Abstract Aim There are limited data on prognostic impact of periprocedural pulmonary hypertension (PH) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The aim this study was to investigate the normalized, new-onset, and residual PH TAVR. Methods results OCEAN-TAVI registry is an ongoing, multicenter Japanese which includes 2588 patients who underwent Patients were classified into 4 groups ...

Abstract Background B-lines detected by lung ultrasound (LUS) indicate pulmonary congestion during exercise stress echo (ESE). Aim To assess ESE in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Methods We enrolled 110 HCM patients (age 52±16 years, 74 males) referred for (treadmill 39, semi-supine bicycle 71 patients) 10 quality-controlled centers from 8 countries (Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Hungary, Ital...

Abstract Background Functional tricuspid regurgitation (FTR) is common in left-sided heart pathology involving the mitral valve. The incidence, clinical impact, risk factors, and natural history of FTR setting ischemic (IMR) are less known. Method We conducted a cohort study based on data collected from January 2012 to December 2014. Patients diagnosed with IMR were eligible for study. median f...

Nontyphoidal Salmonella species cause gastrointestinal disease worldwide. The prevailing theory of Salmonella enteropathogenesis is that bacterial invasion of the intestinal epithelium is essential for virulence and that this requires the virulence-associated genomic region Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI-1). Recent studies of Salmonella enterica infection models have demonstrated that e...

OBJECTIVES To compare the prevalence of unexplained pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) in hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients and to compare laboratory parameters between patients with unexplained PAH and those with normal pulmonary artery pressure (PAP). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 278 chronic HD and 145 chronic PD patients. Laboratory find...

AIMS The aim of the present study was to investigate the changes of left and right ventricular (RV) dimensions and function after MitraClip implantation in high-risk surgical patients with severe functional mitral regurgitation (MR). METHODS AND RESULTS Study population included 35 patients with functional MR. All the patients underwent clinical and echocardiographic evaluation at baseline, b...

Background: Thrombolytic therapy in patients with sub-massive pulmonary embolism (SMPTE) needs further assessment. Objectives: The current study aimed to assess a potential benefit of thrombolytic and non-thrombolytic therapy in patients with SMPTE. Patients andMethods: One hundred-nineteen patients were enrolled with SMPTE from 2006 to 2010 in the tertiary care center of Rajaie medical and res...

BACKGROUND Surgical "anatomical" repair is the most frequent technique used to correct mitral regurgitation due to severe myxomatous valve disease. Debate, however, persists on the efficacy of this technique, as well as on the durability of the repaired valve, and on its functioning and hemodynamics under stress conditions. Thus, a basal and Dobutamine echocardiographic (DSE) study was carried ...