Published in Infection
Purpose SARS-COV-2 infection can develop into a multi-organ disease. Although pathophysiological mechanisms of COVID-19-associated myocardial injury have been studied throughout the pandemic course in 2019, its morphological characterisation is still unclear. With this study, we aimed to characterise echocardiographic patterns of ventricular functi...
Published in The international journal of cardiovascular imaging
Atrial size and function are closely correlated with atrial contributions to cardiovascular performance. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to assess atrial size and function in pediatric heart transplantation (HTx) patients using three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE). We enrolled 33 clinically well pediatric HTx patients and 33 healthy controls...
Published in Cardiovascular Ultrasound
BackgroundThe quantification of tricuspid regurgitation(TR) using three-dimensional(3D) proximal isovelocity surface area (PISA) derived effective regurgitant orifice area (EROA) is feasible in functional TR. The aim of our study was to explore the diagnostic accuracy and utility of 3D PISA EROA in a larger population of different etiologies.Method...
Published in The Ultrasound Journal
BackgroundThree-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) with real-time volumetric imaging can be a vital modality in clinical practice. Despite its potential, it remains underutilized in the acute care setting.Case presentationWe present two cases describing the use of 3DE in the emergency department (ED) for acute heart failure (AHF) and discuss the po...
Published in Journal of echocardiography
This review focused on right ventricular (RV) three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) and discussed the following agenda. First, we summarized the clinical RV anatomy and function-related RV3DE use followed by the explanations about 3DSTE image acquisition, including pitfall. Next, we reviewed the reliability and feasibility of RV volume and RV ej...
Published in Journal of echocardiography
Previous studies showed that the mitral inter-commissural (IC) distance differed by a few millimeters between the systolic and diastolic cardiac cycles. However, sizing of the mitral annuloplasty ring with a ring sizer, which should be performed in the systole, is performed in diastole during hyperkalemic cardioplegic arrest. The aim of this study ...
Background: Accurate visualization of cardiac valves and lesions by three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography is integral for optimal guidance of structural procedures and appropriate selection of closure devices. A new 3D rendering tool known as transillumination (TI), which integrates a virtual light source into the data set, was recently reported ...
Tricuspid valve (TV) geometry gained attention when the prognostic significance of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) was determined. However, the TV geometric characteristics in Barlow disease (BD) have not been elucidated. This study aimed to clarify the difference in TV morphology between BD and fibroelastic deficiency (FED) and the effect of its geom...
Published in CASE : Cardiovascular Imaging Case Reports
• 3D echo is key to understand the pathophysiology of FTR. • AF may be the primary cause of FTR through right atrial (RA) and TA remodeling. • In some patients, restoring the sinus rhythm is associated with improvement of FTR. • Our findings reinforce the concept of the atriogenic FTR. • Aggressive rhythm control in patients with AF seems to preven...
Published in Heart, lung & circulation
Three-dimensional echocardiography (3D-Echo) performed by novice health care staff to measure left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) could allow cost-effective screening and monitoring for left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) prior to the development of heart failure. The aim of this study was to determine feasibility and accuracy of car...
