Fever, uveitis, and myocarditis as the initial presentation of Behcet's Disease: A case report and review of the literature by Vishal Mangal, Yogendra Mishra, Amar Tej Atal, Divya Kochhar, Durga Madhab Tripathy, Manish Manrai

“…The patient had persistent tachycardia for which an electrocardiogram was done, which revealed nonspecific ST-changes. Echocardiography was done, which showed a left ventricular ejection fraction of 40%, with global hypokinesia, suggestive of myocarditis. …”
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Primary Vaginal Myeloid Sarcoma: A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature by Gaurang Modi, Irappa Madabhavi, Harsha Panchal, Apurva Patel, Asha Anand, Sonia Parikh, Pritam Jain, Swaroop Revannasiddaiah, Malay Sarkar

“…The patient’s routine blood investigations were normal including peripheral smear, lactose dehydrogenase, uric acid, 2D echocardiography, conventional cytogenetics, bone marrow aspiration, and biopsy. …”
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Congenital pulmonic and aortic stenosis in Newfoundland dogs: Results of a 14-year French cardiovascular screening program (921 dogs). by Valérie Chetboul, Constance Fauveau, Peggy Passavin

“…All dogs underwent physical examination and standard transthoracic echocardiography with concomitant ECG tracing. All examinations were reviewed by one single board-certified specialist in cardiology.…”
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Evaluation of the longitudinal deformation of left ventricle and its changes in myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease with obstructive coronary artery lesions by N.V. Tytarenko, M.P. Kopytsya, I.V. Rodionova, A.V. Kobets

“…The review provides data on a new method of ultrasound diagnostics – speckle tracking echocardiography in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease with obstructive coronary artery lesions, the advantages of the global longitudinal strain (GLS) compared to the existing echocardiographic indicators of global systolic and segmental systolic function. …”
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Cardiac Troponin T and Illness Severity in the Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infant by Danielle N. Lopes, José M. Moraes Ramos, Maria Elizabeth Lopes Moreira, Jofre A. Cabral, Manoel de Carvalho, José Maria de Andrade Lopes

“…All VLBW infants admitted to our NICU were included in the study. Echocardiography and blood samples for cTnT determination were collected at 24 and 48 hours of life, and values >0.1 ng/mL were considered CTnT-positive values. …”
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Expression of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products in Epicardial Fat: Link with Tissue Thickness and Local Insulin Resistance in Coronary Artery Disease by Elena Dozio, Elena Vianello, Silvia Briganti, John Lamont, Lorenza Tacchini, Gerd Schmitz, Massimiliano Marco Corsi Romanelli

“…EAT thickness was quantified by echocardiography. Anthropometric measures and clinical parameters were taken. …”
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Not “Much Room” in the Heart: A Rare Case of a Massive Intracardiac Candida Mass by Ali Haider Jafry, Sardar Hassan Ijaz, Murtaza Mazhar, Areeba Shahnawaz, Ali Yousif

“…Transthoracic (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a large mobile right atrial mass (4 cm × 6 cm × 2.5 cm), extending to the right ventricular outflow tract. …”
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Clinical manifestations in Egyptian Pompe disease patients: Molecular variability and enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) outcomes by Mohamed Abdelghafar Hussein, Heba ElTaher, Ranim Mahmoud, Donia Sobh, Mohammad Al-Haggar

“…The diagnosis was confirmed by molecular genetic testing using PCR amplification and sequencing of the acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA) gene. Routine two-D echocardiography, and multi-parametric ECG-gated cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) were done to patients six months after starting enzyme replacement therapy (ERT). …”
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Surgical treatment of left ventricular aneurysm of posterior basal localization by V.I. Ursulenko, О.K. Gogaeva, L.V. Jacob, M.L. Rudenko, N.M. Verich

“…The efficiency of the developed technique of aneurysm resection and plastics was studied by intraoperative data, ECG, echocardiography and computer tomography heart catheteterization, markers of myocardial damage. …”
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Anomalous Left Coronary Artery Connected to the Pulmonary Artery in a 15-Year-Old Girl: Case Report and Discussion on Secondary Prevention of Sudden Death by Jérémy Laïk, Virginie Fouilloux, Philippe Aldebert, Linda Koutbi, Jérôme Hourdain, Philippe De Swardt, Fabrice Tiger, Anne Bellemain-Appaix, François Bernasconi, Laurent Jacq

