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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2015.05.007 | DOI Listing |
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging
January 2025
Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (Y. Lin, M.X., L.Z., Y.Z., P.Z., X.C., M.J., L.G., Q.H., Z.W., Y.Y., Y. Li).
Background: In patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), the impact of type 2 diabetes (T2D) on left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LV GLS) and its prognostic implications remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate LV function using two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) speckle-tracking echocardiography in patients with HFpEF with and without T2D, and to investigate its prognostic significance.
Methods: A total of 335 patients with HFpEF were prospectively enrolled for echocardiographic evaluation.
Diagnostics (Basel)
December 2024
Cardiology and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Cardiology, "Umberto I" Hospital, 84014 Nocera Inferiore, Italy.
Interest in advanced echocardiographic imaging methods is growing. Left atrial strain (LAS) is among recently developed echocardiographic parameters. LAS represents an index of tissue deformation of the left atrium (LA).
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January 2025
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Cardiovasc Diagn Ther
December 2024
Department of Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
Background: Dextro-transposition of the great arteries (dTGA) stands out as a prevalent cyanotic congenital heart defect (CHD), characterized by an intricate reversal in the arrangement of the major arteries. In the past, several surgical procedures have been used to treat dTGA, including the atrial switch. Although the method is no longer used, survivors of the procedure still living among us.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Ultrasound Med
January 2025
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Objectives: The size, shape, and contractility of the heart's atrial chambers have not been evaluated in fetuses with growth restriction (FGR) or who are small-for-gestational-age (SGA) as defined by the Delphi consensus protocol. This study aimed to examine the atrial chambers using speckle tracking analysis to identify any changes that may be specific for either growth disturbance.
Methods: Sixty-three fetuses were evaluated with an estimated fetal weight <10th percentile who were classified as FGR or SGA based on the Delphi consensus protocol.
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