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Filter by:Assessing the Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence in Left Ventricular Function Screening Using Parasternal Long Axis View Cardiac Ultrasound Video Clips ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Echocardiography serves as a fundamental diagnostic procedure for managing heart failure patients. Data from Thailand's Ministry of Public Health reveals that there is a substantial patient population, with over 100,000 admissions annually due to this condition. Nevertheless, the widespread implementation of echocardiography in this patient group remains challenging, primarily due to limitations in specialist resources, particularly in rural community hospitals. Although modern community hospitals are equipped with ultrasound machines capable of basic cardiac assessment (e.g., parasternal long axis view), the demand for expert cardiologists remains a formidable obstacle to achieving comprehensive diagnostic capabilities. Leveraging the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, proficient in the accurate prediction and processing of diverse healthcare data types, offers a promising for addressing this prevailing issue. This study is designed to assess the effectiveness of AI in evaluating cardiac performance from parasternal long axis view ultrasound video clips obtained via the smartphone application. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness of artificial intelligence in screening cardiac function from parasternal long axis view cardiac ultrasound video clips obtained through the smartphone application.
Delineate and evaluate the role of echocardiography in children with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac catheterization in the pediatric cardiology unit of Assiut university hospitals. 1. To improve diagnostic accuracy by creating a systematic approach for image acquisition and interpretation across different procedural timepoints. 2. To promote consistent hemodynamic evaluations to reliably assess cardiac function and blood flow. 3. To enable optimized procedural planning and intraprocedural guidance via comprehensive delineation of anatomy and pathophysiology. 4. To facilitate standardized longitudinal monitoring after interventions to evaluate outcomes and detect complications.
Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) has recently been reported as a common cause of heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HFpEF), with a prevalence of 6% in elderly HFpEF patients. However, the diagnosis of CA is still challenging and requires multiple costly investigations. Regardless of the type of CA, TTR or AL, early diagnosis significantly improves prognosis. In this study, the investigators aimed to determine the prevalence of CA in Tunisian HFpEF patients and to identify clinical and ultrasound criteria predictive of CA.
To evaluate the long-term clinical outcome of a cohort of patients suffering from moderate tricuspid regurgitation (TR), regardless of its etiology.
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare different digital learning methods for teaching basic skills in point-of-care transthoracic echocardiography to medical students. The main question it aims to answer is: • Is a novel digital learning tool, such as a serious video game, non-inferior to traditional ultrasound simulator teaching methods in the context of basic point-of-care transthoracic echocardiography skills training? Participants will train basic point-of-care ultrasound skills using either a traditional basic ultrasound simulator course or the serious video game "Underwater". Both methods focus on training hand-eye coordination, which is particularly important in transthoracic echocardiography. To compare the performance of the participants, a baseline assessment will be performed before and a final assessment after the two-week training period.
Aim of the study was to assess whether preoperative echocardiography affects time to surgery, length of hospital stay and in hospital mortality in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery. In the study entered two hundred fifty -five consecutive patients with hip fracture referred to a multidisciplinary hip fracture unit at a tertiary teaching hospital. Other 717 patients referred before implementation of routine echocardiographic examination were considered as control group. Echocardiography was performed in patients with systolic murmurs, unstable clinical conditions, recent decompensation of heart failure or hospital admission for coronary disease. Time to surgery, length of hospital stay (LOS) and in hospital mortality in patients underwent preoperative echocardiography (high risk group) were compared with patients who did not undergo echo (low-risk group ) and with an historical group.
The primary objective of this study is to investigate the impact of preoperative focused transthoracic ultrasound (FOCUS) on intraoperative hypotension and postoperative complications in hip fracture surgery. Our hypothesis is that a preoperative FOCUS along with a hemodynamic optimization protocol will reduce the occurrence of intraoperative drops in blood pressure and post-operative complications.
Investigation of the potential prognostic role of non-invasive myocardial work in patients receiving veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy.
This observational study aims to improve the accuracy of the report of the echocardiographic study, making it more consistent with the current international guidelines and reducing the diagnostic mistakes in patients undergoing clinically -indicated echocardiography. The main questions it aims to answer are: - can the addition of automated diagnostic algorithms help to improve the overall accuracy of the echocardiographic report?
The goal of this single-center, prospective, observational study is to validate a software package based on an artificial intelligence algorithm for automated non-invasive estimation of LVFP against invasively measured ones by left and right heart catheterization; In addition, the added value of this new automated software to detect increased LVEDP > 15 mm Hg compared to the current ASE/EACVI algorithm for assessing diastolic dysfunction and longitudinal left atrial strain during the reservoir phase will be evaluated.