“…Postoperative ECG monitoring showed short episodes of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. Transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac MRI revealed subendocardial fibrosis of the anterolateral papillary muscle. …”
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Persistent Cutibacterium (Formerly Propionibacterium) acnes Bacteremia and Refractory Endocarditis in a Patient with Retained Implantable Pacemaker Leads by M. Freedman, J. O. Aflatooni, R. Foster, P. G. Haggerty, C. J. Derber

“…Transesophageal echocardiography was required to confirm the diagnosis in the setting of multiple positive blood cultures and negative transthoracic echocardiograms over a period of 4 years. …”
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An atypical case of infective endocarditis initially diagnosed as myopericarditis by Negin Ceraolo, Rachel Dietz, Spencer Prete, Erin L Simon

“…Diagnosis relies on clinical evaluation, blood cultures to identify the causative organism, and echocardiography to visualize vegetations on heart valves. …”
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ICD Pocket-Site Infection Secondary to Gonococcal Bacteremia: The First Reported Case by Sardar Hassan Ijaz, Ali Haider Jafry, Areeba Shahnawaz, Mark Allee

“…Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography was concerning for infective endocarditis and lead vegetations. …”
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Impact of Gender on the Association of Epicardial Fat Thickness, Obesity, and Circadian Blood Pressure Pattern in Hypertensive Patients by In Kyoung Shim, Kyoung-Im Cho, Hyun-Su Kim, Jung-Ho Heo, Tae Joon Cha

“…A total of 441 patients with EH (male/female: 236/205, mean age: 50.7 ± 13.8) and 83 control patients underwent 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring and echocardiography. Obese EH patients had higher circadian BP profile with BP variability, wall thickness, and left ventricular mass than nonobese EH patients and controls (all p’s <0.05) without gender differences. …”
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Dasatinib-Induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treated with Upfront Combination Therapy by Makoto Nishimori, Tomoyuki Honjo, Kenji Kaihotsu, Naohiko Sone, Sachiko Yoshikawa, Junichi Imanishi, Kazuhiko Nakayama, Noriaki Emoto, Masanori Iwahashi

“…Chest X-ray showed significant bilateral pleural effusion and heart enlargement. Echocardiography revealed interventricular septal compression and elevated peak tricuspid regurgitation pressure gradient of 66.7 mmHg indicating severe pulmonary hypertension. …”
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Cardiac Function in Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Lymphoma by Mark K. Friedberg, Ido Solt, Myriam Weyl-Ben-Arush, Yulia Braver, Avraham Lorber

“…We prospectively evaluated 45 survivors of childhood lymphoma, using clinical parameters, electrocardiography and echocardiography. Further comparisons were made between lymphoma subgroups and between males and females. …”
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Loss of PKM2 dysregulates inflammatory signaling in the infarcted murine heart by Katie C. Y. Lee, Allison L. Williams, Akitoshi Hara, Vedbar S. Khadka, Jeffrey Hayashi, Ralph V. Shohet

“…We examined the role of PKM2 physiological upregulation after MI, modeled by ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery, using global PKM2 knockout (PKM2−/−) mice. Echocardiography showed similar cardiac function between PKM2−/− and control mice after MI. …”
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Chronic C-Type Natriuretic Peptide Infusion Attenuates Angiotensin II-Induced Myocardial Superoxide Production and Cardiac Remodeling by Yasuhiro Izumiya, Satoshi Araki, Hiroki Usuku, Taku Rokutanda, Shinsuke Hanatani, Hisao Ogawa

“…Treatment with CNP decreased Ang II-induced cardiac hypertrophy without affecting systolic blood pressure. Echocardiography showed that CNP attenuated Ang II-induced increase in wall thickness, left ventricular dilatation, and decrease in fractional shortening. …”
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Robotically assisted mitral valve repair using the butterfly technique in a patient with a narrow chest by Suguru Tatsuki, Makoto Hashimoto, Ryuji Koshima

“…Transesophageal echocardiography revealed severe mitral regurgitation with posterior leaflet prolapse. …”
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An in silico analysis of heart rate impact on wall shear stress hemodynamic parameters in aortic coarctation by Jie Wang, Emily Manchester, Alex Skillen, Malebogo Ngoepe, Bernard Keavney, Alistair Revell

“…Computed tomography angiography segments aortic coarctation anatomy; Doppler echocardiography derives inlet flow waveforms. Simulations occur at 100, 120, and 160 beats per minute, representing reduced, resting, and elevated HR levels. …”
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