Speckle‐tracking echocardiography has recently emerged as a quantitative ultrasound
technique for accurately evaluating myocardial function by analyzing the motion of speckles …

Abstract Three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) and speckle tracking
echocardiography (STE) have recently applied as imaging techniques to accurately …

In order to obtain accurate diagnosis, treatment and prognostication in many cardiac
conditions, there is a need for assessment of left ventricular (LV) filling pressure. While …

Background The role of speckle tracking in the assessment of left atrial (LA) deformation
dynamics is not established. We sought to determine the feasibility and reference ranges of …

BACKGROUND: Systemic hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus are associated with
impaired left atrial (LA) function, but whether LA functional abnormalities also occur in …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest cardiac rhythm disorder. Evaluation of patients with
AF requires an electrocardiogram, but imaging techniques should be considered for defining …

PURPOSE: To analyze the effects of short-term therapy with simvastatin on walking
performance in hypercholesterolemic patients with peripheral vascular disease. METHODS …

Background The combination of early transmitral inflow velocity and mitral annular tissue
Doppler imaging (E/Em ratio) is widely applied to noninvasively estimate left ventricular (LV) …

Objective. To assess the correlation between ultrasound lung comets (ULCs, a recently
described echographic sign of interstitial lung fibrosis) and the current undisputed gold …

Aims Right ventricle fractional area change (RVFAC), tissue Doppler and M-mode
measurements of tricuspid systolic motion [tricuspid Sm and tricuspid annular plane systolic …