Improved cardiovascular diagnostic accuracy by pocket size imaging device in non-cardiologic outpatients: the NaUSiCa (Naples Ultrasound Stethoscope in Cardiology) study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) imaging is a novel ultrasound technique for quantifying tissue elasticity. Studies have demonstrated that SWE is able to differentiate between diseased and normal tissue in a wide range clinical applications. However its applicability to atherosclerotic carotid disease has not b...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Ramnarine KV,Garrard JW,Kanber B,Nduwayo S,Hartshorne TC,Robinson TG

更新日期：2014-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article is aimed at comparing the results of histopathological and clinical imaging studies to assess coronary collateral circulation in humans. The role of collaterals, as emerging from morphological studies in both normal and atherosclerotic coronary vessels, is described; in addition, present role and f...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Baroldi G,Bigi R,Cortigiani L

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of preoperative echocardiography may help to identify patients with increased cardiac risk, who may benefit from modification of perioperative plan. The objective of our study was to evaluate the reliability of preoperative focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) performed by an anaesthetist with basic ultras...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Andruszkiewicz P,Sobczyk D,Gorkiewicz-Kot I,Kowalik I,Gelo R,Stach O

更新日期：2015-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) is a useful imaging modality that is now being used more widely to assist in the percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects (ASD) and patent foramen ovales (PFO). CASE PRESENTATION:A 42 year old lady with a history of transient ischaemic attacks and migraine underwent ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Bhindi R,Timperley J,Ormerod OJ

更新日期：2007-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:To make assessment of paravalvular aortic leakage (PVL) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) more uniform the second Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC) recently updated the echocardiographic criteria for mild, moderate and severe PVL. In the VARC recommendation the assessment of the circumferent...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Geleijnse ML,Di Martino LF,Vletter WB,Ren B,Galema TW,Van Mieghem NM,de Jaegere PP,Soliman OI

更新日期：2016-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The most widely used experimental models of infective endocarditis (IE) are the rabbit and rat models, in which cardiac valve lesions are induced by a polyethylene catheter introduced into the left ventricle through the aortic valve. Our study was designed to create a rabbit model of IE right-sided with echo...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Wang ML,Zhang Y,Fan M,Guo YJ,Ren WD,Luo EJ

更新日期：2013-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND: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 central regional anesthesia is traditionally considered contraindicated in patients with severe aortic ste...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Driul L,Meroi F,Sala A,Delrio S,Pavoni D,Barbariol F,Londero A,Dogareschi T,Spasiano A,Vetrugno L,Bove T

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dual imaging stress echocardiography, combining the evaluation of wall motion and coronary flow reserve (CFR) on the left anterior descending artery (LAD), and computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) are established techniques for assessing prognosis in chest pain patients. In this study we compared ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Ciampi Q,Rigo F,Grolla E,Picano E,Cortigiani L

更新日期：2015-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Theoretically, a cross-sectional image of any cardiac planes can be obtained from a STIC fetal heart volume dataset. We described a method to display 11 fetal echocardiographic planes from STIC volumes. METHODS:Fetal heart volume datasets were acquired by transverse acquisition from 200 normal fetuses at 15...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Jantarasaengaram S,Vairojanavong K

更新日期：2010-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the most common cardiomyopathy worldwide, with significant mortality. Correct evaluation of the patient's myocardial function has important clinical significance in the diagnosis, therapeutic effect assessment and prognosis in non-ischemic DCM patients. This study...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Duan F,Xie M,Wang X,Li Y,He L,Jiang L,Fu Q

更新日期：2012-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary intracardiac tumours are rare, there are however several entities that can mimic tumours. Contrast echocardiography has been suggested to aid the differentiation of various suspected masses. We present a case where transthoracic echocardiography completely misdiagnosed a left atrial mass, partly due ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Dencker M,Missios A

更新日期：2009-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Originally described by Brock and Teare, today hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is clinically defined as left (or right) ventricular hypertrophy without a known cardiac or systemic cause, such as systemic hypertension, Fabry's disease or aortic stenosis.Also appreciated today is the enormous genotypic and phenotypic hetero...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Ker J

更新日期：2009-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the findings and evaluate appropriateness of a carotid artery study including the measurement of IMT, the presence of atherosclerotic plaque, and their correlation with cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS:555 patients (220 men; 67.06 +/- 12.44 years) were included in the study. 120 patients (21...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Baroncini LA,de Oliveira A,Vidal EA,França GJ,Stahlke PS,Alessi A,Précoma DB

更新日期：2008-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We sought to determine which echocardiographic markers of left ventricular (LV) remodeling and diastolic dysfunction can contribute as incremental and independent prognostic information in addition to current clinical risk markers of ischemic LV systolic dysfunction in the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Fai...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Kim KH,She L,Lee KL,Dabrowski R,Grayburn PA,Rajda M,Prior DL,Desvigne-Nickens P,Zoghbi WA,Senni M,Stefanelli G,Beghi C,Huynh T,Velazquez EJ,Oh JK,Lin G

