Interest of speckle tracking for the assessment of right ventricular function in operated tetralogy of Fallot. Comparison with magnetic resonance imaging
Background .– Right ventricular (RV) function is a major determinant of prognosis in patients (pts) with operated tetralogy of Fallot (ToF), but its evaluation remains challenging. We compared results from…
Interest of three-dimensional echocardiography for the diagnosis of bicuspid aortic valve in children
Background .– Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital heart defect. Children with BAV are more likely to have valve dysfunction and to require intervention during childhood. According…
New RT3DE quantification of global longitudinal, circumferential, radial and area strains: Reproducibility, correlations to cardiac output, and clinical applications
Background .– Two-dimensional (2D) speckle tracking echocardiographic strain analysis has demonstrated good capacities in the quantification of left ventricular (LV) contraction but it is limited by LV geometric modelling and…
Robustness of new RT-3D echocardiography quantification of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction by novices
Background .– Real-time tridimensional echocardiography (RT3DE) has previously demonstrated good capacities in the quantification of left ventricular (LV) volumes and ejection fraction (EF) but it is limited by time-consuming analysis…
Value of cardiac MRI in peripartum cardiomyopathy
A 28-year-old woman was admitted for heart failure with severe dyspnoea, 15 days after her first normal delivery with a normal last trimester of pregnancy. She had no personal history, familial…
Platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome due to a patent foramen oval with marked lipomatous hypertrophy
An 80-year-old man was admitted with severe refractory hypoxaemia following right lung radiotherapy for pulmonary carcinoma. The hypoxia was enhanced by the upright position and was associated with cyanosis. Computed…
Endovascular treatment of superior vena cava obstruction helping permanent pacing
A 58-year-old woman with a right pulmonary adenocarcinoma complicated by cerebral metastases, treated for six months with chemotherapy (docetaxel-cisplatin) through an internal catheter via the left subclavian vein and cerebral…
An unusual case of hypertensive cardiomyopathy
A 32-year-old man, with a medical history notable only for severe hypertension, was referred to our hospital for hydrocephaly, secondary to a voluminous, hypervascularized, right tympanic tumour encasing the jugular…
Patent foramen ovale and obstructive sleep apnoea: From pathophysiology to diagnosis of a potentially dangerous association
Summary Patent foramen ovale and obstructive sleep apnoea are frequently encountered in the general population. Owing to their prevalence, they may coexist fortuitously; however, the prevalence of patent foramen ovale…
