LV, left ventricle
Assessment on blood flow velocity using doppler technique for circulatory system diagnosis at left ventricle (LV) of the heart
... The primary measurements of mitral inflow include the peak early filling (E- wave) and late diastolic filling (A-wave) velocities in Figure 2.5, the E/A ratio, deceleration time (DT) of early filling velocity, and the ...
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Global longitudinal strain as an Indicator of cardiac Iron overload in thalassemia patients
... strain; LV: Left ventricle; LVEDV: Left ventricular end diastolic volume; LVEF: Left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEM: Left ventricular lateral wall early diastolic myocardial ...
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Fat deposition in the left ventricle: descriptive and observacional study in autopsy
... the LV with a thickened ...the LV performance, eccentric modifications of left ventricular chamber, systolic changes and increased tension in the LV wall [43, ...
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The left ventricle in aortic stenosis – imaging assessment and clinical implications
... of LV filling pres- sures) and GLS (as a marker of LV subendocardial func- tion) can be easily measured in most patients with AS and have the potential of becoming useful tools for risk assessment in ...
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Comparison of mitral annulus geometry between patients with ischemic and non-ischemic functional mitral regurgitation: implications for transcatheter mitral valve implantation
... Using the electronical database of the echocardiography laboratory of the department of cardiac, thoracic and vascular sciences of the University of Padua, 94 patients with severe FMR and complete transthoracic ...
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Presence of chest tubes does not affect the hemodynamic efficacy of standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation
... Under aseptic conditions, the right femoral artery was cannulated with an introducer sheath (7.5 Fr, Arrow International Inc., Reading, PA, USA) by the Seldinger method, and the aortic blood pressure was re- corded ...
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Thrombin Receptor and Ventricular Arrhythmias after Acute Myocardial Infarction
... a left coronary artery ligation rat model of AMI, we found that a local injection of hirudin into the left ventricle (LV) significantly reduced the ratio of VA durations to infarction sizing, ...
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Significant incidental cardiac disease on thoracic CT: what the general radiologist needs to know
... the left anterior descending coronary artery (25 to 42%), the circumflex (18%), or both cor- onary arteries (5%) [33, ...vein, left atrium (LA), left ventricle (LV), or have multiple ...
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Surgical repair of a giant congenital right atrial aneurysm: a case report
... A 16-month old Caucasian girl (weight 12 kg, height 95 cm, body surface area (BSA) – 0.56 m 2 ) with a diag- nosis of right atrial aneurysm (RAA) was transferred to our clinic. She was diagnosed with RAA at the age of ...
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Cardiopulmonary interactions
... in LV transmural pressure and therefore increased afterload on the left ventricle, for a given aortic pressure ...and LV afterload are ...in LV performance. Multiple studies have shown ...
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Increased prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive women with type 2 diabetes mellitus
... the left ventricle (LV) were taken at cordal level, with the patient in partial left decubitus position, and three to five measurements were ...(IVS), LV inter- nal diameter, and ...
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Improving the fixation of an epicardial lead with a left ventricle pacemaker lead placement device for video assisted thoracic surgery
... This bachelor assignment will be executed commis- sioned by Demcon. The goal of the assignment is to improve one of the evaluated points of the by Demcon developed Proof of Principle (POP) of a Total Epicardial Delivery ...
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Physical Stress Echocardiography Evaluation in Athletes with Bicuspid Aortic Valves
... the Left Ventricle (LV) performance and the valve functioning of asymptomatic BAV athletes as compared to the Tricuspid Aortic Valve (TAV) ...in LV performance and aortic valve dysfunction ...
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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
... between left ventricular end-systolic and end-diastolic areas (LVESA and LVEDA, respectively) has been used as a surrogate marker for left ventricular ejection fraction (and thus, systolic ...Similarly, ...
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and ultra endurance running two incompatible entities?
... and supra-normal functional capacity favoured ‘athlete’s heart’. Consequently, CMR was performed using stan- dardised imaging protocols [9]. Analysis of the short axis images in diastole demonstrated asymmetrical ...
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Development and evolution of the metazoan heart
... between left and right ventri- cles based on the expression on FHF- and SHF-related patterns; however, the evolution and development of the interventricular septum with its inlet (probably FHF-derived) and folding ...
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Effect of kidney transplantation on right ventricular function, assessment by 2- dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography
... Hatem Abdel Rahman Helmy Ali et al. [20] revealed that the 2-D longitudinal speckle tracking could distin- guish early ventricular (left and right) systolic dysfunc- tions in patients with uremia in the presence ...
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Echocardiographic assessment of inter and intra ventricular dyssynchrony in heart failure patients with normal QRS duration.
... The most recent trial addressing this issue was the ECHO – CRT trial 11 . This was a randomized multicenter trial involving Patients in NYHA Class III or IV heart failure with LVEF <= 35%, diastolic LV ...
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Assessment of left atrial volume before and after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
... of LV diastolic dysfunction in ...in LV diastolic filling with relief of chronic RV pressure overload ...early LV filling improves with successful PTE ...intrinsic LV abnormality or im- paired ...
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Tropical Coronary Artery Disease and Arrhythmogenic Potentials—The Changing Pattern towards Endomyocardial Fibrosis—An Analysis
... In acute cases of EMF, the endocardial lesions are covered with a soft, spongy, greyish-green layer of thrombus as shown in Figure 23. Large endocardial pla- ques are unique echocardiographic feature of EMF as in Figure ...
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