Clinical case of treatment of subacute endocarditis in a patient after occluder closing of the patent foramen ovale by G.I. Kovtun, S.O. Sheludko, D.O. Loskutov, H.Yu. Melnyk

“…After transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, infective endocarditis was diagnosed. …”
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Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac function among male adolescents at high risk of coronary heart disease by Alaaeldin A. H. Mahmoud, Mohammed E. M. Abdelgawad, Walid A. a. Elmorsy, Mohammed S. Al-khayat, Noha M. Elbadry

“…Conclusion Obesity and a family history of smoking, obesity, and hypertension are among the most frequent risk factors for CHD among male adolescents. Echocardiography and lipid profiles should be performed for any adolescent at high risk for development of CHD.…”
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Suprasternal aortic arch echocardioscopy as a potential tool in detection and follow-up of mobile thrombi in patients with ischemic stroke by Inhar Esnaola Barriola, Elena Escriche Gorospe, Paula Miguel Navas, Elisa Martínez Campos, María Molina Goicoechea, Ferran Capell Pascual, Adrián Jiménez Delgado, Roberto Muñoz Arrondo

“…The study of the aortic arch with echocardiography through the suprasternal window is a highly available and harmless technique, that may be highly useful for the detection and monitoring of response to treatment of this pathology. …”
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Late Treatment and Recurrence of Kawasaki Disease in a Moroccan Infant by R. Elqadiry, O. Louachama, N. Rada, G. Draiss, M. Bouskraoui

“…The diagnosis of recurrent KD was made according the five criteria of the American Heart Association. The echocardiography was normal again. The infant received IVIG with good outcome. …”
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High-sensitive cardiac troponin T and NT-proBNP are associated with the left ventricular apical thickness in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by Meng Zhang, Wei Gao, Xiaotong Cui, Xueting Han, Yamei Xu, Jingmin Zhou, Junbo Ge

“…The relationship between the level of hs-cTNT, NT-proBNP and echocardiography parameters were analyzed. The risk factors for elevated hs-cTNT and NT-proBNP level were investigated with linear regression analysis. …”
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Role of Pulse Oximetry Screening for Detection of Life Threatening Congenital Heart Detects in Newborn by Aso Faeq Salih, Adnan Mohammed Hamawand, Riyadh Abd Aljabbar Sattar

“…Most ofnewborns with Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs) can be detected by using echocardiography. However, if such defects are not diagnosed in earlier time, therefore a severe hypoxemia, shock, acidosis and death are considered of some potential sequelae. …”
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Complicated with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report and Literature Review by Huihui Ma, Xin Cao, Jing Zhang, Yongmei Zhou, Rong Luo, Tao He, Jianhong Tao, Xiaoping Li

“…The patient denied a family history of cardiomyopathy and sudden cardiac death (SCD). Echocardiography suggested that uneven thickening of the left ventricle (LV), mainly in the lower middle segment. …”
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L-Carnitine Alleviates the Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Remodeling through Bax/Bcl-2 Signal Pathway by Hao-Ran Li, Xiao-Ming Zheng, Yan Liu, Jing-Hui Tian, Jie-Jian Kou, Jun-Zhuo Shi, Xiao-Bin Pang, Xin-Mei Xie, Yu Yan

“…Electrocardiographic (ECG) recording and echocardiography were used to evaluate cardiac function. …”
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Diastolic dysfunction of myocardium and change of <i>Q–T</i> interval at chronic hepatitis C by A. A. Konysheva, Ye. A. Saginova, S. V. Moiseyev, T. N. Krasnova, D. T. Abdurakhmanov

“…All patient underwent electro- and echocardiography, and Reberg test with calculation of sodium filtration fraction. …”
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Transcatheter mitral valve replacement to treat rheumatic mitral stenosis: a case series by Ping Jin, Hong Guo, Yu Mao, Mengen Zhai, Yang Liu, Jian Yang

“…Postoperative transesophageal echocardiography showed that 60.0% (n = 3) of the patients had no paravalvular leakage and 40.0% (n = 2) had trace paravalvular leakage. …”
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Short‐term echocardiographic evaluation by global longitudinal strain in patients with heart failure treated with sacubitril/valsartan by Simone Mazzetti, Chiara Scifo, Raffaele Abete, Davide Margonato, Margherita Chioffi, Jessica Rossi, Matteo Pisani, Giovanni Passafaro, Massimiliano Grillo, Daniele Poggio, Andrea Mortara

