Left atrial functional assessment and mortality in patients with severe aortic stenosis with sinus rhythm
Aortic valve stenosis (AS) is the most common primary valvular heart disease leading to surgical or percutaneous aortic valve replacement (AVR) in Europe and its prevalence keeps growing. While other risk fact... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - January 2, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: Jo ão Ferreira, Valdirene Gonçalves, Patrícia Marques-Alves, Rui Martins, Sílvia Monteiro, Rogério Teixeira and Lino Gonçalves Tags: Research Source Type: research
Preoperative false-negative transthoracic echocardiographic results in native valve infective endocarditis patients: a retrospective study from 2001 to 2018
This study surve... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - January 2, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: Zuning Ren, Jian Zhang, Hongjie Chen, Xichao Mo, Shaohang Cai and Jie Peng Tags: Research Source Type: research
Safety and effects of volume loading during transesophageal echocardiography in the pre-procedural work-up for left atrial appendage closure
In patients undergoing left atrial appendage (LAA) closure, an accurate sizing of the LAA is key to optimize device sizing, procedural success and reduce complications. Previous studies have shown that intrapr... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - January 2, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: Afonso B. Freitas-Ferraz, Mathieu Bernier, Kim O ’Connor, Jonathan Beaudoin, Jean Champagne, Jean-Michel Paradis, Gilles O’Hara, Guillem Muntané- Carol, Alberto Alperi, Laurent Faroux, Lucia Junquera and Josep Rodés-Cabau Tags: Research Source Type: research
Diastolic function and its association with diabetes, hypertension and age in an outpatient population with normal stress echocardiography findings
Diastolic dysfunction can be caused by hypertension or diabetes mellitus, and it is also often found with increasing age. In a given patient, the cause of diastolic dysfunction is therefore not always obvious.... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - November 20, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Martin G. Sundqvist, Anders Sahl én, Zee Pin Ding and Martin Ugander Tags: Research Source Type: research
Assessment of left ventricular systolic function by non-invasive pressure-strain loop area in young male strength athletes
The health of athletes has been recognized as a worldwide public concern with more reported sudden cardiac deaths (SCD). Therefore, early detection of abnormal heart function in athletes can help reduce the ri... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - November 13, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Pengge Li, Yonggao Zhang, Lijin Li, Yingchun Chen, Zhen Li, Songyan Liu and Shaohua Hua Tags: Research Source Type: research
Comparison of global and regional myocardial strains in patients with heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction vs hypertension vs age-matched control
With an increasing clinical importance of the treatment of the heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), it is important to be certain of the diagnosis of HF. We investigated global and regi... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - November 10, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Hyung Yoon Kim, Sung-Ji Park, Sang-Chol Lee, Shin Yi Chang, Eun-Kyoung Kim, Sung-A Chang, Jin-Oh Choi, Seung Woo Park, Sung-Mok Kim, Yeon Hyeon Choe and Jae K. Oh Tags: Research Source Type: research
Vaginal delivery in a patient with severe aortic stenosis under epidural analgesia, a case report
A history of previous cardiac disease increases the maternal mortality risk by as much as 100%. There is no consensus on the absolute contraindications to vaginal delivery in valvular heart disease, but centra... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - November 2, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Lorenza Driul, Francesco Meroi, Alessia Sala, Silvia Delrio, Daisy Pavoni, Federico Barbariol, Ambrogio Londero, Teresa Dogareschi, Alessandra Spasiano, Luigi Vetrugno and Tiziana Bove Tags: Case report Source Type: research
Mechanistic validation of the 2016 American Society of Echocardiography/European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Guidelines for the assessment of diastolic dysfunction in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
The American Society for Echocardiography/European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (ASE/EACVI) 2016 guidelines for assessment of diastolic dysfunction (DD) are based primarily on the effects of diastolic... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - October 16, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Ythan H. Goldberg, David Megyessi, Mischa Flam, Daniel M. Spevack, Martin G. Sundqvist and Martin Ugander Tags: Research Source Type: research
Three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic evaluation of tricuspid regurgitation severity using proximal isovelocity surface area: comparison with volumetric method
The quantification of tricuspid regurgitation(TR) using three-dimensional(3D) proximal isovelocity surface area (PISA) derived effective regurgitant orifice area (EROA) is feasible in functional TR. The aim of... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - October 13, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Beiqi Chen, Yu Liu, Wuxu Zuo, Quan Li, Dehong Kong, Cuizhen Pan, Lili Dong, Xianhong Shu and Junbo Ge Tags: Research Source Type: research
Local myocardial stiffness variations identified by high frame rate shear wave echocardiography
Shear waves are generated by the closure of the heart valves. Significant differences in shear wave velocity have been found recently between normal myocardium and disease models of diffusely increased muscle sti... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - September 29, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Mihai Strachinaru, Johan G. Bosch, Arend F. L. Schinkel, Michelle Michels, Lida Feyz, Nico de Jong, Marcel L. Geleijnse and Hendrik J. Vos Tags: Research Source Type: research
Quantification of left ventricular mass by echocardiography compared to cardiac magnet resonance imaging in hemodialysis patients
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), defined by the left ventricular mass index (LVMI), is highly prevalent in hemodialysis patients and a strong independent predictor of cardiovascular events. Compared to card... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - September 16, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: S ören Jendrik Grebe, Uwe Malzahn, Julian Donhauser, Dan Liu, Christoph Wanner, Vera Krane and Fabian Hammer Tags: Research Source Type: research
Tissue Doppler Imaging and strain rate of the left atrial lateral wall: age related variations and comparison with parameters of diastolic function
Strain Rate Imaging (SRI) is one of the most used techniques to study left atrial (LA) and diastolic function. Its availability in low-income countries is diminished since it requires additional expensive soft... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - September 10, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Laura V. Argento, Carolina M. Travetto, Maria de las M. Colicigno, Gerardo Marambio, Silvia Gentile, Ana Salvati, Jorge Lax and Tom ás Cianciulli Tags: Research Source Type: research
Three-dimensional intracardiac echocardiography and pulmonary embolism
Three-dimensional intracardiac echocardiography (3D ICE) with wide azimuthal elevation is a novel technique performed for assessment of cardiac anatomy and guidance of intracardiac procedures, being able to pr... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - August 20, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Konstantin Yastrebov, Laurencie Brunel, Hugh S. Paterson, Zoe A. Williams and Paul G. Bannon Tags: Case report Source Type: research
A novel method of calculating stroke volume using point-of-care echocardiography
Point-of-care transthoracic echocardiography (POC-TTE) is essential in shock management, allowing for stroke volume (SV) and cardiac output (CO) estimation using left ventricular outflow tract diameter (LVOTD)... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - August 20, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Ehson Aligholizadeh, William Teeter, Rajan Patel, Peter Hu, Syeda Fatima, Shiming Yang, Gautam Ramani, Sami Safadi, Peter Olivieri, Thomas Scalea and Sarah Murthi Tags: Research Source Type: research
Improved efficiency and diagnostic utility of inpatient transthoracic echocardiography following implementation of a sonographer-initiated perflutren-based contrast administration protocol
Up to 20% of resting echocardiograms obtained are suboptimal leading to further downstream testing and delays in diagnosis. Contrast enhanced echocardiography is well established and endorsed for use by the Am... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - August 17, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Ryan Prentice, Homayoun Ahmadian, Dustin Thomas, Jeremy Berger and Rosco Gore Tags: Research Source Type: research
