background: left ventricular dysfunction is one of the most powerful predictors of early and late outcomes in patients who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg). the aim of this study was to assess the early results of cabg that predict 30-day mortality and prolonged length of hospital stay (los) after cabg in patients with an ejection fraction (ef) of 30% or less. methods: seven hundr...

background beta-2 microglobulin (b2m) is considered as a surrogate marker for middle molecule uremic toxins and a key component in dialysis-related amyloidosis. however, few studies have evaluated role of b2m in patients with chronic kidney disease (ckd). objectives the purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of plasma b2m level with some metabolic and cardiac performance factors ...

This case report was an attempt to present the importance of diagnostic echocardiography and closure of a patent foramen ovale in carcinoid heart disease. Herein, we present a case of a 48-year-old woman with a carcinoid metastasis presenting with tricuspid regurgitation, pulmonic stenosis, patent foramen ovale, and borderline left ventricular ejection fraction on an echocardiogram. Surgical in...

Introduction While conventional temporal resolution on the order of 30-50 ms is sufficient for calculating LV functional metrics such as global ejection fraction (EF), it is insufficient to accurately capture subtle regional wall motion dyssynchrony. A higher frame-rate cine imaging, e.g., 100 fps imposes an undue burden on the manual segmentation, precluding more sophisticated analyses, e.g., ...

Background Myotonic dystrophy type II (formerly denoted as proximal myotonic myopathy (PROMM)) is an autosomal dominantly inherited disease [1]. Sufferers are afflicted with skeletal muscle (SM) symptoms. Histopathologic changes of the SM include mild fibrosis and fatty degeneration[2]. The multisystemic disorder is also characterized by endocrine and metabolism disorder such as hypercholestero...

Twenty seven patients diagnosed as having systolic heart failure with Ejection Fraction (EF) of less than 40% by echocardiography were monitored over a period of 3 years. The monitored parameters included clinical symptoms, diastolic dysfunction, therapies and survival during three years of treatment. The results indicate a beneficial effect of treatment with high doses of ACE-inhibitors, spiro...

Background Left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) is important predictor of clinical outcomes in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NICMP). With the advent of gadolinium-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR), it has now become possible to discern the presence of myocardial replacement fibrosis (RF) with a high level of accuracy. The aim of our study is to investigate th...

Background Computer-based inline VF software can aid in the quantitative analysis of left ventricular (LV) function. Inline VF automatically locates the LV base and apex, detects endoand epicardial contours in each cardiac slice and phase, and performs a volumetric calculation to determine ejection fraction (EF), end-diastolic volume (EDV), end-systolic volume (ESV). The method presents an oppo...

tory distress syndrome; CI cardiac index; CPB cardiopulmonary bypass; CPDA citrate phosphate dextrose adenine; EF = ejection fraction; IMA internal mammary artery; LAD = left anterior descending artery; LE lung edema; LVSWI = left ventricular stroke work index; PCWP pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; PVR pulmonary vascular resistance; RCA right coronary artery; RVSWI right yentricular stroke w...