Detection of angiographically significant coronary obstruction using resting transthoracic coronary Doppler echocardiography.

Background: Transesophageal Doppler echocardiography has shown that significant stenosis can be detected based on the presence of aliasing with color Doppler in the stenotic area. The study aimed to assess the detection of angiographically significant coronary stenosis (ASCS) by analyzing the characteristics and velocities of resting coronary artery flow (RCF) using transthoracic coronary Doppler echocardiography (TCDE).

Methods: TCDE was performed before diagnostic coronary angiography (CA).

Papillary fibroelastoma: clinical and echocardiographic features and initial approach in 54 cases.

Introduction: Papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) is a benign cardiac tumor that is currently detected more often due to the technological improvements in echocardiography.

Objectives: To describe the echocardiographic features of PFE and correlate them with the clinical presentation and initial treatment.

Materials And Methods: A prospective analysis of patients with a diagnosis of PFE was conducted between 2000 and 2015.

Esophageal carcinoma and transthoracic echocardiography.

We report a rare case of a patient with esophageal carcinoma diagnosed using transthoracic echocardiography. This examination proved to be useful in the identification of a paracardiac mediastinal mass. Images of the esophageal carcinoma, of the stent in the esophagus, and the bubbles inside the stent generated with the ingestion of a carbonated beverage, have not been previously published.

Assessment of coronary flow with transthoracic color Doppler echocardiography in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Background: Recent advances in echocardiography have allowed assessment of flow velocity in the epicardial coronary arteries of patients with ischemic heart disease, using transthoracic color Doppler echocardiography (TTDE). However, few data are available regarding coronary blood flow in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).

Objective: To assess the epicardial coronary arteries of patients with HCM.

Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography for the assessment of atrial function.

Echocardiography is the most common diagnostic method for assessing atrial function but the technique has some limitations. Traditionally, assessment of left atrial function has been performed by measuring volumes with 2D echocardiography. Additionally, it can be assessed with transmitral Doppler and pulmonary vein Doppler.