BACKGROUND Echocardiographic ramp tests have been widely used to help guide speed adjustments and for identification of potential device malfunctions in patients with axial continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) (Heartmate II LVAD [HMII]). Recently, the use of centrifugal-flow LVADs (Heartware LVAD [HVAD]) has been on the rise. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the util...

Background: The first admission for acute heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) drastically influences the short-term prognosis. Baseline characteristics may predict repeat hospitalization or death in these patients. Methods: A 103 patient-cohort, admitted HFpEF episode, was monitored six months. were recorded and their relation to primary outcome of readmission (HFR) secondary...

BACKGROUND Plasma levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), a key determinant of extracellular matrix degradation, are increased in heart failure and in acute coronary syndromes. We investigated cross-sectional relations of plasma MMP-9 to vascular risk factors and echocardiographic left ventricular (LV) measurements. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 699 Framingham Study participants (mean ...

The aim of the study was to investigate the cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in interventional therapy of patients with acute myocardial infarction prior to and after treatment. Fifty-six cases of AMI patients with elective treatment by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were continuously selected. Patients with an incidence of 7-10 days were treated with CMR and echocardiography ...

In healthy nonathletic populations, some left ventricle (LV) parameters such as LV mass (LVM) and LV end diastolic dimension (LVEDD) can be predicted by some of body size parameters such as body surface area (BSA), fat-free mass (FFM), and height (H). These body size parameters use to remove covariate influence of body size from cardiac dimension variables and allow comparisons to be made betwe...

INTRODUCTION Changes in echocardiographic standard measurements as a consequence of training and detraining in elite or subelite athletes have not been comprehensively studied. METHODS We identified 200 potentially relevant studies from 1966 to June 2006 and eliminated 187 studies that did not fulfil the objectives of the study. We identified 13 studies with echocardiographic assessment of he...

Abstract Background There is a paucity of data describing left ventricular geometry changes in female athletes. While some studies suggest that athletes participating dynamic sports exhibit higher prevalence eccentric hypertrophy (LVH) when compared to men, recent study suggested more concentric basketball We were unable identify the collegiate swimmers. Objectives To describe LV cohort Methods...

In order to measure the effect of a decrease in preload on systolic time intervals and left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD) measured by echocardiography, eight healthy young subjects were given 40 mg frusemide intravenously. The pre-ejection period index (PEPI) increased and the left ventricular end-diastolic diameter decreased. A correlation between delta PEPI and delta LVEDD was sh...

The accuracy of determining left ventricular function from echocardiography was assessed in 26 children (group I) with cineangiographically-determined normal left ventricular volume (LVV) and 28 children (group II) with large left ventricular volumes. Conventional LV echo dimensions were compared to the cineangiographic LV anterior-posterior minor axis (LVmA) and LVV. Very good correlations wer...

Curves relating left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) to echocardiographically determined end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD) were obtained before and after ischemic arrest in 15 patients during open heart surgery. LVEDP ranged from 0-20 mm Hg during routine operation of the heart-lung machine. Ischemic arrest ranged from 0-94 minutes. In eight patients averaging 21 ± 7 (SEM) minutes of ar...