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Guidance for performance, utilization, and education of cardiac and lung point-of-care ultrasonography from the Japanese Society of Echocardiography
In recent years, bedside ultrasound examinations have been used in many clinical departments and are called point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). Regarding POCUS in the cardiac field, a protocol called focus (focu...
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Guideline from the Japanese society of echocardiography: guidance for the management and maintenance of echocardiography equipment: 2022 focused update
Echocardiography plays a pivotal role as an imaging modality in modern cardiology practice. Information derived from echocardiography is essential for patient care. The Japanese Society of Echocardiography has...
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Open AccessPractical guidance for echocardiography for cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction
The prognosis of patients with cancer has improved due to an early diagnosis of cancer and advances in cancer treatment. There are emerging reports on cardiotoxicity in cancer treatment and on cardiovascular d...
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Study protocol for prospect trial to elucidate the utility of echocardiography-based cardiac output in acute heart failure (PREDICT)
Early worsening heart failure (WHF), defined as worsening of symptoms and signs of heart failure requiring intensification of medical or mechanical therapy during an admission for acute decompensated heart fai...
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Open AccessEffects of 6-month eicosapentaenoic acid treatment on postprandial hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, insulin secretion ability, and concomitant endothelial dysfunction among newly-diagnosed impaired glucose metabolism patients with coronary artery disease. An open label, single blinded, prospective randomized controlled trial
Recent experimental studies have revealed that n-3 fatty acids, such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) regulate postprandial insulin secretion, and correct postprandial glucose and lipid abnormalities. However, t...
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Open AccessManaging the patients of heart failure with the data from cardiac MRI and endomyocardial biopsy
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Open AccessFeature tracking measurement of dyssynchrony from cardiovascular magnetic resonance cine acquisitions: comparison with echocardiographic speckle tracking
Analysis of left ventricular (LV) mechanical dyssynchrony may provide incremental prognostic information regarding cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) response in addition to QRS width alone. Our objective...
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Capability of three-dimensional speckle tracking radial strain for identification of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis
Since cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) leads to substantial morbidity and sudden death, early diagnosis and appropriate management are crucial for patients with CS. Echocardiography used to be considered a useful diag...
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The Contemporary Role of Echocardiography in Improving Patient Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is an important therapy for heart failure patients with widened electrocardiographic QRS complexes and depressed ejection fractions, however, approximately one-third do ...
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Open AccessStrain dyssynchrony index determined by three-dimensional speckle area tracking can predict response to cardiac resynchronization therapy
We have previously reported strain dyssynchrony index assessed by two-dimensional speckle tracking strain, and a marker of both dyssynchrony and residual myocardial contractility, can predict response to cardi...
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Open AccessNonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis associated with cancer of unknown origin complicated with thrombus in the left auricular appendage: case report
A 63-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a complaint of right lateroabdominal pain. He was diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer, and then developed multiple brain embolic infarctions 7 days after ...
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Isolated true parachute mitral valve in an asymptomatic elderly patient
We report the extremely rare case of a 73-year-old asymptomatic patient who has an isolated true parachute mitral valve (PMV). In the echocardiographic examination, the parasternal long-axis view showed a sing...
