Aim .– Right ventricular (RV) function is a major determinant of prognosis in patients (pts) with congenital heart diseases (CHD), but its evaluation remains challenging. We evaluate feasibility and reproducibility…
Objectives .– To study the feasibility of quantifying left ventricular (LV) function by 2D-speckle tracking of myocardial deformation during exercise echocardiography in normal subjects. Background .– Accurate assessment of LV…
Introduction .– Stroke volume (SV-ETT) is hitherto evaluated by transthoracical Doppler (TTE) as: (circular) cross sectional area(CSAO) × velocity time integral (VTI). Cardiac output (CO) can thereof be derived as:…
Background .– Right ventricular (RV) function is a major determinant of prognosis in patients (pts) with operated tetralogy of Fallot (ToF), but its evaluation remains challenging. We compared results from…
Background .– Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital heart defect. Children with BAV are more likely to have valve dysfunction and to require intervention during childhood. According…
Background .– Two-dimensional (2D) speckle tracking echocardiographic strain analysis has demonstrated good capacities in the quantification of left ventricular (LV) contraction but it is limited by LV geometric modelling and…
Background .– Real-time tridimensional echocardiography (RT3DE) has previously demonstrated good capacities in the quantification of left ventricular (LV) volumes and ejection fraction (EF) but it is limited by time-consuming analysis…
A 28-year-old woman was admitted for heart failure with severe dyspnoea, 15 days after her first normal delivery with a normal last trimester of pregnancy. She had no personal history, familial…
An 80-year-old man was admitted with severe refractory hypoxaemia following right lung radiotherapy for pulmonary carcinoma. The hypoxia was enhanced by the upright position and was associated with cyanosis. Computed…
