Aortic allografts in treatment of aortic valve and ascending aorta prosthetic endocarditis by S.V. Spiridonov

“…In 50 % of cases at initial operation aortic valve replacement was performed, in another 50 % of cases – aortic valve and ascending aorta replacement. Echocardiography was performed 10 days, 3, 6 and 12 months, 2, 3 and 5 years after surgery. …”
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Disparities in the Diagnosis of Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: A Narrative Review of Current Literature by Joseph Burns, Philippe Jean-Pierre

“…Effective screening including auscultation and electrocardiography (EKG) with confirmatory echocardiography in these communities supports equitable surveillance and management of HOCM.…”
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Remission Achieved in Refractory Advanced Takayasu Arteritis Using Rituximab by D. Ernst, M. Greer, M. Stoll, D. Meyer-Olson, R. E. Schmidt, T. Witte

“…A 25-year-old patient was referred due to subclavian stenosis, identified on echocardiography. She presented with exertional dizziness and dyspnoea. …”
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Inflammatory Markers in Rheumatoid Patients and Cardiac Function: Insights from an Iranian University Hospital by Fatemeh Omidi, Parisa Delkash

“…Cardiac function parameters, including left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVDD), left ventricular end-systolic diameter (LVDS), left ventricular ejection fraction (EF), E/A ratio, septal e' velocity, left atrial (LA) area, and LA size, were assessed using echocardiography. The correlation between RA inflammatory markers and cardiac function parameters was analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficients. …”
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Heart Failure Status among Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Hospital-Based Study by Fatemeh Ravandi, Arsh Haj Mohamad Ebrahim Ketabforoush, Fereshteh Azedi, Mohsen Hoshyarkhani, Farimah Fayyaz, Nahid Abbasi Khoshsirat

“…The diagnosis of HF was based on transthoracic echocardiography within 48 hours of symptom onset, and HF was classified into two groups: 41–49% as mildly reduced EF (HFmrEF) and ≤40% as reduced EF (HFrEF). …”
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Pericardial Effusion due to Primary Malignant Pericardial Mesothelioma: A Common Finding but an Uncommon Cause by Valery Istomin, David S. Blondheim, Simcha R. Meisel, Aaron Frimerman, Moshe Lapidot, Ronit Rachmilevitch

“…On both computed tomography and echocardiography the heart was of normal size and a large pericardial effusion was noted. …”
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Frequency Of Left Ventricular Thrombi In Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients Presenting In Tertiary Care Hospital Of Punjab by Tahira Nazir, Tehreem Amjad, Madiha Fayyaz, Somayya Siddiqa, Sobia Naveed, Shahroon Zahid

“…Keywords: Dilated cardiomyopathy, Left ventricular thrombus, echocardiography …”
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A Rare Case of Pneumopericardium in the Setting of Tuberculous Constrictive Pericarditis by Lauro L. Abrahan IV, Stephanie Martha O. Obillos, Jaime Alfonso M. Aherrera, Jose Donato A. Magno, Celia Catherine C. Uy-Agbayani, Ulysses King G. Gopez, Jobelle Joyce Anne R. Baldonado

“…We focused on the utility of echocardiography for diagnosing and monitoring this condition on a background of tuberculous constrictive pericarditis, ultimately convincing us that pericardiectomy was necessary, instead of the usual conservative measures for pneumopericardium.…”
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Left Ventricular Hypertrabeculation (LVHT) in Athletes: A Negligible Finding? by Rokas Jagminas, Rokas Šerpytis, Pranas Šerpytis, Sigita Glaveckaitė

“…Initial evaluation showed elevated troponin I; transthoracic echocardiography showed a trabeculated ventricle and subsequent cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) revealed left ventricular hypertrabeculation (LVHT). …”
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Avaliação do teste do coraçãozinho realizado em recém-nascidos do alojamento conjunto de um Hospital Terciário de janeiro de 2015 a julho de 2018 by Antonella Márcia Mercadante de Albuquerque do Nascimento, Vanuza Maria Rosa, Ana Barbara Queiroz Farias

