Ausgabe 1/2012
Inhalt (50 Artikel)
Manual correction of semi-automatic three-dimensional echocardiography is needed for right ventricular assessment in adults; validation with cardiac magnetic resonance
Ellen Ostenfeld, Marcus Carlsson, Kambiz Shahgaldi, Anders Roijer, Johan Holm
Shortening of atrioventricular delay at increased atrial paced heart rates improves diastolic filling and functional class in patients with biventricular pacing
Reza Rafie, Salima Qamruddin, Ali Ozhand, Nima Taha, Tasneem Z Naqvi
Relation of mitral valve morphology and motion to mitral regurgitation severity in patients with mitral valve prolapse
Mario Sénéchal, Nicolas Michaud, Jimmy MacHaalany, Mathieu Bernier, Michelle Dubois, Julien Magne, Christian Couture, Patrick Mathieu, Olivier F Bertrand, Pierre Voisine
Novel echocardiographic techniques to assess left atrial size, anatomy and function
Matteo Cameli, Matteo Lisi, Francesca Maria Righini, Sergio Mondillo
Single beat 3D echocardiography for the assessment of right ventricular dimension and function after endurance exercise: Intraindividual comparison with magnetic resonance imaging
Sebastian Schattke, Moritz Wagner, Robert Hättasch, Sabrina Schroeckh, Tahir Durmus, Ingolf Schimke, Wasiem Sanad, Sebastian Spethmann, Jürgen Scharhag, Alexander Huppertz, Gert Baumann, Adrian C Borges, Fabian Knebel
Visualization of the intracavitary blood flow in systemic ventricles of Fontan patients by contrast echocardiography using particle image velocimetry
Konstantinos Lampropoulos, Werner Budts, Alexander Van de Bruaene, Els Troost, Joost P van Melle
Spatial orientation of cross-sectional images of coronary arteries: point of view in intracoronary imaging
Troels Thim, Erling Falk
Preliminary clinical study of left ventricular myocardial strain in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy by three-dimensional speckle tracking imaging
Fengxia Duan, Mingxing Xie, Xinfang Wang, Yuman Li, Lin He, Lan Jiang, Qian Fu
Uncommon acquired Gerbodedefect following extensive bicuspid aortic valve endocarditis
Hélder Dores, João Abecasis, Regina Ribeiras, José Pedro Neves, Miguel Mendes
Acute regional improvement of myocardial function after interventional transfemoral aortic valve replacement in aortic stenosis: A speckle tracking echocardiography study
Sebastian Schattke, Gerd Baldenhofer, Ines Prauka, Kun Zhang, Michael Laule, Verena Stangl, Wasiem Sanad, Sebastian Spethmann, Adrian C Borges, Gert Baumann, Karl Stangl, Fabian Knebel
No relationship between left ventricular radial wall motion and longitudinal velocity and the extent and severity of noncompaction cardiomyopathy
Kadir Caliskan, Osama I Soliman, Attila Nemes, Ron T van Domburg, Maarten L Simoons, Marcel L Geleijnse
Value of segmental myocardial strain by 2-dimensional strain echocardiography for assessment of scar area induced in a rat model of myocardial infarction
Shu-sheng Liao, Qin-yun Ruan, Mei-yan Lin, Lei Yan
Real-time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in daily practice: initial experience
Ashraf M Anwar, Youssef FM Nosir, Siti Khairani Zainal-Abidin, Aref Ajam, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha
Prevalence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in European populations based on cross-validated diagnostic thresholds
Malgorzata Kloch-Badelek, Tatiana Kuznetsova, Wojciech Sakiewicz, Valérie Tikhonoff, Andrew Ryabikov, Arantxa González, Begoña López, Lutgarde Thijs, Yu Jin, Sofia Malyutina, Katarzyna Stolarz-Skrzypek, Edoardo Casiglia, Javier Díez, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz, Jan A Staessen
Could successful cryoballoon ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation prevent progressive left atrial remodeling?
