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A Case of Late Presentation of Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection in an Adult.
Avinash Prakash, Ishan Jhalani, Anshuman Darbari, Ajay Kumar
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare cyanotic congenital heart disease and their survival into adulthood is even rarer. Here, we present the case of a 26-year-old female who was incidentally diagnosed with a case of supracardiac TAPVC during her pregnancy. All four pulmonary veins were joining to form a common venous confluence which drained into a left-sided vertical vein which drained into the innominate vein.
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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Michele Alfieri, Umberto Ianni, Michela Molisana, Vito Maurizio Parato
Bioprosthetic valvular failure (BVF) is a pathological entity arising from a variety of conditions affecting prosthetic heart valves. It may present with an extremely varied pattern, and the identification of the exact etiology is vital to provide a prompt and adequate treatment. It is established that infective endocarditis mainly affects patients with intracardiac devices such as pacemakers or prosthetic valves, and it represents one of the principal mechanisms of BVF. Despite its high incidence, clinical presentations may be atypical, and a close monitoring is essential to prevent catastrophic consequences...
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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Fabrizio Ceresa, Antonio Micari, Liborio Francesco Mammana, Umberto Maisano, Alessandro Di Carlo, Alfredo Luongo, Francesco Patanè
This case report presents a rare scenario involving a congenital anomaly of the right coronary artery's (RCA) origin in association with an ascending aortic aneurysm. While both anomalies are individually recognized in the literature, their coexistence and potential interplay remain understudied. The aim of this report is to emphasize the challenges and implications associated with such a combination. A 78-year-old male patient with an enlarged ascending aortic aneurysm necessitating surgical intervention was found to have an anomalous origin of the RCA during preoperative coronary angiography, confirmed by computed tomography scan...
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
#4
REVIEW
Domenico Galzerano, Valeria Pergola, Abdalla Eltayeb, Fulgione Ludovica, Lana Arbili, Loay Tashkandi, Sara Di Michele, Agatella Barchitta, Maurizio Vito Parato, Giovanni Di Salvo
This article provides comprehensive insights into the evaluation of simple congenital heart diseases (CHDs) in adults, emphasizing the pivotal role of echocardiography. By focusing on conditions such as congenital aortic stenosis, aortic coarctation, patent ductus arteriosus, atrial septal defects (ASDs), and ventricular septal defects (VSDs), the review underscores echocardiography's intricate contributions to precise clinical decision-making. Echocardiography serves as the primary imaging modality, offering high-resolution visualization of anatomical anomalies and quantification of hemodynamic parameters...
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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Francesco Natale, Giuseppe Raucci, Riccardo Molinari, Roberta Alfieri, Diego D'Arienzo, Enrica Pezzullo, Francesco S Loffredo, Paolo Golino, Giovanni Cimmino
In the last few years, a tremendous advancement has been made in the therapeutical management of several diseases with an increasing need for parental drug administration. To avoid repeated venous insertions and the patient's anxiety related to these procedures, it is now common practice to insert a catheter to leave it in place for a longer time. However, these procedures may generate some complications, such as failure of insertion, embolization, and infection. Different noninvasive techniques have been proposed and used for the retrieval of lost or misplaced foreign objects...
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hazem Mansour, Aly Osama Abdelhady, Walaa Adel Abdel Reheim, Viola William
BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) might be associated with cardiac injury as a part of multisystem affection in response to cytokine storms. However, left ventricular (LV) function appears preserved in most of the cases, whereas subtle LV dysfunction might happen in others. Hence, we tried to detect subtle LV dysfunction in patients with COVID-19 using global longitudinal strain (GLS). PATIENTS AND METHODS: We performed a single-center observational study on 90 stable patients who were recently recovered from mild to moderate COVID-19 infections...
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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REVIEW
Davide Restelli, Maria Ludovica Carerj, Gianluca Di Bella, Concetta Zito, Cristina Poleggi, Tommaso D'Angelo, Rocco Donato, Giorgio Ascenti, Alfredo Blandino, Antonio Micari, Silvio Mazziotti, Fabio Minutoli, Sergio Baldari, Scipione Carerj
Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a rare condition that can affect the pericardium after every pericardial disease process and has been described even after SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccine. In CP, the affected pericardium, usually the inner layer, is noncompliant, constraining the heart to a fixed maximum volume and impairing the diastolic function. This leads to several clinical features, that, however, can be pleomorphic. In its difficult diagnostic workup, noninvasive multimodal imaging plays a central role, providing important morphological and functional data, like the enhanced ventricular interdependence and the dissociation between intrathoracic and intracardiac pressures...
