{"title":"Rapid progressive right atrial mass: a rare case of angiosarcoma.","authors":"Azam Soleimani","doi":"10.1007/s12574-023-00598-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12574-023-00598-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Echocardiography","volume":" ","pages":"51-52"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10759214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Practice guidance for stress echocardiography.","authors":"Yutaka Hirano, Masashi Amano, Masaru Obokata, Masaki Izumo, Hiroto Utsunomiya","doi":"10.1007/s12574-024-00643-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12574-024-00643-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stress echocardiography has been one of the most promising methods for the diagnosis of ischemic heart disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and pulmonary hypertension. The Japanese Society of Echocardiography produced practical guidance for the implementation of stress echocardiography in 2018. At that time, stress echocardiography was not yet widely disseminated in Japan; therefore, the 2018 practical guidance for the implementation of stress echocardiography included a report on stress echocardiography and a specific protocol to promote its use at many institutions in Japan in the future. And now, an era of renewed interest and enthusiasm surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of valvular heart disease and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has come, which are driven by emerging trans-catheter procedures and new recommended guideline-directed medical therapy. Based on the continued evidence of stress echocardiography, the new practical guideline that describes the safe and effective methodology of stress echocardiography is now created by the Guideline Development Committee of the Japanese Society of Echocardiography and is designed to expand the use of stress echocardiography for valvular heart disease and HFpEF, as well as ischemic heart disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and pulmonary hypertension. The readers are encouraged to perform stress echocardiography which will enhance the diagnosis and management of these patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":44837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Echocardiography","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139736336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Left atrial thrombus attached to the orifice of the left superior pulmonary vein: a case report.","authors":"Kazuhiro Nomura, Yuna Shinohara, Yoshie Nakajima, Shiro Iwanaga, Takuya Maeda, Keiji Yamamoto","doi":"10.1007/s12574-024-00644-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-024-00644-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Echocardiography","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139713226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Esophageal varices seen in cardiac surgery.","authors":"Sameer Patel, Matthew Levin","doi":"10.1007/s12574-023-00596-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12574-023-00596-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Echocardiography","volume":" ","pages":"181-183"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10668920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arosh S Perera Molligoda Arachchige, Niccolò Stomeo
{"title":"Controversies surrounding AI-based reporting systems in echocardiography.","authors":"Arosh S Perera Molligoda Arachchige, Niccolò Stomeo","doi":"10.1007/s12574-023-00620-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12574-023-00620-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Echocardiography","volume":" ","pages":"184-185"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10041487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hager Allam, Marwa Kamal, Mohamed Bendary, Amira Osama, Hiam Abdallah El Eleimy, Ahmed Bendary
{"title":"The diagnostic value of global longitudinal strain combined with cardiac biomarkers on early detection of anthracycline-related cardiac dysfunction.","authors":"Hager Allam, Marwa Kamal, Mohamed Bendary, Amira Osama, Hiam Abdallah El Eleimy, Ahmed Bendary","doi":"10.1007/s12574-023-00618-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12574-023-00618-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cardiac dysfunction associated with anthracyclines is a significant side effect of chemotherapy, and early detection is crucial. We aimed to assess the diagnostic value of combining global longitudinal strain (GLS) with biomarkers for the early detection of anthracycline-related cardiac dysfunction.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In a prospective cohort study, 80 consecutive adult patients (mean age 51 ± 11 years; 68.8% females) were screened and underwent 2D echocardiographic assessments and biomarker assessments [high-sensitivity troponin-I (hs-Troponin-I) and NT-pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP)] before and after anthracycline-based chemotherapy's initial regimen. The patients were followed up for 12 weeks to monitor for the development of cardiotoxicity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ten patients (12.5%) developed cardiotoxicity at the end of the 12-week follow-up. Baseline values of hs-Troponin-I and NT-proBNP were significantly higher in patients who developed cardiotoxicity compared to those who did not, with a similar pattern observed at the 3-week follow-up. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis demonstrated that a cutoff value of baseline hs-Troponin-I > 11 ng/L, NT-proBNP > 90.1 pg/mL, 3-week left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤ 52%, 3-week GLS ≥ - 14.5%, 3-week hs-Troponin-I > 13.1 ng/L, and 3-week NT-proBNP > 118.1 pg/mL predicted the occurrence of cardiotoxicity with high sensitivity (range 83-94%) and specificity (range 77-92%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Combination of GLS with biomarkers had a high diagnostic value in early identification of anthracycline-related cardiac dysfunction, with an estimated diagnostic accuracy of over 85%. This information could potentially help in the identification of patients at high risk of developing cardiac dysfunction, allowing for earlier management.</p>","PeriodicalId":44837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Echocardiography","volume":" ","pages":"165-172"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9782775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Issac Cheong, Cristian Benay, Francisco Marcelo Tamagnone, Pablo Martín Merlo
{"title":"Lung consolidation as an acoustic window to superior vena cava by transthoracic ultrasonography in the intensive care unit.","authors":"Issac Cheong, Cristian Benay, Francisco Marcelo Tamagnone, Pablo Martín Merlo","doi":"10.1007/s12574-022-00584-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12574-022-00584-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Echocardiography","volume":" ","pages":"173-174"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9363265/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40600470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}