Background Contrast echocardiography improves accuracy and reduces interreader variability on left ventricular (LV) functional analyses in the setting of two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography. The need for contrast imaging using three-dimensional (3D)…
Background The aim of this study was to determine whether global strains derived from three-dimensional (3D) speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) are as accurate as left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (LVEF) obtained…
Background Mitral regurgitant volume (MRvol) is an important index of the severity of mitral regurgitation (MR), but MRvol measurement remains challenging. With the development of probe technology and software, General…
Background Myocardial deformation analysis by speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) has been shown to accurately predict viability in patients with chronic ischemic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. The aim of this study was…
Background Multiparametric scoring of valvular regurgitation may compromise interobserver agreement, as readers weight parameters differently. The aims of this study were to quantify interobserver variability in the grading of chronic…
Background Doppler tissue imaging (DTI) detects early signs of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction; however, the prognostic significance of DTI after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is unknown. The aim of…
Background The identification of patients at risk for developing left ventricular (LV) remodeling after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has crucial prognostic implications. The aims of this study were (1) to…
Background Chronic ischemia related occult systolic dysfunction of the right ventricle is difficult to detect using traditional echocardiography. The aim of this study was to verify the diagnostic value of…
The right ventricle differs from the left ventricle in many anatomic and physiologic aspects. This disparity renders the right ventricle less vulnerable to ischemia and less susceptible to myocardial injury…
Scott T. Reeves, MD, MBA, FASE As the immediate past chairman of the Council for Perioperative Echocardiography (COPE), I “volunteered” to write the history of the council for an upcoming…
