C-type natriuretic peptide and its relation to non-invasive indices of left ventricular function in patients with chronic heart failure

S Del Ry, M Maltinti, M Cabiati, M Emdin, D Giannessi… - Peptides, 2008 - Elsevier
C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) significantly increases in chronic heart failure (CHF)
patients as a function of clinical severity. Aim of this study was to evaluate in CHF patients …

Reduction of myocardial blood flow reserve in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy without overt heart failure and its relation with functional indices: an echo-Doppler …

MA Morales, D Neglia, A L'Abbate - Journal of Cardiovascular …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Background Myocardial blood flow during pharmacological vasodilatation is depressed in
patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy even the in absence of overt heart failure; …

[HTML][HTML] Systolic Mitral Annular Velocity as a Simple Marker of Left Ventricular Peak Systolic dP/dt in Patients with Significant Mitral Regurgitation

MS Kim, YJ Kim, HK Kim, DA Kwon, DH Kim… - Journal of …, 2008 - e-jcvi.org
Background Evaluating left ventricular (LV) contractile function in patients with mitral
regurgitation (MR) is a difficult clinical problem. Although LV dP/dt measured by Doppler …

Comparison of diastolic function by Doppler tissue in patients with myocardial ischemia before and after angioplasty

LL Galván-Román, R Enciso-Gómez… - Revista Mexicana de …, 2008 - medigraphic.com
Objective: Compare the diastolic function in left ventricle by Doppler tissue (DT) and pulsed
Doppler (PD) on the mitral annulus in patients with ischemia before and after percutaneous …

Comparación de la función diastólica por Doppler tisular en pacientes con cardiopatía isquémica pre y postangioplastia

LL Galván-Román, R Enciso-Gómez… - Revista Mexicana de …, 2008 - medigraphic.com
Objetivo: Comparar la función diastólica ventricular izquierda mediante ecocardiograma
Doppler tisular (DTI) en el anillo mitral y ecocardiograma Doppler convencional (EDC) en …

Ultrasound in Congenital Heart Disease

CJ McMahon, BW Eidem - Radiological Imaging of the Neonatal Chest, 2008 - Springer
Over the last two to three decades with the advent of two-dimensional echocardiography
and colour Doppler, echocardiography has evolved as the primary imaging modality in the …