F Bauer

..In a pressure overloaded left ventricle, regional systolic function has often deteriorated despite normal ejection fraction...

..95 and 0.91 respectively. Three dimensional free-hand mode cardiac echography allows precise measurement of the mitral orifice area in patients with mitral stenosis...

..The long-term effects of surgical treatment for aortic narrowing in left ventricular (LV) remodelling have been well described. The immediate benefit after release of obstruction is unknown...

..Only a few cases of aortic valve quadricuspidy have been reported in the literature. We report a new case of endocarditis complicating a congenital quadricuspid aortic valve...

..The role of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in the treatment of calcific aortic stenosis is evolving. Immediate and long-term echocardiographic findings are poorly reported...

..This study sought to investigate the relative load dependence of left atrial appendage (LAA) tissue Doppler velocities in patients with mitral stenosis after percutaneous mechanical mitral commissurotomy (PMMC)...

..PHV replacement effects on left ventricular (LV) global and regional systolic function are currently unknown...

..This technique remains a good option for a number of patients before the onset of percutaneous aortic valve implantation...

..This article will report the early experience with these promising techniques as presented at the High-Tech 2004 meeting...

..Other implantable prostheses are under evaluation. This therapeutic modality looks likely to develop rapidly, and in the near future it should offer a new and optimal solution for all high surgical risk or non-operable patients...

..The physical properties of this prosthesis may explain this observation...

..This technique could in future constitute an important alternative therapeutic approach for selected patients...

..The heart involvement is not uncommon and consists generally in an endocarditis. Myocarditis is less common and is usually accompanied by impairment of heart conduction...

..To determine the incidence and causes of agitation states in patients presenting at the Rouen University Hospital emergency room and to analyze the management scheme...

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..At the present time, the indications should be restricted to nonoperable or surgical high-risk patients and the procedure performed by experienced and formally trained physicians working in an optimal multidisciplinary environment...

..Finally, phase-contrast evaluation of tissue velocities, myocardial tagging, MR spectroscopy, and MR elastography are promising tools for a better understanding of LV diastolic function but require further evaluation...

..The aim of this work was to study the feasibility, safety, efficacy, and durability of percutaneous heart valve (PHV) implantation in the aortic position...

..We sought to compare MVG measured across the left ventricular posterior wall between normal rats and rats with physiological (exercise) and pathological (pressure-overload) LVH...

..Valve replacement had been declined for this patient, and balloon valvuloplasty had been performed with nonsustained results...

..This study was done to assess the results of percutaneous heart valve (PHV) implantation in non-surgical patients with end-stage calcific aortic stenosis...

..The diagnosis is established by two dimensional echocardiography or magnetic resonance imaging. We report the case of a 44-year-old man with LVNC and discuss the role of multimodal imaging in the diagnosis and assessment of the disease...

..Whether or not beta-blocker therapy should be stopped during acutely decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is unsure...

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..Education programmes are required in chronic diseases. The insuffisance cardiaque : éducation thérapeutique (I-CARE) programme was developed in France to promote the setting-up of therapeutic education units for chronic heart failure...

..The purpose of the study is to examine prognostic values of cardiac I-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) uptake and cardiac dyssynchrony in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)...

..PTP1B inhibition stimulated early eNOS phosphorylation and increased phosphorylation of Akt. CONCLUSIONS: Our results demonstrate for the first time that PTP1B inhibitors may be potent treatments for endothelial dysfunction...

..These findings were consistent with numerical modeling. Thus, this Doppler index may serve as a good noninvasive index of LV contractility...

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..3 mL, y = 1. 05 x -2. 5, r = 0. 94, p < 0. 01). The new method allowed accurate SV estimations without any geometric assumptions of the spatial velocity distributions...

..These data indicate that the peak LVOT flow rate appears to be significantly decreased by reduced A(LVOT). Real-time 3DE is a potentially valuable clinical tool for assessing patients with HCM...

..CONCLUSION: These data indicate that cocaine administration induces early NADPH-driven O2-. release which may play an important role in the development and progression of the LV dysfunction observed after chronic cocaine abuse...

..89x - 0.38, r = 0.93, P <.001, delta = -4.8 +/- 7.6 mL). CONCLUSIONS: real-time 3DCE can capture the entire FC image, permitting geometrical recognition of the FC zone geometry and reliable MR quantification...

..Thus, diastolic function indexes obtained by echocardiography changed after septal reduction interventions in patients with obstructive HC; this change was similar to that after surgical myectomy and ASR...

..01 between both groups). CONCLUSION: RT3DE demonstrated an effective increase in LVOT area after both ASR and myectomy. This technique may be useful for assessing the results of septal reduction in patients with obstructive HC...