Webinar on changing landscape of stress echocardiography – Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieSNLxcB7r8&t=2s
An Investigation into the Pathomechanism and Prognostic Markers
Please click here to read An Investigation into the Pathomechanism and Prognostic Markers for Predicting the Outcome of Patients with Moderate and Severe Aortic Stenosis with or Without Intervention
Four Faces of Infective Endocarditis
Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a formidable clinical challenge. It affects 3–10 peopleper 100,000 annually, with a 30-day mortality rate of up to 30%. The incidence of IEhas risen due to…
Podcast discussing our meta -analysis of stress echo paper
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Webinar on changing landscape of stress echocardiography – Part 1
https://youtu.be/kVfKXDUdF3c
Webinar on the advancement of contrast echocardiography
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2024 Publication Summary
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Cost-effectiveness of a novel AI technology
Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is a first-line investigation for chest pain in patients with suspected obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). However, many acute cardiac events occur in the absence…
Long-term outcomes after stress echocardiography
Stress echocardiography is widely used to assess patients with chest pain. The clinical value of a positive or negative test result to inform on likely longer-term outcomes when applied in…
Simplified Grading to Streamline Management
In this paper we discuss the relevance of continuity equation based aortic valve area (AVA) calculation as a robust parameter suitable for accurate grading of aortic stenosis (AS) irrespective of…
Translational research from the Department of Cardiology MKUH
TCRG Success story 2024 When a pure and simple research finding becomes a clinical reality – an example of a success of translational research from the Department of Cardiology MKUH….
Perivascular inflammation and the coronary micro-circulation and vasoreactivity
Please see a recent research letter on the subject of Perivascular inflammation and the coronarymicro-circulation and vasoreactivity — a potential clue to angina with non-obstructive coronary artery disease. The full…
Long-term prognostic value of contemporary stress echocardiography
Long-term outcome of contemporary stress echocardiography has not been systematically assessed. Please see the attached review that has the objective to evaluate the association between results of stress echocardiography and…
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient with Lynch syndrome
A 55-year-old woman with a 3-day history of abdominal pain and vomiting was admitted to our hospital. 7 days earlier she had a subtotal gastrectomy for poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma—stage T2N1M0….
Inflammatory risk and CV events without obstructive coronary artery disease
We are delighted to append the link/copy of this knowledge expanding and practice changing publication in The Lancet. We are a proud member of the ORFAN consortium and the writing committee. This…
An Experimental Observation to Changes in Cardiac Electrical Biomarker
Cardiac electrical biomarker (CEB), an indicator of ischaemia-induced change in myocyte polarity, has been proposed for diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome. However, effect of coronary occlusion on CEB has not…
Normalized Echocardiographic Values From Guideline-Directed Dedicated Views
Continuous technologic development and updated recommendations for image acquisitions creates aneed to update the current normal reference ranges for echocardiography. The best method of indexing cardiac volumes is unknown. Click…
Contrast echocardiography – BSE guidelines
The latest achievement of our research group is the involvement in the National guidelines by British Echo Society on Contrast echocardiography. Ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) has been well established as…
Clinical Features of Heart Failure With Normal Ejection Fraction
Here is an interesting insight from the ASIAN-HF Registry on Heart failure and left ventricular ejection fraction in the normal range (HFnEF) being understudied. Click here to read the full…
CCTA improves appropriate prescription of secondary preventative medications and medical treatment for patient with coronary disease/heart attack
Computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) offers detailed assessment of the presence of coronary atherosclerosis and helps guide patient management. We investigated influences of early CTCA on the subsequent use of…
Anticoagulation with Edoxaban in Patients with Atrial High-Rate Episodes
Device-detected atrial high-rate episodes (AHREs) are atrial arrhythmias detected by implanted cardiac devices. AHREs resemble atrial fibrillation but are rare and brief. Whether the occurrence of AHREs in patients without…
The first steps – echo-robot
Echocardiography is an effective tool for diagnosing cardiovascular disease. However, numerouschallenges affect its accessibility, including skill requirements, workforce shortage, and sonographerstrain. Continue reading the full article by clicking here.
Myocarditis as a trigger for the expression of biventriculararrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy in desmosomal gene mutation
Arrhythmogenic-cardiomyopathy (ACM) is an inherited heart disease with right, left,or biventricular (BVACM) involvement based on EKG, imaging, family history, andgenetic testing. We present a 64-year-old woman with prior myocarditis and…
Deep-Learning for Epicardial AdiposeTissue Assessment
Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) volume is a marker of visceral obesity that can be measured in coronarycomputed tomography angiograms (CCTA). The clinical value of integrating this measurement in routine CCTAinterpretation…