Objectives .– The right ventricle infarction (RVI) may complicate 40 to 50% of inferior myocardial infarction. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the contribution of echocardiography to detect…
Objectives .– Assessing right ventricular (RV) function is still a challenge. MRI is considered as gold standard but not available in many times. We used a strategy based on systematic…
Beta-blocker use improves left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in patients with heart failure. A similar effect of beta-blockers on right ventricular function has been proposed, although the effect of Bisoprolol…
Objectives .– The effect of obesity on left ventricular (LV) characteristics has been previously documented, but much less is known about its effects on right ventricular (RV) function. The aim…
Background .– Cardiac remodeling may occur in case of intensive training. However, few are known concerning the long-term cardiac effect of sport in veterans. The aim of this study was…
Background .– Previous studies have suggested that marathon may induce reversible cardiac dysfunction. However, no previous study has assessed cardiac function during ultra distance and trail running. The aim of…
Purpose .– Myocardial involvement in Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) is characterized by iron deposits, diffuse fibrosis and focal necrosis. We hypothesized that subclinical left ventricular (LV) dysfunction might occur in patients…
Objectives .– In a series of patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS), we sought to assess the value of left ventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS) using 2D speckle tracking…
Background and objectives .– Proportion of non-responders to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is high (≥ 30%). Echocardiography has been recently shown to predict a CRT-induced improvement in heart failure with…
Introduction .– Echocardiography is a key consideration in the management of diastolic heart failure, the measurement of ejection fraction of left ventricle is therefore fundamental. Objective .– In this work…
