The advent of high–frame rate imaging in ultrasound allowed the development of shear
wave elastography as a noninvasive alternative for myocardial stiffness assessment. It …

Determining the etiologies of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) can be challenging due to
the similarities of the different manifestations in clinical presentation and morphological …

Significant advances in understanding cardiac amyloidosis (CA) have been made in recent
years, leading to a thorough reformulation of its clinical significance. In addition to …

Background Mechanical wave velocity (MWV) measurement is a promising method for
evaluating myocardial stiffness, because these velocities are higher in patients with …

Quantitative assessment of myocardial stiffness is crucial to understand and evaluate
cardiac biomechanics and function. Despite the recent progresses of ultrasonic shear wave …

Nos últimos anos, foram consolidados avanços expressivos no conhecimento de
amiloidose cardíaca (AC), trazendo uma profunda reformulação do seu significado clínico …

Background Heart transplantation is the definitive treatment for many cardiovascular
diseases. However, no ideal approach is established to evaluate heart grafts and it mostly …

Objective Increased myocardial stiffness (MS) is an important hallmark of cardiac
amyloidosis (CA) caused by myocardial amyloid deposition. Standard echocardiography …

Purpose: Assessing cardiotoxicity as a result of breast cancer therapeutics is increasingly
important as breast cancer diagnoses are trending younger and overall survival is …

Objective Anthracycline chemotherapeutic agents have significant cardiotoxicity. The
present study emphasized the effect of anthracycline chemotherapy drugs on left ventricular …