Echocardiography has been used clinically to assess regional myocardial wall motion for the diagnosis of acute myocardial ischemia or stress-induced ischemia, but it is often difficult to distinguish hypokinetic motion from normal motion.
Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is an essential imaging modality for the definitive diagnosis of valvular heart disease, evaluation of hemodynamics, and determination of therapeutic strategies. Therefore, TTE should be performed in all …
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the major etiologies of heart failure (HF) with reduced left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF). It has various clinical courses, including slow progression with asymptomatic LV dysfunction, the recovery …
An 82-year-old woman presented with exertional dyspnea that developed following a persistent low-grade fever of 37.5 °C for 10 days. She had been diagnosed with Mycobacterium avium pulmonary infection 24 years earlier and had intermittently …
Echocardiography, a widely used imaging modality for assessing cardiac structure and function, involves the acquisition of images and subsequent measurement of various parameters [ 1 ]. However, the traditional interpretation of echocardiographic …
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Yukina Hirata, Yuka Nomura, Yoshihito Saijo, Masataka Sata, Kenya Kusunose
Aortic stenosis (AS) has traditionally been defined as severe when the aortic valve velocity is >4.0 m/s, the mean pressure gradient (PG) is >40 mmHg, and the aortic valve area (AVA) is <1.0 cm 2 . However, certain patient subgroups exhibit …
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Nobuichiro Yagi, Mana Ogawa, Ken Kuwajima, Hiroko Hasegawa, Takafumi Yamane, Takahiro Shiota
26.01.2024 | Case image in cardiovascular ultrasound
A 72-year-old male with no history of heart disease was referred to our emergent department with high-fever and general prostration started from one day before the admission. His chest computed tomography image showed bilateral ground-glass …
The prevalence of heart failure (HF) has been increasing affecting more than 6 million adults in the United States, and expected to affect more than 8 million adults by the year 2030 [ 1 , 2 ]. HF is associated with increased cardiovascular …
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Patrick L. Stafford, Adam Purvis, Kenneth Bilchick, Joseph Dan Khoa Nguyen, Pooja Patil, Cherisse Baldeo, Nishaki Mehta, Younghoon Kwon, Khadijah Breathett, David Shisler, Mohammed Abuannadi, James Bergin, Steven Philips, Sula Mazimba
22.12.2023 | Case image in cardiovascular ultrasound
The primary feature of anorexia nervosa (AN) is a pathologic preoccupation with food and weight loss. Severe caloric restriction leading to profound weight loss is accompanied by intense fears of becoming “fat” despite being markedly underweight.
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Mori J. Krantz, Ashlie Watters, Judy Oakes, Megan Frazier, Philip S. Mehler
