Basal Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy: an uncommon case of TTC in in
... was reasonably rejected owing to the absence of systemic inflammation (normal C-reactive protein, leucocyte and procalcitonin values), negative bacterial blood cultures and viral tests. Phaeochromocytoma was excluded because of normal 24-hour urine fractionated catecholamines and metanephrines. Two ...
... was reasonably rejected owing to the absence of systemic inflammation (normal C-reactive protein, leucocyte and procalcitonin values), negative bacterial blood cultures and viral tests. Phaeochromocytoma was excluded because of normal 24-hour urine fractionated catecholamines and metanephrines. Two ...
Superior vena cava obstruction after heart transplantation
... Heart transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage heart failure who do not respond to medical, interventional, or other surgical treatments.1 In the early 1960s, the classic technique for heart transplantation was developed, but another technique (bicaval anastomosis) was ...
... Heart transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage heart failure who do not respond to medical, interventional, or other surgical treatments.1 In the early 1960s, the classic technique for heart transplantation was developed, but another technique (bicaval anastomosis) was ...
Subclinical Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Asymptomatic Type 1
... decreases of GLS in the LV of 53 diabetic adults (-21 ± 4% in T1D adults Vs -26 ± 4% in control group ; p<0.001). However, these reports are difficult to interpret because they included adult patients, in whom the influence of comorbidities especially coronary heart disease could not be excluded. Su ...
... decreases of GLS in the LV of 53 diabetic adults (-21 ± 4% in T1D adults Vs -26 ± 4% in control group ; p<0.001). However, these reports are difficult to interpret because they included adult patients, in whom the influence of comorbidities especially coronary heart disease could not be excluded. Su ...
Mean pulmonary pressure estimation by
... thromboembolism among others. It can also help predict prognosis of these patients, monitor the therapeutic effect of specific treatment and also detect preclinical disease states. Doppler echocardiography does not replace Este es elaborado por Medigraphic thedocumento right heart catheterization, b ...
... thromboembolism among others. It can also help predict prognosis of these patients, monitor the therapeutic effect of specific treatment and also detect preclinical disease states. Doppler echocardiography does not replace Este es elaborado por Medigraphic thedocumento right heart catheterization, b ...
Chronic Valvular Disease in the Dog
... developed, therapy can result in improvement of clinical signs and use of certain agents results in improved survival.7,8 ● Furosemide & pimobendan: Following publication of the QUEST study8 it appears optimal chronic management of patients with mitral regurgitation should include administration of ...
... developed, therapy can result in improvement of clinical signs and use of certain agents results in improved survival.7,8 ● Furosemide & pimobendan: Following publication of the QUEST study8 it appears optimal chronic management of patients with mitral regurgitation should include administration of ...
Mean pulmonary pressure estimation by echocardiography: three
... thromboembolism among others. It can also help predict prognosis of these patients, monitor the therapeutic effect of specific treatment and also detect preclinical disease states. Doppler echocardiography does not replace Este es elaborado por Medigraphic thedocumento right heart catheterization, b ...
... thromboembolism among others. It can also help predict prognosis of these patients, monitor the therapeutic effect of specific treatment and also detect preclinical disease states. Doppler echocardiography does not replace Este es elaborado por Medigraphic thedocumento right heart catheterization, b ...
Atrial Fibrillation - Weber State University
... work harder during exercise. During stress tests you exercise to increase your heart rate while heart tests are done. Ex. while wearing an EKG. ...
... work harder during exercise. During stress tests you exercise to increase your heart rate while heart tests are done. Ex. while wearing an EKG. ...
Echocardiography and Heart Failure: A Glimpse of the Right Heart
... with RV enlargement noted when the cardiac silhouette involves more than 40% of the lower retrosternal space. Enlargement of the RV can cause the heart to rotate in a posterior direction and also can push the RV outflow tract in a lateral direction. Of course, a routine chest x-ray can also visualize ...
... with RV enlargement noted when the cardiac silhouette involves more than 40% of the lower retrosternal space. Enlargement of the RV can cause the heart to rotate in a posterior direction and also can push the RV outflow tract in a lateral direction. Of course, a routine chest x-ray can also visualize ...
letters to the editor
... Figure 1 Two-dimensional LA speckle-tracking. (A) Four-chamber views depicting the region of interest created by the speckle-tracking software. (B) Colour M-mode of LA deformation of all regions throughout the cardiac cycle. (C ) The left atrium strain curve of the global deformation (dashed line) o ...
... Figure 1 Two-dimensional LA speckle-tracking. (A) Four-chamber views depicting the region of interest created by the speckle-tracking software. (B) Colour M-mode of LA deformation of all regions throughout the cardiac cycle. (C ) The left atrium strain curve of the global deformation (dashed line) o ...
