Archives of Cardiovascular Imaging

Letter

20/6/2023

New Onset Significant Paravalvular Leakage in a Patient with Mechanical Prosthetic Aortic Valve after Exposure to Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Is There Any Relevance?

Arash Hashemi, Azin Alizadehasl

Editorial

20/6/2023

Myocardial Strain and Strain Rate Imaging: Comparison between Doppler Derived Strain Imaging and Speckle Tracking Echocardiography

Anita Sadeghpour

Research Article

20/6/2023

Echocardiographic Evaluation of Effects of Different Training Regimens on Left Ventricle Structure and Function in Female Athletes

Maryam Moshkani Farahani, Ramezan Bakhshian, Amir Bahrami, Ataollah Bagherzadeh

Results: As a result, 45 athletes ended the study training regimens. Mean of cardiac parameters was not significantly different among athletes under study before the beginning of the study training regiments. Mean of end diastolic diameter among athletes of strength-trained group had been significantly increased after receiving the study training regiments. Mean of posterior wall thickness had been significantly increased in athletes of strength and concurrent groups. Mean of posterior wall thickness had been decreased in athletes of endurance-training group. Mean of heart rate was significantly decreased among the athletes of endurance-training and concurrent-training groups.

Case Report

30/6/2023

Hypoplastic Right Ventricle with Multiple Associated Anomaly: A Challenging Case for Biventricular Repair or Univentricular Approach?

Anita Sadeghpour, Majid Kyavar, Mohammad Ali Yousefnia, Soheila Chamanian, Zahra Khajali, Zahra Alizadeh Sani

Abstract

Hypoplastic right ventricular is a rare congenital heart disease. A few cases have been reported. We presented a case with hypoplastic right ventricular and multiple associated anomaly (Ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect and pulmonary stenosis) in whom the main concern was whether biventricular repair or Fontan type surgery would be the optimal management in this patient. Biventricular repair was done successfully using the multimodality cardiac imaging with intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.

Brief Report

19/6/2023

Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Massoud Alipour, Dianne Masri, Azindokht Mofazzali, Mitra Chitsazan

Patients and Methods: The carotid arteries were evaluated at baseline with high-resolution B-mode ultrasonography by a single trained physician. Measurements were performed on the far wall of the common carotid artery in a longitudinal view. Age-adjustment was done for the measured values before deciding regarding their appropriateness in each patient. Among 215 patients undergoing CABG, 70% had a higher CIMT above the expected normal range for their ages.

Results: In our study sample, 2/3 of CAD patients requiring coronary revascularization were male. In 70% of cases carotid artery had intimal-medial thickness of above the presumed age-adjusted reference range. Traditional risk factors including hyperlipidemia, hypertension, smoking, diabetes mellitus and family history although important, but did not accurately reflect presence or extension of progression of the atherosclerotic process which could be determined by CIMT measurement. The CIMT in these patients were mostly dependent on the number and severity of the risk factors.

Conclusions: High prevalence of the increased CIMT in patients undergoing CABG highlights the significance of CIMT measurement in early diagnosis of the systemic atherosclerosis. Moreover, although Traditional cardiovascular risk factors were important they could not explain the extension and the severity of CIMT. It seems that some ultrasonographic features such as the associated carotid plaques and their characteristics provide promising clues to detect existing atherosclerosis. More importantly, avoiding the misinterpretation age-adjustment should be considered in all patients.

Archives of Cardiovascular Imaging: Aug 2013, 1 (1), 5 articles.