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Echocardiographic characterization of age- and sex-associated differences in cardiac function and morphometry in nonhuman primates
Aging per se is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and is associated with progressive changes in cardiac structure and function. Rodent models are commonly used to study cardiac aging, but do not ...
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Open AccessSymptomatic post COVID patients have impaired alveolar capillary membrane function and high VE/VCO2
Post COVID-19 syndrome is characterized by several cardiorespiratory symptoms but the origin of patients’ reported symptomatology is still unclear.
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Open AccessEffects of sacubitril/valsartan on exercise capacity: a prognostic improvement that starts during uptitration
Sacubitril/valsartan is a mainstay of the treatment of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF); however, its effects on exercise performance yielded conflicting results. Aim of our study was to ev...
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Computed tomography predictors of structural valve degeneration in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation with balloon-expandable prostheses
Computed tomography (CT) provides excellent anatomy assessment of the aortic annulus (AoA) and is utilized for pre-procedural planning of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). We sought to investigat...
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Tricuspid annular dilation in patients undergoing early mitral valve surgery: is it an old story?
Patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP), undergoing early surgery for severe regurgitation, are usually characterized by a low degree of right chambers’ remodeling. In this selected population, the mechanism...
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T1 map** and cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking in mitral valve prolapse
T1 map** (T1-map) and cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking (CMR-FT) techniques have been introduced for the early detection of interstitial myocardial fibrosis and deformation abnormalities. We sought...
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Three-dimensional echocardiography investigation of the mechanisms of tricuspid annular dilatation
Tricuspid annular (TA) size, assessed by 2D transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), has a well-established prognostic value in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery, with TA dilatation triggering simultaneous...
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Multi-parametric “on board” evaluation of right ventricular function using three-dimensional echocardiography: feasibility and comparison to traditional two-and three dimensional echocardiographic measurements
Three-dimensional echocardiographic (3DE) of right ventricle (RV) has been validated in many clinical settings. However, the necessity of complicated and off–line dedicated software has reduced its diffusion. ...
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Three-Dimensional Echocardiography
The purpose of the present chapter is to review the most recent advances in real-time transthoracic and transesophageal three-dimensional echocardiography. The method has been shown to be feasible, accurate, a...
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Transthoracic echocardiography in patients undergoing mitral valve repair: comparison of new transthoracic 3D techniques to 2D transoesophageal echocardiography in the localization of mitral valve prolapse
Successful mitral valve (MV) repair for degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR) is mainly related to surgical expertise and MV anatomy. Although 2D echocardiography, specifically transoesophageal (TOE), provid...
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Open AccessThe impact of pericardial approach and myocardial protection onto postoperative right ventricle function reduction
The reduction of RV function after cardiac surgery is a well-known phenomenon. It could persist up-to one year after the operation and often leads to an incomplete recovery at follow-up echocardiographic contr...
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Right heart chamber geometry and tricuspid annulus morphology in patients undergoing mitral valve repair with and without tricuspid valve annuloplasty
According to current recommendations, patients could benefit from tricuspid valve (TV) annuloplasty at the time mitral valve (MV) surgery if tricuspid regurgitation is severe or if tricuspid annulus (TA) dilat...
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Incidence and severity of atherosclerotic cardiovascular artery disease in patients undergoing TAVI
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has extended the treatment options for severe, symptomatic aortic valve stenosis (AS). Risk factors for AS have been shown to be similar to atherosclerosis. Conse...
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Three-Dimensional Echocardiography of the Mitral Valve: Lessons Learned
Three-dimensional echocardiography has markedly improved our understanding of normal and pathologic mitral valve (MV) mechanics. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of three-dimensional (3D) data on the mitr...
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Three-Dimensional Echocardiography
The most recent advances in real-time three-dimensional transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography are reviewed. The method has been shown to be feasible, accurate, and useful in several diseases, havi...
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Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Right Ventricle
The right ventricle is a structurally and functionally complex chamber whose importance has been partially neglected previously. Right ventricular dimensions and function are known to be of diagnostic as well ...
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Real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography: a new intraoperative feasible and useful technology in cardiac surgery
A new generation of transoesophageal echocardiographic probes with a novel matrix array technique has been recently introduced, allowing three-dimensional (3D) presentation of cardiac structures in real-time. ...
