Safety of Occlutech Septal Occluder ACCELL Flex II for Transcatheter Closure of Secundum Atrial Septal Defects in Children: A Long-Term Follow-Up by Amal M. El-Sisi, Sonia A. El-Saiedi, Rasha Ammar, Asmaa Abdelhameed, Ziyad M. Hijazi, Mohammed M. Soliman

“…Detailed history and full clinical examination, twelve-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), plain chest radiograph, and full 2D transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) were performed at discharge, at one month, six months, and yearly thereafter. …”
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The Cost Effectiveness of Hand Held Ultrasound Scanning for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Older Males with a History of Smoking by Denver Phiri, Peter J. Mallow, John A. Rizzo

“…New pocket mobile echocardiography (PME) devices may enhance the cost effectiveness of such scanning due to its low cost, ability to be used in primary care settings, and high degree of accuracy. …”
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Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus coinfection in a patient with multiple myeloma: Case report by Roberta Vaikutyte-Ramanauskiene, Danguole Vaznaisiene

“…The abscess was drained, and pus culture identified S. aureus. Echocardiography revealed vegetation on the aortic valve. …”
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Pitfalls of computed tomography angiography examination in veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients: a case report of a patient with cardiac rupture by Hua-Liang Ying, Hui Zhao, Chao Zhang, Mengyuan Zhang, Weijun Song, Yongpo Jiang

“…Considering the dual circulation blood flow characteristic in ECMO patients, a second CTA was performed. Combined with echocardiography, the patient was accurately diagnosed with left ventricular rupture and underwent left ventricular rupture repair surgery. …”
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Clustering-based binary Grey Wolf Optimisation model with 6LDCNNet for prediction of heart disease using patient data by Lella Kranthi Kumar, K. G. Suma, Pamula Udayaraju, Venkateswarlu Gundu, Srihari Varma Mantena, B. N. Jagadesh

“…The resulting model demonstrates promising performance on both the Cleveland dataset, achieving a convergence of 96% for assessing severity, and the echocardiography imaging dataset, with an impressive 98% convergence. …”
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Acute Coronary Syndrome Mimicking Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy or Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Mimicking Acute Coronary Syndrome? by Martin Chaumont, Marc Blaimont, Rachid Briki, Philippe Unger, Nadia Debbas

“…At six months, transthoracic echocardiography was normal. Fifteen months later, the patient presented with chest pain and a small rise in troponin-I. …”
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The Challenges of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in COVID-19 Patients by Ju Young Bae, Khalil Ian Hussein, Christopher John Howes, John Francis Setaro

“…Data was collected via manual chart review and included patient demographics, comorbidities, laboratory tests, electrocardiogram (ECG) results, echocardiography results, diagnoses during hospitalization, inpatient therapies, and outcomes including length of hospital stay, revascularization results, and mortality. …”
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Hypereosinophilic Syndrome: A Case of Fatal Löffler Endocarditis by Mario Enrique Baltazares-Lipp, Juan Ignacio Soto-González, Carlos Manuel Aboitiz-Rivera, Héctor A. Carmona-Ruíz, Benito Sarabia Ortega, Ruben Blachman-Braun

“…Thoracic computer tomography showed bilateral pleural effusion and a large left ventricular mass. Transthoracic echocardiography showed left ventricle apical obliteration and a restrictive pattern. …”
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Type II Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation in an Esophageal Lung by Blanca Estela Martínez-Martínez, María Elena Yuriko Furuya, Irma Martínez-Muñiz, Mario H Vargas, Rosalinda Flores-Salgado

“…On bronchography, the right lung was absent and the trachea only continued into the left main bronchus. Echocardiography and angiotomography revealed agenesis of the pulmonary artery right branch. …”
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Unusual presentation of anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta: case report by Mohamed Elhudairy, Naif Alkhushi, Osman Al-Radi, Khadijah Maghrabi, Gaser Abdelmohsen

“…Case presentation We report a case of a full term neonate presented with respiratory distress and cyanosis. Echocardiography revealed an anomalous right pulmonary artery (RPA) origin from the ascending aorta, a large patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) with right-to-left shunt, and moderate tricuspid regurgitation. …”
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Critical Management of Haemodynamically Unstable Acute Pulmonary Embolism in COVID-19 by Eka Adip Pradipta, Vienna Rossimarina, Indira Kemalasari, Siska Suridanda Danny

