Echocardiographic (2-dimensional echocardiography) thresholds indicating disease or impaired functional status compared with normal physiological aging in individuals aged ≥65 years are not clearly ...

1 Department of Cardiology, Cixi People Hospital Medical Health Group (Cixi People Hospital), Ningbo, China 2 Department of Ultrasonography, Cixi People Hospital Medical Health Group (Cixi People ...

Abstract: Dense spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) or left atrial appendage thrombus (LAAT) is common in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutter (AFL). Although LAAT detachment is an ...

Abstract: The distribution of coronary blood volume is of fundamental importance to cardiac function. Previous investigators have demonstrated that myocardial vascular volume varies with both ...

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Background: Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) promotes atrial remodeling, yet prospective data on whether a single transthoracic-echocardiographic measurement of EAT can identify elderly hypertensive ...