The prognostic value of dobutamine stress echocardiography amongst British Indian Asian and Afro-Caribbean patients: a comparison with European white patients
Conclusions:
DSE is a strong predictor of NFCE and all-cause mortality and provides predictive information beyond that provided by standard risk factors in three major racial and ethnic groups. No major differences among racial and ethnic groups in the predictive value of DSE was detected. (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - August 6, 2015 Category: Radiology Authors: Jamie O¿DriscollClaire RossatoPaula Gargallo-FernandezMarco AracoDimitrios GiannoglouSanjay SharmaRajan Sharma Source Type: research
Comparison of carotid plaque tissue characteristics in patients with acute coronary syndrome or stable angina pectoris: assessment by iPlaque, transcutaneous carotid ultrasonography with integrated backscatter analysis
Background:
The association of the tissue characteristics of carotid plaques with coronary artery disease has attracted interest. The present study compared the tissue characteristics of carotid plaques in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with those in patients with stable angina pectoris (SAP) using the iPlaque system, which is based on ultrasound integrated backscatter.Methods and resultsCarotid ultrasound examinations were performed in 26 patients with ACS, and 38 age- and gender-matched patients with SAP. Neither plaque area nor maximal intima-media thickness differed significantly between the two groups. Ho...
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - July 25, 2015 Category: Radiology Authors: Mika BandoHirotsugu YamadaKenya KusunoseDaiju FukudaRie AmanoRina TamaiYuta ToriiYukina HirataSusumu NishioKoji YamaguchiTakeshi SoekiTetsuzo WakatsukiMasataka Sata Source Type: research
Assessment of dipyridamole stress echocardiography for risk stratification of diabetic patients
The objective of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of dipyridamole stress echocardiography in identify diabetic patients at high risk for cardiovascular events.
Methods:
Dipyridamole stress echocardiography was administered to 483 diabetic patients (294 women; mean age 63.41 ± 11.28 years) between July 2006 and December 2012.
Results:
Follow-up data were available for 264 patients (163 women; mean age 64.3 ± 10.5 years): 250 with a negative stress echocardiography and 14 with a positive stress echo. During a mean follow-up time of 18 ± 14 months, a cardiovascular event occurred in 18 (6.8 ...
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - July 25, 2015 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz BaronciniRafael BorsoiMaria VidalNathália ValenteJuliana VelosoRoberto Pecoits Filho Source Type: research
Early markers of right heart involvement in regular smokers by Pocket Size Imaging Device
PurposeTo test the diagnostic power of Pocket Size Imaging Device (PSID) in detecting early signs of right heart (RH) involvement in regular smokers (RS) free of overt cardiac involvement.
Methods:
One-hundred-forty-three regular smokers and 51 healthy controls, comparable for age and sex, underwent physical exam (PE), PSID exam and standard echocardiography. Based on a simplified Boston score, ≥1 of clinical signs (jugular venous distension, hepatomegaly, peripheral pitting oedema and abnormal pulmonary sounds) were considered indicative of RH involvement. A composite score (1 to 4) obtained by summing the points of fou...
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - July 23, 2015 Category: Radiology Authors: Vincenzo Schiano-LomorielloRoberta EspositoCiro SantoroGiovanni de SimoneMaurizio Galderisi Source Type: research
A case report of ventricular dysfunction post pericardiocentesis: stress cardiomyopathy or pericardial decompression syndrome?
We report a case of transient biventricular dysfunction post therapeutic pericardiocentesis, with classic features of stress cardiomyopathy (SCM). In our patient, the clinical and echocardiographic features were more in keeping with Takotsubo-type SCM than pericardial decompression syndrome (PDS). Our case is instructive in challenging our understanding of the aetiology of LV dysfunction complicating pericardiocentesis, and in highlighting the importance of careful clinical evaluation (altered heart rate and dyspnoea) in suspecting acute LV dysfunction after initial clinical improvement with pericardial aspiration. (Source...
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - July 16, 2015 Category: Radiology Authors: Chadi AyoubMichael ChangLeonard Kritharides Source Type: research
