Shantanu P. Sengupta

TL;DR: The feasibility of performing sonographer-driven focused echocardiographic studies with long-distance Web-based assessments of recorded images for identifying the burden of structural heart disease in a community is demonstrated.

TL;DR: Testing the hypothesis that strain analysis along the direction of strongest and weakest systolic compression circumvents the need for multidirectional strains and provides a more simplified assessment of left ventricular subendocardial function finds two-component principal and secondary strain analysis can be related toleft ventricular myofiber geometry and may simplify the assessment of 3D left vent cardiac deformation.

TL;DR: It is suggested that reduced LV diastolic filling rather than an irreversible myocardial structural abnormality contributes predominantly to reduced LV mechanical performance in patients with MS.

TL;DR: The feasibility of using short-duration, one-on-one, personalized transcontinental tele-echocardiography education for wider dissemination of echocardiographic skills to local physicians in remote communities, essential for optimizing global cardiovascular health is established.

TL;DR: Characterizing the disparities in LV principal strains reveals the presence of subclinical LV dysfunction and provides unique insights into functional adaptations that maintain global LV ejection fraction in patients with systemic hypertension.