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Solmaz Borjian, Tahereh Davarpasand, Homa Ghaderian, Ali Hosseinsabet
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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Eugenio Genovesi, Mario Di Marino, Massimo Di Marco, Sabina Gallina, Kristian Galanti, Leonardo Paloscia
Heart metastatic tumors are more frequent than primary heart tumors. Cardiac metastasis is a rare phenomenon, occurring mainly by direct spread, especially from lung cancer. Cardiac metastases may be asymptomatic or cause arrhythmias, nonspecific electrocardiographic alterations, or mimic a myocardial infarction. In this case report, we illustrate a rare case of pulmonary adenocarcinoma, which through the bloodstream developed a stalactite-shaped metastasis within the right ventricle of conspicuous size (20 mm × 34 mm × 12 mm)...
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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REVIEW
Manuela Muratori, Maria Elisabetta Mancini, Gloria Tamborini, Saima Mushtaq, Andrea Annoni, Laura Fusini, Fabrizio Celeste, Andrea Baggiano, Fabio Fazzari, Valentina Mantegazza, Gianluca Pontone, Mauro Pepi
Acute aortic syndromes comprise a range of interrelated conditions including aortic dissection, intramural hematoma, penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer, and contained or not contained aortic aneurysm rupture. These syndromes are potentially life threatening; therefore, a rapid and accurate diagnosis is crucial. A new Clinical Consensus Statement on Aortic and Peripheral Vascular Disease has recently been published, and we will try to highlight the main innovations in the document.
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mohamed Yahia, Ahmed Emara, Waleed Abdou, Mohamed Fouad Ewis
BACKGROUND: This research aimed to evaluate the role of coronary microvascular dysfunction in alteration of left ventricular (LV) myocardial deformation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This observational study involved 50 patients with LV ejection fraction (LVEF) >50% and coronary microvascular dysfunction (diagnosed by coronary angiography). TIMI frame count (TFC) was calculated for each patient. They were classified into 2 groups: 30 patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) (cases group) and 20 patients without HF (control group)...
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
A Rare Case of Intramitral Valve Ring in the Setting of Shone Complex Diagnosed by Echocardiography.
Roshanak Mahmoudian, Reza Hali, Mohammadbagher Sharifkazemi, Leila Anvari
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rakesh Agarwal
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Quirino Ciampi, Mauro Pepi, Francesco Antonini-Canterin, Andrea Barbieri, Agata Barchitta, Giorgio Faganello, Sofia Miceli, Vito Maurizio Parato, Antonio Tota, Giuseppe Trocino, Massimiliana Abbate, Maria Accadia, Rossella Alemanni, Andrea Angelini, Francesco Anglano, Maurizio Anselmi, Iolanda Aquila, Simona Aramu, Enrico Avogadri, Giuseppe Azzaro, Luigi Badano, Anna Balducci, Flavia Ballocca, Alessandro Barbarossa, Giovanni Barbati, Valentina Barletta, Daniele Barone, Francesco Becherini, Giovanni Benfari, Monica Beraldi, Gianluigi Bergandi, Giuseppe Bilardo, Simone Maurizio Binno, Massimo Bolognesi, Stefano Bongiovi, Renato Maria Bragato, Gabriele Braggion, Rossella Brancaleoni, Francesca Bursi, Christian Cadeddu Dessalvi, Matteo Cameli, Antonella Canu, Mariano Capitelli, Anna Clara Maria Capra, Rosa Carbonara, Maria Carbone, Marco Carbonella, Nazario Carrabba, Grazia Casavecchia, Margherita Casula, Elena Chesi, Sebastiano Cicco, Rodolfo Citro, Rosangela Cocchia, Barbara Maria Colombo, Paolo Colonna, Maddalena