Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2014 Echocardiography is an important first-line investigation for detection of anomalous origin of a coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA).
Tharakanatha R Yarrabolu +4 more
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Diagnostics, 2021 Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, its symptoms and signs are not specific or can be absent. In this context, transthoracic echocardiography plays a key role in diagnosing the various forms of HF ...
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How rare is isolated rheumatic tricuspid valve disease? [PDF]
, 2020 The incidence of rheumatic fever (RF) has markedly decreased in Europe since the beginning of the 20th century due to improved living conditions, early antibiotic therapy in streptococcal pharyngitis, and changes in serotypes of circulating streptococci.
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Cats with thermal burn injuries from California wildfires show echocardiographic evidence of myocardial thickening and intracardiac thrombi. [PDF]
, 2020 Recent increases in the prevalence and severity of wildfires in some regions have resulted in an increased frequency of veterinary burn patients. Few studies exist regarding diagnostics and management of burn wounds in veterinary patients and current ...
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Serum uric acid as a marker of microvascular damage in systemic sclerosis patients [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Microvascular damage of skin and internal organs is a hallmark of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Serum uric acid (UA) represents a marker of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction.
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Assessing the performance of ultrafast vector flow imaging in the neonatal heart via multiphysics modeling and In vitro experiments [PDF]
, 2016 Ultrafast vector flow imaging would benefit newborn patients with congenital heart disorders, but still requires thorough validation before translation to clinical practice. This paper investigates 2-D speckle tracking (ST) of intraventricular blood flow
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Терапевтический архив, 2003 Aim. To specify effectiveness of different methods for assessment of diastolic function in patients with pre-dialysis chronic renal failure (CRT). Material and methods.
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Assessment of Regional Myocardial Displacement via Spectral Tissue Doppler Compared with Color Tissue Tracking [PDF]
Journal of Tehran University Heart Center, 2008 Background: The recent developments in tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) now more than ever permit the quantification of the myocardial function. In the current systems, tissue tracking or displacement curves are generated from color tissue Doppler data ...
Zahra Ojaghi-Haghighi +2 more
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Biomass Fuel Use and Cardiac Function in Nepali Women. [PDF]
, 2020 BackgroundExposure to household air pollution (HAP) from cooking with biomass fuel affects billions of people. We hypothesized that HAP from woodsmoke, compared to other household fuels, was associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes, of which there
Alurkar, Vijay +9 more
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Estimation of LV End‐Diastolic Pressure Using Color‐TDI and Its Application to Noninvasive Quantification of Myocardial Wall Stress [PDF]
, 2009 Background: This study was undertaken to evaluate early-diastolic annular velocity (Ea) by color-TDI, combined with the early transmitral filling velocity (E) by pulsed Doppler echocardiographyfor estimation of left ventricular end diastolic pressure ...
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