Increased Risk of Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmia in Long-Lasting Psoriasis Patients by Hakki Simsek, Musa Sahin, Aytac Akyol, Serkan Akdag, Hatice Uce Ozkol, Hasan Ali Gumrukcuoglu, Yilmaz Gunes

“…Ninety-four outpatient psoriasis patients and 51 healthy people were evaluated by physical examination, 12-lead ECG, and transthoracic echocardiography. Severity of the psoriasis was evaluated by psoriasis area and severity index (PASI). …”
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Immediate and Intermediate-Term Outcomes of Infants With Transposition of Great Arteries Who Underwent Balloon Atrial Septostomy in Sudan by Sulafa K. M. Ali, Amna Elsheikh, Mohammed Abdulrahman Alhassan

“…BAS was performed under fluoroscopy and echocardiography guidance with immediate success achieved in 98% of patients. …”
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Clinical value of quantitative echocardiographic features in preterm infants with necrotizing enterocolitis by Wenmei li, Wenqiang Sun, Zexi Sun, Huawei Wang, Xueping Zhu

“…Preterm infants with NEC have significant abnormalities in some quantitative features on echocardiography within 3 days after birth, and a lower P may be a risk factor for the development of NEC.…”
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Dapagliflozin inhibits ferroptosis to improve chronic heart failure by regulating Nrf2/HO-1/GPX4 signaling pathway. by Jing Zhang, Xuefeng Chen, Shilin Lv, Qingqing Hao

“…Dapagliflozin was given by force-feeding method. Echocardiography was used to assess cardiac function, HE staining to evaluate pathological changes in the heart, Prussia blue staining to observe iron ions in myocardial tissue, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to determine serum levels of the inflammatory factors interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) at the end of week 12 and/or the end of week 16. …”
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Pulmonary Embolism and Intracardiac Type A Thrombus with an Unexpected Outcome by João Português, Lucy Calvo, Margarida Oliveira, Vítor Hugo Pereira, Joana Guardado, Mário Rui Lourenço, Olga Azevedo, Francisco Ferreira, Filipa Canário-Almeida, António Lourenço

“…Computed tomography revealed bilateral PE and the presence of a right atrial thrombus. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a free-floating type A thrombus in the right atrium, protruding into the right ventricle, and signs of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricle dysfunction. …”
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Voluminous Intrapericardial Lipoma Mimicking Pericardial Effusion by Fabíola Prado de Morais, Noah Romero Nakajima, Olívia Félix Marconi Andalécio, Pedro de Santana Prudente, Guilherme Emílio Ferreira, Andrea de Martino Luppi, Fernando Costa Mundim, Olga Maria Lima Aguiar, Juliana Salomão Daud Melo, Bruno de Carvalho Dornelas

“…A voluminous mass resembling fat within the pericardial sac was revealed by transesophageal echocardiography and a computed tomography scan. The tumor was removed successfully by a subxiphoid surgical approach. …”
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The Polymorphism of the ACE Gene Affects Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Causes Disturbances in Left Ventricular Systolic/Diastolic Function in Patients with Autosomal Dominant Po... by Maria Wanic-Kossowska, Bartlomiej Posnik, Mikolaj Kobelski, Elzbieta Pawliczak, Krzysztof Pawlaczyk, Krzysztof Hoppe, Krzysztof Schwermer, Dorota Sikorska

“…The aim of the study was to analyse cardiovascular complications in ADPKD patients with a focus on left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and selected components of its systolic/diastolic function based on echocardiography. The study was conducted on 55 patients with ADPKD (24 males, 31 females), subdivided into three groups according to the stage of chronic kidney disease (CKD). …”
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Heart in Acromegaly: The Echocardiographic Characteristics of Patients Diagnosed with Acromegaly in Various Stages of the Disease by Agata Popielarz-Grygalewicz, Jakub S. Gąsior, Aleksandra Konwicka, Paweł Grygalewicz, Maria Stelmachowska-Banaś, Wojciech Zgliczyński, Marek Dąbrowski

“…To determine whether the echocardiographic presentation allows for diagnosis of acromegalic cardiomyopathy. 140 patients with acromegaly underwent echocardiography as part of routine diagnostics. The results were compared with the control group comprising of 52 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers. …”
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Infectious and Noninfectious Acute Pericarditis in Children: An 11-Year Experience by Nahed Abdel-Haq, Zeinab Moussa, Mohamed Hani Farhat, Leela Chandrasekar, Basim I. Asmar

“…Purulent pericarditis is most commonly caused by Staphylococcus aureus and is associated with significant morbidity, need of surgical intervention, and prolonged antibiotic therapy. Echocardiography-guided thoracocentesis remains the preferred diagnostic and therapeutic approach. …”
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Protocol for Home-Based Solution for Remote Atrial Fibrillation Screening to Prevent Recurrence Stroke (HUA-TUO AF Trial): a randomised controlled trial by Jing Tan, Yan Liang, Yong Liu, Wei Jiang, Duo Huang, Ning Tan, Chung-Wah Siu, Jo Jo Hai, Xiaoyu Huang, Jianfeng Ye, Ji-yan Chen, Chun Ka Wong, Mi Zhou, Li-Xue Yin, Ming-Liang Zuo, Kui Kai Lau, Zhen Lei, Yingqing Feng, Bryan P Yan, Wen-Sheng Yue, Wen-Jun Zhang, Yuk-Ming Lau, Hin-Wai LUI, Koon-Ho Chan, Toi Meng Mok, Weng-Chio Tam, Kun-Chong Tam, Xiuhua Feng, Xiaofei Jiang, Guanming Tan, Mario Alberto Evora

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Advancements in Managing Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity: Insights from Interventional Clinical Trials by Zhao M, Zhang X, Zhou D, Song J

