Effects of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Cardiac Function and Clinical Outcomes in Chinese Patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Baoxin Liu, Rong Guo, Shunping Zhou, Shuanshuan Xie, Ke Wang, Yawei Xu

“…In this retrospective study, 198 STEMI patients were enrolled. Doppler echocardiography was performed to detect the effect of OSA on cardiac function. …”
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Clinical course and remodeling of left ventricle in patients with ST segment elevention acute myocardial infarction after primary coronary artery stenting by V.A. Skybchik, Yu.P. Melen

“…Diastolic dysfunction echocardiography signs in these patients are less pronounced, resulting in increased exercise tolerance at the end of hospitalization and improved quality of life defined by SAQ questionnaire.…”
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Circulating Tissue Inhibitor of Matrix Metalloproteinase-4 (TIMP-4) in Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Elevated Pulmonary Arterial Pressure by Gialafos J. Elias, Moyssakis Ioannis, Psaltopoulou Theodora, Papadopoulos P. Dimitrios, Perea Despoina, Vlasis Kostantinos, Kostopoulos Charalampos, Votteas Vassilios, Sfikakis P. Petros

“…In a cross-sectional study of 106 SSc patients, we measured serum levels of TIMP-4 which is preferentially expressed in cardiovascular structures and searched for correlations with simultaneously performed echocardiography measurements of pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP), myocardial performance, and pulmonary function tests. …”
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Рerioperative period of high-risk patients with coronary artery disease by O.K. Gogayeva

“…All patients underwent laboratory tests, ECG, echocardiography, coronary angiography and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). …”
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Anaesthetic Management of a Neonate with Ebstein’s Anomaly Undergoing a Meningomyelocele Surgery: A Case Report by Prakriti, Monika Yadav, Vaishali Gupta, Komal Yadav, Shikha Garg

“…The diagnosis of EA was confirmed by two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography. General anaesthesia with inhalational induction was planned. …”
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Percutaneous Atrial Septal Defect Closure Using the Occlutech Figulla Device in Adults: More than 800 Patient-Years of Follow-Up by R. J. R. Snijder, L. E. Renes, D. Bosshardt, M. J. Suttorp, J. M. ten Berg, M. C. Post

“…Residual left-to-right shunt (LRS) was diagnosed using color-Doppler transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Right-to-left shunting was diagnosed using contrast TTE. …”
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Can Serum Tenascin-C Be Used as a Marker of Inflammation in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy? by Alyaa A. Kotby, Manal M. Abdel Aziz, Waleed M. El Guindy, Amira N. Moneer

“…Investigations included estimation of serum TN-C and echocardiographic evaluation using M-mode and 2D speckle tracking echocardiography (STE). Results. Serum TN-C showed a higher significant statistical elevation among patients than controls (P<0.001) and in group I than group II (P<0.001). …”
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Long Noncoding RNA SNHG4 Attenuates the Injury of Myocardial Infarction via Regulating miR-148b-3p/DUSP1 Axis by Sheng Wang, Zhaoyun Cheng, Xianjie Chen, Guoqing Lu, Xiliang Zhu, Gaojun Xu

“…The myocardial injury in MI rats was evaluated by echocardiography, TTC/HE/MASSON/TUNEL staining, and immunohistochemistry (Ki67). …”
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Relationship between platelet distribution width and non-dipping pattern in children with essential hypertension by Ling Sun, Bo Wang, Daoping Yang, Wanping Zhou, Yunjia Tang, Xuan Li, Haitao Lv, Miao Hou

“…Clinical data, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), laboratory and echocardiography parameters were recorded from the hospital database. …”
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Identification of cardiac wall motion abnormalities in diverse populations by deep learning of the electrocardiogram by Albert J. Rogers, Neal K. Bhatia, Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, James Tooley, Rayan Ansari, Vyom Thakkar, Justin Xu, Jessica Torres Soto, Jagteshwar S. Tung, Mahmood I. Alhusseini, Paul Clopton, Reza Sameni, Gari D. Clifford, J. Weston Hughes, Euan A. Ashley, Marco V. Perez, Matei Zaharia, Sanjiv M. Narayan

