Left ventricular and atrial myocardial strain in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: the evidence so far and prospects for phenotyping strategy
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) represents a significant proportion of heart failure cases. Accurate diagnosis is challenging due to the heterogeneous nature of the disease and limitatio... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - March 4, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Mariane Higa Shinzato, Natasha Santos, Gustavo Nishida, Henrique Moriya, Jorge Assef, Fausto Feres and Renato A. Hortegal Tags: Review Source Type: research
Cardiac dimensions and hemodynamics in healthy juvenile Landrace swine
Swine are frequently used as animal model for cardiovascular research, especially in terms of representativity of human anatomy and physiology. Reference values for the most common species used in research are... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - January 16, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Michelle Costa Galbas, Hendrik Cornelius Straky, Florian Meissner, Johanna Reuter, Marius Schimmel, Sebastian Grundmann, Martin Czerny and Wolfgang Bothe Tags: Research Source Type: research
Evaluation of atherosclerosis as a risk factor in COPD patients by measuring the carotid intima-media thickness
This study aimed to evaluate atherosclerosis as comorbidity by measuring the carotid (bulb and common carotid artery) Carotid intima-media thickness in COPD-diagnosed patients and to evaluate the relationship ... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - January 10, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Ali Firincioglulari, Hakan Erturk, Mujgan Firincioglulari and Cigdem Biber Tags: Research Source Type: research
Signal-to-noise of linear and volume measures of left ventricular and left atrial size
Serial echocardiographic assessments are common in clinical cardiology, e.g., for timing of intervention in mitral and aortic regurgitation. When following patients with serial echocardiograms, each new measur... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - January 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Yunbo Duan, Nezar Amir and Guy P. Armstrong Tags: Research Source Type: research
Cardiac imaging in athlete ’s heart: current status and future prospects
Physical activity contributes to changes in cardiac morphology, which are known as “athlete’s heart”. Therefore, these modifications can be characterized using different imaging modalities such as echocardiogr... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - December 14, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Nurmakhan Zholshybek, Zaukiya Khamitova, Bauyrzhan Toktarbay, Dinara Jumadilova, Nail Khissamutdinov, Tairkhan Dautov, Yeltay Rakhmanov, Makhabbat Bekbossynova, Abduzhappar Gaipov and Alessandro Salustri Tags: Review Source Type: research
Feasibility and safety of reprocessing of intracardiac echocardiography catheters for electrophysiology procedures – a large single center experience
Intra-cardiac echocardiography (ICE) has become an important tool for catheter ablation. Adoption of ICE imaging is still limited because of its prohibitively high cost. Our aim was to study the safety and fea... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - October 26, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Vedran Velagic, Giacomo Mugnai, Ivan Prepolec, Vedran Pasara, Anica Milinkovi ć, Andrija Nekić, Jakov Emanuel Bogdanic, Jurica Putric Posavec, Davor Puljević, Carlo de Asmundis, Gian-Battista Chierchia and Davor Milicic Tags: Research Source Type: research
Deep learning for automated left ventricular outflow tract diameter measurements in 2D echocardiography
Measurement of the left ventricular outflow tract diameter (LVOTd) in echocardiography is a common source of error when used to calculate the stroke volume. The aim of this study is to assess whether a deep le... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - October 13, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Sigurd Zijun Zha, Magnus Rogstadkjernet, Lars Gunnar Kl æboe, Helge Skulstad, Bjørn-Jostein Singstad, Andrew Gilbert, Thor Edvardsen, Eigil Samset and Pål Haugar Brekke Tags: Research Source Type: research
Prevalence, one-year-incidence and predictors of carcinoid heart disease
Carcinoid heart disease (CHD) caused by neuroendocrine tumours (NET) is associated with an increased morbidity and mortality due to valvular dysfunction and right sided heart failure. The present study aimed t... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - September 26, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Isabel Mattig, Maximilian Richard Franke, Rene Pschowski, Anna Brand, Karl Stangl, Fabian Knebel and Henryk Dreger Tags: Research Source Type: research
Three-dimensional analysis of the tricuspid annular geometry in healthy subjects and in patients with different grades of functional tricuspid regurgitation
Accurate sizing of the tricuspid valve annulus is essential for determining the optimal timing of tricuspid valve (TV) intervention. Two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography has limitations for comprehensive TV a... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - September 15, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Gintar ė Bieliauskienė, Ieva Kažukauskienė, Rita Kramena, Aleksejus Zorinas, Antanas Mainelis and Diana Zakarkaitė Tags: Research Source Type: research
An alternative method of indexation in aortic stenosis: height-adjusted effective orifice area
Although indexing effective orifice area (EOA) by body surface area (BSA) is recommended, this method has several disadvantages, since it corrects by acquired fatty tissue. Our aim was to analyze the value of ... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - August 22, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Sergio Gamaza-Chuli án, Fátima González-Testón, Enrique Díaz-Retamino, Francisco M. Zafra-Cobo and Eva González-Caballero Tags: Research Source Type: research
Predictors of functional and morphological arterial wall properties in coronary artery disease patients with increased lipoprotein (a) levels before and after treatment with proprotein convertase subtilisin-kexin type 9 inhibitors
In addition to proatherogenic properties, lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)) has also pro-inflammatory, antifibrinolytic and prothrombogenic features. The aim of the current study was to identify the predictors of functi... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - August 14, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Andreja Rehberger Likozar and Miran Šebeštjen Tags: Research Source Type: research
Is myocardial fibrosis appropriately assessed by calibrated and 2D strain derived integrated backscatter?
Increased collagen content of the myocardium modifies tissue reflectivity and integrated backscatter (IBS) indexes are suggested as markers of myocardial fibrosis (MF). We sought to assess the correlation betw... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - August 12, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Maria Rita Lima, Jo ão Abecasis, Rita Reis Santos, Sérgio Maltês, Pedro Lopes, António Ferreira, Regina Ribeiras, Maria João Andrade, Miguel Abecasis, Victor Gil, Sância Ramos and Nuno Cardim Tags: Research Source Type: research
Catheter navigation by intracardiac echocardiography enables zero-fluoroscopy linear lesion formation and bidirectional cavotricuspid isthmus block in patients with typical atrial flutter
One of the most helpful aspects of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) implementation in electrophysiological studies (EPS) is the real-time visualisation of catheters and cardiac structures. In this prospecti... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - August 3, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Blerim Luani, Maksim Basho, Ammar Ismail, Thomas Rauwolf, Sven Kaese, Ndricim Tobli, Alexander Samol, Katharina Pankraz, Alexander Schmeisser, Marcus Wiemer, R üdiger C. Braun-Dullaeus and Conrad Genz Tags: Research Source Type: research
Feasibility and reproducibility of semi-automated longitudinal strain analysis: a comparative study with conventional manual strain analysis
Conventional approach to myocardial strain analysis relies on a software designed for the left ventricle (LV) which is complex and time-consuming and is not specific for right ventricular (RV) and left atrial ... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - July 19, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Gui-juan Peng, Shu-yu Luo, Xiao-fang Zhong, Xiao-xuan Lin, Ying-qi Zheng, Jin-feng Xu, Ying-ying Liu and Li-xin Chen Tags: Research Source Type: research
Segmental and global myocardial work in hypertensive patients with different left ventricular geometry
Myocardial work acquired by echocardiography has emerged as a novel method to evaluate myocardial function. We investigated global and segmental myocardial work in hypertension (HT) among patients with differe... (Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound)
Source: Cardiovascular Ultrasound - June 27, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Huimei Huang, Liyun Fu, Qinyun Ruan, Ziling You and Lei Yan Tags: Research Source Type: research
