“New” Echocardiographic Contrast Agents Currently employed ultrasonic contrast agents are engineered microbubbles which have substantial persistence in the blood stream (contrast effect ...

Background Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction leads to an increase in pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) and potentially right ...

The PDA shunt flow was identified from four Doppler patterns, and the closed pattern of a closed duct was also presented. Clinically significant PDA was diagnosed when there was colour Doppler ...

Objectives Our objectives were to test a random forest (RF) model in detecting CA. Methods We used 3603 echocardiogram studies from 636 patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to train an RF model to ...

AIMS To examine the hypothesis that right to left shunting occurs mainly in the lungs rather than through the fetal channels in neonates. METHODS Thirty two term babies requiring over 70% oxygen had ...

The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization has documented the application of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...

Computerised apex- and echocardiography was used to study left ventricular dimensions and function in 13 patients with untreated malignant hypertension and eight with severe benign hypertension. All ...

Correspondence to Dr Shelby Kutty, Children's Hospital and Medical Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA; skutty{at}unmc.edu Background and objectives Our purpose was to ...

Background: Crohn's Disease (CD) commonly presents extra-intestinal manifestations, but cardiac involvement is considered rare. The aim of the present study was to assess cardiac involvement in CD ...

Johns Hopkins Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging provides advanced imaging of the heart and vascular system. The Johns Hopkins Echocardiographic Laboratory specializes in clinical and investigative ...

Modern tools for fluid management in patients on dialysis, including lung ultrasound and echocardiography, can help achieve ...

Persistent smoking from age 10 through 24 years is associated with increased odds of premature cardiac and structural injury.