Background:Mitral stenosis(MS)is the predominant form of valve involvement in rheumatic disease and still very commonin China.Severe MS often causes pulmonary hypertension(PAH)and consequently leads t
Objectives:To determine Z-score equations and reference ranges for Doppler flow velocity indices of fetal cardiac outflow tracts in a Chinese population.Methods:A prospective cross-sectional echocardi
Objective:To examine the the repeatability of the TIC quantitative analysis software in the micro blood perfusion of neovascularization within carotid plaques by contrast-enhanced ultrasonography(CEUS
Objective:The aim of this study was to evaluate the two dimensional speckle tracking technique for the early detection of cardiac toxicity after low dose anthracycline chemotherapy,compared with tradi
Objective:Mesenchymal stem cell therapy has been proposed as a promising therapy for acute myocardial infarction(AMI).However,some studies showed little effect of MSCs on AMI.One of the limitations ar
Background:Three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography(3D-STE)is a new technology used to determine myocardial strain which overcomes the drawbacks of two-dimensional(2D)tomographic imaging an