Ausgabe 1/2013
Inhalt (46 Artikel)
Contrast enhanced transesophageal echocardiography in patients with atrial fibrillation referred to electrical cardioversion improves atrial thrombus detection and may reduce associated thromboembolic events
Philip H Jung, Marisa Mueller, Christoph Schuhmann, Madeleine Eickhoff, Philip Schneider, Gueler Seemueller, Raphael Dutton, Johannes Rieber, Stefan Kääb, Hae-Young Sohn
The association between arterial stiffness and left ventricular filling pressure in an apparently healthy Korean population
Hack-Lyoung Kim, Moon-Sun Im, Jae-Bin Seo, Woo-Young Chung, Sang-Hyun Kim, Myung-A Kim, Joo-Hee Zo
Role of 2D strain in the early identification of left ventricular dysfunction and in the risk stratification of systemic sclerosis patients
Maurizio Cusmà Piccione, Concetta Zito, Gianluca Bagnato, Giuseppe Oreto, Gianluca Di Bella, Gianfilippo Bagnato, Scipione Carerj
Transesophageal echocardiography measurements of aortic annulus diameter using biplane mode in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Kambiz Shahgaldi, Cristina da Silva, Magnus Bäck, Andreas Rück, Aristomenis Manouras, Anders Sahlén
A rabbit model of right-sided Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis created with echocardiographic guidance
Mei-lian Wang, Ying Zhang, Miao Fan, Ya-jun Guo, Wei-dong Ren, En-jie Luo
Echocardiographic integrated backscatter for detecting progression and regression of aortic valve calcifications in rats
Bram Roosens, Gezim Bala, Kris Gillis, Isabel Remory, Steven Droogmans, Joan Somja, Eléonore Delvenne, Joeri De Nayer, Johan Schiettecatte, Philippe Delvenne, Patrizio Lancellotti, Guy Van Camp, Bernard Cosyns
Use of echocardiographic pulmonary acceleration time and estimated vascular resistance for the evaluation of possible pulmonary hypertension
Sven-Olof Granstam, Erik Björklund, Gerhard Wikström, Magnus W Roos
Minimally invasive perventricular device closure of ventricular septal defect in infants under transthoracic echocardiograhic guidance: feasibility and comparison with transesophageal echocardiography
Gui-Can Zhang, Qiang Chen, Hua Cao, Liang-Wan Chen, Li-ping Yang, Dao-zhong Chen
The true cost of cardiovascular imaging: focusing on downstream, indirect, and environmental costs
Larissa Braga, Bruna Vinci, Carlo G Leo, Eugenio Picano
Transthoracic echocardiography reference values in juvenile and adult 129/Sv mice
Maurícia Vinhas, Ana Carolina Araújo, Sónia Ribeiro, Luís Brás Rosário, José António Belo
Non invasive evaluation of cardiomechanics in patients undergoing MitraClip procedure
Fabio Guarracino, Baldassare Ferro, Rubia Baldassarri, Pietro Bertini, Francesco Forfori, Cristina Giannini, Vitantonio Di Bello, Anna S Petronio
Gene therapy for cardiovascular disease mediated by ultrasound and microbubbles
Zhi-Yi Chen, Yan Lin, Feng Yang, Lan Jiang, Shu ping Ge
Peak systolic velocity using color-coded tissue Doppler imaging, a strong and independent predictor of outcome in acute coronary syndrome patients
Carl Westholm, Jonas Johnson, Anders Sahlen, Reidar Winter, Tomas Jernberg
A novel parasternal transthoracic echocardiographic window for detecting coronary ostial dilation after modified Bentall surgery
Austin Chin Chwan Ng, Dianna Hanzek, Leonard Kritharides, John Yiannikas
Right atrial to left atrial area ratio on early echocardiography predicts long-term survival after acute pulmonary embolism
Vincent Chow, Austin Chin Chwan Ng, Tommy Chung, Liza Thomas, Leonard Kritharides
Orthostatic stress echocardiography as a useful test to measure variability of transvalvular pressure gradients in aortic stenosis
Pawel Petkow Dimitrow, Danuta Sorysz
Parallel improvement of left ventricular geometry and filling pressure after transcatheter aortic valve implantation in high risk aortic stenosis: comparison with major prosthetic surgery by standard echo Doppler evaluation
