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Quantitative Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Using Speckle-Tracking Analysis versus Conventional Visual Analysis for Detection of Significant Coronary Artery Disease after ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction – Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

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Source: Quantitative Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Using Speckle-Tracking Analysis versus Conventional Visual Analysis for Detection of Significant Coronary Artery Disease after ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction – Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Improving the Accuracy of Effective Orifice Area Assessment after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Validation of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Diameter and Pulsed-Wave Doppler Location and Impact of Three-Dimensional Measurements – Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

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Source: Improving the Accuracy of Effective Orifice Area Assessment after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Validation of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Diameter and Pulsed-Wave Doppler Location and Impact of Three-Dimensional Measurements – Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Cardiologists begin implanting patients with the Watchman device

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Hospitals across the U.S. are beginning to implant patients with the Watchman left atrial appendage closure device, which the FDA approved in March.

Source: Cardiologists begin implanting patients with the Watchman device

New Study Shows Why It’s Massively Important to Have a Good Attitude

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Could a grin on your face be your ticker’s saving grace?  In a new study at Penn State University, scientists looked at more than 1,000 people with coronary heart disease over a 5-year period. Patients who reported having higher levels of positive emotions like determination, excitement, and enthusiasm were more likely to exercise, sleep better, and avoid smoking.  Not surprisingly, those three measures can all reduce your risk of heart disease, according to previous research.

Source: New Study Shows Why It’s Massively Important to Have a Good Attitude

Early Bioprosthetic Valve Failure: Mechanistic Insights via Correlation between Echocardiographic and Operative Findings – Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

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Source: Early Bioprosthetic Valve Failure: Mechanistic Insights via Correlation between Echocardiographic and Operative Findings – Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Strain echocardiography identifies impaired longitudinal systolic function in patients with septic shock and preserved ejection fraction

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Myocardial dysfunction is recognized in sepsis. We hypothesized that mechanical left (LV) and right (RV) ventricular function analysed using 2-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in a cohort of early severe sepsis or septic shock patients, would be different to that of a group of critically ill, non-septic patients.

Source: Strain echocardiography identifies impaired longitudinal systolic function in patients with septic shock and preserved ejection fraction