Background Deceleration time (DT) of early mitral inflow (E) is a marker of diastolic left ventricular (LV) chamber stiffness that is routinely measured during the quantitation of LV diastolic function…
Background The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility, accuracy, and reproducibility of a novel tracking-based echocardiographic ejection fraction (EF) assessment method in comparison with traditional methods based…
Background Left atrial (LA) size has been associated with adverse outcome in patients after acute myocardial infarction. However, data about the occurrence of late LA enlargement and changes in LA…
Background Early prediction of infarct size directs therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Global strain by echocardiography describes myocardial deformation and correlates with infarct size. However, peak strain…
Background The objectives of this study were to test the utility of right ventricular (RV) speckle-tracking strain as an assessment tool for RV function in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH)…
Background The study was designed to compare RV morphological and functional parameters derived from conventional and myocardial deformation echocardiography in two instances of right heart pressure overload: pulmonary arterial hypertension…
A formal collaboration was established in 1999 between the authors, an echocardiologist (P.M.S.) and a cardiothoracic surgeon (A.A.R.), to evaluate and provide state-of-the-art surgical treatment for valvular heart disease with…
Background Identification of mitral regurgitation (MR) mechanism and pathology are crucial for surgical repair. The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the comparative accuracy of real-time three-dimensional (3D)…
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