background: standard methods for the measurement of myocardial perfusion are invasive and require cardiac catheterization or the use of radioisotope dyes. the coronary sinus blood flow (csbf) is an appropriate criterion for the efficacy of myocardial perfusion. this study sought to measure csbf via transthoracic echocardiography (tte) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (ami) and to as...

Background Atrial septal defects (ASDs) are the most common third congenital heart defects. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical course of ASDs and the relationship between its complications, location closure and size. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted...

We present a case of posterior ventricular septal rupture associated to left ventricular aneurysm manged, during peri-operative period, by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography. Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography findings add adjunctive and more accurate information regarding morphological details of the ventricular septal rupture rather than two-dimensional echocar...

K e y w o r d s Bacterial endocarditis, Echocardiography, Heart, Mitral diseases, Mitral ring calcification, Sepsis A b b r e v i a t i o n s u s e d AML, anterior mitral leaflet; LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; MAC, mitral annular calcification; PML, posterior mitral leaflet; TEE, transesophageal echocardiography; TTE, transthoracic echocardiography; V, vegetation; IE, infective endocarditis