conclusions these studies will enable physicians to diagnose and follow up many cardiac diseases when this software is interfaced within echocardiographic machines. results myocardial fibers initiate from the posterior basal region of the heart, continue through the left ventricular free wall, reach the septum, loop around the apex, ascend, and end at the superior-anterior edge of the left vent...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the impact of patient-prosthesis mismatch (PPM) after mitral valve replacement (MVR) on the late clinical outcome, evaluated from the referred value and measured mitral valve area in the echocardiograph. PATIENTS AND METHOD The records of 212 patients who underwent MVR between 1995 and 2008 at Funabashi Municipal Medical Center, Japan were stud...

We report the case of an 86-year-old man referred for abdominal pain and ECG signs of inferior myocardial infarction. Transthoracic, transoesophageal and contrast echocardiographs showed a septal intra-mural haematoma, dissecting the right ventricle wall and partially obliterating the right ventricle lumen. A patent communication with left ventricle with extensive wall thrombosis was present at...

There has been only modest clinical interest in exercise echocardiography because of the technical limitations of the procedure. Recognizing that there have been recent technical advances in the echocardiographic instruments and that echocardiography should, in theory, be an ideal technique for evaluating exercise-induced wall motion abnormalities, a clinically practical method of performing ex...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to quantify the heterogeneous distribution of echodensities in the pericardial fluid of patients with tuberculous pericarditis using echocardiography and fractal analysis, and to determine whether there were differences in the fractal dimensions of effusive-constrictive and effusive non-constrictive disease. METHODS We used fractal geometry to quantify...

OBJECTIVE To determine the usefulness of echocardiography in the diagnosis of heartworm disease in cats and to compare this modality with other tests. DESIGN Retrospective study. ANIMALS 43 cats with heartworm infection that had echocardiographic examinations at 2 veterinary teaching hospitals between 1985 and 1997. Twenty-two of these 43 cats also underwent radiography of the thorax and he...

BACKGROUND Ring sizing for mitral valve annuloplasty is conventionally done intraoperatively using specific 'sizer' instruments, which are placed onto the valve tissue. This approach is barely reproducible since different sizing strategies have been established among surgeons. The goal of this study is to virtually apply different sizing methods on the basis of pre-repair echocardiography to fi...

Heart failure (HF) is a common, costly, disabling and deadly syndrome. Heart failure is a progressive disease characterized by high prevalence in society, significantly reducing physical and mental health, frequent hospitalization and high mortality (50% of the patients survive up to 4 years after the diagnosis, the annual mortality varying from 5% to 75%). The purpose of this study is to devel...

Abstract Introduction Mitochondria forms a dynamic network in cells, which is regulated by the balance between mitochondrial fusion and fission. The inhibition of fission could result positive effects acute ischemic/reperfusion injury models, due to prevention membrane potential fall that goes along with processes. However, chronic models disadvantageous because it obstructs elimination damaged...

provided the original work is properly cited. CC Venous air embolism (VAE) often occurs in the operating theatre. Squeals have not been reported much in most recovering patients. Our patient recovered from a venous air embolism during surgery but experienced cardiac arrest in the intensive care unit the next day, and died. A review of the chest X-ray revealed pulmonary edema and intracardiac ai...