Abstract Background: New echocardiographic techniques are used in the diagnosis and prognosis of many heart diseases. However, reference values in different populations are still needed for several of these new indexes. We studied these new echocardiographic parameters in a group of Brazilians with no k...
Complementary examinations are "inadequate" whenever the likelihood of benefits from their indication is lower than the negative results. The low benefit is a result of poor performance in detecting relevant changes that lead to improved behavior. However, inadequate examinations are prevalent and little...
OBJECTIVE: Characterize the degree of diastolic dysfunction and left ventricular filling patterns according to the 2016 ASE Guidelines applied in a population of patients taken to echocardiography in a reference center in the city of Medellín between February and June 2017. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectiona...
Abstract Background and objectives: The Brazilian Society of Anesthesiology (SBA) has been promoting continuing education in intraoperative echocardiography in Brazil since 2011, with the implementation of an Intraoperative Echocardiography Course (ETI/SBA). Although echocardiography is a reality of ane...
Normal echocardiographic patterns in children in the city of Rio de Janeiro: II - Measures of the diameters, dimensions, cardiac structures thickeness and valvar movements
Foram estudadas 127 crianças normais, na faixa etária de 1 a 144 meses, 65 do sexo masculino e 62 do feminino. Todas apresentavam exame físico, eletrocardiograma e radiografia de tórax normais e encontravam-se dentro dos limites normais de peso e altura para a populaçäo brasileira. O ecocardiograma...
Normal echocardiographic patterns in children of the city of Rio de Janeiro: I. Relationship echocardiographic measurements and anthropometric standars
Foram estudadas 127 crianças normais, na faixa etária de 1 a 144 meses, sendo 65 do sexo masculino e 62 do sexo feminino. Todas encontravam-se dentro dos limites normais de peso e altura para a populaçäo brasileira e apresentavam exame físico, eletrocardiograma e radiografia de tórax normais. O eco...