https://www.selleckchem.com/products/Fluvastatin-Sodium(Lescol).html 2 ± 5.2, -11.1 ± 4.6 (p less then 0.001), GCS -14.8 ± 4.2, -12.4 ± 5.28 (p less then 0.009); GRS 41.5 ± 16, 33.3 ± 16.5 (p=0.003); AREA -24.7 ± 7.2, -20.1 ± 7.6 (p=0,001), respectively]. We could not demonstrate any improvement in RV strain values before or after HD. LV strain values are positively correlated with blood pressure variability during the dialysis sessions. LV function is preserved better after HD in patients on beta or calcium channel blocker therapy compared to those who do not use these agents (p less then 0.001, p less then 0.01, respectively). CONCLUSION HD treatment results in deterioration in all LV strain directions but not in RV. Strain assessment may improve vascular risk stratification of patients on chronic HD. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.OBJECTIVES Establish a fetal heart anatomical cross-sectional database that correlates with screening transverse ultrasound images suggested by international professional organizations to detect congenital heart defects. METHODS Fetuses with suspected congenital heart defects identified using the following cardiac image sequences obtained from transverse slices beginning from the upper abdomen and ending in the upper thorax were the subjects of this study (1) four-chamber view, (2) left ventricular outflow tract view, (3) 3-vessel right ventricular outflow tract view, and (4) the 3-vessel tracheal view. A database of digital 2-dimensional images of the transverse sweep was created for fetuses with confirmed congenital heart defects. In addition, using four-dimensional ultrasound spatial-temporal image correlation, selected transverse ultrasound images were acquired as part of the database. Ultrasound-detected congenital heart defects were confirmed postnatally from pathological specimens of the heart and lungtetralogy of Fallot, D-transposition of the great arteries). CONCLUSIONS Combining both ultrasound an