Marco Fabio Costantino, Maurizio Galderisi, Ernesta Dores, Pasquale Innelli, Giandomenico Tarsia, Maurilio Di Natale, Ciro Santoro, Francesco De Stefano, Roberta Esposito, Giovanni de Simone
Mitral annular plane systolic excursion (MAPSE) in shock: a valuable echocardiographic parameter in intensive care patients
Lill Bergenzaun, Hans Öhlin, Petri Gudmundsson, Ronnie Willenheimer, Michelle S Chew
Reduced fractional shortening of right ventricular outflow tract is associated with adverse outcomes in patients with left ventricular dysfunction
Masashi Yamaguchi, Toshihiro Tsuruda, Yuki Watanabe, Hisamitsu Onitsuka, Kuniko Furukawa, Takeshi Ideguchi, Junji Kawagoe, Tetsunori Ishikawa, Johji Kato, Makoto Takenaga, Kazuo Kitamura
Bilateral common carotid artery ultrasound for prediction of incident strokes using intima-media thickness and external diameter: an observational study
Marsha L Eigenbrodt, Gregory W Evans, Kathryn M Rose, Zoran Bursac, Richard E Tracy, Jawahar L Mehta, David J Couper
Dynamic variations in the ultrasound greyscale median of carotid artery plaques
Baris Kanber, Timothy C Hartshorne, Mark A Horsfield, Andrew R Naylor, Thompson G Robinson, Kumar V Ramnarine
Speckle tracking echocardiography-determined measures of global and regional left ventricular function correlate with functional capacity in patients with and without preserved ejection fraction
John W Petersen, Talha F Nazir, Licheng Lee, Cynthia S Garvan, Ashkan Karimi
Quantifying longitudinal right ventricular dysfunction in patients with old myocardial infarction by using speckle-tracking strain echocardiography
Katsuhisa Konishi, Kaoru Dohi, Muneyoshi Tanimura, Yuichi Sato, Kiyotaka Watanabe, Emiyo Sugiura, Naoto Kumagai, Shiro Nakamori, Hiroshi Nakajima, Tomomi Yamada, Katsuya Onishi, Mashio Nakamura, Tsutomu Nobori, Masaaki Ito
Relation of left atrial peak systolic strain with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and brain natriuretic peptide level in patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Cem Dogan, Nihal Ozdemir, Suzan Hatipoglu, Ruken Bengi Bakal, Mehmet Onur Omaygenc, Baris Dindar, Ozkan Candan, Mehmet Yunus Emiroglu, Cihangir Kaymaz
Assessment of plaque evolution in coronary bifurcations located beyond everolimus eluting scaffolds: serial intravascular ultrasound virtual histology study
Il Soo Lee, Christos V Bourantas, Takashi Muramatsu, Bill D Gogas, Jung Ho Heo, Roberto Diletti, Vasim Farooq, Yaojun Zhang, Yoshinobu Onuma, Patrick W Serruys, Hector M Garcia-Garcia
Clinical applications of exercise stress echocardiography in the treadmill with upright evaluation during and after exercise
Carlos Cotrim, Isabel João, Paula Fazendas, Ana R Almeida, Luís Lopes, Bruno Stuart, Inês Cruz, Daniel Caldeira, Maria José Loureiro, Gonçalo Morgado, Hélder Pereira
Transplant of stunned donor hearts rescued by pharmacological stress echocardiography: a “proof of concept” report
Tonino Bombardini, Sonia Gherardi, Ornella Leone, Rosa Sicari, Eugenio Picano
Comparative measurement of aortic root by transthoracic echocardiography in normal Korean population based on two different guidelines
Myoung Kyun Son, Sung-A Chang, Ji Hye Kwak, Hye Jin Lim, Sung-Ji Park, Jin-Oh Choi, Sang-Chol Lee, Seung Woo Park, Duk-Kyung Kim, Jae K Oh
Reference values for fetal tissue velocity imaging and a new approach to evaluate fetal myocardial function
Nina NE Elmstedt, Jonas JJ Johnson, Britta BL Lind, Kjerstin KFW Ferm-Widlund, Lotta LH Herling, Magnus MW Westgren, Lars-Åke LAB Brodin
Additional value of lateral tissue Doppler imaging in the assessment of diastolic dysfunction among subjects with pseudonormal pattern of mitral inflow
Hack-Lyoung Kim, Joo-Hee Zo, Jae-Bin Seo, Woo-Young Chung, Yong-Jin Kim, Sang-Hyun Kim, Myung-A Kim, Dae-Won Sohn