Tamás Erdei, Mónika Dénes, Attila Kardos, Attila Mihálcz, Csaba Földesi, András Temesvári, Mária Lengyel
Percutaneous treatment of patients with heart diseases: selection, guidance and follow-up. A review
Carla Contaldi, Maria-Angela Losi, Antonio Rapacciuolo, Maria Prastaro, Raffaella Lombardi, Valentina Parisi, Lucia S Parrella, Carlo Di Nardo, Alessandra Giamundo, Roberto Puglia, Giovanni Esposito, Federico Piscione, Sandro Betocchi
Physiological aspects of the determination of comprehensive arterial inflows in the lower abdomen assessed by Doppler ultrasound
Takuya Osada
Fetal cardiac muscle contractility decreases with gestational age: a color-coded tissue velocity imaging study
Nina Elmstedt, Kjerstin Ferm-Widlund, Britta Lind, Lars-Åke Brodin, Magnus Westgren
The impact of aging and atherosclerotic risk factors on transthoracic coronary flow reserve in subjects with normal coronary angiography
Maurizio Galderisi, Fausto Rigo, Sonia Gherardi, Lauro Cortigiani, Ciro Santoro, Rosa Sicari, Eugenio Picano
Peak longitudinal strain most accurately reflects myocardial segmental viability following acute myocardial infarction - an experimental study in open-chest pigs
Erling Aarsæther, Assami Rösner, Espen Straumbotn, Rolf Busund
Detection of coronary microembolization by Doppler ultrasound in patients with stable angina pectoris during percutaneous coronary interventions under an adjunctive antithrombotic therapy with abciximab: design and rationale of the High Intensity Transient Signals ReoPro (HITS-RP) study
Daniel Kretzschmar, Christian Jung, Sylvia Otto, Stephan Utschig, Michael Hartmann, Thomas Lehmann, Atilla Yilmaz, Tudor C Pörner, Hans R Figulla, Markus Ferrari
Erratum to: Visualization of the intracavitary blood flow in systemic ventricles of Fontan patients by contrast echocardiography using particle image velocimetry
Konstantinos Lampropoulos, Werner Budts, Alexander Van de Bruaene, Els Troost, Joost P van Melle
Left atrial pathological degeneration assessed by integrated backscatter transesophageal echocardiography as a predictor of progression to persistent atrial fibrillation: Results from a prospective study of three-years follow-up
Tomoki Kubota, Masanori Kawasaki, Nobuhiro Takasugi, Hajime Imai, Yoshiyuki Ishihara, Munenori Okubo, Shigekiyo Takahashi, Hironobu Sato, Kazuhiko Nishigaki, Genzou Takemura, Shinya Minatoguchi
Wait, treat and see: echocardiographic monitoring of brain-dead potential donors with stunned heart
Marilena Casartelli, Tonino Bombardini, Davide Simion, Maria Grazia Gaspari, Francesco Procaccio
Real Time 3D echocardiography (RT3D) for assessment of ventricular and vascular function in hypertensive and heart failure patients
Maria Chiara Scali, Massimiliano Basso, Alfredo Gandolfo, Tonino Bombardini, Paolo Bellotti, Rosa Sicari
Quantification of echodensities in tuberculous pericardial effusion using fractal geometry: a proof of concept study
Mpiko Ntsekhe, Bongani M Mayosi, Tawanda Gumbo
Can echocardiographic particle image velocimetry correctly detect motion patterns as they occur in blood inside heart chambers? A validation study using moving phantoms
Christian Prinz, Reka Faludi, Andrew Walker, Mihaela Amzulescu, Hang Gao, Tokuhisa Uejima, Alan G Fraser, Jens-Uwe Voigt
Left ventricular twist is load-dependent as shown in a large animal model with controlled cardiac load
Roman A’roch, Ulf Gustafsson, Jan Poelaert, Göran Johansson, Michael Haney
Left ventricular strain and peak systolic velocity: responses to controlled changes in load and contractility, explored in a porcine model
Roman A’roch, Ulf Gustafsson, Göran Johansson, Jan Poelaert, Michael Haney
Relationship among coronary plaque compliance, coronary risk factors and tissue characteristics evaluated by integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound
Yoshiyuki Ishihara, Masanori Kawasaki, Arihiro Hattori, Hajime Imai, Shigekiyo Takahashi, Hironobu Sato, Tomoki Kubota, Munenori Okubo, Shinsuke Ojio, Kazuhiko Nishigaki, Genzou Takemura, Hisayoshi Fujiwara, Shinya Minatoguchi
Brachial Artery Flow-mediated Dilation Following Exercise with Augmented Oscillatory and Retrograde Shear Rate
Blair D Johnson, Kieren J Mather, Sean C Newcomer, Timothy D Mickleborough, Janet P Wallace
Effects of ultrasound and ultrasound contrast agent on vascular tissue
Steven C Wood, Sible Antony, Ronald P Brown, Jin Chen, Edward A Gordon, Victoria M Hitchins, Qin Zhang, Yunbo Liu, Subha Maruvada, Gerald R Harris
Quantitative approach using multiple single parameters versus visual assessment in dobutamine stress echocardiography
Jelena Celutkiene, Diana Zakarkaite, Viktor Skorniakov, Vida Zvironaite, Virginija Grabauskiene, Jelizaveta Burca, Laura Ciparyte, Aleksandras Laucevicius
