Background The purpose of this investigation was to test the hypothesis that flow patterns in the right ventricle are abnormal in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). High-resolution echocardiographic…
Background Novel echocardiographic techniques based on myocardial deformation have not been extensively evaluated to assess right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular (LV) response after pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) in patients…
Background There is a paucity of echocardiographic data describing right ventricular (RV) dimensions and function in the early transitional newborn period. Methods Fifty healthy term newborns underwent serial echocardiography at…
Background Although a quantitative evaluation of cardiac chamber dimensions in pediatric echocardiography is often important, nomograms for these structures are limited. The aim of this study was to establish reliable…
The purpose of scaling organ dimensions is motivated by the possibility of comparing individuals of different body sizes, a potent determinant of organ size. This is useful in comparative physiology,…
Background Accurate normalization of cardiac chamber size in the obese population is a challenge. The aim of this study was to develop and assess the performance of allometric models for…
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Echocardiography is frequently the initial noninvasive imaging modality used to assess patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC). Standard transthoracic echocardiography can provide, even in the acute care setting, useful information about…
Neil J. Weissman, MD, FASE Growing up, the “big trip” each year was when my family piled into the station wagon and drove from New York to Florida to visit…
Alan Finley, MD, FASE As the cost and complexity of healthcare in the United States have increased, the overuse of resources has become a considerable concern. Unnecessary or low value…
