Assessment of left ventricular (LV) systolic function is the cornerstone of the
echocardiographic examination. There are many echocardiographic parameters that can be …

Echocardiographic quantification is crucial in the diagnosis and management of patients
with acquired and congenital heart disease (CHD). The American Society of …

Qualitative arterial waveform analysis has been in existence for millennia; quantitative
arterial waveform analysis techniques, which can be traced back to Euler's work in the 18th …

The primary focus of monitoring anesthetized patients is the assessment of depth of
anesthesia, cardiovascular and pulmonary consequences of the anesthetized state, and …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe exercise performance during the first 2
decades of life in Fontan survivors by a cross-sectional study and to identify factors that …

To assess the usefulness of the tissue Doppler imaging variables for the evaluation of left
ventricular (LV) systolic function, we compared variables obtained by the pulsed Doppler …

OBJECTIVE: Prognostic factors for survival after bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis
for functionally single ventricle are not well defined. We analyzed preoperative …

BACKGROUND: Myocardial acceleration during isovolumic contraction (IVA) by Doppler
tissue imaging has been proposed to be a new index of right ventricular contractile function …

BACKGROUND: The myocardial performance index (MPI) is a Doppler-based measure of
left ventricular (LV) function. It is noninvasive, independent of LV shape, and does not …

Background By the age of 20 years, almost all patients with Duchenne's or Becker's
muscular dystrophy have experienced dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a condition that …