Comparison between integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound and 64-slice multi-detector row computed tomography for tissue characterization and volumetric assessment of coronary plaques
Takahiko Yamaki, Masanori Kawasaki, Ik-Kyung Jang, Owen Christopher Raffel, Yoshiyuki Ishihara, Munenori Okubo, Tomoki Kubota, Arihiro Hattori, Kazuhiko Nishigaki, Genzou Takemura, Hisayoshi Fujiwara, Shinya Minatoguchi
Carotid intima-media thickness is associated with cognitive deficiency in hypertensive patients with elevated central systolic blood pressure
Eros da Mota Dias, Luiz Tadeu Giollo Jr, Débora Dada Martinelli, Camila Mazeti, Heitor Moreno Júnior, José Fernando Vilela-Martin, Juan Carlos Yugar-Toledo
Evaluation of right and left ventricular function using speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and their first degree relatives
Meriam Åström Aneq, Jan Engvall, Lars Brudin, Eva Nylander
Atrial fibrillation in aortic stenosis - echocardiographic assessment and prognostic importance
Charlotte Burup Kristensen, Jan Skov Jensen, Peter Sogaard, Helle Gervig Carstensen, Rasmus Mogelvang
Impact of acute exercise on brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation in young healthy people
In-Chang Hwang, Kyung-Hee Kim, Won-Suk Choi, Hyun-Jin Kim, Moon-Sun Im, Yong-Jin Kim, Sang-Hyun Kim, Myung-A Kim, Dae-Won Sohn, Joo-Hee Zo
Early detection of doxorubicin myocardial injury by ultrasonic tissue characterization in an experimental animal model
Minna Moreira Dias Romano, Antônio Pazin-Filho, João Lucas O’Connel, Marcus Vinícius Simões, André Schmidt, Érica C Campos, Marcos Rossi, Benedito Carlos Maciel
The pressure/volume relationship during dobutamine stress echocardiography in transplanted heart: comparison with quality of life and coronary anatomy
Giovanni Minardi, Giordano Zampi, Amedeo Pergolini, Giovanni Pulignano, Massimiliano Scappaticci, Francesca Moschella Orsini, Gaetano Pero, Paola Lilla Della Monica, Giovanni Cioffi, Francesco Musumeci
Rapid evaluation by lung-cardiac-inferior vena cava (LCI) integrated ultrasound for differentiating heart failure from pulmonary disease as the cause of acute dyspnea in the emergency setting
Katsuya Kajimoto, Keiko Madeen, Tomoko Nakayama, Hiroki Tsudo, Tadahide Kuroda, Takashi Abe
Left ventricular markers of global dyssynchrony predict limited exercise capacity in heart failure, but not in patients with preserved ejection fraction
Gani Bajraktari, Arlind Batalli, Afrim Poniku, Artan Ahmeti, Rozafa Olloni, Violeta Hyseni, Zana Vela, Besim Morina, Rina Tafarshiku, Driton Vela, Premtim Rashiti, Edmond Haliti, Michael Y Henein
A modified regimen of extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy for treatment of coronary artery disease
Yu Wang, Tao Guo, Tie-kun Ma, Hong-yan Cai, Si-ming Tao, Yun-zhu Peng, Ping Yang, Ming-qing Chen, Yun Gu
Left ventricular function in acute inflammatory peri-myocardial diseases – new insights and long-term follow-up
Marina Leitman, Vladimir Tyomkin, Eli Peleg, Laurian Copel, Zvi Vered
Global left ventricular load in asymptomatic aortic stenosis: covariates and prognostic implication (the SEAS trial)
Åshild E Rieck, Eva Gerdts, Mai Tone Lønnebakken, Edda Bahlmann, Giovanni Cioffi, Christa Gohlke-Bärwolf, Simon Ray, Dana Cramariuc
Motion of left atrial appendage as a determinant of thrombus formation in patients with a low CHADS2 score receiving warfarin for persistent nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
Koji Ono, Makoto Iwama, Masanori Kawasaki, Ryuhei Tanaka, Takatomo Watanabe, Noriyuki Onishi, Shunichiro Warita, Tai Kojima, Takashi Kato, Yoshiaki Goto, Masazumi Arai, Kazuhiko Nishigaki, Genzou Takemura, Toshiyuki Noda, Sachiro Watanabe, Shinya Minatoguchi
Tissue Doppler imaging for diagnosis of coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Rajender Agarwal, Priyanka Gosain, James N Kirkpatrick, Tareq Alyousef, Rami Doukky, Gurpreet Singh, Craig A Umscheid
Midwall ejection fraction for assessing systolic performance of the hypertrophic left ventricle
Hisao Yoshikawa, Makoto Suzuki, Go Hashimoto, Yukiko Kusunose, Takenori Otsuka, Masato Nakamura, Kaoru Sugi
Speckle echocardiographic left atrial strain and stiffness index as predictors of maintenance of sinus rhythm after cardioversion for atrial fibrillation: a prospective study
Amir Y Shaikh, Abhishek Maan, Umar A Khan, Gerard P Aurigemma, Jeffrey C Hill, Jennifer L Kane, Dennis A Tighe, Eric Mick, David D McManus
Mitral annular systolic velocity as a marker of preclinical systolic dysfunction among patients with arterial hypertension
Ivaylo Rilkov Daskalov, Plamen Dimitrov Petrovsky, Lilia Davidkova Demirevska