors of intraoperative right ventricular dysfunction: a 2D and speckle tracking echocardiography study
Intraoperative or post procedure right ventricular (RV) dysfunction confers a poor prognosis in the post-operative period. Conventional predictors for RV function are limited due the effect of cardiac surgery ... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - June 7, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Lisa Q. Rong, Brian Yum, Christiane Abouzeid, Maria Chiara Palumbo, Lillian R. Brouwer, Richard B. Devereux, Leonard N. Girardi, Jonathan W. Weinsaft, Mario Gaudino and Jiwon Kim Tags: Research Source Type: research
The Association of a classical left bundle Branch Block Contraction Pattern by vendor-independent strain echocardiography and outcome after cardiac resynchronization therapy
The association of a Classical left bundle branch block (LBBB) contraction pattern and better outcome after cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has only been studied using vendor-specific software for echo... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - May 21, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Kasper Emerek, Daniel J. Friedman, Peter L. S ørensen, Steen M. Hansen, Jacob M. Larsen, Niels Risum, Anna Margrethe Thøgersen, Claus Graff, Brett D. Atwater, Joseph Kisslo and Peter Søgaard Tags: Research Source Type: research
Left atrial strain reproducibility using vendor-dependent and vendor-independent software
Two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) enables objective assessment of left atrial (LA) deformation through the analysis of myocardial strain, which can be measured by different speckle-tra... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - May 15, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Yu Wang, Zhilian Li, Hongwen Fei, Yongsen Yu, Siqi Ren, Qiongwen Lin, Hezhi Li, Yongwen Tang, Yuezheng Hou and Mingqi Li Tags: Research Source Type: research
Genetic anomalies in fetuses with tetralogy of Fallot by using high-definition chromosomal microarray analysis
The etiology of TOF is complex and the genesis of TOF has been associated with environmental factors and genetic disorders, including chromosomal anomalies, aneuploidies, 22q11.2 deletion and single-gene disea... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - May 6, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Ruan Peng, Ju Zheng, Hong-Ning Xie, Miao He and Mei-Fang Lin Tags: Research Source Type: research
Accurate assessment of LV function using the first automated 2D-border detection algorithm for small animals - evaluation and application to models of LV dysfunction
Echocardiography is the most commonly applied technique for non-invasive assessment of cardiac function in small animals. Manual tracing of endocardial borders is time consuming and varies with operator experi... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - April 22, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Jana Grune, Daniel Ritter, Kristin Kr äker, Kathleen Pappritz, Niklas Beyhoff, Till Schütte, Christiane Ott, Cathleen John, Sophie van Linthout, Carsten Tschöpe, Ralf Dechend, Dominik N. Muller, Nadine Haase, Tilman Grune, Ulrich Kintscher and Wolfgang Tags: How I do it article Source Type: research
