INTRODUCTION Epicardial fat volume (EFV) has been reported to correlate with the severity of coronary artery disease (CAD). Pericardial fat volume (PFV) has recently been reported to be strongly associated with CAD severity and presence. We aimed to investigate the relationship between EFV and PFV with severity of coronary artery stenosis in patients undergoing 64-slice multi-slice computed tom...

Ultrasound echocardiograms from the septal and posterior left ventricular walls were displayed with a simultaneously recorded electrocardiogram, phonocardiogram, and indirect carotid pulse. These echoes differed in both amplitude and waveform. The contour of the posterior wall echo resembled an inverted ventricular volume curve, while the septal echo was of smaller amplitude and had a character...

Ultrasound echocardiograms from the septal and posterior left ventricular walls were displayed with a simultaneously recorded electrocardiogram, phonocardiogram, and indirect carotid pulse. These echoes differed in both amplitude and waveform. The contour of the posterior wall echo resembled an inverted ventricular volume curve, while the septal echo was of smaller amplitude and had a character...

The left ventricular diastolic pressure-volume.relationship shifts upward during angina, but why this happens is not known. To assess regional myocardial stiffness, we studied 12 patients who.had coronary artery disease using simultaneous left ventricular micromanometer pressure recording and Mmode echocardiography before and during angina induced. by pacing tachycardia. All patients had twoor ...

To assess the contractile state of the hypertrophied ventricle induced by long-standing systemic hypertension in 22 patients, we used echocardiography for the measurement of the ventricular diameter and posterior wall thickness, together with simultaneous recording of brachial arterial pressure. Meridional wall stress (WSt) was used for the expression of the force per unit cross-sectional area....

The left ventricular diastolic pressure-volume relationship shifts upward during angina, but why this happens is not known. To assess regional myocardial stiffness, we studied 12 patients who had coronary artery disease using simultaneous left ventricular micromanometer pressure recording and M-mode echocardiography before and during angina induced by pacing tachycardia. All patients had two- o...

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) describes a pathologic state in which the subaortic region of interventricular septum undergoes significant hypertrophy and fibrosis, resulting septal bowing into left ventricle. The reduced ventricular chamber size altered cardiac function impair diastolic filling, stroke volume, output. This case report evaluates tissue 36-year-old, formalin-emba...

A 73-year-old woman was referred for treatment of left atrial (LA) myxoma. At surgery, a myxoma was attached to the left atrial side of the fossa ovalis in the atrial septum by a stalk and was transmurally excised with a margin of the atrial septum. The atrial septum was closed without any prosthetic materials under mild to moderate tension. Although she was asymptomatic, postoperative transeso...

The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Figure 1 Regions of statistical difference between MESA (asymptomatic) and DETERMINE (myocardial infarction) subgroups. Left: antero-septal infarct DETERMINE subgroup. Right: infero-posterior infarct DETERMINE subgroup. Colours indicate Hotelling T p-values, blue least signif...