Background There are few data on adding left atrial volume index (LAVi) or pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PAP) to the ratio of early mitral inflow to mitral annular velocity (E/e′)…
Over the past decade, cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has changed the treatment of patients with end-stage heart failure. Currently, on the basis of the guidelines of the American Heart Association,…
This article reviews the main clinical aspects of patent foramen ovale (PFO), such as its prevalence in the population, the diagnostic techniques to detect its presence, its role as a…
Background The quantification of right ventricular (RV) size and function is of diagnostic and prognostic importance. Recently, new software for the analysis of RV geometry using three-dimensional (3D) echocardiographic images…
It is well known that the evaluation of right ventricular (RV) volume and function by two-dimensional echocardiography has long been hampered by the complex three-dimensional (3D) shape of this chamber,…
