384 Results Found

Background and objectives: The optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) is indicative of elevated intracranial pressure. However, the usefulness of the ONSD for predicting neurologic outcomes in cardiac arrest survivals has been debatable. Reportedly, the...

Background: Optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) and its ratio to eyeball transverse diameter (ETD; ONSD/ETD) are potential markers for elevated intracranial pressure in comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). However, their progno...

Background and Objectives: Recent studies have demonstrated that pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a vascular disease that extends beyond the pulmonary vasculature. PAH has been associated with increased intramural coronary arteriolar medial t...

To investigate the association between Aorta (Ao), pulmonary artery (PA) diameters and the PA/Ao ratio with right (RV) and left ventricle (LV) volumetric properties in subjects free of cardiovascular diseases. In the KORA-MRI study, 339 subjects (mea...

Background: Chest X-rays are among the most frequently used imaging tests in medical practice. We aimed to assess the prognostic value of the cardio–thoracic ratio (CTR) and transverse cardiac diameter (TCD) and compare them with novel chest X-...

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal disease caused by mutation in the dystrophin gene. Currently there is no cure for DMD. We introduced a novel human Dystrophin Expressing Chimeric (DEC) cell therapy of myoblast origin and confirmed the sa...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD), including heart failure, is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly among African Americans. Exposure to ambient air pollution, such as that produced by vehicular traffic, is believed to be associated with...

Background: Cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) and transverse cardiac diameter (TCD) are parameters that are used to assess cardiac size on chest radiographs (CXRs). We aimed to investigate the performance and efficiency of artificial intelligence (AI) in sc...

The purpose of this study was to provide a systematic meta-analysis on echocardiographic measurements in normal Thoroughbred and Standardbred horses. The current systematic meta-analysis followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews a...

Semantic segmentation for diagnosing chest-related diseases like cardiomegaly, emphysema, pleural effusions, and pneumothorax is a critical yet understudied tool for identifying the chest anatomy. A dangerous disease among these is cardiomegaly, in w...

Background: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) via right minithoracotomy is a safe, reproducible approach with excellent outcomes and reduced costs compared to median sternotomy. Despite careful patient selection, conversion to sternotomy occu...

The optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) can help predict the neurologic outcomes of patients with post-cardiac arrest (CA) return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). We aimed to investigate the effect of ONSD changes before and after CA on neurologic o...

We aimed to identify the efficacy of optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) in predicting mortality and poor neurological outcomes (PNO) in post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS) by the measurement time of outcomes. We conducted an extensive literature sear...

Background: Visual estimation (VE) of coronary stenoses is the first step during invasive coronary angiography. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of VE together with invasive functional assessment (IFA) in defining the functional sig...

Drug-coated balloons (DCBs) have emerged as an alternative to drug-eluting stents (DESs) in percutaneous coronary intervention, delivering antiproliferative drugs without leaving a permanent implant. This review provides a comparative analysis of sir...

The aim of this retrospective study is to show medium-long-term results in terms of cardiac death and aortic events in patients undergoing reduction ascending aortoplasty between 1997 and 2009 in our hospital. The Fine and Grey model for competing ri...

Objective: Advanced age is a risk factor in cardiac surgery contributing significantly to a worse outcome. The reasons are frailty and multimorbidity. In this study, we asked: Is there an aging of the heart which differs from chronological age? Metho...

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between blood lipid levels and the differences in cardiac structure and function of trained and untrained Yili horses as related to exercise performance. We utilized quantitative lipidomics te...

Hypoglycemic medications are widely used in managing diabetes mellitus, with emerging evidence suggesting their role in cardiac reverse remodeling. This systematic review aims to quantitatively synthesize data regarding the impact of these medication...

The imbalanced network of adipokines may contribute to the development of systemic low-grade inflammation, metabolic diseases and coronary artery disease (CAD). In the last decade, three classic adipokines—adiponectin, leptin and resistin—have been o...

Background: Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPSs) are a group of rare inherited metabolic disorders that can damage various organs, including the heart. Cardiac abnormalities have been observed in patients with all MPS types, with the most documented abnormal...

Introduction: Centhaquine is a resuscitative agent that acts on α2B adrenergic receptors. Its effect on cardiac output in hypovolemic shock patients has not been reported. Methods: This pilot study was conducted in 12 hypovolemic shock patients...

Background: Homocysteine (Hcy) is involved in various methylation processes, and its plasma level is increased in cardiac ischemia. Thus, we hypothesized that levels of homocysteine correlate with the morphological and functional remodeling of ischem...

Endothelial dysfunction has been shown to be an important risk factor in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, hypertension, and heart failure. The flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) of the peripheral arteries is an endothelium-dependent function, which...

Background: Mitral annular disjunction (MAD), a mitral annular abnormality involving the whole mitral valve annulus circumference, commonly detected in individuals with mitral valve prolapse (MVP), has been recently recognized as a potential risk fac...

