Objectives .– Left ventricular (LV) performance is influenced by the coupled arterial and LV properties. Such properties have been poorly investigated during the real setting of acute HF. Our aim…
Background .– Standard echocardiography and 2D speckle tracking imaging method (2DSTI) allow a functional and morphologic non-invasive evaluation of the right ventricle (RV). The aim of this study is to…
Background .– Adult’s patients with homozygous sickle cell disease have usually a dramatic left ventricular enlargement and a cardiac high output. Pulmonary hypertension is frequent in this population. Hemoglobin sickle…
Objectives .– Three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) led to significant improvement in the accuracy and reproducibility of left ventricular volumes (LVV) and ejection fraction (EF) measurements but remains sensitive to patient echogenicity….
Objectives .– To assess LV myocardial deformation with 3D echocardiography in HCM and study the impact of hypertrophy on global and regional systolic deformation. Patients and methods .– A complete…
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…
Objective .– The median length of hospitalization for heart failure (HF) in France is 13 days and admissions are the main cost of this common and severe disease. The development…
Typical tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) mimics acute anterior myocardial infarction (AMI) and the differential diagnosis is challenging before coronary angiography (CA) is performed: it demonstrates reduced or absent antegrade flow in…
Objectives .– Resting pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a powerful determinant of poor outcome in patients with systemic scleroderma (SSc). In various cardiac diseases, exercise-induced PH (EIPH) is considered as an…
Background .– Myocardial viability can be assess by several imaging methods including low dose dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (Ce-MRI). DbE is a widely available and…