Pattern of Congenital Heart Disease in Infants of Diabetic Mother
... Persistent Ductus. It supports existing recommendations that all pregnant women with diabetes should be offered a specialist fetal echocardiogram. This advice is reinforced by published evidence that antenatal diagnosis of cardiac malformations leads to an improved postnatal outcome. Our prospective ...
... Persistent Ductus. It supports existing recommendations that all pregnant women with diabetes should be offered a specialist fetal echocardiogram. This advice is reinforced by published evidence that antenatal diagnosis of cardiac malformations leads to an improved postnatal outcome. Our prospective ...
Repair of Post-Infarction Ventricular Free Wall Rupture With TachoSil®
... with a massive pericardial effusion with hemodynamic effect (right ventricular outflow tract collapse). The results were highly suggestive for rupture of the apical septal myocardium with clot formation. The operation was performed through a standard median sternotomy. The proximal part of pericardi ...
... with a massive pericardial effusion with hemodynamic effect (right ventricular outflow tract collapse). The results were highly suggestive for rupture of the apical septal myocardium with clot formation. The operation was performed through a standard median sternotomy. The proximal part of pericardi ...
Malignant neurilemmoma of left atrium
... left atrial tumours, and the latter arose from the endocardium without invasion of the underlying myocardium. This indicates that the retroperitoneal tumour was the primary and the cardiac lesions were metastatic deposits resulting from endocardial implantation of tumour emboli. This mechanism was c ...
... left atrial tumours, and the latter arose from the endocardium without invasion of the underlying myocardium. This indicates that the retroperitoneal tumour was the primary and the cardiac lesions were metastatic deposits resulting from endocardial implantation of tumour emboli. This mechanism was c ...
Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm After Inferior Wall Myocardial
... when there is mechanical interference of the mass on ventricular filling.3 In addition, a pansystolic or to-and-fro murmur produced by flow across the mouth of the aneurysm may be heard.3 The location of pseudoaneurysm is usually posterolateral.5,6 The walls of pseudoaneurysms are composed of organi ...
... when there is mechanical interference of the mass on ventricular filling.3 In addition, a pansystolic or to-and-fro murmur produced by flow across the mouth of the aneurysm may be heard.3 The location of pseudoaneurysm is usually posterolateral.5,6 The walls of pseudoaneurysms are composed of organi ...
Pericardial diaese
... ventricles was markedly reduced. Right, Heart specimen of a patient who died with restrictive cardiomyopathy. Diastolic filling is limited by an abnormal myocardium, resulting in biatrial enlargement. The ventricles are not dilated in restrictive cardiomyopathy ...
... ventricles was markedly reduced. Right, Heart specimen of a patient who died with restrictive cardiomyopathy. Diastolic filling is limited by an abnormal myocardium, resulting in biatrial enlargement. The ventricles are not dilated in restrictive cardiomyopathy ...
Right Ventricular Involvement In Acute myocardial infarction
... assessment of global RV function. This method involves measurement of the maximal systolic excursion of the free wall annulus and was first described by Kaul and colleagues in a population consisting of normal patients and those with CAD [13]. A good correlation of the maximal systolic excursion of ...
... assessment of global RV function. This method involves measurement of the maximal systolic excursion of the free wall annulus and was first described by Kaul and colleagues in a population consisting of normal patients and those with CAD [13]. A good correlation of the maximal systolic excursion of ...
Anatomical Preconditions (Annulus/Aorta)
... Anatomical Preconditions (Annulus/Aorta) Methods of Measurement ...
... Anatomical Preconditions (Annulus/Aorta) Methods of Measurement ...
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Detect and Evaluate
... mortality in the western world. Accurate detection and evaluation of this disease are of major importance. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has an increasing role in the detection and evaluation of ischemic heart disease—as is illustrated by the increase in the number of publications on CMR ...
... mortality in the western world. Accurate detection and evaluation of this disease are of major importance. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has an increasing role in the detection and evaluation of ischemic heart disease—as is illustrated by the increase in the number of publications on CMR ...
Four-dimensional ultrasonography of the fetal heart with
... and surface rendering of heart anatomy. Fetal heart volumes are acquired with a single automated sweep of the transducer. Spatial and temporal information are combined to display dynamic images that can be extracted from volume datasets. Standardized viewing planes, such as the ones recommended by t ...
... and surface rendering of heart anatomy. Fetal heart volumes are acquired with a single automated sweep of the transducer. Spatial and temporal information are combined to display dynamic images that can be extracted from volume datasets. Standardized viewing planes, such as the ones recommended by t ...
Structural Heart Disease Workshop
... Trileaflet, mildly sclerotic but freely mobile aortic valve. Mild mitral annular calcification with thickening of both mitral valve leaflets. No prolapse. Left ventricular ejection fraction 52%. Doppler study: − Mean gradient of 6 mm Hg across aortic valve − Moderately severe (eccentric posterolater ...