“…This study aimed to identify novel ECG features using deep learning to enhance WMA detection, referencing echocardiography as the gold standard. We collected ECG and echocardiogram data from 35,210 patients in California and labeled WMA using unstructured language parsing of echocardiographic reports. …”
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Myocardial Perfusion and Function Are Distinctly Altered by Sevoflurane Anesthesia in Diet-Induced Prediabetic Rats by Charissa E. van den Brom, Chantal A. Boly, Carolien S. E. Bulte, Rob F. P. van den Akker, Rick F. J. Kwekkeboom, Stephan A. Loer, Christa Boer, R. Arthur Bouwman

“…Rats were fed a western diet (WD; n=18) or control diet (CD; n=18) for 8 weeks and underwent (contrast) echocardiography to determine perfusion and function during baseline and sevoflurane exposure. …”
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Effects of Acute Normovolemic Anemia on Hemodynamic Parameters and Acid-Base Balance in Dogs by Tatiana Champion, Glaucia Bueno Pereira Neto, Aparecido Antonio Camacho

“…The cardiac output was measured by Doppler echocardiography and blood pressure by oscillometric device, and posteriorly hemodynamic parameters were calculated. …”
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Intramyocardial Dissection following Postinfarction Ventricular Wall Rupture Contained by Surrounding Postoperative Adhesions by Abdulkadir Ercan, Orcun Gurbuz, Gencehan Kumtepe, Hakan Ozkan, Ilker Hasan Karal, Yusuf Velioglu, Serdar Ener

“…During the follow-up, she developed cardiogenic shock and a new occurring systolic ejection murmur. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a left ventricular free wall rupture; then, she was taken in for emergency surgery. …”
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Sleep behaviour and cardiorespiratory fitness in patients after percutaneous coronary intervention during cardiac rehabilitation: protocol for a longitudinal study by Jie Zhou, Jing Wu, Lan Huang, Yiyan Wang, Husheng Li, Xubo Wu

“…Data collection will include demographic characteristics, medical history, physical examination, blood sampling, echocardiography and the results of cardiopulmonary exercise tests. …”
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Effects of interleukin-12/23 inhibitors and interleukin-17 inhibitors on myocardial functions in patients with severe psoriasis by Leyla Baykal Selçuk, Mursel Şahin, Burcu Aydemir, Deniz Aksu Arıca, Savaş Yaylı

“…Materials and Methods: Patients were evaluated at the beginning of treatment and after 12 months using transthoracic echocardiography to assess systolic and diastolic heart functions. …”
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Changes in Hepatic Blood Flow and Liver Function during Closed Abdominal Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy following Cytoreduction Surgery by Stéphanie Dupont, Eduardo R. C. Schiffer, Marion J. White, John R. A. Diaper, Marc-Joseph Licker, Philippe C. Masouyé

“…In this prospective observational clinical study including 15 consecutive patients, we evaluated HBF by transesophageal echocardiography and liver function by determination of the indocyanine green plasma disappearance rate (ICG-PDR). …”
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A Case Report of Obstructive Shock from an Esophageal Bolus Leading to Left Atrial Compression by Sharmin Kalam, Sergio Marquez, Emmelyn J. Samones, Tammy Phan, Vi Am Dinh

“…Transesophageal echocardiography provides clearer visualization of these structures than transthoracic ultrasound. …”
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Wogonin Inhibits Cardiac Hypertrophy by Activating Nrf-2-Mediated Antioxidant Responses by Xiaowen Shi, Bin Zhang, Zhenliang Chu, Bingjiang Han, Xueping Zhang, Ping Huang, Jibo Han

“…Cardiac function was monitored by chest echocardiography, and the hypertrophy index was measured. …”
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Association of Body Mass Index with Echocardiographic Parameters and Incidence of Left Atrial Thrombus or Spontaneous Echo Contrast in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation... by Yi Qiu, Shu Jiang

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Exploring Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 Levels in Iraqi Patients with Stable Angina: Insights from Coronary Angiography Diagnosis by Aseel Ghassan Daoud, Wassan Abdul Kareem Abbas, Ahmed Yousif Hasan, Maha N. Abu Hajleh

“…Patients and methods: The study design was a case-control study. 90 males and females (age 40-76 years) who were presented with chest pain were enrolled in the study, all were subjected to echocardiography, ECG and coronary angiography by the cardiologist. …”
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