A5082704893- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
- Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
- Diabetes Treatment and Management
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
- Vascular anomalies and interventions
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Diabetes Management and Research
University of Pecs
2020
University of Szeged
2000-2019
Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Kórház és Rendelőintézet
2005-2014
Bridgepoint (United Kingdom)
2013
Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica
2001-2002
University of the Sciences
2002
European Society of Cardiology
2001
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
2001
Instituto Nacional de Cardiología
2001
Stress echocardiography (SE) has an established role in evidence-based guidelines, but recently its breadth and variety of applications have extended well beyond coronary artery disease (CAD). We lack a prospective research study SE applications, CAD, also considering signs addition to regional wall motion abnormalities. In prospective, multicenter, international, observational design, > 100 certified high-volume labs (initially from Italy, Brazil, Hungary, Serbia) will be networked with...
With stress echo (SE) 2020 study, a new standard of practice in imaging was developed and disseminated: the ABCDE protocol for functional testing within beyond CAD. fruit SE 2020, is seed 2030, which articulated 12 projects: 1-SE coronary artery disease (SECAD); 2-SE diastolic heart failure (SEDIA); 3-SE hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (SEHCA); 4-SE post-chest radiotherapy chemotherapy (SERA); 5-Artificial intelligence evaluation (AI-SEE); 6-Environmental echocardiography air pollution (ESTER);...
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a heterogeneous entity including patients different phenotypes of near normal, and supernormal left ventricular (LV) function. To assess the value resting LV elastance (also known as force) transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) to identify HFpEF phenotypes. In prospective, observational, multicenter study, 2380 were recruited from July 2016 May 2024. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) was measured. We assessed end-diastolic volume (EDV),...
Abstract Background The left ventricular (LV) hypercontractile phenotype (HP) plays a critical role in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and is usually identified with the outflow tract gradient (LVOTG). Purpose To assess systemic coronary hemodynamic profile associated HP increased LV elastance (also known as force) at rest patients HCM. Methods We enrolled 1248 HCM (age 50 ± 15 years, 798 males, 64%) ejection fraction (EF) ≥50%, referred for transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) 14...
Aims Patients with normal coronary arteries have a heterogeneous prognosis. Aim of this study was to assess whether dipyridamole stress echocardiography positivity identifies prognostically less benign subset.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a primary disease of the myocardium most commonly caused by mutations in sarcomeric genes. We aimed to perform nationwide large-scale genetic analysis previously unreported, representative HCM cohort Hungary. A total 242 consecutive index patients (127 men, 44 ± 11 years) were studied with next generation sequencing using custom-designed gene-panel comprising 98 cardiomyopathy-related 90 (37%) carried pathogenic/likely pathogenic (P/LP) variants. The...
Objectives Many different stress echocardiographic and radionuclide perfusion imaging tests have been proposed for detecting epicardial coronary artery disease (CAD) in hypertensive patients. Their relative diagnostic prognostic value has not exactly established. Background A positive exercise electrocardiography test a low specificity patients warrants complementary to confirm the diagnosis of disease. Methods Hypertensive (n = 53), (29 males, aged 58 ± 10 years) with normal left...
Background Echocardiographic parameters for predicting cardioversion outcome in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation are not accurately defined.
Abstract Background and purpose: Our case report deals with the importance of detailed echocardiographic examination for differential diagnosis coronary sinus dilation development abnormalities great thoracic veins. Case presentation: A 49-year-old man underwent transthoracic echocardiography atypical chest pain. dilated was found venous contrast raised suspicion absent right persistent left superior vena cava. Transesophageal showed absence The findings were confirmed by upper digital...
Background: The non-invasive assessment of pulmonary haemodynamics during exercise provides complementary data for the evaluation tolerance in patients with COPD. Methods: Exercise echocardiography semi-supine position was performed 27 COPD (C) a forced expiratory volume one second (FEV1) 36±12% predicted and 13 age gender-matched non-COPD subjects (NC). also underwent cardiopulmonary testing gas exchange detection (CPET). Furthermore, serum high sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP), marker...
The coronary flow reserve, a well‐known characteristic of the distensibility arteries, can be measured by means dipyridamole stress transesophageal echocardiography. This study compared reserve in patients with normal arteries aortic stenosis (Group 1), without 2), and significant left anterior descending artery disease 3). Patients Methods: Groups 1 2 were comprised 21 each, while Group 3 was 37 patients. Transesophageal echocardiography carried out according to standard protocol,...
B-lines detected by lung ultrasound (LUS) during exercise stress echocardiography (ESE), indicating pulmonary congestion, have not been systematically evaluated in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).To assess the clinical, anatomical and functional correlates of congestion elicited HCM.We enrolled 128 HCM (age 52 ± 15 years, 72 males) consecutively referred for ESE (treadmill 46, bicycle 82 patients) 10 quality-controlled centers from 7 countries (Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria,...
Background: Sympathetic dysfunction can be evaluated by heart rate reserve (HRR) with exercise test. Objectives: To determine the value of HRR in predicting outcome patients hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Methods: We enrolled 917 HCM (age = 49 ± 15 years, 516 men) assessed stress echocardiography (ESE) 11 centres. ESE modality was semi-supine bicycle 51 (6%), upright 476 (52%), and treadmill 390 (42%). During ESE, we left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO), stress-induced new...
Cardioprotection due to angiotensin enzyme inhibitors is attributed, at least in part, the inhibition of bradykinin breakdown and preconditioning effect elevated endogenous level. We have previously shown that patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, one 120-second balloon inflation insufficient precondition heart. The objective present study was examine whether administration enalaprilat these results protection. Twenty underwent two artery occlusions separated by a...