“…ARNI therapy resulted in a significant reduction of ventricular volumes and a significant increase in left ventricular ejection fraction at 6 months but not 3 months by standard transthoracic echocardiography (left ventricular ejection fraction from 28 ± 8% at baseline to 34 ± 12% at 6 months, P < 0.001). …”
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Diagnosis and management of superficial arteriovenous malformations: French healthcare network’s recommendations by Olivia Boccara, Didier Salvan, Claude Laurian, Caroline Degrugillier-Chopinet, Nathalie Degardin, Jean-Guillaume Dillinger, Julie Malloizel-Delaunay, Stéphane Mouton, Stéphane Munck, Annabel Maruani, Annouk Bisdorff-Bresson

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Review of Echocardiographic Findings in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Radu Sascău, Ioana Mădălina Zota, Cristian Stătescu, Daniela Boișteanu, Mihai Roca, Alexandra Maștaleru, Maria Magdalena Leon Constantin, Teodor Flaviu Vasilcu, Radu Sebastian Gavril, Florin Mitu

“…Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography is considered more suitable for the assessment of ventricular function, as it is able to distinguish between active and passive wall motion. …”
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Atrioventricular Conduction Delay in the Second Trimester Measured by Fetal Magnetocardiography by Annette Wacker-Gussmann, Henrike Paulsen, Krunoslav Stingl, Johanna Braendle, Rangmar Goelz, Joerg Henes

“…In addition to fetal echocardiography, fetal magnetocardiography (fMCG) was used to investigate precise electrophysiological fetal cardiac time intervals (fCTIs). …”
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Clinical manifestations of coronary artery embolism due to heart tumors by R.M. Vitovsky, V.V. Isaіenko, O.V. Kupchinsky, I.V. Martyschenko, M.M. Serdyuk

“…The reason to perform echocardiography in another case was the result of electrocardiography, showing necrotic changes of the left ventricular posterior wall. …”
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Huge Intravascular Tumor Extending to the Heart: Leiomyomatosis by Suat Doganci, Erkan Kaya, Murat Kadan, Kubilay Karabacak, Gökhan Erol, Ufuk Demirkilic

“…On magnetic resonance venography, there was an intravenous mass, which is originated from right internal iliac vein and extended into the inferior vena cava. Transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a huge mass extending from the inferior vena cava through the right atrium, with obvious venous occlusion. …”
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Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: Expanding Indications and New Developments by Grant W. Reed, MD, MSc, Shady Nakhla, MD, Rhonda Miyasaka, MD, Serge Harb, MD, Mohamed Kanj, MD, Ousamma Wazni, MD, Samir R. Kapadia, MD, Amar Krishnaswamy, MD

“…Practical considerations for the use of transesophageal echocardiography or intracardiac echocardiography for procedural guidance will also be discussed. …”
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Fenestrated membrane of the left atrial appendage orifice; an incidental finding of a rare congenital anomaly by Faeze Keihanian, Leila Bigdelu

“…Here, we reported an incidental finding of LAA obstructive membrane in patients with previous history of cerebrovascular event and newly diagnosed rheumatismal mitral stenosis (MS) in echocardiography.…”
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Amniotic Fluid Embolism Treated with Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation by Robert Gitman, Bradlee Bachar, Byron Mendenhall

“…We present a case where an AFE was treated with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to help overcome the acute cardiopulmonary insult. The use of echocardiography proved to be an invaluable tool to help guide treatment and optimal duration of ECMO in the face of severe coagulopathy.…”
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Incidentally Identified Pulmonary AVM: An Unusual Cause for Stroke in a Young Patient by Vinod Kalapurackal Mathai, Dale Sebire, Scarlett Bowen

“…We present this case to highlight this pathology as a cause for stroke, the importance of treating this malformation, even if incidentally identified, and finally the role of echocardiography in screening for extracardiac shunt and indicating those patients that may benefit from further investigations looking for extracardiac shunt.…”
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