Background Anterior aortic plane systolic excursion (AAPSE) was evaluated in the present pilot study as a novel echocardiographic indicator of transplant-free survival in patients with systemic light-chain amyloidosis. Methods Eighty-nine…
Background Various unfavorable echocardiographic findings other than apical ballooning, such as right ventricular involvement, mitral regurgitation, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, and left ventricular thrombus, occur in takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Occasionally,…
Background Calcium deposits in the aortic valve and mitral annulus have been associated with cardiovascular events and mortality. However, there is no accepted standard method for scoring such cardiac calcifications,…
Background Postoperative echocardiography after congenital heart disease surgery is of prognostic importance, but variable image quality is problematic. We implemented a quality improvement bundle comprising of focused imaging protocols, procedural…
Background Professional societies have made efforts to curb overuse of cardiac imaging and decrease practice variation by publishing appropriate use criteria. However, little is known about the impact of physician-level…
Why do cardiologists and primary care physicians tend to order extra echocardiographic examinations and imaging stress tests? Kini et al ., in their study “Association of Liability Concerns with Decisions to…
Background There is no broadly accepted standard method for assessing the quality of echocardiographic measurements in clinical research reports, despite the recognized importance of this information in assessing the quality…
A comprehensive understanding of the normal and abnormal aortic root is paramount if we are to improve not only our assessment of the aortic root and its components but also…
