Search Results - "Cardiovascular ultrasound"

Global longitudinal strain is a more reproducible measure of left ventricular function than ejection fraction regardless of echocardiographic training by Karlsen, Sigve, Dahlslett, Thomas, Grenne, Bjørnar, Sjøli, Benthe, Smiseth, Otto, Edvardsen, Thor, Brunvand, Harald

“…Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is an established method for evaluation of left ventricular (LV) systolic function. Global longitudinal strain (GLS)…”
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How I do it: lung ultrasound by Gargani, Luna, Volpicelli, Giovanni

“…In the last 15 years, a new imaging application of sonography has emerged in the clinical arena: lung ultrasound (LUS). From its traditional assessment of…”
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Artificial intelligence in echocardiography: detection, functional evaluation, and disease diagnosis by Zhou, Jia, Du, Meng, Chang, Shuai, Chen, Zhiyi

“…Abstract Ultrasound is one of the most important examinations for clinical diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. The speed of image movements driven by the…”
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Persistent pulmonary congestion before discharge predicts rehospitalization in heart failure: a lung ultrasound study by Gargani, Luna, Pang, P S, Frassi, F, Miglioranza, M H, Dini, F L, Landi, P, Picano, E

“…B-lines evaluated by lung ultrasound (LUS) are the sonographic sign of pulmonary congestion, a major predictor of morbidity and mortality in patients with…”
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The efficacy of sonographic measurement of inferior vena cava diameter as an estimate of central venous pressure by Ciozda, William, Kedan, Ilan, Kehl, Devin W, Zimmer, Raymond, Khandwalla, Raj, Kimchi, Asher

“…Central venous pressure (CVP) and right atrial pressure (RAP) are important parameters in the complete hemodynamic assessment of a patient. Sonographic…”
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Could the use of bedside lung ultrasound reduce the number of chest x-rays in the intensive care unit? by Brogi, Etrusca, Bignami, Elena, Sidoti, Anna, Shawar, Mohammed, Gargani, Luna, Vetrugno, Luigi, Volpicelli, Giovanni, Forfori, Francesco

“…Lung ultrasound can be used as an alternative to chest radiography (CXR) for the diagnosis and follow-up of various lung diseases in the intensive care unit…”
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Left ventricular outflow tract velocity time integral outperforms ejection fraction and Doppler-derived cardiac output for predicting outcomes in a select advanced heart failure cohort by Tan, Christina, Rubenson, David, Srivastava, Ajay, Mohan, Rajeev, Smith, Michael R, Billick, Kristen, Bardarian, Samuel, Thomas Heywood, J

“…Left ventricular outflow tract velocity time integral (LVOT VTI) is a measure of cardiac systolic function and cardiac output. Heart failure patients with low…”
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Stress echo 2020: the international stress echo study in ischemic and non-ischemic heart disease by Picano, Eugenio, Ciampi, Quirino, Citro, Rodolfo, D'Andrea, Antonello, Scali, Maria Chiara, Cortigiani, Lauro, Olivotto, Iacopo, Mori, Fabio, Galderisi, Maurizio, Costantino, Marco Fabio, Pratali, Lorenza, Di Salvo, Giovanni, Bossone, Eduardo, Ferrara, Francesco, Gargani, Luna, Rigo, Fausto, Gaibazzi, Nicola, Limongelli, Giuseppe, Pacileo, Giuseppe, Andreassi, Maria Grazia, Pinamonti, Bruno, Massa, Laura, Torres, Marco A R, Miglioranza, Marcelo H, Daros, Clarissa Borguezan, de Castro E Silva Pretto, José Luis, Beleslin, Branko, Djordjevic-Dikic, Ana, Varga, Albert, Palinkas, Attila, Agoston, Gergely, Gregori, Dario, Trambaiolo, Paolo, Severino, Sergio, Arystan, Ayana, Paterni, Marco, Carpeggiani, Clara, Colonna, Paolo

“…Stress echocardiography (SE) has an established role in evidence-based guidelines, but recently its breadth and variety of applications have extended well…”
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A review of current trends in three-dimensional analysis of left ventricular myocardial strain by Nabeshima, Yosuke, Seo, Yoshihiro, Takeuchi, Masaaki

“…Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) left ventricular (LV) myocardial strain measurements using transthoracic 3D echocardiography speckle tracking analysis have…”
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Prognostic value of point-of-care ultrasound during cardiac arrest: a systematic review by Kedan, Ilan, Ciozda, William, Palatinus, Joseph A, Palatinus, Helen N, Kimchi, Asher

“…Despite significant improvements in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of mortality in the United States…”
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Left atrial strain - an early marker of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with hypertension and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation by Jarasunas, Jonas, Aidietis, Audrius, Aidietiene, Sigita

“…2D strain imaging of the left atrium (LA) is a new echocardiographic method which allows us to determine contractile, conduit and reservoir functions…”
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Left atrial reservoir strain combined with E/E' as a better single measure to predict elevated LV filling pressures in patients with coronary artery disease by Lin, Jingru, Ma, Hong, Gao, Lijian, Wang, Yang, Wang, Jiangtao, Zhu, Zhenhui, Pang, Kunjing, Wang, Hao, Wu, Weichun

“…The 2016 guidelines for left ventricular diastolic dysfunction diagnosis has been simplified from previous versions; however, multiparametric diagnosis…”
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Lung ultrasound: a new tool for the cardiologist by Gargani, Luna

