Pericardial effusion is a common finding in hypothyroidism patients. We had three cases of hypothyroidism with cardiac manifestations of massive pericardial effusion accompanied by echocardiographic evidence of tamponade. ...

Background: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic cardiovascular disease with tremendous heterogeneity in its phenotypic expression. Global systolic function measured by ejection fraction (EF) does not seem to be ...

Most patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) have asymmetric septal hypertrophy; and among them, 25% present dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Apical HCM is unusual. Echocardiography has been the ...

The most common embryological abnormality of the aortic arch is an aberrant right subclavian artery, which occurs in 0.5% to 1.8% of the population. Normally, this anomaly causes no symptoms, but sometimes it can produce ...

Background: Left and right ventricular systolic and diastolic functions are contributors to the symptoms and prognosis in adults with congenital heart disease. Echocardiography is a simple tool to evaluate the ventricular ...

Background: Given the importance of the effect of muscle relaxants on extubation time in coronary artery bypass grafting patients, we sought to assess the difference in “time to extubation" and “intensive care unit length ...

We present a 56-year-old woman who came to the emergency department with an exertional dyspnea of recent onset. A transthoracic echocardiographic examination revealed two round masses in her left atrium with mild mitral ...