Objective: To measure the frequency of dyspnea in pregnant patients and to evaluate clinical echocardiographic findings women had dyspnea.
 Study Design: Analytical descriptive cross-sectional.
 Place duration study: Gynae Obstetric Department Tertiary Care Facility from Feb 2022 Apr 2022.
 Methodology: It was an analytical cross sectional study conducted during three months. Con...

Established normal values are necessary for the identification of pathological cardiac diameters as determined by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and important for follow-up studies. We have compared normal diameters for left atrium (LA) and ventricle (LV) between two-dimensional echocardiography (Echo) and CMR using TrueFISP in subjects with no cardiac pathology. Methods: 24 patients (...

OBJECTIVE Knowledge about the inhibition of centrally located angiotensin-I (AT-I) receptors by highly lipophilic AT-I receptor blockers and its' effect are limited with experimental studies. Thus, we aimed to investigate the effect of Telmisartan on Inter-dialytic weight gain (IDWG) % and echocardiographic measurements in anuric hemodialysis (HD) patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of for...

INTRODUCTION Cardiac function is influenced by bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Studies have shown the various cardiotoxic effects of high-dose chemotherapy. In this study, we aimed to determine the effects of BMT on cardiac systolic function using echocardiographic indices. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with lymphoma (Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's), multiple myeloma, and solid tumors which ...

BACKGROUND In adults, tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) is a recommended component of routine echocardiography. However, TDI velocities are less accepted in pediatrics, due to their strong variability and age dependence in children. This study examines the distribution of myocardial tissue Doppler velocities in healthy children to assess the effect of age with cardiac growth on the various echocardi...

A 20-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital in a life-threatening condition, haemodynamically unstable, with symptoms of low output syndrome. An intra-aortic balloon pump was introduced together with inotropic support for more than two weeks without any clinical improvement. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was 10–15%, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD) was 6.9...

BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY Appropriate experimental models are needed to study the mechanisms underlying left ventricular (LV) remodeling and functional ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR). Herein is described an original percutaneous method for inducing a well-defined posterolateral infarct and significant IMR. METHODS Under videofluoroscopic guidance, the second (OM2) and third (OM3) o...

Downregulation of β(1)- adrenergic receptors (β(1)-ARs) and increased expression/function of G-protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2) have been observed in human heart failure, but changes in expression of other ARs and GRKs have not been established. Another unresolved question is the incidence of these compensatory mechanisms depending on heart failure etiology and treatment. To analyze the...

BACKGROUND The effects of exercise training on cardiac structure and function have been thoroughly investigated in athletes from sport-developed nations; few data are available on sportsmen from sport-developing countries. OBJECTIVES To assess the incidence and magnitude of the "athlete heart" phenomenon in an elite group of Israeli cyclists. METHODS An echocardiography study was performed ...

background: severe and prolonged physical training is associated with morphological and physiological cardiac changes, often termed as the “athlete’s heart”. echocardiographic features peculiar to elite iranian athletes have not been previously described. the aim was to examine the echocardiographic characteristics of highly trained iranian athletes involved in three different sports.   methods...