“…For many years the lung has been considered off-limits for ultrasound. However, it has been recently shown that lung ultrasound (LUS) may represent a useful…”
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Shear wave elastography imaging of carotid plaques: feasible, reproducible and of clinical potential by Ramnarine, Kumar V, Garrard, James W, Kanber, Baris, Nduwayo, Sarah, Hartshorne, Timothy C, Robinson, Thompson G

“…Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) imaging is a novel ultrasound technique for quantifying tissue elasticity. Studies have demonstrated that SWE is able to…”
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Left atrial strain in patients without cardiovascular disease: uncovering influencing and related factors by Forteza-Albertí, José Francisco, Rico, Yolanda, Leiva, Alfonso, Pericas, Pere, Gual-Capllonch, Francisco, Rivas-Catoni, Lisandro, Gutiérrez García-Moreno, Laura, Rodríguez Fernández, Antonio, Peral Disdier, Vicente

“…Despite its proven prognostic value in different contexts, the precise implications of left atrial strain (LAS) assessment throughout different phases of the…”
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Left atrial function during exercise stress echocardiography as a sign of paroxysmal/persistent atrial fibrillation by Zagatina, Angela, Ciampi, Quirino, Peteiro, Jesus Vazquez, Kalinina, Elena, Begidova, Irina, Padang, Ratnasari, Boshchenko, Alla, Merli, Elisa, Lisi, Matteo, Rodriguez-Zanella, Hugo, Kobal, Sergio, Agoston, Gergely, Varga, Albert, Wierzbowska-Drabik, Karina, Kasprzak, Jarosław D., Arbucci, Rosina, Zhuravleva, Olga, Čelutkienė, Jelena, Lowenstein, Jorge, Ratanasit, Nithima Chaowalit, Colonna, Paolo, Carerj, Scipione, Pepi, Mauro, Pellikka, Patricia A., Picano, Eugenio, Haber, Diego M. Lowenstein, Marconi, Sofia, Merlo, Pablo M., Amor, Miguel, Mosto, Hugo, Salamé, Michael, Carral, Patricia, Souto, Germán, Saad, Ariel, Van De Heyning, Caroline M., Ostojic, Miodrag, Stanetic, Bojan, Preradović, Tamara Kovačević, Borguezan-Daros, Clarissa, Camarozano, Ana Cristina, Simova, Iana, Wang, Yi, Hongmei, Zhang, Geqi, Ding, Qingfeng, Zhang, Wang, Yue Heng, Palinkas, Attila, Sepp, Robert, Palinkas, Eszter D., Villari, Bruno, Cortigiani, Lauro, D’Andrea, Antonello, Gaibazzi, Nicola, Tuttolomondo, Domenico, Morrone, Doralisa, Mori, Fabio, D’Alfonso, Maria Grazia, Olivotto, Iacopo, Del Franco, Annamaria, Citro, Rodolfo, Cocchia, Rosangela, Bossone, Eduardo, Rigo, Fausto, Bursi, Francesca, Re, Federica, Dentamaro, Ilaria, Costantino, Marco Fabio, Manganelli, Fiorenzo, Celutkiene, Jelena, Kasprzak, Jaroslaw D., Haberka, Maciej, Sviazova, Natalia, Ryabova, Tamara, Safarova, Ayten, Timofeeva, Tatiana, Nikolic, Aleksandra, Dekleva, Milica, Djordievic-Dikic, Ana, Boskovic, Nikola, Giga, Vojislav, Tesic, Milorad, Dedic, Srdjan, Vazquez, Jesus Peteiro, Arruda-Olson, Adelaide M., Kane, Garvan C., Villarraga, Hector R., Bartolacelli, Ylenia, Benfari, Giovanni, Barbieri, Andrea

“…Atrial cardiomyopathy is closely associated with atrial fibrillation (AF), and some patients exhibit no dysfunction at rest but demonstrate evident changes in…”
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Evaluation of sepsis induced cardiac dysfunction as a predictor of mortality by Havaldar, Amarja Ashok

“…Sepsis is characterized by life threatening organ dysfunction with dysregulated immune response. Cardiac dysfunction seen in sepsis is unique as it is…”
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'Color Doppler stripes' make it difficult to diagnose the severity of valvular heart diseases: a report of two cases by Baba, Yuichi, Ochi, Yuri, Kawaguchi, Juri, Takiishi, Azumi, Hirakawa, Daigo, Kubo, Toru, Yamasaki, Naohito, Kitaoka, Hiroaki

“…Echocardiography remains the reference-standard imaging technique for assessing valvular heart disease (VHD), but artifacts like the 'color Doppler stripe' can…”
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Evaluation of prenatal changes in fetal cardiac morphology and function in maternal diabetes mellitus using a novel fetal speckle-tracking analysis: a prospective cohort study by Wang, Dong, Liu, Caixia, Liu, Xinyu, Zhang, Ying, Wang, Yu

“…Abstract Background Due to metabolic changes in the second trimester and the increasing number of pregnant women with obesity and advanced maternal age, the…”
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Peak left atrial longitudinal strain is associated with all-cause mortality in patients with ventricular functional mitral regurgitation by Gomes, Daniel A, Lopes, Pedro M, Freitas, Pedro, Albuquerque, Francisco, Reis, Carla, Guerreiro, Sara, Abecasis, João, Trabulo, Marisa, Ferreira, António M, Ferreira, Jorge, Ribeiras, Regina, Mendes, Miguel, Andrade, Maria J

“…Chronic mitral regurgitation promotes left atrial (LA) remodeling. However, the significance of LA dysfunction in the setting of ventricular functional mitral…”
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