Publications by authors named "Carima Belleyo-Belkasem"
Cardiac Transplantation on the Canary Islands, A European Ultraperipheral Region: Organization, Optimized Utilization of Local Donors, and Early Transplant Outcomes.
Transplantation
December 2023
The quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a malformation that leads to severe valve failure later in life. Malformation and displacement of coronary ostia are found in 10% of patients. In this context, transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) are the essential imaging tests for the preoperative assessment for cardiac surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: To evaluate the possibility of left atrial (LA) remodeling using speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) in patients with interatrial block (IAB).
Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study with three groups of patients: 56 without IAB, 21 with partial IAB (pIAB), and 22 with advanced IAB (aIAB). Transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) STE was performed and clinical and echocardiographic findings were analyzed.