Echocardiography

"Echocardiography" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues. The standard approach is transthoracic.

Descriptor ID	D004452
MeSH Number(s)	E01.370.350.130.750 E01.370.350.850.220 E01.370.370.380.220
Concept/Terms	Echocardiography Echocardiography Transthoracic Echocardiography Echocardiography, Transthoracic Echocardiography, Cross-Sectional Echocardiography, Cross-Sectional Echocardiography, Cross Sectional Cross-Sectional Echocardiography Cross Sectional Echocardiography Echocardiography, M-Mode Echocardiography, M-Mode Echocardiography, M Mode M-Mode Echocardiography M Mode Echocardiography Echocardiography, Contrast Echocardiography, Contrast Contrast Echocardiography 2D Echocardiography 2D Echocardiography Echocardiography, Two-Dimensional Echocardiography, Two Dimensional Echocardiography, 2D Echocardiography, 2-D Echocardiography, 2 D Two-Dimensional Echocardiography Two Dimensional Echocardiography 2-D Echocardiography 2 D Echocardiography

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Echocardiography".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
Diagnostic Imaging [E01.370.350]
Cardiac Imaging Techniques [E01.370.350.130]
Echocardiography [E01.370.350.130.750]
Ultrasonography [E01.370.350.850]
Echocardiography [E01.370.350.850.220]
Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular [E01.370.370]
Heart Function Tests [E01.370.370.380]
Echocardiography [E01.370.370.380.220]

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publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Echocardiography" by people in this website by year, and whether "Echocardiography" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 338 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 26 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	2	5	7
1996	0	1	1
1997	2	6	8
1998	5	2	7
1999	0	2	2
2000	1	1	2
2001	1	3	4
2002	1	4	5
2003	6	9	15
2004	1	4	5
2005	0	13	13
2006	2	8	10
2007	2	2	4
2008	5	5	10
2009	4	6	10
2010	3	11	14
2011	4	9	13
2012	0	5	5
2013	4	8	12
2014	3	9	12
2015	6	12	18
2016	3	14	17
2017	9	11	20
2018	9	13	22
2019	3	18	21
2020	9	17	26
2021	5	13	18
2022	1	5	6
2023	2	11	13
2024	3	7	10
2025	4	4	8

Below are the most recent publications written about "Echocardiography" by people in Profiles.

Hegde SM, Wang X, Garcia-Pavia P, Getchevski S, Masri A, Merkely B, Nassif ME, Pe?a-Pe?a ML, Barriales-Villa R, Bilen O, Burroughs M, Claggett B, Costabel JP, Correia EB, Dybro AM, Elliott P, Lakdawala NK, Mann A, Maron MS, Nair A, Poulsen SH, Reant P, Schulze PC, Wang A, Sohn R, Berhane I, Heitner SB, Jacoby DL, Kupfer S, Malik FI, Wohltman A, Fifer MA, Solomon SD. Effect of Aficamten Compared With Metoprolol on Echocardiographic Measures in Symptomatic Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: MAPLE-HCM. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Dec 16; 86(24):2452-2467.

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Narvaez-Guerra O, Botros M, Offord E, Aurigemma G. Phenotypic overlap in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: one size does not fit all. BMJ Case Rep. 2025 Aug 27; 18(8).

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Mihos CG, Liu JE, Anderson KM, Pernetz MA, O'Driscoll JM, Aurigemma GP, Ujueta F, Wessly P. Speckle-Tracking Strain Echocardiography for the Assessment of Left Ventricular Structure and Function: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2025 Sep 09; 152(10):e96-e109.

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Sangha V, Dhingra LS, Aminorroaya A, Croon PM, Sikand NV, Sen S, Martinez MW, Maron MS, Krumholz HM, Asselbergs FW, Oikonomou EK, Khera R. Identification of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on electrocardiographic images with deep learning. Nat Cardiovasc Res. 2025 Aug; 4(8):991-1000.

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Gaspari R, Lindsay R, Allegra S, Fox E, Ousta A, McQuaide B, Gleeson T. Survival following cardiac arrest is associated with lower spontaneous echo contrast of cardiac chamber blood. A retrospective analysis of echocardiograms from a large cardiac arrest study. Resuscitation. 2025 Oct; 215:110720.

