It is no exaggeration that echocardiography, because of the comprehensive information it generates and its noninvasive, real-time format, is indispensible in modern medicine. These features have made it the most…
Background Supine bicycle exercise (SBE) echocardiography and treadmill exercise (TME) echocardiography have been used for evaluation of coronary artery disease (CAD). Although peak imaging acquisition has been considered unfeasible with…
Background The prognostic value of deformation parameters of the systemic right ventricle in adults with D-transposition of the great arteries and prior atrial switch has not been reported. Methods Sixty-four…
Background Subclinical myocardial injury has been reported in newborns with fetal weights < 2 SDs for gestational age. Intrauterine growth restriction might affect cardiac function and coronary flow (CF). Methods…
Background Acute myocarditis is a significant cause of sudden death in young adults, and accurate screening for subclinical disease is needed. The aim of this study was to test the…
Background Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging has demonstrated that the aortic root may be dilated in a dimension that two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) is not able to interrogate. In the standard parasternal…
Background Acute pulmonary vasodilator testing is important for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, but little is known about the predictors of response to such testing. Methods Forty-eight patients (mean age,…
Background The accuracy of echocardiographic parameters of right ventricular (RV) function has not been sufficiently validated in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). The aim of this study was to evaluate…
Background The significance of reduced right ventricular (RV) deformation reported in endurance athletes (EAs) is unclear, highlighting the ambiguities between physiologic RV remodeling and pathology. The aim of this study…
Background The aims of this study were to establish absolute ranges for right ventricular (RV) structural and functional parameters for endurance athletes and to establish any impact of body size….
