Improving the imaging diagnosis of mitral annular disjunction.
Published in Heart (British Cardiac Society)
Echocardiography-Derived Stroke Volume Index Is Associated With Adverse In-Hospital Outcomes in Intermediate-Risk Acute ...
Published in Chest
There remains uncertainty in the optimal prognostication and management of patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE). Transthoracic echocardiography can identify right ventricular dysfunction to recognize intermediate-high-risk patients. Is echocardiographic-derived stroke volume index (SVI) associated with death or cardiopulmonary de...
Prediction of Prognostic Hemodynamic Indices in Pulmonary Hypertension Using Non-Invasive Parameters.
Published in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)
Effective targeted therapy of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) requires regular risk stratification. Among many prognostic parameters, three hemodynamic indices: right atrial pressure, cardiac index, and mixed venous saturation are considered critically important for correct risk classi...
Impact of gestational diabetes mellitus on maternal cardiac adaptation to pregnancy.
To determine whether maternal cardiac adaptation at term differs between women with, and those without, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). This was a prospective case-control study of pregnant women at term with or without GDM. For both cases and controls, only women without any comorbidity or form of pre-existing diabetes who had a singleton pre...
Paradoxical carbon dioxide embolism during laparoscopic surgery without intracardiac right-to-left shunt: two case repor...
Published in The Journal of international medical research
We herein report two cases of paradoxical carbon dioxide (CO2) embolism during laparoscopic nephrectomy and hepatic left lateral lobectomy without evidence of a right-to-left shunt or obvious rupture of blood vessels. Transesophageal echocardiography detected paradoxical CO2 embolism before the end-tidal CO2 partial pressure (PETCO2) dropped from b...
Carotid arterial stiffness is increased and related to left ventricular function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyo...
...Published in European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging
To assess the carotid mechanical properties in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and the relation between arterial stiffness and left ventricular function in this setting. We have prospectively enrolled 71 patients (52 ± 16 years, 34 men) with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, divided into two groups depending on the presence (46 patients) or ab...
TAVR-related echocardiographic assessment - status quo, challenges and perspectives.
Published in Acta cardiologica
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is an emerging and a well-established procedure for high-risk and inoperable patients worldwide. Recent studies revealed furthermore that TAVR is equal or even superior to surgical valve replacement in intermediate risk patients. Therefore, a successful procedure is not only dependent on precise preproc...
Ultrafast Ultrasound Imaging in Pediatric and Adult Cardiology: Techniques, Applications, and Perspectives.
Published in JACC. Cardiovascular imaging
Ultrasound techniques currently used in echocardiography are limited by conventional frame rates. Ultrafast ultrasound imaging is able to capture images at frame rates up to 100 times faster compared with conventional imaging. Specific applications of this technology have been developed and tested for clinical use in pediatric and adult cardiac ima...
5-Year prognostic value of the right ventricular strain-area loop in patients with pulmonary hypertension.
Published in European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging
Patients with pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) show poor survival, often related to right ventricular (RV) dysfunction. In this study, we assessed the 5-year prognostic value of a novel echocardiographic measure that examines RV function through the temporal relation between RV strain (ϵ) and area (i.e. RV ϵ-area loop) for all-cause mortal...
The Chiari Network-Only an Embryonic Remnant or a Confusing Finding?
Published in World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery
Chiari network is an embryonic remnant of valves of the sinus venosus, which can be observed in several locations in the right atrium. Although it is usually considered a normal anatomic variant, when associated with certain clinical conditions, the Chiari network may become a confusing finding, and a careful differential diagnosis is required. It ...
