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Echo Res Pract
September 2025
Department of Clinical Physiology and, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Background: Post-systolic shortening (PSS) has emerged as a method for evaluating left ventricular dysfunction. We aimed to determine whether pathological PSS, alone or in combination with global longitudinal strain (GLS), is a prognostic factor for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in patients with type 2 diabetes. We prospectively investigated 364 patients with type 2 diabetes aged 55-65 years in the CARDIPP study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJACC Cardiovasc Imaging
August 2025
Department of Science Engineering and Technology, School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Echocardiography is the gateway to appropriate therapy for many cardiovascular diseases, but access to this test is sometimes challenging. The consequence is that patients in rural and remote areas need to travel for testing, and the resulting time and monetary costs may prove a barrier, especially for hospital inpatients. Delays in obtaining echocardiograms lead to delayed diagnosis and treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Cardiovasc Disord
August 2025
Department of Medicine, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA.
Background: Although lung ultrasound (LUS) can detect specific findings in decompensated congestive heart failure (dCHF), it is largely unavailable to hospitalized patients outside of point-of-care ultrasound practice. Therefore, we sought to determine if 4 lung views added value to echocardiography and whether LUS could be performed expeditiously in an inpatient echo lab.
Methods: Consecutive inpatient echo studies from a 300-bed community hospital included two posterobasal and two anteroapical lung views and were retrospectively reviewed for: (1) echo parameters including EF < 40%, E/e'>13, pseudonormal E/A ratio, among others, of which the presence of any one parameter defined an abnormal echocardiogram, Echo+, and (2) LUS bilateral findings of 3-or-more B-lines or pleural effusion defined an abnormal lung study, LUS+.
Front Radiol
June 2025
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is a rare congenital cardiovascular anomaly characterized by the absence of continuity between the ascending and descending aorta, often accompanied by congenital heart defects such as ventricular septal defects and patent ductus arteriosus. Accurate preoperative imaging is essential for surgical planning and patient management. This study aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of echocardiography and computed tomography angiography (CTA) in evaluating thoracic findings in patients with IAA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCatheter Cardiovasc Interv
September 2025
Cardiothoracic Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Background: Direct transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) approach is feasible and safe compared to predilatation-TAVI. Certain clinical and computerized tomography (CT)-based characteristics might indicate the need for balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) before TAVI, especially with self-expanding valves.
Aims: We aimed to identify patients who require predilatation before TAVI.