January/2019

Message from the Editor

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20190001

The Teaching of Echocardiography in 2018: Evolution from the Beginning and What Can We Improve?

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20190002

Keywords: Diagnostic Imaging/history; Diagnostic Imaging/trends; Echocardiography/history; Echocardiography/trends; Scientific and Educational Events; Technological Development/methods

Choice of Imaging Methods in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20190003

Keywords: Cardiomyopathy,Hypertrophic; Diagnostic imaging; Discrete Subaortic Stenosis; Echocardiography/methods; Electrocardiography/methods; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/methods; Mitral Valve Insufficiency

Correlation between Carotid Atherosclerosis and Left Ventricular Dysfunction at Echocardiography

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20190005

Keywords: Aterosclerotic Plaque; Carotid Stenosis; Echocardiography; Left Ventricular Dysfunction; Systolic Volume

Association between Insufficiency of Anterior Perforator Vein of the Knee and Great Saphenous Vein Insufficiency in Patients with Primary Varicose Veins of the Lower Limbs

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20190006

Keywords: Saphenous Vein/physiopathology; Ultrasonography; Varicose Veins/diagnostic Imaging Lower Extremity/surgery; Venous Insufficiency/surgery

What is the Value of Perfusion Scintigraphy and Cardiac PET in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy?

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20190007

Keywords: Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic, Familial; Echocardiography; Myocardial Ischemia; Myocardial Perfusion Imaging/methods; Positron-Emission Tomography/heart; Radionuclide Imaging

Applications of the Myocardial Strain Study using Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking in Pediatrics

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20190008

Keywords: Cardiomyopathy, dilated; Cardiotoxicity; Child; Echocardiography Doppler; Echocardiography/methods; Heart Defects, Congenital/physiopathology; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Stroke volume

Left Atrial Function Using Speckle Tracking: Beyond Volumetric Evaluation

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20190009

Keywords: Atrial Fibrillation, Myocardial Infarction; Atrial Function, Left/physiology; Echocardiography/methods; Heart failure; Prognosis; Stroke

Cor Triatriatum Sinistrum in Symptomatic Adult: Case Report

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20180044

Keywords: Adult; Cardiac Catheterization; Cor Triatriatum/physiopathology; Diagnostic imaging; Echocardiography/methods; Heart Defects, Congenital; Heart septal defects, atrial

Case Series of Patients with Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Quadricuspid Aortic Valve

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20190010

Keywords: Aortic Valve Insufficiency/physiopathology; Aortic Valve Insufficiency/surgery; Congenital Abnormalities; Echocardiography/methods; Stroke volume

Ramp-Test Echocardiography in Patients with Long-Term Continuous-Flow Ventricular Assist Device: Case Report and Systematic Review

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20190011

Keywords: Echocardiography/methods; Exercise; Heart Failure/physiopathology; Heart Transplantation/trends; Hemodynamics/physiology; Ramps; Velocity; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/physiopathology

Multimodality Evaluation in Cardiovascular Imaging in the Diagnosis of Atypical Cases of Chest Pain: Myasthenia Gravis

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20190012

Keywords: Chest pain; Diagnostic imaging; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myasthenia Gravis/diagnosis

Rare Cause of Chest Pain in Young Patient: Left Ventricular Myxoma

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20190013

Keywords: Chest pain; Dyspnea; Echocardiography/diagnostic Imaging; Heart neoplasms; Myxoma/surgery; Syncope; Tachycardia

Right Ventricular Endomyocardial Fibrosis: Case Report

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20190014

Keywords: EchocardiographyDoppler/methods; Endomyocardial Fibrosis/complications; Endomyocardial Fibrosis/diagnostic, imaging; Eosinophilia; Heart failure; Ultrasonography/methods; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right/complications

Atrial Fibrillation and Tricuspid Regurgitation as Late Presentations of Contusio Cordis

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20190015

Keywords: Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Atrial fibrillation; Commotio Cordis; Myocardial Contusions; Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency/surgery

Trivalvular Endocarditis: A Rare Multivalvular Condition

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20190016

Keywords: Echocardiography/methods; Endocarditis; Heart failure; Heart Valve Diseases/complications; Heart Valve Diseases/surgery

A Complicated Mitral Prosthesis Endocarditis: An Inevitable Outcome?

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20190017

Keywords: Endocarditis; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation/ methods; Mitral Valve/surgery

Non-compaction cardiomyopathy: How Can Imaging Contribute?

DOI: 10.5935/2318-8219.20190004

Keywords: Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Cardiomyopathies/physiopathology; Diagnostic Imaging/methods; Heart failure; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/methods; Thromboembolism