We read the original investigation “Effects of Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty on Left Ventricular Deformation in Patients with Isolated Severe Mitral Stenosis: A Speckle-Tracking Strain Echocardiographic Study” by Sengupta et al…
Background Carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT), a marker of atherosclerosis, is increased in youth at risk for future cardiovascular disease. Some pediatric studies have used CIMT as a primary outcome…
Background Diagnosing and monitoring acute cellular rejection (ACR) is a major objective in the surveillance of heart-transplanted patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of global…
Background The aim of this study was to determine right ventricular (RV) and right atrial (RA) deformation assessed by two-dimensional echocardiographic and three-dimensional echocardiographic (3DE) imaging in patients with prediabetes…
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate left ventricular function in preterm infants from 28 days to near term using echocardiography. Methods Thirty clinically stable preterm infants delivered at…
Background Reference values for left ventricular mass (LVM) are important echocardiographic tools for the follow-up of pediatric patients with cardiac disease. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is currently regarded as the…
In this issue of JASE , Tadic et al . report that normotensive diabetic and prediabetic patients have early abnormalities of right ventricular (RV) systolic and diastolic function, with reductions in global…
Background Long-term biventricular systolic performance is a key determinant of clinical outcomes late after tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) repair. A need exists for early indices of both left ventricular (LV)…
Background The assessment of left ventricular (LV) systolic function using conventional echocardiographic measures is problematic in the setting of mitral regurgitation (MR) given that altered loading conditions can mask underlying…
With >24 million people affected worldwide, dementia is one of the main public health challenges modern medicine has to face. The path leading to dementia is often long, with a…
