Subcostal right ventricular free wall strain in patients with pulmonary hypertension.

Unlabelled: Right ventricular longitudinal strain (RVLS) is frequently used as a measure of right ventricular systolic function. Abnormal RV strain is associated with poor prognosis in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH); however, the measure is not always easy to obtain in patients with poor apical acoustic windows.

Objective: This study aims to analyze the RVLS and determine if there is a difference when measured from the apical and subcostal views.

Case report: Stepwise transition from subcutaneous treprostinil to epoprostenol in high-risk pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Background: Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension is associated with high morbidity and mortality. In recent years, the use of targeted therapies has led to an improvement in prognosis. Prostacyclin analogues treprostinil and epoprostenol require continuous subcutaneous or intravenous infusion and are generally administered in a stepwise approach.

Speckle Tracking Imaging in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension.

Background: Right ventricular (RV) systolic dysfunction is a strong predictor of mortality in pulmonary hypertension (PH). The goal of this study was to investigate whether right atrium (RA) and RV myocardial strain related to PH using speckle tracking echocardiography provide a superior estimation of RV systolic function than 2-dimensional (2D)-echo.

Methods: This cross-sectional study analyzed 22 patients with a diagnosis of PH stratified by right heart catheterization, and they were compared to a control group of 22 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects.

Combined cardiohepatic transplantation due to severe heterozygous familiar hypercholesteremia type II: first case in Argentina--a case report.

Heterozygous familial hypercholesteremia type II is a recessive autonomic disease with a population incidence View Article and Find Full Text PDF