The left ventricle is one of four chambers of the heart. It is located in the bottom left portion of the heart below the left atrium, separated by the mitral valve. As the heart contracts, blood ...

We recently developed novel software to measure phasic strain rate (SR) using automated one-beat real-time three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (3D-STE) with high volume rates. We ...

Noncompacted left ventricle is currently listed as an unclassified cardiomyopathy by the World Health Organization. In a recent study, Oechslin and colleagues describe their observations and follow-up ...

In the present case a subvalvular annular aneurysm of the left ventricle was discovered in a five-year-old white boy fifteen months after severe precordial trauma. The aneurysm was repaired with the ...

LVNC is a structural heart problem that develops before birth. Later in life, it can cause symptoms like shortness of breath, irregular heart rhythms, and chest pain. Treatments include medications ...