Background .– Acute increase in right ventricular overload secondary to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) may result in acute cor pulmonale (ACP). Hypoxemia could be worsened by the increased right-to-left…
Objective .– To test the hypothesis that bedside assessment of LVEF in ICU patients is accurate when performed using a new generation ultrasound stethoscope, thereby improving the clinical judgement of…
Background .– Speckle analysis of 3D echocardiography improves information on LV segmental and global deformation by avoiding loss of speckles as it is the case in monoplane 2D speckle analysis….
Background .– Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is characterized by transient stress induced transient left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. Right ventricular (RV) involvement may occur and is associated with bad outcome. Assessment of…
Introduction .– Conduction system disease and heart failure have a major impact on the prognosis of patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). An early detection of myocardial involvement could…
Background .– The cardiac consequences of aging and extensive athletic activity in men over the age of 50 years are unknown. Aims .– We intend to describe the adaptation of…
Background .– Heart failure (HF) with a preserved (P) left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) is common, though its diagnosis and physiopathology remain unclear. We sought to compare the myocardial…
Introduction .– It is well known that right ventricular pacing (VP) can alter left ventricular (LV) function. But few are known in ability of LV recovery after VP. Objectives .–…
Introduction .– The biplane Simpson remains the gold standard for the evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). However, it allows only a semi-quantitative assessment of the myocardial function without…
Purpose .– To assess left ventricular (LV) twist mechanics in patients (pts) with tako-tsubo syndrome (TTS). Methods .– Two-dimensional strain and LV twist by speckle tracking echocardiography (echoPACK 7 version…
