Semmelweis University Heart and Vascular Center

4 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Bioengineering

Evaluation of Left Ventricular Structure and Function using 3D Echocardiography

Adrienn Ujvári¹, Bálint Károly Lakatos¹, Márton Tokodi¹, Alexandra Fábián¹, Béla Merkely¹, Attila Kovács¹

¹Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University

In this article, we provide a step-by-step acquisition and analysis protocol for the volumetric assessment and speckle-tracking analysis of the left ventricle by 3D echocardiography, particularly focusing on practical aspects that maximize the feasibility of this technique.

Medicine

Morphological and Functional Assessment of the Right Ventricle Using 3D Echocardiography

Bálint Károly Lakatos¹, Márton Tokodi¹, Erika Kispál¹, Béla Merkely¹, Attila Kovács¹

¹Semmelweis University Heart and Vascular Center

Here, we provide a step-by-step acquisition and analysis protocol for the 3D volumetric assessment of the right ventricle, mainly focusing on the practical aspects that maximize the feasibility of this technique.

Medicine

Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure

Andrea Ágnes Molnár^*1, Pál Ábrahám^*1, Béla Merkely¹, Sándor Nardai¹

¹Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University

Transthoracic (TTE) and transesophageal (TEE) echocardiography represent the basic imaging tools for interatrial septum examination. Three dimensional (3D) TEE provides incremental information in the assessment of the interatrial septum. Further advanced echocardiography techniques using speckle tracking echocardiography are applied for sensitive volumetric and functional assessment of the heart chambers.

Medicine

Post-Myocardial Infarction Heart Failure in Closed-chest Coronary Occlusion/Reperfusion Model in Göttingen Minipigs and Landrace Pigs

Gábor B Brenner^*1,2, Zoltán Giricz^*1,2, Rita Garamvölgyi^3,4, András Makkos¹, Zsófia Onódi¹, Nabil V Sayour¹, Tamás G Gergely¹, Tamás Baranyai¹, Örs Petneházy^3,4, Dénes Kőrösi³, Gergő P. Szabó³, Hajnalka Vago⁵, Zsófia Dohy⁵, Csilla Czimbalmos⁵, Béla Merkely⁵, Swetlana Boldin-Adamsky⁶, Elena Feinstein⁶, Iván G Horváth⁷, Péter Ferdinandy^1,2

¹Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Semmelweis University, ²Pharmahungary Group, ³Diagnostic, Radiation Oncology, Research and Teaching Center, Moritz Kaposi Somogy County Teaching Hospital, ⁴Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kaposvar University, ⁵Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, ⁶Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc, ⁷Heart Institute, Medical School, University of Pécs

The overall goal of the current study is to present the techniques of induction of myocardial infarction (MI) and post-myocardial infarction heart failure (post-MI HF) in closed-chest, adult Göttingen minipigs and the characterization of post-MI HF model in Göttingen minipigs as compared to Landrace pigs.