Electrocardiogram Features of Left Ventricular Excessive Trabeculation with Preserved Cardiac Function in Light of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Genetics.

: Although left ventricular excessive trabeculation (LVET) can cause heart failure, arrhythmia and thromboembolism, limited literature is available on the ECG characteristics of primary LVET with preserved left ventricular function (EF). We aimed to compare the ECG characteristics and cardiac MR (CMR) parameters of LVET individuals with preserved left ventricular EF to a control (C) group, to identify sex-specific differences, and to compare the genetic subgroups of LVET with each other and with a C population. : In our study, we selected 69 LVET individuals (EF > 50%) without any comorbidities and compared them to 69 sex- and age-matched control subjects (42% females in both groups, = 1.

Road mortality of water snakes in light of landscape structure and traffic intensity in north-eastern Hungary.

Road mortality can be a serious threat to different animals, including snakes. However, mortality patterns can vary between species, intraspecific groups, locations and time. We compared the number of road-killed individuals (carcasses) of two semiaquatic water snakes ( and ) on 58 km of road sections bordered by an active floodplain and a flood-protected former floodplain on one side and mountainous areas on the other in NE Hungary based on surveys conducted once every two weeks in three non-consecutive years.

The effect of excessive trabeculation on cardiac rotation-A multimodal imaging study.

Background: Cardiac rotational parameters in primary symptomatic left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) are not well understood. We aimed to analyze cardiac rotation measured with cardiac magnetic resonance feature-tracking (CMR-FT) and speckle-tracking echocardiography (Echo-ST) in LVNC morphology subjects with preserved LVEF and different genotypes and healthy controls.

Methods: Our retrospective study included 54 LVNC subjects with preserved LVEF and 54 control individuals.