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and antiretroviral treatment are associated with metabolic and cardiovascular complications that potentially increase the risk of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease in this population. Measurement of arterial wall thickness has been used as a surrogate of ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Grima P,Guido M,Chiavaroli R,De Donno A,Tana M,Zizza A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Though hemodialysis (HD) acutely improves cardiac function, the impact of background diseases like coronary artery disease (CAD) and Type 2 diabetes (DM) in the setting of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is not known. Tissue velocity echocardiography (TVE) offers a fast choice to follow changes in myocardial ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Govind SC,Roumina S,Brodin LA,Nowak J,Ramesh SS,Saha SK

更新日期：2006-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In the standard accepted concept, contractility is the intrinsic ability of heart muscle to generate force and to shorten, independently of changes in the preload or afterload with fixed heart rates. At molecular level the crux of the contractile process lies in the changing concentrations of Ca2+ ions in the myocardi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Bombardini T

更新日期：2005-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is generally associated with a low to moderate increase of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). In some patients, however, LVEF improves remarkably and reaches near-normal values. The aim of the present study was to further characterize these so called 'super...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Dreger H,Borges AC,Baumann G,Melzer C

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is strong evidence that left atrial (LA) size is a prognostic marker in a variety of heart diseases. Recently, real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT3DE) has been reported as a useful tool for studying the phasic changes of the left atrial volumes. The aim of this study was to investigate the...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Aggeli C,Felekos I,Poulidakis E,Aggelis A,Tousoulis D,Stefanadis C

更新日期：2011-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, with secondary atrial pressure elevation, is a well-known concept. On the contrary, effect of left atrial compliance on pulmonary pressure is rarely considered. CASE PRESENTATION:We report the echocardiographic case of a 9-year-old child who presented severe rheumatic...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Marijon E,Jani D,Voicu S,Ou P

更新日期：2006-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The percentage of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients who are in high risk for Sudden Death (SD) constitutes only a minority of all HCM population but the incidence of SD in this subset is high (at least 5% annually). The identification of this small but important proportion of high risk HCM patients ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Efthimiadis GK,Pliakos C,Pagourelias ED,Parcharidou DG,Giannakoulas G,Kamperidis V,Hadjimiltiades S,Karvounis C,Gavrielidis S,Styliadis IH,Parcharidis G

更新日期：2009-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial contractility can be investigated using longitudinal peak strain. It can be calculated using the Doppler-derived TDI method and the non-Doppler method based on tissue tracking on B-mode images. Both are validated and show good reproducibility, but no comparative analysis of their results has yet b...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Stefani L,Toncelli L,Gianassi M,Manetti P,Di Tante V,Vono MR,Moretti A,Cappelli B,Pedrizzetti G,Galanti G

更新日期：2007-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although echocardiography has been incorporated into the diagnostic algorithm of patients with suspected infective endocarditis (IE), systematic usage in clinical practice remains ill defined. To determine the diagnostic accuracy of detecting vegetations using harmonic transthoracic echocardiography (hTTE) a...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Jassal DS,Aminbakhsh A,Fang T,Shaikh N,Embil JM,Mackenzie GS,Tam JW

更新日期：2007-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND: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 echocardiographic speckle-tracked longitudinal strain analysis. The purpose of this study was to assess ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Emerek K,Friedman DJ,Sørensen PL,Hansen SM,Larsen JM,Risum N,Thøgersen AM,Graff C,Atwater BD,Kisslo J,Søgaard P

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Accidental hypothermia is a condition associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Hypothermia has been reported to affect left ventricular systolic and diastolic function. However, most of the data come from animal experimental studies. AIM OF THE STUDY:The purpose of the present study was to ass...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Darocha T,Sobczyk D,Kosiński S,Jarosz A,Gałązkowski R,Nycz K,Drwiła R

更新日期：2015-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While echocardiographic grading of left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction (DD) is used every day, the relationship between echocardiographic DD grade and hemodynamic abnormalities is uncertain. METHODS:We identified 460 consecutive patients who underwent transthoracic echocardiography within 24 h of el...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Grant AD,Negishi K,Negishi T,Collier P,Kapadia SR,Thomas JD,Marwick TH,Griffin BP,Popović ZB

更新日期：2015-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Quadricuspid aortic valve is a rare congenital malformation of the aortic valve. Its diagnosis is often missed even with the use of transthoracic echocardiogram. Many of these patients progress to aortic incompetence later in life, hence requiring surgical intervention. In the case described in this report, a 61-year-...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Xiao Z,Meng W,Zhang E

更新日期：2010-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Left ventricular wall stress has been investigated in a variety of populations, but the effect of food intake has not been evaluated. We assessed whether left ventricular wall stress is affected by food intake in healthy subjects. METHODS:Twenty-three healthy subjects aged 25.6 ± 4.5 years were investigated....

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Gårdinger Y,Hlebowicz J,Björgell O,Dencker M

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary embolism is a common cardiovascular emergency, but it is still often misdiagnosed due to its unspecific clinical symptoms. Elevated troponin concentrations are associated with greater morbidity and mortality in patients with pulmonary embolism. Right ventricular ischemia due to increased right ventricular af...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Goslar T,Podbregar M

更新日期：2010-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blood flow between the right and left ventricles is subject to the continuity equation and systolic ventricular interdependence. Quantification of this relationship might aid in understanding inter-ventricular function. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and quantify ventricular interdependence by dir...

journal_title：Cardiovascular ultrasound

authors： Bruhl SR,Chahal M,Khouri SJ

更新日期：2011-12-20 00:00:00