An advantage of Doppler strain imaging is that it does not demand complete visualization of the endocardium.

Balloon septal septostomy may be used in which of the following diagnosis?

If possible, stress echo findings and cath findings should be correlated and tracked.

What is the most common indication for TEE?

Long term prognosis for heart disease depends on the following factor: 

If the myocardium is viable but the coronary artery that supplies the myocardium is severely stenotic, myocardial contractility improves initially with a low dose of dobutamine but worsens with high dose. This is a typical biphasic response for hibernating myocardium.

Which wall segment is this and which coronary artery feeds it? 60.png

Although the mitral valve area does not change with exercise, the increase in cardiac output and heart rate will result in a marked increase in the transmitral gradient, LA pressure, and pulmonary artery pressure.

Because of 3D cardiac geometry and complex myofiber orientations, there are multiple directions of strain.  They are: (more than one can apply)

A LVAD is used for: