LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction
Augmented glycaemic gap is a marker for an increased risk of post-infarct left ventricular systolic dysfunction
... LVSD: Left ventricular systolic dysfunction; LVEF: Left ventricular ejection fraction; HF: Heart failure; SIH: Stress-induced hyperglycaemia; AMI: Acute myocardial ...
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Prediction of doxorubicin cardiotoxicity by early detection of subclinical right ventricular dysfunction
... included. LVEF: Left ventricular ejection ...Right ventricular fractional area change. RVFWS: Right ventricular free wall ...Right ventricular global longitudinal ...
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Global longitudinal strain as an Indicator of cardiac Iron overload in thalassemia patients
... EF: Ejection fraction; FS: Fractional shortening; GLS: Global strain; LV: Left ventricle; LVEDV: Left ventricular end diastolic volume; LVEF: Left ventricular ...
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Central sleep apnoea and periodic breathing in heart failure: prognostic significance and treatment options
... reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). CHF: chronic heart failure; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; HFmrEF: heart failure with mid-range ejection ...
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Interatrial shunt devices for heart failure with normal ejection fraction: a technology update
... Association; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; RVSD, right ventricular systolic dysfunction; PCWP, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; PASP, pulmonary artery systolic ...
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Association of serum calcium and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in patients with type 2 diabetes
... preserved ejection fraction; HFrEF: heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; LVH: left ...
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The subxiphoid view cannot replace the apical view for transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of hemodynamic status
... LVEDA: left ventricular end-diastolic area; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; MAP: mean arterial pressure; PEEP: positive end-expiratory pressure; PSV: pressure ...
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PREDICTORS OF DEPRESSED LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
... size, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and clinical outcome in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial ...
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Left ventricular ejection fraction estimation using mutual information on technetium-99m multiple-gated SPECT scans
... variances ejection fraction between technologies, which are most marked in comparisons using MUGA and ECHO ...MUGA LVEF versus ECHO LVEF as shown in Table ...MUGA LVEF and ECHO ...ECHO ...
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Determinants of left ventricular ejection fraction and a novel method to improve its assessment of myocardial contractility
... Although LVEF has been traditionally used as a clinical measure of LV systolic performance, its dependence on preload and especially afterload changes have been well documented experi- mentally over five decades ...
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Original Article Serum uric acid NT-ProBNP and hs-CRP as biomarkers in chronic heart failure
... the left lateral ...and left ventricular long axis view were measured in order to know the left ventricular internal dimension, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension ...
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Association of Helicobacter pylori and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
... Statistical analysis showed that there was no significant association between H. pylori infec- tion and the degree of reduction in LVEF in AMI patients (p=0.713). In this research, most of patients with AMI and H. ...
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Non invasive programmed stimulation to identify high risk patients with implanted cardioverter defibrillator (the NIPS ICD study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... predicting ventricular tachycar- dia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) recurrences, and consequently ICD interventions, include the patient’s age, NYHA class heart failure, left ...
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Increased levels of sST2 in patients with mitral annulus disjunction and ventricular arrhythmias
... without ventricular arrhythmias. ROC curve for left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (blue), soluble suppression of tumourigenicity-2 (sST2) levels (yellow), late gadolinium ...
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Left ventricular reverse remodeling after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study
... of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF ...of left ventricular function, the end-diastolic and end-systolic cine frames were identified for each slice and the ...
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Changes in cardiac function and hemodynamics during robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy with steep head down tilt: a prospective observational study
... changed. Ejection fraction is determined by LVEDV and left ventricular end-sys- tolic ...change, LVEF decreased in our cohort, suggesting that the decrease in LVEF was not ...
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Comparison of conventional and primary sutureless surgery for repairing supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage
... 0.3, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (%) were separately ...surgery, LVEF and reoperation rate between the two ...
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Echocardiographic follow-up of patients with systemic sclerosis by 2D speckle tracking echocardiography of the left ventricle
... Results: The LVEF remained unchanged (63.3 ± 4.2% vs. 63.2 ± 5.0%, P = ns), but the global longitudinal peak systolic strain of the left ventricle was significantly lower: baseline − 22.0 ± 2.3% vs. ...
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Background In patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, substantial clinical
... Therefore, the thesis aimed to support a useful effect limited to the HFREF patients, due to an alleged lack of efficacy of the PDE5 inhibition in HFpEF patients should be regarded not adequately proven yet(22). In fact, ...
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Assessment of left ventricular volumes and primary mitral regurgitation severity by 2D echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance
... overestimate LVEF in comparison to ...decreased LVEF (50-59%) by CMR and therefore already have a class I recommendation for surgery ...of LVEF by CMR might be indicated in asymptomatic severe MR to ...
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