Abstract Background The reduction of pulmonary congestion is an essential clinical target in the management of chronic heart failure. The remote dielectric sensing (ReDS) system is a recently introduced non-invasive technology used to easily estimate the degree of lung fluid volume without any expert techniques. Objective To conduct a comparative assessment of pulmonary congestion according to ultrasound and ReDS technology in patients hospitalized with decompensation of chronic heart failure (CHF) Methods The pilot single-center study included patients hospitalized with CHF […]

Heart defects are among the most common congenital malformations, occurring in 4 to 12 per 1,000 live births, depending on the population studied. Congenital heart disease (CHD) is an important cause of mortality related to birth defects. Therefore, prenatal diagnosis of CHD is crucial to improve the prognosis associated with this disease. In this scenario, the development of prenatal cardiac ultrasound screening programs serves as crucial tools that have increased the early detection of CHD. These programs achieve this by […]

Ultrasound and echocardiography with Doppler studies have represented, over the last few decades, highly noteworthy advances in medical practice in general. Particularly in internal medicine, they have promoted a true revolution in daily work and are currently considered a fundamental tool in clinical practice. This application of the method includes both urgent care and outpatient settings., In emergency scenarios, the initial establishment of the FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma) protocol for systematized trauma care made it possible to […]

Abstract Background: Congenital heart defects (CHD), as the most common congenital anomaly, have been reported to be associated with chromosomal abnormalities. Currently, patients with CHD are routinely offered karyotyping and chromosomal microarray (CMA) testing, but the genotype-phenotype relationship has not yet been fully established. Objective: To determine the type and frequency of chromosomal abnormalities in fetuses with CHD and to analyze pregnancy outcomes of fetuses with heart abnormalities caused by different genetic factors. Methods: A total of 362 cases of […]

The role of pulmonary congestion in heart failure and the limits of the traditional clinical examination Pulmonary congestion, such as low cardiac output, is a preponderant element in patients with heart failure (HF), which is considered an important cause of hospital admissions and death., Thus, the identification of pulmonary extravascular fluid in patients with HF can be used as an aid in strategies to optimize clinical therapy. Traditionally, assessment of pulmonary congestion has been based on the patient’s clinical status […]