Ausgabe 1/2009
Inhalt (59 Artikel)
Prevalence and inter-relationship of different Doppler measures of dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure and prolonged QRS: a report from CARE-HF
Magnus Edner, Yong Kim, Knud Norregaard Hansen, Henrik Nissen, Geert Espersen, Karl La Rosee, Fikru Maru, Nick Freemantle, John Cleland, Peter Sogaard
Comparison of normal values of Duplex indices of vertebral arteries in young and elderly adults
Masoud Nemati, Abolhassan Shakeri Bavil, Naser Taheri
Pseudo cardiac tamponade in the setting of excess pericardial fat
Thang Nguyen, Kanwal Kumar, Andrew Francis, Jonathan R Walker, Michael Raabe, Shelley Zieroth, Davinder S Jassal
Evaluation of the anti-ischemic effects of D-ribose during dobutamine stress echocardiography: a pilot study
Stephen G Sawada, Stephen Lewis, Roxanne Kovacs, Samer Khouri, Irmina Gradus-Pizlo, John A St Cyr, Harvey Feigenbaum
Feasibility and reference values of left atrial longitudinal strain imaging by two-dimensional speckle tracking
Matteo Cameli, Maria Caputo, Sergio Mondillo, Piercarlo Ballo, Elisabetta Palmerini, Matteo Lisi, Enzo Marino, Maurizio Galderisi
Identification and quantification of prosthetic mitral regurgitation by flow convergence method using transthoracic approach
Stephane Arques, Caroline Leonnet, Emmanuel Roux, Jean-François Avierinos
A new 2D-based method for myocardial velocity strain and strain rate quantification in a normal adult and paediatric population: assessment of reference values
C Bussadori, A Moreo, M Di Donato, B De Chiara, D Negura, E Dall'Aglio, E Lobiati, M Chessa, C Arcidiacono, JS Dua, F Mauri, M Carminati
Improvement in right ventricular function during reversibility testing in pulmonary arterial hypertension: a case report
Sandrine Huez, Jean-Luc Vachiéry, Robert Naeije
Predicting clinically unrecognized coronary artery disease: use of two- dimensional echocardiography
Su Min Chang, Abdul Hakeem, Sherif F Nagueh
A combination of left ventricular noncompaction and double orifice mitral valve
Xing-Xiang Wang, Ze-Zhou Song
Measurements of left ventricular myocardial longitudinal systolic displacement using spectral and colour tissue Doppler: time for a reassessment?
Aristomenis Manouras, Kambiz Shahgaldi, Reidar Winter, Lars-Åke Brodin, Jacek Nowak
Sub aortic tendon induced ST segment elevation – a new echo electrocardiographic phenomenon?
James Ker
Ultrasound in evaluation of post-interventional femoral vein obstruction: a case report
Mai Tone Lønnebakken, Eva Gerdts, Jan Wirsching, Ole Martin Pedersen
Transesophageal echocardiography in patients with cryptogenic cerebral ischemia
Fabian Knebel, Florian Masuhr, Wolfram von Hausen, Torsten Walde, Henryk Dreger, Vanessa Raab, Mahsun Yuerek, Gert Baumann, Adrian C Borges
Left atrial volume measurement with automated border detection by 3-dimensional echocardiography: comparison with magnetic resonance imaging
Ramin Artang, Raymond Q Migrino, Leanne Harmann, Mark Bowers, Timothy D Woods
Real-time evaluation of longitudinal peak systolic strain (speckle tracking measurement) in left and right ventricles of athletes
Laura Stefani, Gianni Pedrizzetti, Alessio De Luca, Roberto Mercuri, Gabriele Innocenti, Giorgio Galanti
Semi-automated quantification of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography
Jøger Hansegård, Stig Urheim, Ketil Lunde, Siri Malm, Stein Inge Rabben
Head to head comparisons of two modalities of perfusion adenosine stress echocardiography with simultaneous SPECT
Petri Gudmundsson, Kambiz Shahgaldi, Reidar Winter, Magnus Dencker, Mariusz Kitlinski, Ola Thorsson, Lennart Ljunggren, Ronnie B Willenheimer
Right ventricular metastasis of leiomyosarcoma
