Case Reports in Echocardiography
Echocardiography is one of the most essential, accessible, and informative tools in cardiovascular diagnostics. Detailed case reports help clinicians recognize rare findings, understand complex hemodynamics, and improve real-world interpretation skills.
The Case Reports and Case Series in Cardiology Journal welcomes submissions that highlight unique, educational, and challenging echocardiographic cases across all cardiac conditions.
Scope of Echocardiography Case Reports We Publish
We accept case reports and case series featuring:
1. Structural Heart Diseases
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Mitral regurgitation, stenosis, prolapse
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Aortic stenosis and regurgitation
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Tricuspid and pulmonary valve diseases
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Congenital heart disease findings
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Bicuspid aortic valve presentations
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Valve masses (vegetations, tumors, thrombus)
2. Cardiomyopathies
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Dilated cardiomyopathy
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
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Restrictive cardiomyopathy
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Stress-induced (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy
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Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
3. Cardiac Masses, Tumors, and Thrombus
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Myxoma
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Papillary fibroelastoma
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Intracardiac thrombus (LV, LA appendage)
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Metastatic cardiac tumors
4. Pericardial and Aortic Pathologies
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Pericardial effusion and tamponade
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Constrictive pericarditis
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Aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection findings
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Echo evaluation in acute aortic syndromes
5. Heart Failure & Hemodynamic Assessment
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Evaluation of diastolic dysfunction
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Pulmonary hypertension assessment
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Right ventricular dysfunction
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Shock and hemodynamic monitoring via echo
6. Echocardiography in Acute and Emergency Settings
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STEMI/NSTEMI complications (VSD, papillary muscle rupture)
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Acute pulmonary embolism
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Aortic dissection
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Cardiac trauma
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Infective endocarditis
7. Advanced Echocardiography
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3D echocardiography cases
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Strain imaging and speckle-tracking reports
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Stress echocardiography
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Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)
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Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE)
Manuscript Submission
Authors are requested to submit their manuscript by using Online Manuscript Submission Portal: https://www.casereportsincardiology.org/submit.html (or) also invited to submit through the Journal E-mail Id: editor@casereportsincardiology.org.