BACKGROUND Down's syndrome (DS) is a genetic anomaly, which undergoes increased morbidity and mortality when associated with congenital heart disease (CHD). The aims of the study were to determine the prevalence of CHD and pulmonary hypertension (PH) in DS. METHODS One hundred twenty-seven patients with DS living in Mexico City were evaluated by physical exam, electrocardiogram and echocardio...

BACKGROUND To date, Doppler echocardiography is the most widespread and well-recognized technique for the noninvasive evaluation of systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP). However, recent studies have reported reservations about the relevance of Doppler echocardiography or the tool's reliability in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). Thus, the aim of thi...

Abstract Background Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) seems to be mistaken for the estimation of systolic Pulmonary Artery Pressure (sPAP) especially in patients with severe Tricuspid Regurgitation (TR). This study aimed determine reliability assessment sPAP by TTE this population. Methods is a monocentric analysis 236 consecutive concomitant Right Heart Catheterization (RHC) and performed a...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is difficult to diagnose because of its nonspecific symptoms. Although echocardiography can reliably and rapidly recognize the presence of pulmonary hypertension, chest X ray (CXR) is more widely used because of its availability. The objective of this study was to find a parameter, which, by changing the scale of CXR, is still useful for detection ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine the validity of the association between systemic hypertension (HTN) and unexplained pulmonary hypertension (PHTN) as identified with Doppler echocardiography. METHODS All patients with a reported systolic pulmonary artery pressure (SPAP) on routine Doppler echocardiography from our 1997 echocardiographic database were identified. Exclusions included all diseases k...

Introduction. Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune epithelitis. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an important and severe complication, which is encountered in many collagen tissue disorders. Early diagnostic strategies are required to define it at the asymptomatic stage. Doppler echocardiography is an important, noninvasive screening test for PAH diagnosis. Objective. The a...

AIMS To examine the hypothesis that right to left shunting occurs mainly in the lungs rather than through the fetal channels in neonates. METHODS Thirty two term babies requiring over 70% oxygen had daily colour Doppler echocardiograms until recovery. Measurements included left ventricular fractional shortening, right and left ventricular outputs, colour and pulsed Doppler ductal and atrial s...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) is an important marker in cardiovascular disorders, being closely associated with morbidity and mortality. Noninvasive assessment by Doppler echocardiography is recommended by current guidelines. So far, the reliability of this method has been assessed only in small studies with contradictory results. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze the...

pulmonary arterial hypertension (pah) is a progressive disease with high morbidity and mortality rates. research has shown that pah has a prevalence rate of 10-79% in thalassemia major patients. this cross-sectional study was carried out in 2014 to determine the prevalence and risk factors of pah in all thalassemia major patients of over 18 years of age in ilam, iran. a cardiologist measured sy...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Foundation. Main source(s): Heart and Lung foundation Background The importance assessing right ventricular (RV) function in heart failure is well established. Methods evaluating intrinsic RV using Doppler echocardiography estimating -pulmonary coupling assessment might improve the understanding response due to increase afterload differ...