Possible Usefulness of Gadolinium-Enhanced Brain MRI for Evaluating Risk of Perioperative Hemorrhage: A Case of Infective Endocarditis by Chikahiko Koeda, Atsushi Tashiro, Tomohiro Takahashi, Masanobu Niiyama, Ryohei Sakamoto, Takumi Kimura, Yoshihiro Morino, Katsutoshi Terui, Ryoichi Tanaka, Kunihiro Yoshioka, Hajime Kin, Hitoshi Okabayashi, Motoyuki Nakamura

“…A 59-year-old woman visited a local hospital for fever and was diagnosed as having infective endocarditis (IE) on the basis of blood cultures and transthoracic echocardiography. Based on clinical episodes of subarachnoid hemorrhage after admission, it was judged that she was not a good candidate for urgent open heart surgery, and it was decided to treat her with conservative medical therapy for the acute phase. …”
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Karakteristik Pasien Penyakit Jantung Rematik yang Dirawat Inap di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Marhamah Hasnul, Najirman , Yanwirasti

“…Based on chest X-ray examination majority of the patients showed a cardiomegaly (92.59%). Based on echocardiography examination, the most heart valve damage is mitral regurgitation (30.40%), the severity is severe (36.80%), and the fraction ejection is in normal limit (72.97%). …”
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A systematic literature review to evaluate the cardiac and cerebrovascular outcomes of patients with Fabry disease treated with agalsidase Beta by Gavin Y. Oudit, Gavin Y. Oudit, Pronabesh DasMahapatra, Nicole Lyn, Florence R. Wilson, Adekemi Adeyemi, Chae Sung Lee, Ana Crespo, Mehdi Namdar

“…Reductions in interventricular septal thickness (IVST) and/or left ventricular posterior wall thickness (LVPWT) were demonstrated in six studies (follow-up 1–6 years, n = 4 using echocardiography, n = 2 cardiac MRI). IVST ranged from 12.1–14.9 mm at baseline and 10.8–14.1 mm at follow-up (all p < 0.05). …”
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THE ROLE OF PARASTERNAL MEDIASTINOTOMY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF MEDIASTINAL TUMORS by O. V. Pikin, A. B. Ryabov, A. O. Alexandrov, D. A. Vursol, A. M. Amiraliev

“…MRI of the brain was performed in patients with neurological symptoms. 12-lead ECG, echocardiography, and a study of the function of external respiration were performed to assess the functional status of patients.Results. …”
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Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease – A multicenter observational study from India by Sham Santhanam, Pravin Patil, Mohit Goyal, C B Mithun, Parthajit Das, Kavitha Mohanasundaram, Neeraj Jain, Vijaya Prasanna, Keerthi Talari, Himanshu Pathak, Parshant Aggarwal, Deepika Ponnuru, Vikram Raj Jain, Sharath Kumar

“…Information on demographics, duration of symptoms, diagnosis, comorbidities, autoantibodies, lung imaging, pulmonary function testing (PFT), echocardiography (ECHO), treatment, immunization, and admissions for exacerbations was obtained. …”
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Cathepsin-D and outcomes in peripartum cardiomyopathy: Results from IPAC by Vincenzo B. Polsinelli, Karen Hanley-Yanez, Charles F. McTiernan, Kalgi Modi, Jennifer Haythe, Hal Skopicki, Uri Elkayam, Leslie T. Cooper, Jr, James D. Fett, Dennis M. McNamara

“…Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was assessed by echocardiography at entry, 6, and 12-months. CD levels were compared to healthy PP and non-PP controls. …”
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Comprehensive Assessment of the Risk of Symptomatic Embolism in Patients With Infective Endocarditis by Sebastian D. Santos‐Patarroyo, Juan A. Quintero‐Martinez, Brian D. Lahr, Supavit Chesdachai, Daniel C. DeSimone, Hector R. Villarraga, Hector I. Michelena, Larry M. Baddour

“…Methods and Results The Mayo Clinic IE registry was screened to identify patients from 2015 to 2021 who had undergone transesophageal echocardiography. Multivariable subdistribution hazards regression analysis was used to identify factors associated with the cumulative incidence of symptomatic embolism over 30 days accounting for the competing risk of death. …”
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Establishment and validation of a nomogram for coronary artery lesions in children with Kawasaki disease by Chong Hu, Chong Hu, Xiao Yan, Henglian Song, Qin Dong, Qin Dong, Changying Yi, Changying Yi, Jianzhi Li, Jianzhi Li, Xin Lv, Xin Lv

“…All the participants were divided into the CAL group and no CAL group according to their coronary echocardiography results. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression was applied for the identification of the most informative predictors of CAL. …”
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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Syndrome as a Risk Factor for Ventricular Tachycardia in Chronic Heart Failure with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction by M. V. Fadeeva, M. R. Skhirtladze, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Conventional biochemical and hematological tests , ECG and echocardiography were performed. The level of the N-terminal fragment of the brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and nonspecific inflammatory markers (C-reactive protein (CRP), fibrinogen, leukocytes, lymphocytes, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio) were studied. …”
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Aortic Stiffness, Left Ventricle Hypertrophy, and Homogeneity of Ventricle Repolarization in Adult Dialyzed Patients by Tomasz Zapolski, Andrzej Jaroszyński, Anna Drelich-Zbroja, Anna Wysocka, Jacek Furmaga, Andrzej Wysokiński, Andrzej Książek, Małgorzata Szczerbo-Trojanowska, Sławomir Rudzki