Is strain by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography dependent on user controlled spatial and temporal smoothing? An experimental porcine study
Christian Arvei Moen, Pirjo-Riitta Salminen, Geir Olav Dahle, Johannes Just Hjertaas, Ketil Grong, Knut Matre
Stress echocardiography: safety and tolerability
Nada Fennich, Fedoua Ellouali, Salima Abdelali, Assad Chaara, Allal Berrada, Imane Elhajjaji, Rhizlane Cherradi, Saadia Abir, Nawal Doghmi, Mohammed Cherti
Visualization of multimodal polymer-shelled contrast agents using ultrasound contrast sequences: an experimental study in a tissue mimicking flow phantom
Malin Larsson, Matilda Larsson, Letizia Oddo, Silvia Margheritelli, Gaio Paradossi, Jacek Nowak, Lars-Åke Brodin, Kenneth Caidahl, Anna Bjällmark
Speckle tracking derived strain in infants with severe perinatal asphyxia: a comparative case control study
Arvind Sehgal, Flora Wong, Samuel Menahem
The prognostic value of mechanical left ventricular dyssynchrony in patients with acute coronary syndrome
Carl Westholm, Jonas Johnson, Tomas Jernberg, Reidar Winter
Volume quantification by contrast-enhanced ultrasound: an in-vitro comparison with true volumes and thermodilution
Ingeborg HF Herold, Gianna Russo, Massimo Mischi, Patrick Houthuizen, Tamerlan Saidov, Marcel van het Veer, Hans C van Assen, Hendrikus HM Korsten
Wall motion in the stenotic carotid artery: association with greyscale plaque characteristics, the degree of stenosis and cerebrovascular symptoms
Baris Kanber, Timothy C Hartshorne, Mark A Horsfield, Andrew R Naylor, Thompson G Robinson, Kumar V Ramnarine
One, two and three-dimensional ultrasound measurements of carotid atherosclerosis before and after cardiac rehabilitation: preliminary results of a randomized controlled trial
Tamas J Lindenmaier, Daniel N Buchanan, Damien Pike, Tim Hartley, Robert D Reid, J David Spence, Richard Chan, Michael Sharma, Peter L Prior, Neville Suskin, Grace Parraga
Quantitative assessment of carotid plaque surface irregularities and correlation to cerebrovascular symptoms
Baris Kanber, Timothy C Hartshorne, Mark A Horsfield, A Ross Naylor, Thompson G Robinson, Kumar V Ramnarine
Differences of left ventricular systolic deformation in hypertensive patients with and without apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Yu-Cheng Kao, Ming-Feng Lee, Chun-Tai Mao, Wei-Siang Chen, Ning-I Yang, Wen-Jin Cherng, Ming-Jui Hung
Myocardial contractility in the stress echo lab: from pathophysiological toy to clinical tool
Tonino Bombardini, Monica Zoppè, Quirino Ciampi, Lauro Cortigiani, Eustachio Agricola, Stefano Salvadori, Tiziana Loni, Lorenza Pratali, Eugenio Picano
Novices may be trained to screen for abdominal aortic aneurysms using ultrasound
Anh TV Nguyen, Geraldine B Hill, Matthew PT Versteeg, Ian A Thomson, Andre M van Rij
Left ventricular strain distribution in healthy dogs and in dogs with tachycardia-induced dilated cardiomyopathy
Kenya Kusunose, Youhua Zhang, Todor N Mazgalev, James D Thomas, Zoran B Popović
Evaluation of left atrial deformation to predict left atrial stasis in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation – a pilot-study
Rui Providência, Ana Faustino, Maria João Ferreira, Lino Gonçalves, Joana Trigo, Ana Botelho, Sérgio Barra, Serge Boveda
Assessment of left ventricle function in aortic stenosis: mitral annular plane systolic excursion is not inferior to speckle tracking echocardiography derived global longitudinal peak strain
Joanna Luszczak, Maria Olszowska, Sylwia Drapisz, Wojciech Plazak, Magdalena Kaznica-Wiatr, Izabela Karch, Piotr Podolec
Assessment of left ventricular volumes and primary mitral regurgitation severity by 2D echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance
Caroline M Van De Heyning, Julien Magne, Luc A Piérard, Pierre-Julien Bruyère, Laurent Davin, Catherine De Maeyer, Bernard P Paelinck, Christiaan J Vrints, Patrizio Lancellotti