STUDY OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to establish the accuracy of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in diagnosis of acute type A aortic dissection in comparison to computed tomography (CT), with reference to the intraoperative image. METHODS The retrospective analysis included 178 patients referred to the cardiac surgery unit in our center due to acute type A dissection bet...

Cite this article: Lucas J, Canty DJ (2013) The Impact of Routine Focused Transthoracic Echocardiography Immediately before Renovascular Surgery in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease– A Brief Report. Int J Clin Anesthesiol 1(3): 1017. *Corresponding author Dr. Jennifer A Lucas, MBBS FANZCA, Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine the feasibility of transthoracic two-dimensional (2D)-echocardiography in defining the cavo-tricuspid isthmus (CTI) anatomy and its value concerning the ease of catheter ablation of isthmic atrial flutter (AF). METHODS CTI analysis was accomplished in 39 cases: 16 necropsy specimens and 23 patients. Sixteen were patients with isthmus-dependent A...

Although the prevalence of rheumatic fever is decreasing in developed countries, it still affects numerous areas in the nonindustrialized world. Untreated mitral stenosis (MS) contributes to a significant global morbidity and mortality. Echocardiography is the main diagnostic imaging modality with which to evaluate mitral valve (MV) obstruction and assess the severity and hemodynamic consequenc...

BACKGROUND Mobile thrombi, not routinely recognized on transthoracic echocardiography, are frequently identified on cardiovascular implantable electronic device leads with intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) during ablation procedures. Their incidence, characteristics, and consequences have not yet been defined. METHODS AND RESULTS We used ICE to examine leads for thrombi and to measure the p...

A 60-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for exertional shortness of breath. She was made aware of a heart murmur as a high school student. She had exertional dyspnea and chest pain. Her symptoms were getting worse over the previous year. On admission, her blood pressure was 160/54 mmHg, heart rate was 72 bpm, and grade 3/6 regurgitant murmur over the precordium was present. She was dia...