LVOT ¼ left ventricular outflow tract MR ¼ mitral regurgitation MS ¼ mitral stenosis MVA ¼
mitral valve area DP ¼ pressure gradient RV ¼ right ventricle RVOT ¼ right ventricular …

Echocardiography is a reliable and reproducible method to assess non-invasively cardiac
function in clinical and experimental research. Significant progress in the development of …

Author links open overlay panel Rebecca T. Hahn MD, FASE, Chair a, Theodore Abraham
MD, FASE b, Mark S. Adams RDCS, FASE c, Charles J. Bruce MD, FASE d, Kathryn E. Glas …

After publication, dissemination of the message is of paramount importance. Publication of
executive summaries and the production of pocket-sized and PDA-downloadable versions …

Background—Recent efforts have focused on improving the specificity of the European
Society of Cardiology (ESC) criteria for ECG interpretation in athletes. These criteria are …

Background—In heart failure (HF), a defective nitric oxide signaling is involved in left
ventricular (LV) diastolic abnormalities and remodeling. PDE5 inhibition, by blocking …

Medical Doppler ultrasound is usually utilized in the clinical adjusting to evaluate and
estimate blood flow in both the major (large) and the minor (tiny) vessels of the body. The …

Background—Aortic valve calcification (AVC) is the intrinsic mechanism of valvular
obstruction leading to aortic stenosis (AS) and is measurable by multidetector computed …

Background Cardiac output (CO) monitoring is a valuable tool for the diagnosis and
management of critically ill patients. In the critical care setting, few studies have evaluated …

Background Diastolic dysfunction (DD) is known to be associated with increased mortality
rate in the presence of impaired systolic function. However, few prognostic data exist …