ABCDEG Stress Echocardiography in Aortic Stenosis
Rest and stress echocardiography (SE) plays a pivotal role in the evaluation of valvular heart disease. The use of SE is recommended in valvular heart disease when there is a mismatch between resting transthoracic echocardiography findings and symptoms ...
Quirino Ciampi +8 more
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Background: In patients with significant coronary heart disease (CHD), increased preload and afterload during a squat can cause wall motion abnormalities (WMA) which can be detected on echocardiography.
Andy Rahman, Mefri Yanni, Masrul Syafri
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Continuous hands-free monitoring of echocardiographic exercise test using probe fixation device
BACKGROUND: Stress echocardiography has been widely used in clinical practice for decades and has recently gained even more importance in diagnostic approaches to ischemic heart disease. However, it still has numerous limitations.
Katarzyna Wdowiak-Okrojek +4 more
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Stress echo for evaluation of valvular heart disease
Resting echocardiography is the most important tool for diagnosing valvular heart disease. However, treatment planning in valvular heart diseases may require additional information in some patients, particularly asymptomatic patients with severe valve ...
S.T. Yavagal +2 more
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Systolic ejection murmurs and the left ventricular outflow tract in boxer dogs [PDF]
Turbulence of various genesis in the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) causes systolic ejection murmurs. The prevalence of murmurs in adult boxer dogs is 50-80%, the majority of which are of low intensity.
Höglund, Katja
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Effect of a reduction in glomerular filtration rate after nephrectomy on arterial stiffness and central hemodynamics: rationale and design of the EARNEST study [PDF]
Background: There is strong evidence of an association between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and cardiovascular disease. To date, however, proof that a reduction in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a causative factor in cardiovascular disease is ...
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Echocardiography in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – still a chief diagnostic tool [PDF]
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is one of the most common hereditary cardiomyopathies in daily practice. The different phenotypic manifestations and hemodynamic features often make diagnosis and therapy a clinical challenge.
I. Bayraktarova +3 more
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Gender differences in cardiac left ventricular mass and function: clinical and experimental observations [PDF]
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate gender-associated impact on left ventricular mass (LVM) and on left ventricular function (LVF) in humans and rats with aging. Methods: Myocyte area and collagen volume fraction (CVF) were studied in rats.
Aiello, Ernesto Alejandro +5 more
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Administration of Interleukin-15 Peptide Improves Cardiac Function in a Mouse Model of Myocardial Infarction. [PDF]
Interleukin-15 is a pleotropic factor, capable of modulating metabolism, survival, proliferation, and differentiation in many different cell types.
Ameri, Kurosh +6 more
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Implementation of a point-of-care ultrasound skills practicum for hospitalists [PDF]
Introduction Point-of-care ultrasound is recognized as a safe and valuable diagnostic tool for patient evaluation. Hospitalists are prime candidates for advancing the point-of-care ultrasound field given their crucial role in inpatient medicine. Despite
Carlos, W. Graham +2 more
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