Background Heart failure (HF) is a significant cause of mortality in children and therefore
there is interest in understanding the optimal way to support these children with Ventricular …

Introduction Because end-stage heart failure (HF) often involves both ventricles even if its
initial cause was left-sided heart disease, assessment of RV size, geometry and function …

Regardless of whether pulmonary hypertension (PH) results from increased pulmonary
venous pressure in left-sided heart diseases or from vascular remodeling and/or …

Echocardiography plays a crucial role in determining the eligibility for left ventricular assist
device (LVAD) placement in patients experiencing advanced heart failure (HF) and in …

While clinical status at the time of ventricular assist device (VAD) implant can negatively
affect outcomes, it is unclear if early improvement after implant can have a positive effect …

Early experience with epicardial imaging during surgical interventions for congenital heart
disease (CHD) provided strong evidence that intraoperative echocardiography could guide …

Echocardiography plays a pivotal role in the pre-operative assessment, post-operative
management, and long-term follow-up of pediatric heart failure and heart transplant patients …