... Trileaflet, mildly sclerotic but freely mobile aortic valve. Mild mitral annular calcification with thickening of both mitral valve leaflets. No prolapse. Left ventricular ejection fraction 52%. Doppler study: − Mean gradient of 6 mm Hg across aortic valve − Moderately severe (eccentric posterolater ...
Robert-Jan van Geuns Nicolas M. Van Mieghem, Sander
... chest trauma during contact sports can cause traumatic proximal right coronary artery dissection, which can provoke coronary ischemia, myocardial infarction, malignant ventricular arrhythmias, and even sudden cardiac death. Traumatic coronary artery injury has been reported occasionally, but arguabl ...
... chest trauma during contact sports can cause traumatic proximal right coronary artery dissection, which can provoke coronary ischemia, myocardial infarction, malignant ventricular arrhythmias, and even sudden cardiac death. Traumatic coronary artery injury has been reported occasionally, but arguabl ...
Successful Treatment of Idiopathic Dilated
... Therefore, triple diuretic therapy was initiated 2 weeks after the addition of lisinopril and the increase in furosemide to better control his CHF to better control his CHF, with the goal of stabilizing him clinically in order to perform a complete cardiac evaluation. Hydrochlorthiazide, a thiazide ...
... Therefore, triple diuretic therapy was initiated 2 weeks after the addition of lisinopril and the increase in furosemide to better control his CHF to better control his CHF, with the goal of stabilizing him clinically in order to perform a complete cardiac evaluation. Hydrochlorthiazide, a thiazide ...
Full Text - Archives of Cardiovascular Imaging
... after adjusting a large number of variables. There is currently disagreement on whether or not OSAHS independently affects cardiac function (7, 10). Among the reasons for these disagreements are the existence of some concurrent diseases such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pu ...
... after adjusting a large number of variables. There is currently disagreement on whether or not OSAHS independently affects cardiac function (7, 10). Among the reasons for these disagreements are the existence of some concurrent diseases such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pu ...
Lecture7 RADIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE
... possibility and in patients suspected of having dissecting hematoma, and traumatic or other aneurysms. ...
... possibility and in patients suspected of having dissecting hematoma, and traumatic or other aneurysms. ...
Cryptogenic Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Death by Fabry
... couplets and triplets. Two-dimensional echocardiography showed normal parameters including thickness of cardiac walls, valvular pattern, and left ventricular ejection fraction (68%), and tissue Doppler imaging registered reduced relaxation and contraction velocities, suggesting some myocardial abnor ...
... couplets and triplets. Two-dimensional echocardiography showed normal parameters including thickness of cardiac walls, valvular pattern, and left ventricular ejection fraction (68%), and tissue Doppler imaging registered reduced relaxation and contraction velocities, suggesting some myocardial abnor ...
Echocardiography
Echocardiogram, often referred to as a cardiac echo or simply an echo, is a sonogram of the heart. (It is not abbreviated as ECG, an abbreviation for an electrocardiogram.) Echocardiography uses standard two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and Doppler ultrasound to create images of the heart.Echocardiography has become routinely used in the diagnosis, management, and follow-up of patients with any suspected or known heart diseases. It is one of the most widely used diagnostic tests in cardiology. It can provide a wealth of helpful information, including the size and shape of the heart (internal chamber size quantification), pumping capacity, and the location and extent of any tissue damage. An echocardiogram can also give physicians other estimates of heart function such as a calculation of the cardiac output, ejection fraction, and diastolic function (how well the heart relaxes).Echocardiography can help detect cardiomyopathies, such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, and many others. The use of Stress Echocardiography may also help determine whether any chest pain or associated symptoms are related to heart disease. The biggest advantage to echocardiography is that it is noninvasive (doesn't involve breaking the skin or entering body cavities) and has no known risks or side effects.Not only can an echocardiogram create ultrasound images of heart structures, but it can also produce accurate assessment of the blood flowing through the heart by Doppler echocardiography, using pulsed or continuous wave Doppler ultrasound. This allows assessment of both normal and abnormal blood flow through the heart. Color Doppler as well as spectral Doppler is used to visualize any abnormal communications between the left and right side of the heart, any leaking of blood through the valves (valvular regurgitation), and to estimate how well the valves open (or do not open in the case of valvular stenosis). The Doppler technique can also be used for tissue motion and velocity measurement, by Tissue Doppler echocardiography.Echocardiography was also the first ultrasound subspecialty to use intravenous contrast. (See Contrast Echocardiography)Echocardiography is performed by cardiac sonographers, cardiac physiologists (UK) or doctors trained in echocardiography.