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The introduction of devices for transcatheter aortic valve implantation, mitral repair, and closure of prosthetic paravalvular leaks has led to a greatly expanded armamentarium of catheter-based approaches to patients with regurgitant as well as stenotic
KEANE MG +17 more
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A simplified definition of diastolic function in sepsis, compared against standard definitions
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
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An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
Lina Guan +5 more
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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
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Fungal endocarditis, a rare and lethal infection, is etiologically connected with Candida and Aspergillus species. Among these two agents, Candida is a common nosocomial infection with increasing rates over the last years and mortality up to 40% in ...
Petros Fountoulakis +5 more
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Background: Left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) is a rare cardiomyopathy, long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a rare ion channel disease, and simultaneous occurrence of both is even rarer.
Hairui Sun +8 more
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Impact of Contrast Echocardiography on Assessment of Ventricular Function and Clinical Diagnosis in Routine Clinical Echocardiography: Korean Multicenter Study [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Fundamental echocardiography has some drawbacks in patients with difficult-to-image echocardiograms. The aim of this study is to evaluate impact of contrast echocardiography (CE) on ventricular function assessment and clinical diagnosis in ...
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Background: Many echocardiographic parameters have been proposed to evaluate right ventricular (RV) systolic function. We comprehensively assessed a wide range of quantitative echocardiographic parameters in a single cohort compared with same-day ...
Christian R. Hamilton-Craig +8 more
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been established as one of the independent risk factors for hypertension, and its coexistence substantially raises the risk of cardiovascular incidents.
Wenjia Shi +8 more
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Intraoperative echocardiography
Intraoperative echocardiography has emerged as a new technique by which the cardiac surgeon can more precisely define the operative anatomy and physiology, immediately evaluate the results, and more accurately monitor left ventricular function in the operating room.
H L, Lazar, J, Plehn
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