Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE) This is the most common type, in which a transducer (a handheld device) is placed on your chest to send and receive sound waves that create images of your heart.

Transthoracic echocardiogram has low sensitivity and, if negative, should be followed by TEE to exclude endocarditis. Not all cases of non-HACEK Gram-negative bacterial endocarditis necessarily ...

Assessing right ventricular diastolic function is crucial in cardiac surgery, as it significantly impacts long-term prognosis. Typically, RV diastolic dysfunction is evaluated using criteria ...

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Extending the simple CT scan administered to all acute stroke patients to include the upper part of the heart increased ...

The following is a summary of “Echocardiographic Assessment of Cardiac Remodeling According to Obesity Class,” published in the November 2024 issue of Cardiology by Prajapati et al. Obesity is linked ...

Participants agreed to fill out a questionnaire and undergo clinical examination and transthoracic echocardiography. Most ...

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The incidence of breast cancer has increased from 900 000 to 2.3 million new annual cases over the last 25 years. The 5-year ...

Three-year-old Simeon Jeremiah, diagnosed with heart defects, needs urgent surgery costing N5m. Simeon was born with ...