“…Advanced monitoring techniques, including global longitudinal strain (GLS)-guided echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and novel biomarkers (cfDNA, microRNA), showed promise in early AIC detection. …”
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Enhancing pediatric congenital heart disease detection using customized 1D CNN algorithm and phonocardiogram signals by Ihtisham Ul Haq, Ghassan Husnain, Yazeed Yasin Ghadi, Nisreen Innab, Masoud Alajmi, Hanan Aljuaid

“…Early detection is crucial, however constrained by the intricacies of conventional diagnostic techniques such as auscultation and echocardiography. This research presents a tailored one-dimensional convolutional neural network (1D-CNN) for the classification of phonocardiogram (PCG) signals into normal or abnormal categories, providing an automated and efficient solution for congenital heart disease (CHD) diagnosis. …”
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Immediate management of a cirrhosis-induced severe pericardial effusion: a case report and review of the literature by Maryam Taheri, Arash Hassanpour Dargah, Pedram Ramezani, Mohsen Anafje, Amir Nasrollahizadeh, Pouya Ebrahimi, Mohammad Hossein Mandegar

“…Post-procedural management included continuous monitoring, repeat echocardiography, and a comprehensive pharmacological regimen addressing fluid overload, autoimmune hepatitis, and cardiac function. …”
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The evaluation of the predictors of left ventricular systolic function improvement in patients with severe aortic stenosis after aortic valve replacement by N.V. Ponych, O.J. Zharinov, O.A. Yepanchintseva, B.M. Todurov

“…All patients underwent clinical and instrumental investigations, including transthoracic echocardiography and coronary angiography. Patients were retrospectively divided into two groups: 48 (66.76 %) patients with left ventricular ejection fraction increased more than 30 % in the early post-surgery period, and 24 (33.3 %) – less than 30 %. …”
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Interaction between the Haptoglobin 2 Phenotype and Diabetes Mellitus on Systolic Pulmonary Arterial Pressure and Nitric Oxide Bioavailability in Hemodialysis Patients by Inbal Dahan, Evgeny Farber, Nadia Thauho, Nakhoul Nakhoul, Adi Francis, Mohamad Awawde, Andrew P. Levy, Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro, Swati Basu, Farid Nakhoul

“…To test our hypothesis we Hp typed and performed transthoracic echocardiography on a series of HD patients and stratified them into elevated and normal s-PAP groups and then evaluated whether there was a significant association between the Hp type, elevated s-PAP, and decreased NO bioavailability as defined by low plasma nitrite. …”
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HDAC Inhibition Modulates Cardiac PPARs and Fatty Acid Metabolism in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by Ting-I Lee, Yu-Hsun Kao, Wen-Chin Tsai, Cheng-Chih Chung, Yao-Chang Chen, Yi-Jen Chen

“…Electrocardiography, echocardiography, and western blotting were used to evaluate the electrophysiological activity, cardiac structure, fatty acid metabolism, inflammation, and PPAR isoform expressions in the control and streptozotocin-nicotinamide-induced DM rats with or without MPT0E014. …”
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Predictive value of epicardial fat thickness for left ventricular reverse remodeling after radiofrequency ablation in atrial fibrillation patients with left ventricular hypertrophy by Ke Hu, Wenhui Wang, Junping Zhen, Chunsong Kang

“…[Methods] A total of 50 patients with atrial fibrillation admitted to Shanxi Bethune Hospital from June 2021 to September 2023 were retrospectively collected.The clinical data of the patients were collected by electronic medical records.EFT was examined by echocardiography.The patients were divided into groups according to whether reverse remodeling was achieved.Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to analyze the factors of postoperative left ventricular reverse remodeling.ROC curve was used to analyze the predictive value of EFT. …”
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Large Right Atrial Thrombus Associated with Central Venous Catheter Requiring Open Heart Surgery by Nasir Hussain, Paul Eric Shattuck, Mourad Hussein Senussi, Erwin Velasquez Kho, Mubeenkhan Mohammedabdul, Devang K. Sanghavi, Usman Mustafa, Arvind Balavenkataraman, Dragic M. Obradovic

“…It also underscores the importance of transesophageal echocardiography in the detection of thrombus and perhaps guides clinicians on which treatment modality to be used according to the size of the thrombus.…”
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Coxiella Endocarditis as the Cause of Recurrent Fever and Brain Abscess in a Patient with Complex Congenital Heart Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review by Ioannis A. Ziogas, Alexandros P. Evangeliou, Olga Tsachouridou, Alexandra Arvanitaki, Afroditi Tsona, Vassilios Kamperidis, Marianthi Papagianni, Theofilos Panagiotidis, Ilias A. Tourtounis, George Giannakoulas, Symeon Metallidis

“…Cardiology consultation was requested, and transthoracic echocardiography revealed an intracardiac vegetation. Empiric antibiotic treatment with sultamicillin, gentamycin, and meropenem was initiated. …”
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A Deep Learning Approach to Classify Fabry Cardiomyopathy from Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Using Cine Imaging on Cardiac Magnetic Resonance by Wei-Wen Chen, Ling Kuo, Yi-Xun Lin, Wen-Chung Yu, Chien-Chao Tseng, Yenn-Jiang Lin, Ching-Chun Huang, Shih-Lin Chang, Jacky Chung-Hao Wu, Chun-Ku Chen, Ching-Yao Weng, Siwa Chan, Wei-Wen Lin, Yu-Cheng Hsieh, Ming-Chih Lin, Yun-Ching Fu, Tsung Chen, Shih-Ann Chen, Henry Horng-Shing Lu

“…However, differentiation between HCM and Fabry cardiomyopathy using echocardiography or MRI cine images is challenging for cardiologists. …”
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