Quantitative cineangiocardiographic technics have been utilized to determine left ventricular (LV) and left atrial (LA) volumes and LV muscle mass in 58 patients with isolated ventricular septal defect, 14 of whom were infants less than 2 years old, and in 25 patients with isolated patent ductus arteriosus, 13 of whom were infants. Patients were divided according to the degree of left-to-right ...

The mitral valve in 15 of 16 adult hearts with unclosed secundum atrial septal defects showed a consistent abnormality consisting of thickening of the medial half of the anterior cusp and some fusion of adjacent chordae. Histologically the lesion is a surface fibrosis without vascularisation or myxomatous change to suggest a rheumatic or floppy valve. The high frequency and morphological appear...

Background—We tested the hypothesis that right ventricular (RV) pressure overload affects RV function and further influences left ventricular (LV) geometry, which adversely affects LV twist mechanics and segmental function. Methods and Results—Echocardiographic images were prospectively acquired in 44 patients (age, 46 12 years; 82% women) with evidence of pulmonary hypertension (estimated pulm...

Accumulation of intra-abdominal visceral fat and of adipocyte’s dysfunction are considered the cellular basis of metabolic syndrome (MetS), associated with heightened risk for cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular mortality [1-4]. Population-based studies indicated an association between MetS and abnormal left ventricular (LV) geometry [5,6]. It is well known that several factors, both hemo...

BACKGROUND We tested the hypothesis that right ventricular (RV) pressure overload affects RV function and further influences left ventricular (LV) geometry, which adversely affects LV twist mechanics and segmental function. METHODS AND RESULTS Echocardiographic images were prospectively acquired in 44 patients (age, 46+/-12 years; 82% women) with evidence of pulmonary hypertension (estimated ...

Quantitative cineangiocardiographic technics have been utilized to determine left ventricular (LV) and left atrial (LA) volumes and LV muscle mass in 58 patients with isolated ventricular septal defect, 14 of whom were infants less than 2 years old, and in 25 patients with isolated patent ductus arteriosus, 13 of whom were infants. Patients were divided according to the degree of left-to-right ...

AIM The primary objective of our study was to assess the time course of left ventricular remodeling after the Ross procedure with the use of cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS In a prospective study, 10 patients with isolated aortic valve disease were examined prior to aortic valve surgery, as well as at early follow-up (mean 4 weeks) and at late follow-up (mean 8 months) after pu...

Left ventricular (LV) mass (LVM) is the most important information requested in hypertensive patients referred for echocardiography. However, LV function also predicts cardiovascular (CV) risk independent of LVM. There is no evidence that addition of LV function significantly improves model prediction of CV risk compared with LVM alone. Thus, composite fatal and nonfatal CV or cerebrovascular e...

We analyzed the correlation between Left Ventricular (LV) contraction and right ventricular pacing position via longitudinal strain on 2 dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in a patient underwent permanent pacemaker implantation developed induced cardiomyopathy

conclusions in this study we showed that eft, measured by echocardiography is higher in subjects with ai when compared to healthy controls. epicardial fat thickness had the best independent correlation with ai in multiple logistic regression analysis. incidentaloma is also associated with increased left ventricular mass index and cimt. adrenal incidentaloma patients may show early cardiac chang...