The term “coarctation” necessarily calls attention to a specific morphologic abnormality of the aortic isthmus. However, in this report, the author seeks to dispel the simplistic notion that coarctation is…
The presence and degree of left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has not been well studied. We hypothesized that these patients would be more likely…
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is associated with cryptogenic stroke, migraine headache, decompression sickness, and platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome. Patients undergoing transesophageal echocardiography are often hypovolemic from preprocedural fasting and might not demonstrate…
We read with great interest a meta-analysis by Lee et al (including 2,905 patients) of 8 clinical studies (2 randomized trials and 6 nonrandomized studies) comparing coronary artery bypass grafting…
Mitral valve (MV) prolapse (MVP) has a high prevalence of 2% to 3% in the general population and thus constitutes the most common cause of severe nonischemic MV regurgitation (MVR)….
Different pathophysiologic pathways in the development of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy can be reflected in phenotypical differences. A total of 119 subjects (39 with hypertension [HTN]; 43 with nonobstructive hypertrophic…
Testani et al presented retrospective correlation data on 618 paired cardiac catheterizations and echocardiograms with Doppler tricuspid regurgitation signals. The investigators reported limited agreement between Doppler estimated pulmonary artery (PA)…
Patients with anatomic repair of transposition of the great arteries (TGA) can present with branch pulmonary artery (PA) stenosis; however, its relation to an abnormal cardiopulmonary response to exercise is…