“…Of these, 15 (35.7%) had normal exams after repeating the heart test and/or performing the echocardiogram; 11 (26.2%) found heart disease on echocardiography; 13 (31%) did not repeat the heart test or did not perform an echocardiogram; 3 (7.1%) were not found. …”
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Global Longitudinal Strain May Be the One that Appropriately Identifies Candidates of ICD Implantation by Mohammad Hossein Nikoo, Mohammad Zarrabi, Alireza Moaref, Iman Razeghian-Jahromi

“…Participants were subjected to speckle-tracking echocardiography, and GLS as well as some other echocardiographic parameters were recorded. …”
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Noninvasive Demonstration of Dual Coronary Artery Fistulas to Main Pulmonary Artery with 64-Slice Multidetector-Computed Tomography: A Case Report by Yoshiki Noda, Ryo Matsutera, Yoshinori Yasuoka, Haruhiko Abe, Hidenori Adachi, Susumu Hattori, Ryo Araki, Takahiro Imanaka, Motohiro Kosugi, Tatsuya Sasaki

“…We report here a 58-year-old woman with dual fistulas originating from the left anterior descending coronary artery and right coronary sinus to the main pulmonary artery, demonstrating noninvasively with multidetector-computed tomography (MDCT) and transthoracic echocardiography (TTE).…”
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Non-invasive Evaluation of Electromechanical Transmission in Patients with Hypertensive Response to Exercise Stress Test by Ahmet Ferhat KAYA, Mehmet Hasan OZDIL, Cemalettin YILMAZ, Raif KILIC, Mehmet OZBEK, Hasan KAYA

“…Results: There was no statistical difference between the study groups in blood pressure holter values, conventional echocardiography findings, and exercise stress test findings. …”
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Reversible Myocarditis after Black Widow Spider Envenomation by Tarek Dendane, Khalid Abidi, Naoufel Madani, Asmae Benthami, Fatima-Zohra Gueddari, Redoune Abouqal, Amine-Ali Zeggwagh

“…The plasma concentrations of cardiac enzymes were elevated. His first echocardiography showed hypokinesis of the left ventricle (left ventricle ejection fraction 48%). …”
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Relation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction to Serum Ferritin in Thalassemia Major by Aso Faeq Salih, Adnan M. Hamawandi

“…A prospective study was conducted on 60 thalassemia major patients (33 males and 27 females ) in whom the LV function and its parameters where assessed by echocardiography in relation to serum ferritin during the period from 2nd October 2007 to 2nd February 2008, in Sulaimani pediatric teaching hospital. …”
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Clinical Impact of Preprocedural CT-Based 3D Computational Simulation of Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion with Amulet by Ian Buysschaert, Dries Viaene

“…Standard of care (SoC) device size selection with transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) and computed tomography (CT) in LAAO can be challenging due to a certain degree of variability at both patient and device levels. …”
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The Evaluation of Diagnostic Role of Cardiac Troponin T (cTnT) in Newborns with Heart Defects by Agata Tarkowska, Wanda Furmaga-Jablonska

“…Only hemodynamic significance evaluated by echocardiography influenced the cTnT levels with statistical significance. …”
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A Rare Case of Cryptococcal Meningitis in a Child with a Congenital Heart Disease by Bhim Gopal Dhoubhadel, Ujjwal Laghu, Raju Poudel, Konosuke Morimoto, Koya Ariyoshi

“…Cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) test was not available. Echocardiography showed a 12 mm ventricular septal defect (VSD). …”
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Left Ventricular Longitudinal Function Assessed by Speckle Tracking Ultrasound from a Single Apical Imaging Plane by Thomas Bagger, Erik Sloth, Carl-Johan Jakobsen

“…The aims of the study were to compare conventional and automated STU and to determine whether left ventricular systolic deformation could be estimated from one single imaging plane. Methods. 2D-echocardiography cine-loops were obtained from 20 patients for off-line speckle tracking analysis, consisting of manually tracing of the endocardial border (conventional method) or automatically drawn boundaries (automated method). …”
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EEPD1 attenuates radiation-induced cardiac hypertrophy and apoptosis by degrading FOXO3A in cardiomyocytes by Yu Kaiwen, Su Xi, Zhou Tongfang, Cai Xuwei, Zhang Min

“…</sc> After 9 weeks, echocardiography is used to assess cardiac hypertrophy and apoptosis. …”
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