Valvular regurgitation represents an important cause of cardiovascular morbidity and
mortality. Imaging is pivotal in the evaluation of native valve regurgitation and …

Echocardiography in patients with atrial fibrillation is challenging due to the varying heart
rate. Thus, the topic of this expert proposal focuses on an obvious gap in the current …

Transthoracic echocardiography is an essential tool in the diagnosis, assessment, and
management of paediatric and adult populations with suspected or confirmed congenital …

Computational modelling of whole-heart function is a useful tool to study heart mechanics
and haemodynamics. Many existing heart models focus on electromechanical aspect …

Multi-dimensional analysis in echocardiography has attracted attention due to its potential
for clinical indices quantification and computer-aided diagnosis. It can utilize various …

Pregnancy is a dynamic process associated with profound hormonally mediated
haemodynamic changes which result in structural and functional adaptations in the …

Objective The proximal isovelocity surface area (PISA) method is a well-established
approach for mitral regurgitation (MR) quantification. However, it exhibits high inter-observer …

Background Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) conventional multiplane approach
(MPA) and the newly proposed commissural-biplane approach (CBA) are the recommended …

Segmentation of the mitral annulus is often an important step in cardiac examinations. We
propose a robust 3D method for predicting the anatomical orientation and segmentation of …

Although real-time 3D echocardiography (RT3DE) has only been introduced in the last
decades, its use still needs to be improved since it is a time-consuming and operator …