“…In the isolation ward, he had a cardiac arrest, and bedside echocardiography showed a fresh thrombus had developed in the right atria with signs of acute right ventricular dysfunction. …”
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Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia in a Sudanese Patient by Omer Ali Mohamed Ahmed Elawad, Ahmed Abdalazim Dafallah Albashir, Mohammed Mahgoub Mirghani Ahmed, Ahmed Ali Mohamed Ahmed Elawad, Osman Eltieb Elbasheer Mohamed

“…Her laboratory workup revealed a hemoglobin count of 5.4 g/dl. Echocardiography revealed a left systolic ejection fraction of 51% with left atrial dilatation and severe mitral regurgitation. …”
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Structural alterations of the thymus in high-risk fetuses and their relationship with obstetric conditions and fetal congenital defects by Lisset Ley Vega, Yanna Chao Martínez, Aimé Rosario Benítez Molina, Jesús Arturo Satorre Ygualada, Fidel Ernesto Pérez Marrero, Mery Karla Satorre Ley

“…We worked with the total number of pregnant women (382) seen in the prenatal fetal echocardiography consultations belonging to the Province of Villa Clara. …”
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Haemodynamic Effects of Anaemia in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure by Paweł Krzesiński, Agata Galas, Grzegorz Gielerak, Beata Uziębło-Życzkowska

“…Impedance cardiography, echocardiography, and N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) results were analysed. …”
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Fetal Bradyarrhythmias: A Comprehensive Update on Current Knowledge by Maria Elisa Martini Albrecht, Larissa Keren de Azevedo Teixeira, Edward Araujo Júnior, Nathalie Jeanne Bravo-Valenzuela, Roberta Granese

“…Fetal arrhythmias represent 10% to 20% of referrals to specialized clinics for the evaluation of fetal heart rhythm abnormalities Mechanism: Various methods are available for assessing fetal heart rhythm through ultrasound and fetal echocardiography, which facilitate accurate diagnosis and help determine the optimal management strategies. …”
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Strains of a virtuoso: pacemaker infection and ventricular tachycardia in a violinist by Yuanguo Chen, Haibo Zhang, Qi Qiao, Lian Ma

“…The VT originated from the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), as confirmed by echocardiography and ECG findings. The infection was treated with debridement and extraction of the pacemaker and leads. …”
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Effects of Renal Denervation on Ouabain-Induced Hypertension in Rats by Minna Tang, Jialu Hu, Wenshu Li, Ningzhi Zhang, Sisi Ning, Yan Yan, Zhaoqiang Cui

“…Masson staining and echocardiography showed that myocardial fibrosis and increased left ventricular mass in the ouabain group could be attenuated by RDN. …”
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Syndecan-4 is More Sensitive in Detecting Hypertensive Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in 2K2C Rats by Wenyue Dai, Yanqiu Liu, Fengjuan Yao, Wei Li, Jia Liu, Cuiling Li, Donghong Liu

“…Serum SDC-4 and BNP were detected by ELISA, and echocardiography indexes were acquired. Results. The level of SDC-4 and cardiac fibrosis increased gradually as the experiment was processed, and BNP, Tei index, and E/E′ followed to be raised as high blood pressure was maintained after four weeks in the 2K2C hypertension rats. …”
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Comparing the tissue Doppler-derived left ventricular myocardial performance index before and after recovery from respiratory distress in neonates: A prospective observational stud... by Nikita Panigrahi, Harohalli A. Venkatesh, Manas Ranjan Mishra, Rajath Pejaver, Karthik N. Nagesh

“…The myocardial performance index (MPI) is an index to assess global myocardial function, easily measurable by bedside echocardiography and reliable. Here, we conducted this study to determine the change in cardiac function in neonates with respiratory distress before initiating respiratory support and after weaning from the support. …”
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Infective Endocarditis - Diagnosis, Treatment and Specific Situations Management – Current Knowledge, Review of the Literature by Magdalena Balwierz, Agnieszka Kosińska, Wiktoria Belcarz

“…The diagnosis is made on the basis of the presence of bacteraemia and imaging findings confirming IE visualized in echocardiography, computer tomography and nuclear imaging. …”
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