Background: The role of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) remains to be defined. Methods: A consecutive series of outpatients with chronic heart failure—heart failure with reduced ejection...

Variants in cardiac myosin-binding protein C (cMyBP-C) are the leading cause of inherited hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), demonstrating the key role that cMyBP-C plays in the heart’s contractile machinery. To investigate the c-MYBPC3 HCM-rel...

Background and objectives: Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is the gold standard method for the detection of ventricular volumes and myocardial edema/scar. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) imaging is primarily used in the evaluation of ca...

Background: The most commonly known cardiac effect of gestational diabetes mellitus (GD) in the fetus is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, but recent studies show that it is preceded by subclinical cardiac dysfunction. This study aimed to assess the effec...

Obesity is a prevalent metabolic disorder associated with various diseases, including cardiovascular conditions. While exercise is recognized as an effective approach for preventing and treating obesity, its underlying molecular mechanisms remain unc...

Background: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder characterized by non-caseating granulomas in various organs. While cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is clinically rare, it has significant implications, including heart failure, ventricular arrhythmias, and s...

This review article focuses on the use of canine M-mode in veterinary medicine, specifically in assessing the left ventricle measurements in several breeds. It traces the historical development of echocardiography techniques, including A-mode, B-mode...

Background: Iatrogenic distal coronary artery perforation can be a life-threatening complication. While there are different dedicated devices for the embolization of distal perforations, there are scarce data about the embolization using the fragment...

Aims: This study aimed to assess which variables on coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) and vasodilator stress-echocardiography (SE) are best associated with long-term cardiac outcome in patients presenting for suspected chronic coronary s...

Introduction: Exercise is an important therapeutic strategy for preventing and treating myocardial infarction (MI)-induced cardiac remodeling and heart failure. However, the myocardial effects of resistance exercise on infarcted hearts are not comple...

Objectives: In the United States, the real-world feasibility and outcome of using fractional flow reserve from coronary computed tomography angiography (FFRCT) is unknown. We sought to determine whether a strategy that combined coronary computed tomo...

Background: Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) requires accurate pre- and intraprocedural measurements, and multimodality imaging is an essential tool for guiding the procedure. Two-dimensional (2D TOE) and three-dimensional (3D TOE) t...

Background: Wild-type transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (wtATTR-CM) is characterized by heart failure, conduction abnormalities and arrhythmias. The incidence of ventricular arrhythmias, particularly ventricular tachycardias (VTs), in wtATTR-CM is...

Background and Objectives: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a clinical condition with high mortality rates, particularly in patients over 65. Current guidelines recommend assessing the likelihood of pulmonary hypertension (LPH) using advanced echocardi...

The assessment of aortic root dimensions is a cornerstone in cardiac pre-participation screening as dilation can result in severe cardiac events. Moreover, it can be a hint for an underlying connective tissue disease, which needs individualized sport...

The three-vessel view (3VV) is a standardized transverse scanning plane used in fetal cardiac ultrasound screening to measure the absolute and relative diameters of the pulmonary artery (PA), ascending aorta (Ao), and superior vena cava, as required....

Extracellular volume fraction (ECV) analysis on computed tomography (CT) is now available. The purpose of this study was to assess the usefulness of CT-derived ECV analysis for predicting outcomes in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). O...

Background: Cardiac involvement in sarcoidosis is often subclinical, with late manifestations associated with poorer prognosis. Speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) is gaining attention due to its ability to detect subclinical alterations in myoca...

In this study, we evaluate the effect of HO-1 upregulation on blood pressure and cardiac function in the new model of infarct spontaneous hypertensive rats (ISHR). Male spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR) at 13 weeks (n = 40) and age-matched male Wis...

Obesity can induce cardiovascular diseases in both humans and animals. Heart rate variability (HRV) is an indicator of sympathovagal balance and is used to identify cardiovascular diseases in humans. However, HRV and cardiac function have rarely been...

In patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), death secondary to cardiac or respiratory failure typically occurs in the second or third decade without treatment. Although cardiac dysfunction is treated with standard heart-failure strategies, it...

Background and Objectives: Appropriate catheter selection when conducting transradial coronary angiography (CAG) helps shorten examination time, preventing vascular complications and lowering medical expense. However, catheter selection is made based...

Fenpropathrin, a pyrethroid insecticide, has been widely used for many years in agricultural fields. It works by disturbing the voltage-gated sodium channel, leading to paralysis and the death of the target animal. While past studies have focused on...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a minimally invasive procedure for treating severe aortic stenosis, where optimal vascular access route selection is critical to reduce complications. It requires careful selection of the iliac artery...

Background: Acute subdural hematoma (aSDH) is associated with a high risk of epilepsy, a complication linked to poor outcomes. Craniotomy is a known risk factor, with an epilepsy incidence of approximately 25%. This study evaluated radiomic features...