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Echocardiography in adults

open access: yesJournal of Ultrasonography, 2019
Transthoracic echocardiography is the primary non-invasive modality for anatomical and functional cardiac assessment. All one-, two-dimensional and Doppler modes use the same phenomenon, i.e. the piezoelectric effect, to visualize mobile cardiac structures and blood flow in cardiac cavities.
Edyta Płońska-Gościniak   +9 more
openaire   +4 more sources

A simplified definition of diastolic function in sepsis, compared against standard definitions

open access: yesJournal of Intensive Care, 2019
Background Guidelines for grading diastolic dysfunction poorly categorize septic patients. We compared how well the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2009 and 2016 definitions and a simplified definition categorized septic patients.
Michael J. Lanspa   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Echocardiography in the Chinchilla [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2004
Heart disease has been described in the chinchilla and, with increasing popularity as a pet, the demand for diagnostic evaluation and treatment has increased. The goal of this study was to determine reference values for echocardiographic measurements in chinchillas and the effect of anesthesia on these measurements.
Evelyn S. Ivey   +5 more
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Assessment of right atrium dysfunction in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome using velocity vector imaging

open access: yesCardiovascular Ultrasound, 2018
Background and Objectives This study aimed to assess the changes of RA function in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) using velocity vector imaging (VVI) and to evaluate the application of VVI technology. Methods According to the apnea–
Junfang Li   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Year in Echocardiography

open access: yesJournal of the American College of Cardiology, 2004
The year in echocardiography has been marked by incremental progress in our understanding of the methodology and potential applications of techniques introduced in the last few years, such as speckle tracking (STE), real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography (RT3DE), and Doppler tissue imaging (DTI).
openaire   +10 more sources

Noncompaction of the left ventricle: a new cardiomyopathy is presented to the clinician

open access: yesSão Paulo Medical Journal
Noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium is a morphogenetic abnormality involving loss of compaction of the myocardial fiber meshwork during intrauterine life. It is an extremely rare condition, accounting for only 0.05% of the cases evaluated in
Fábio Cañellas Moreira   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Expanding the phenotype associated with SMARCC2 variants: a fetus with tetralogy of Fallot

open access: yesBMC Medical Genomics, 2022
Background Coffin-Siris syndrome-8 (CSS8) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder caused by variants in SMARCC2, a core subunit of the chromatin-remodeling complex BRG1-associated factor (BAF).
Hairui Sun   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transesophageal echocardiography

open access: yesJournal of Ultrasonography, 2019
Transthoracic and transesophageal examinations should be considered as mutually complementary. Transesophageal echocardiography is performed in cases of a justified need to visualize structures that are poorly visible or invisible on transthoracic echocardiogram.
Szyszka, Andrzej   +1 more
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Right Atrial Septal In Situ Microthrombus: A Potential Novel Cause of Patent Foramen Ovale‐Associated Stroke

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Patent foramen ovale (PFO)‐associated stroke has a complex and diverse pathogenesis. It mainly results from a paradoxical embolism caused by venous thrombosis.
Jianbo Zhu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Echocardiogram-guided resuscitation versus early goal-directed therapy in the treatment of septic shock: a randomized, controlled, feasibility trial

open access: yesJournal of Intensive Care, 2018
Objective Echocardiography is often used to guide septic shock resuscitation, but without evidence for efficacy. We conducted an intensive care unit (ICU)-based randomized controlled feasibility trial comparing echocardiography-guided septic shock ...
Michael J. Lanspa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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