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Why TAPSE and FAC fall short: RVEF remains the gold standard for assessing RV function after cardiac surgery in children

Background Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) and right ventricular (RV) fractional area change (FAC) are ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Focused Cardiac Ultrasonography for Right Ventricular Size and Systolic Function

Focused cardiac ultrasonography is a practical, transthoracic, qualitative or semiquantitative means of assessing cardiac size, structure, and function that is performed and interpreted by the ...
Nature

A new systolic parameter defined as the ratio of brachial pre-ejection period to brachial ejection time predicts overall and cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients

The study was conducted at one dialysis clinic in a regional hospital in Taiwan. All routine hemodialysis patients in this hospital were included except 6 patients refusing ABI-form device ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Focused Cardiac Ultrasonography for Left Ventricular Systolic Function

Focused cardiac ultrasonography is a point-of-care, qualitative or semiquantitative means of assessing cardiac size, structure, and function that is performed and interpreted by the clinician at the ...