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Feb 24th, 2021 - Risk stratification of heart failure (HF) patients with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) can promote a more personalized treatment. We tested the prognostic value of a multi-parametric evaluation, including biomarkers, cardiopulmonary exercise ...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Electrical inhomogeneities can lead to regional heterogeneity in left ventricular contraction. We investigated the correlation between electrocardiographic parameters of conduction and/or repolarization and myocardial longitudinal strain-derived p...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Diastolic dysfunction is a known cause of mortality in adults with sickle cell disease (SCD). Left atrial function (LAf) and strain (LAS) are novel echocardiographic parameters to assess early diastolic dysfunction, which have not been assessed in...

Feb 24th, 2021 - We report a case of cardiac injury in a 46-year-old man affected by COVID-19. The patient presented with shortness of breath and fever. ECG revealed sinus tachycardia with ventricular extrasystoles and T-wave inversion in anterior leads. Troponin ...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with reduced exercise capacity and cardiovascular diseases, both increasing morbidity and risk for premature death. As exercise intolerance often relates to cardiac dysfunction, it remains to be elucid...

Feb 1st, 2021 - Recommendations for the Adult Cardiac Sonographer Performing Echocardiography to Screen for Critical Congenital Heart Disease in the Newborn: From the American Society of Echocardiography.|2021|Wasserman MA,Shea E,Cassidy C,Fleishman C,France R,|

Nov 6th, 2020 - Blunt cardiac injuries range from myocardial concussion (commotio cordis) leading to fatal ventricular arrhythmias to myocardial contusion, cardiac chamber rupture, septal rupture, pericardial rupture, and valvular injuries. Blunt injuries account...

Oct 4th, 2020 - The American College of Cardiology (ACC) collaborated with the American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, Heart Rhythm Society, International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography...

Jun 30th, 2020 - Atherosclerotic plaque detection by carotid ultrasound provides cardiovascular disease risk stratification. The advantages and disadvantages of two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound methods for carotid arterial plaque quantifi...

Jun 6th, 2020 - Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography is a standard diagnostic and monitoring tool employed in the management of patients undergoing an entire spectrum of cardiac surgical procedures, ranging from "routine" surgical coronary revasculariz...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Risk stratification of heart failure (HF) patients with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) can promote a more personalized treatment. We tested the prognostic value of a multi-parametric evaluation, including biomarkers, cardiopulmonary exercise ...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Electrical inhomogeneities can lead to regional heterogeneity in left ventricular contraction. We investigated the correlation between electrocardiographic parameters of conduction and/or repolarization and myocardial longitudinal strain-derived p...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Diastolic dysfunction is a known cause of mortality in adults with sickle cell disease (SCD). Left atrial function (LAf) and strain (LAS) are novel echocardiographic parameters to assess early diastolic dysfunction, which have not been assessed in...

Feb 24th, 2021 - We report a case of cardiac injury in a 46-year-old man affected by COVID-19. The patient presented with shortness of breath and fever. ECG revealed sinus tachycardia with ventricular extrasystoles and T-wave inversion in anterior leads. Troponin ...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with reduced exercise capacity and cardiovascular diseases, both increasing morbidity and risk for premature death. As exercise intolerance often relates to cardiac dysfunction, it remains to be elucid...

Jan 4th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Echocardiographic screening of middle-aged U.S. Blacks revealed a significant association between the V122I transthyretin amyloidosis genetic variant (TTR V122I) and worse cardiac structure and function, possibly porten...

Nov 10th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In asymptomatic patients with chronic aortic regurgitation (AR), left ventricular end-systolic volume index (LVESVi) and volume-derived LV ejection fraction (Vol-LVEF) work as well as LV end-systolic dimension index (LV...

Oct 29th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Danny Dvir, MD, has a message for physicians who have patients with severe valvular heart disease who are deferring valve replacement or repair un...

Oct 26th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The prevalence of troponin-defined myocardial injury exceeded 60% among selected patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at seven urban centers who un...

Oct 5th, 2020 - A screening ECG is reasonable in patients with symptoms suggestive of heart failure. Chest radiographs are used in cases of heart failure to assess heart size, pulmonary congestion, pulmonary or thoracic causes of dyspnea, and the proper positioni...