Conte, Giovanni Corrado, Pietro Cortesi, Lauro Cortigiani, Marco Fabio Costantino, Fabiana Cozza, Umberto Cucchini, Myriam D'Angelo, Santina Da Ros, Fabrizio D'Andrea, Antonello D'Andrea, Francesca D'Auria, Giovanni De Caridi, Stefania De Feo, Giovanni Maria De Matteis, Simona De Vecchi, Carmen Del Giudice, Luca Dell'Angela, Lucrezia Delli Paoli, Ilaria Dentamaro, Paola Destefanis, Gianluca Di Bella, Maria Di Fulvio, Renato Di Gaetano, Giovanna Di Giannuario, Angelo Di Gioia, Luigi Flavio Massimiliano Di Martino, Carmine Di Muro, Concetta Di Nora, Giovanni Di Salvo, Claudio Dodi, Sarah Dogliani, Federica Donati, Melissa Dottori, Giuseppe Epifani, Iacopo Fabiani, Francesca Ferrara, Luigi Ferrara, Stefania Ferrua, Gemma Filice, Maria Fiorino, Davide Forno, Alberto Garini, Gioachino Agostino Giarratana, Giuseppe Gigantino, Mauro Giorgi, Elisa Giubertoni, Cosimo Angelo Greco, Michele Grigolato, Walter Grosso Marra, Anna Holzl, Alessandra Iaiza, Andrea Iannaccone, Federica Ilardi, Egidio Imbalzano, Riccardo M Inciardi, Corinna Antonia Inserra, Emilio Iori, Annibale Izzo, Giuseppe La Rosa, Graziana Labanti, Alberto Maria Lanzone, Laura Lanzoni, Ornella Lapetina, Elisa Leiballi, Mariateresa Librera, Carmenita Lo Conte, Maria Lo Monaco, Antonella Lombardo, Michelangelo Luciani, Paola Lusardi, Antonio Magnante, Alessandro Malagoli, Gelsomina Malatesta, Costantino Mancusi, Maria Teresa Manes, Fiore Manganelli, Francesca Mantovani, Vincenzo Manuppelli, Valeria Marchese, Lina Marinacci, Roberto Mattioli, Civelli Maurizio, Giuseppe Antonio Mazza, Stefano Mazza, Marco Melis, Giulia Meloni, Elisa Merli, Alberto Milan, Giovanni Minardi, Antonella Monaco, Ines Monte, Graziano Montresor, Antonella Moreo, Fabio Mori, Sofia Morini, Claudio Moro, Doralisa Morrone, Francesco Negri, Carmelo Nipote, Fulvio Nisi, Silvio Nocco, Luigi Novello, Luigi Nunziata, Alessandro Paoletti Perini, Antonello Parodi, Emilio Maria Pasanisi, Guido Pastorini, Rita Pavasini, Daisy Pavoni, Chiara Pedone, Francesco Pelliccia, Giovanni Pelliciari, Elisa Pelloni, Valeria Pergola, Giovanni Perillo, Enrica Petruccelli, Chiara Pezzullo, Gerardo Piacentini, Elisa Picardi, Giovanni Pinna, Massimiliano Pizzarelli, Alfredo Pizzuti, Matteo Maria Poggi, Alfredo Posteraro, Carmen Privitera, Debora Rampazzo, Carlo Ratti, Sara Rettegno, Fabrizio Ricci, Caterina Ricci, Cristina Rolando, Stefania Rossi, Chiara Rovera, Roberta Ruggieri, Maria Giovanna Russo, Nicola Sacchi, Antonino Saladino, Francesca Sani, Chiara Sartori, Virginia Scarabeo, Angela Sciacqua, Antonio Scillone, Pasquale Antonio Scopelliti, Alfredo Scorza, Angela Scozzafava, Francesco Serafini, Walter Serra, Sergio Severino, Beatrice Simeone, Domenico Sirico, Marco Solari, Gian Luca Spadaro, Laura Stefani, Antonio Strangio, Francesca Chiara Surace, Gloria Tamborini, Nicola Tarquinio, Eliezer Joseph Tassone, Isabella Tavarozzi, Bertrand Tchana, Giuseppe Tedesco, Monica Tinto, Daniela Torzillo, Antonio Totaro, Oreste Fabio Triolo, Federica Troisi, Maurizio Tusa, Federico Vancheri, Vincenzo Varasano, Amedeo Venezia, Anna Chiara Vermi, Bruno Villari, Giordano Zampi, Jessica Zannoni, Concetta Zito, Antonello Zugaro, Eugenio Picano, Scipione Carerj
BACKGROUND: The Italian Society of Echography and Cardiovascular Imaging (SIECVI) conducted a national survey to understand the volumes of activity, modalities and stressors used during stress echocardiography (SE) in Italy. METHODS: We analyzed echocardiography laboratory activities over a month (November 2022). Data were retrieved through an electronic survey based on a structured questionnaire, uploaded on the SIECVI website. RESULTS: Data were obtained from 228 echocardiographic laboratories, and SE examinations were performed in 179 centers (80...