“…Three-dimensional vectorocardiographic (VCG) monitoring was done to assess: QRS-𝑇angle, 𝑇el and 𝑇az. Echocardiography was performed to assess: Aomax, Aomin, ASI (aortic siffness index). …”
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Outcomes of Worsened Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Hu Z, Wang C, Luo S, Yang B, Zheng S, Hu X, Sun Y, Chen J, Fu M, Fan R, Luo J, Li J

“…Routine post-TAVR echocardiography should focus on other metrics rather than acute LVEF changes.Keywords: aortic stenosis, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, left ventricular ejection fraction…”
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Metagenomic Sequencing Combined with Metabolomics to Explore Gut Microbiota and Metabolic Changes in Mice with Acute Myocardial Infarction and the Potential Mechanism of Allicin by Gao Y, Qin G, Liang S, Yin J, Wang B, Jiang H, Liu M, Luo F, Li X

“…The cardioprotective effects of allicin treatment were comprehensively assessed using echocardiography, histopathological examinations, intestinal barrier function, and serum inflammatory factors. …”
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The importance of the Autostrain RV technique in the treatment of right ventricular myocardial alterations in patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy by Yan Liang, Ping Du, Yabo Song, Xinshi Li, Yingying Han, Hongfang Dongye, Hongqiang Liu, Jinqiu Li

“…To examine the changes in various cardiac function parameters before and after chemotherapy, two-dimensional echocardiography was employed 48 h before chemotherapy, 48 h after the fourth cycle of chemotherapy, and 48 h after the eighth cycle of chemotherapy, respectively. …”
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Exercise training partly ameliorates cardiac dysfunction in mice during doxorubicin treatment of breast cancer by Tytti-Maria Uurasmaa, Pauline Bourdin, Wail Nammas, Shiva Latifi, Heidi Liljenbäck, Antti Saraste, Olli Eskola, Johan Rajander, Anne Roivainen, Helene Rundqvist, Anu Autio, Ilkka Heinonen, Katja Anttila

“…Mice underwent 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography and echocardiography after two and four DOX-doses. The cardiac histology, oxidative stress, maximal metabolic enzyme activities, and mitochondrial respiration were analyzed. …”
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Metallothioneins 1 and 2 Modulate Inflammation and Support Remodeling in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy in Mice by Georg D. Duerr, Daniela Dewald, Eva J. Schmitz, Luise Verfuerth, Katharina Keppel, Christine Peigney, Alexander Ghanem, Armin Welz, Oliver Dewald

“…Hearts were examined with M-mode echocardiography and processed for histological and mRNA studies. …”
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Suspicion, screening, and diagnosis of wild‐type transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy: a systematic literature review by Katrine Bay, Finn Gustafsson, Michael Maiborg, Anne Bagger‐Bahnsen, Anne Mette Strand, Trine Pilgaard, Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen

“…Recent advances in echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), non‐invasive diagnosis by bone scintigraphy, and the development of disease‐modifying treatments have resulted in an increased interest, reflected in multiple publications especially during the last decade. …”
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Arbovirus exposure and subclinical myocardial dysfunction in an Indigenous population in Northeast Brazil: a cross-sectional study by Jandir Mendonça Nicacio, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Ricardo Khouri, Vanessa Cardoso Pereira, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo, Pedro Vinícius Amorim de Medeiros Patriota, Sávio Luiz Pereira Nunes, Jeová Cordeiro de Morais Júnior, Manoel Barral-Netto, João Augusto Costa Lima, Anderson da Costa Armstrong

“…Additionally, we explored the relationship between these viruses and subclinical heart disease, assessed by speckle-tracking echocardiography-derived GLS. Results One hundred seventy-four participants were included, with a median age of 45.0 years (interquartile range 38.0–55.0). …”
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NF-κB-Specific Suppression in Cardiomyocytes Unveils Aging-Associated Responses in Cardiac Tissue by Letícia Aparecida Lopes Morgado, Larissa Maria Zacarias Rodrigues, Daiane Cristina Floriano Silva, Bruno Durante da Silva, Maria Claudia Costa Irigoyen, Ana Paula Cremasco Takano

“…<b>Results</b>: Kaplan–Meier analysis revealed reduced survival in 3M mice compared to WT. Echocardiography showed evidence of eccentric hypertrophy, and both diastolic and systolic dysfunction in 3M mice. …”
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Inferior vena cava diameter in patients with chronic heart failure and chronic kidney disease: a retrospective study by Jianan Li, Chi Wang, Hui wu Dong, Jing Qi, Chongyou Rao, Qiuyang Li, Kunlun He

“…All patients underwent standardized echocardiography examination and data on demographic characteristics, medical history, and laboratory tests were recorded. …”
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Knockdown ATG5 gene by rAAV9 alleviates doxorubicin-induced cardiac toxicity by inhibiting GATA4 autophagic degradation by Ai-Li Xu, Zheng Shen, Shi-Hao Wang, Hai-Yun Luan, Yong Xu, Ze-Chun Kang, Zi-Qi Liao, Jie Liu, Xiao-Lei Duan, Wei-Hua Bian, Hui Sun, Xin Xie

“…Heart function was determined using echocardiography, and cardiac tissue was assessed for protein expression, mRNA levels, fibrosis, and immunofluorescent staining. …”
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