Fractional Shortening.
Reduced fractional shortening of right ventricular outflow tract is associated with adverse outcomes in patients with left ventricular dysfunction
... FS: Fractional shortening; EF: Ejection fraction; LA: Left atrium; LVDd: LV dimension at end-diastole; LVDs: LV dimension at end-systole; IVSTd: Wall thickness of the intraventricular septum; LVPWTd: Wall ...
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Longitudinal wall fractional shortening: an M mode index based on mitral annular plane systolic excursion (MAPSE) that correlates and predicts left ventricular longitudinal strain (LVLS) in intensive care patients
... wall fractional shortening was derived from conventional M-mode (LWFS) and curved anatomical M-mode ...M-mode-derived fractional shortening were examined using univariate generalized linear ...
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Speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with septic shock: a case control study (SPECKSS)
... Abbreviations FS: fractional shortening; GCS: Glasgow coma scale; GLS: global longitudinal strain; LIMP: left ventricular index of myocardial performance; LVEF: left ventricular ejection[r] ...
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Original Article Mechanisms of renal sympathetic denervation on improving ventricular arrhythmias after acute myocardial infarction in rats
... Kv4.2 and Kv4.3 in the left ventricle were detected using Western blot. Results: Compared to that in MI group, RSD group showed reduced incidence of premature ventricular contractions and ventricular tachycardia, ...
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Global longitudinal strain as an Indicator of cardiac Iron overload in thalassemia patients
... FS: Fractional shortening; GLS: Global strain; LV: Left ventricle; LVEDV: Left ventricular end diastolic volume; LVEF: Left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEM: Left ventricular lateral wall early diastolic ...
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Visualization of the intracavitary blood flow in systemic ventricles of Fontan patients by contrast echocardiography using particle image velocimetry
... FS: Fractional shortening; LAd: Left atrial dimension; LVEDd: Left ventricular end diastolic dimension; LVESd: Left ventricular end systolic dimension; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging: PS: Pulmonary ...
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Fibrinogen decreases cardiomyocyte contractility through an ICAM 1 dependent mechanism
... In this study, we show for the first time that fibrinogen is capa- ble of mediating a reduction in cardiomyocyte contractility thorough activation of ICAM-1. It is important to note that sig- nificant reduction in ...
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How many systolic and diastolic variables must be measured in elderly patients with symptoms of heart failure?
... The prevalence abnormalities depend to a high degree on the cut-off value chosen for a given abnormality. In Table 3, these are shown together with their references. For clinical decisions, the cut-off value has a very ...
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Effect of vildagliptin, a dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor, on cardiac hypertrophy induced by chronic beta-adrenergic stimulation in rats
... A: Late transmitral peak diastolic flow velocity; DPP4: Dipeptidyl peptidase 4; E: Early transmitral peak diastolic flow velocity; FS: Fractional shortening; GAPDH: Glyceraldehyde 3-phos[r] ...
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Green tea extract catechin improves internal cardiac muscle relaxation in RCM mice
... A, mitral Doppler A peak velocity; E, mitral Doppler E peak velocity; EDD, end diastolic dimension; EF, ejection fraction of LV; ESD, end systolic dimension; FS, fractional shortening of[r] ...
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Transplantation of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes improves myocardial function and reverses ventricular remodeling in infarcted rat hearts
... As shown in supplementary Figure 1, transthoracic echo- cardiography was performed at baseline (before MI model established), day 0 (10 days after LAD coronary artery ligation and before iPSC-CM grafting), and day 28 (4 ...
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Cardiomyocyte enriched protein CIP protects against pathophysiological stresses and regulates cardiac homeostasis
... 10% fractional shortening (FS), as well as increased LV dimension and decreased LV wall thickness, indicating progress to heart failure (Figure 2D and Supplemental Table ...
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Reliability of quantitative echocardiography in adult sheep and goats
... The time indices assessing cardiac function and one- dimensional distance index (EPSS) were not significantly different between the two groups, which is as would be expected, particularly as the two groups had similar ...
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Ultrasonic evaluation of fetal ventricular systolic function in hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy and its correlation with the expression of placental hypoxia-related genes
... ventricular fractional shortening levels of hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy were negatively correlated with Fas, p53 and caspase-9 mRNA expression, and positively correlated with Bcl-2 and ...
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Mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase obliterates insulin resistance-induced cardiac dysfunction through deacetylation of PGC-1α
... Cardiac geometry and contractile function were evaluated in anesthetized (ketamine 80 mg/kg and xylazine 12 mg/kg, i.p.) mice using a 2-dimensional (2-D) guided M-mode echocardiography (Phillips Sonos 5500) equipped with ...
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Midwall ejection fraction for assessing systolic performance of the hypertrophic left ventricle
... ventricular fractional shortening; LVMI = left ventricular mass index; DCT = deceleration time of the E-wave; E velocity = peak early mitral flow velocity; A velocity = peak late mitral flow velocity; E/A = ...
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Comparison of Cardiac Function in Young Patients with Thalassemia Intermedia and Healthy Individuals Using Echocardiography Method
... fraction, fractional shortening, interventricular septal dimension in diastole, and left ventricular posterior wall thickness in diastole are affected earlier in thalassemia intermedia ...
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The relationship between single and two-dimensional indices of left ventricular size using hemodynamic transesophageal echocardiography in trauma and burn patients
... and fractional shortening (FS) was ...of fractional shortening were significantly (p < ...of fractional shortening using left ventricular posteroanterior diameter measurement ...
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Cardiac manifestations in HIV patients and their correlation with CD4 count
... Cardiovascular abnormalities in HIV infected patients are common and can occur without any clinical manifestation. The most common cardiac manifestations were reduction in ejection fraction, reduction in ...
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Acetate transiently inhibits myocardial contraction by increasing mitochondrial calcium uptake
... acetate, fractional shortening recovers to control levels by 10 ...inhibited fractional shortening as expected (Figure 6B, inset), but exposure to acetate still resulted in a decrease in ...
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