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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REVIEW
Valeria Pergola, Antonello D'Andrea, Domenico Galzerano, Francesca Mantovani, Massimiliano Rizzo, Giovanna Di Giannuario, Georgette Khoury, Vincenzo Polizzi, Granit Rabia, Alessia Gimelli, Marco Campana
The left atrium (LA) is a vital component of the cardiovascular system, playing a crucial role in cardiac function. It acts as a reservoir, conduit, and contractile chamber, contributing to optimal left ventricle (LV) filling and cardiac output. Abnormalities in LA function have been associated with various cardiovascular conditions, including heart failure, atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, and hypertension. Elevated left ventricular filling pressures resulting from impaired LA function can lead to diastolic dysfunction and increase the risk of adverse cardiovascular events...
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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Giulia Laterra, Paolo Mazzone, Giosofatto Rodi, Antonino Nicosia, Antonio Micari, Marco Contarini, Giampiero Vizzari
A 59-year-old woman, smoker, hypertensive, without a previous history of coronary artery disease referred several episodes of epigastric pain, after exercise electrocardiogram was referred to coronary angiography. It revealed extensive coronary calcification, with a suboccluded left anterior descending (LAD) and a calcified aneurysm of the right coronary artery (RCA), partially filled with thrombus. Coronary-computed tomography showed aneurysmal saccular dilatation of the proximal LAD entirely thrombosed with subocclusion, and a fusiform aneurysm in the proximal RCA, partially thrombosed...
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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Giancarlo Trimarchi, Giovanni Benedetti, Cataldo Palmieri, Antonio Rizza
Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) plays a central role in managing acute and chronic aortic pathologies. With the advancement of transcatheter structural heart procedures, echocardiography has become a key in procedural guidance. Despite consensus on its use for cardiac interventions, ultrasound assistance in aortic procedures is not widely standardized. A 71-year-old obese man with chronic type B aortic dissection underwent a TEVAR procedure, using a single-branched aortic stent graft (Endovastec™ Castor™) and with transesophageal ultrasound guidance...
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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Laura Padoan, Stefano Coiro, Stefano Sforna, Maurizio Del Pinto, Ketty Savino
Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a systemic disorder with various manifestations, characterized by hypereosinophilia and caused by primary or secondary conditions. Loeffler's endocarditis (LE) represents a frequent cardiac manifestation of HES, caused by infiltration of the myocardium by eosinophilic cells, which determines endocardial damage, with subsequent inflammation, thrombosis, and fibrosis of either one or both ventricles. The diagnosis of cardiac involvement is based on a multimodality approach (i...
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Juliana Pérez-Pinzón, Nelson Leandro Moreno-Ruiz, Jaime Andres Nieto-Zárate
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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Andrea Sonaglioni, Enzo Grasso, Gian Luigi Nicolosi, Roberta Trevisan, Gian Luca Martinelli, Michele Lombardo
Sutureless bioprostheses are more frequently used for the surgical treatment of elderly patients with high burden of comorbidity, who are candidates to aortic valve replacement (AVR). Among the sutureless bioprostheses, the Perceval valve has shown a good midterm durability, with very few reports of valve deterioration and low risk of complications. Herein, we present an unusual case of ascending aorta dissection which occurred 4 years after AVR with a Perceval sutureless pericardial bioprosthesis, likely related to the peculiar prosthetic design...
2023: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
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