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Crit Care
January 2025
División de Terapia Intensiva, Hospital Juan A. Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The advancements in cardiovascular imaging over the past two decades have been significant. The miniaturization of ultrasound devices has greatly contributed to their widespread adoption in operating rooms and intensive care units. The integration of AI-enabled tools has further transformed the field by simplifying echocardiographic evaluations and enhancing the reproducibility of hemodynamic measurements, even for less experienced operators.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Feline Med Surg
January 2025
Department of Clinical Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Objectives: Cardiovascular complications are well known in humans with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (PKD), but limited data exist for cats. This study aimed to assess echocardiographic changes, cardiac troponin I (cTnI) levels and systolic blood pressure (SBP) in Persian cats with PKD to detect early cardiac abnormalities.
Methods: In total, 52 Persian and mixed-Persian cats were enrolled, with 26 cats in the control group and 26 diagnosed with PKD via ultrasound due to the unavailability of genetic testing.
Hipertens Riesgo Vasc
December 2024
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina; Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares "Dr. Horacio E. Cingolani" CONICET-UNLP, Argentina. Electronic address:
Background: Blood pressure (BP) is linearly related to the incidence of cardiovascular disease from values as low as 115/75mmHg, even at young ages. A particularly concerning issue is the decrease representation of optimal BP among children and youth. The mechanisms by which minimal elevations in BP increase cardiovascular risk are not defined.
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January 2025
Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Cardiovascular (CV) diseases caused 20.5 million deaths in 2021, making up nearly one-third of global mortality. This highlights the need for practical prognostic markers to better classify patients and guide treatment, especially in ischemic heart disease (IHD), which represents one of the leading causes of CV mortality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHeart Rhythm
December 2024
Harvard-Thorndike Electrophysiology Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address:
Background: Pacing-induced cardiomyopathy (PICM) is a frequent complication of right ventricular pacing that often requires re-operation for biventricular or conduction system pacing. Better methods for predicting PICM may inform initial pacing strategy and follow-up monitoring.
Objective: To determine if the spatial ventricular gradient (SVG), a vectorcardiographic marker of ventricular electrical and mechanical heterogeneity, is associated with subsequent development of PICM.
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