[Value of 3-dimensional speckle tracking imaging to quantify regional left ventricular function in patients with coronary artery disease].

Objective: To assess left ventricular (LV) strain by 3-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (3D-STI) in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).

Methods: All subjects underwent invasive coronary angiography.2-dimensional and 3-dimensional echocardiography were performed in 52 subjects with suspected CHD.

[The predictive value of the ambulatory blood pressure monitoring parameters on left ventricular hypertrophy and carotid artery intima-media thickness in hypertensives].

Objective: To investigate the predictive value of the ambulatory blood pressure monitoring parameters on left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) in the hypertensives.

Methods: We evaluated 147 hypertensive patients who were never treated regularly before. All patients underwent ultrasound examinations of the heart and the IMT of carotid arteries.