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Gaspari R, Lindsay R, She T, Acuna J, Balk A, Bartnik J, Baxter J, Clare D, Caplan RJ, DeAngelis J, Filler L, Graham P, Hill M, Hipskind J, Joseph R, Kapoor M, Kummer T, Lewis M, Midgley S, Nalbandian A, Narveas-Guerra O, Nomura J, Sanjeevan I, Scheatzle M, Schnittke N, Secko M, Soucy Z, Stowell JR, Theophanous RG, Tozer J, Yates T, Gleeson T. Incidence and Clinical Relevance of Echocardiographic Visualization of Occult Ventricular Fibrillation: A Multicenter Prospective Study of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Ann Emerg Med. 2025 Oct; 86(4):328-336.

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Saberi S, Abraham TP, Choudhury L, Barriales-Villa R, Elliott PM, Nassif ME, Oreziak A, Owens AT, Tower-Rader A, Rader F, Garcia-Pavia P, Olivotto I, Coats CJ, Fifer MA, Sherrid MV, Solomon SD, Watkins H, Heitner SB, Jacoby DL, Kupfer S, Malik FI, Melloni C, Meng L, Wei J, Maron MS, Masri A. Aficamten Treatment for Symptomatic Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: 48-Week Results From FOREST-HCM. JACC Heart Fail. 2025 Aug; 13(8):102496.

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Daoulah A, Seraj S, Elmahrouk A, Yousif N, Panduranga P, Almahmeed W, Arabi A, Alshehri M, Aloui HM, Arafat AA, Qutub MA, Alharbi W, Rajan R, Kahin MA, Alenezi A, Al Maashani S, Hassan T, Alswuaidi J, Alqahtani A, Aldossari MA, Al Jarallah M, Alshehri A, Elganady A, Alzahrani B, Alqahtani AM, Al Nasser FOM, Amin H, Alama MN, Aldossari A, Al Obaikan S, Almarghany AA, Kanbr O, Jamjoom A, Elmahrouk Y, Abdulhabeeb IAM, Balghith M, Hersi AS, Al Rawahi ASM, Alkholy MAEA, Hussien AF, Almoghairi A, Alama MMA, Ghani MA, Alhussini AU, Basardah A, Alshehri B, AlObaid L, Saati SS, Abualnaja S, Chachar TS, Khan H, Hashmani S, Ghonim AA, Almerri K, Alsofayan RW, Shawky AM, Lotfi A. RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION AS A MORTALITY DETERMINANT FOR PATIENTS WITH CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INDUCED BY ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. Shock. 2025 Jun 01; 63(6):885-892.

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Jones B, Marangou J, Yan J, Ralph A, Mitchell A, Kaethner A, Remenyi B, Wade V, Katzenellenbogen JM, Monteiro AF, Cannon JW, Howard NJ, Gilles M, Haynes E, Seixas H, Maurays J, Neave J, Pears C, Engelman D, Canuto K, Steer A, Unger H, Bailey M, Tanesi M, Amaral S, Neto H, Stewart M, Burgess P, Brown A, Currie BJ, Hillis G, Morris P, Simon D, Wheaton G, Williamson J, de Dassel J, Slota-Kan S, Carapetis J, English M, Nagraj S, Francis JR. NEARER SCAN (LENO BESIK) evaluation of a task-sharing echocardiographic active case finding programme for rheumatic heart disease in Australia and Timor-Leste: protocol for a hybrid type II effectiveness-implementation study. BMJ Open. 2024 10 18; 14(10):e083467.

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Moore PE, Hayden LP, Villafranco NM, Toprak D, Rice JL, Rhein LM, Popova AP, McKinney RL, Manimtim WM, Levin JC, Lai KV, Gage SC, Bansal M, Baker CD, Austin ED, Agarwal A, McGrath-Morrow SA, Collaco JM. Outpatient clinical care for bronchopulmonary dysplasia: A survey of the BPD collaborative. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025 Jan; 60(1):e27296.

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