Magnus Dencker, Sven Valind, Martin Stagmo
Post-exercise contractility, diastolic function, and pressure: Operator-independent sensor-based intelligent monitoring for heart failure telemedicine
Tonino Bombardini, Vincenzo Gemignani, Elisabetta Bianchini, Emilio Pasanisi, Lorenza Pratali, Mascia Pianelli, Francesco Faita, Massimo Giannoni, Giorgio Arpesella, Rosa Sicari, Eugenio Picano
State diagrams of the heart – a new approach to describing cardiac mechanics
Matilda Larsson, Anna Bjällmark, Jonas Johnson, Reidar Winter, Lars-Åke Brodin, Stig Lundbäck
Doppler ultrasonography and exercise testing in diagnosing a popliteal artery adventitial cyst
Maurizio Taurino, Luigi Rizzo, Nazzareno Stella, Massimo Mastroddi, Fabio Conteduca, Claudia Maggiore, Vittorio Faraglia
Prognostic value of exercise echocardiography in diabetic patients
Joselina LM Oliveira, José AS Barreto-Filho, Carla RP Oliveira, Thaiana A Santana, Fernando D Anjos-Andrade, Érica O Alves, Adão C Nascimento-Junior, Thiago JS Góes, Nathalie O Santana, Francis L Vasconcelos, Martha A Barreto, Argemiro D'Oliveira Junior, Roberto Salvatori, Manuel H Aguiar-Oliveira, Antônio CS Sousa
The relation between endothelial dependent flow mediated dilation of the brachial artery and coronary collateral development – a cross sectional study
Aydan Ongun Ozdemir, Sadi Gulec, Nihal Uslu, Cansın Tulunay Kaya, Cagdas Ozdol, Sibel Turhan, Yusuf Atmaca, Timucin Altin, Cetin Erol
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with midventricular obstruction and apical aneurysm formation in a single family: case report
Georgios K Efthimiadis, Christodoulos Pliakos, Efstathios D Pagourelias, Despina G Parcharidou, Georgios Spanos, Stylianos Paraskevaidis, Ioannis H Styliadis, Georgios Parcharidis
Comparison of contrast enhanced three dimensional echocardiography with MIBI gated SPECT for the evaluation of left ventricular function
Bernard Cosyns, David Haberman, Steven Droogmans, Sandrine Warzée, Philippe Mahieu, Eric Laurent, Marie Moonen, Sophie Hernot, Patrizio Lancellotti
Quantitative detection of myocardial ischaemia by stress echocardiography; a comparison with SPECT
Petri Gudmundsson, Kambiz Shahgaldi, Reidar Winter, Magnus Dencker, Mariusz Kitlinski, Ola Thorsson, Ronnie B Willenheimer, Lennart Ljunggren
Are measurements of systolic myocardial velocities and displacement with colour and spectral Tissue Doppler compatible?
Aristomenis Manouras, Arben Shala, Evangelia Nyktari, Kambiz Shahgaldi, Reidar Winter, Panagiotis Vardas, Lars-Åke Brodin, Jacek Nowak
Ozone and cardiovascular injury
Vera Srebot, Emilio AL Gianicolo, Giuseppe Rainaldi, Maria Giovanna Trivella, Rosa Sicari
Cerebrovascular mental stress reactivity is impaired in hypertension
Tasneem Z Naqvi, Hanh K Hyuhn
Benefit of warm water immersion on biventricular function in patients with chronic heart failure
Bente Grüner Sveälv, Åsa Cider, Margareta Scharin Täng, Eva Angwald, Dimitris Kardassis, Bert Andersson
Ascending aortic aneurysm in a patient with bicuspid aortic valve, positive history of systemic autoimmune diseases and common genetic factors: a case report
Ilenia Foffa, Pier Luigi Festa, Lamia Ait-Ali, Annamaria Mazzone, Stefano Bevilacqua, Maria Grazia Andreassi
The limited usefulness of real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography in obtaining normal reference ranges for right ventricular volumes
Erlend Aune, Morten Baekkevar, Olaf Rodevand, Jan Erik Otterstad
"Mushroom cloud": a giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after a myocardial infarction due to myocardial bridging – a case report
Renata Gomes, Maria João Andrade, Miguel Santos, Sónia Lima, Raquel A Gouveia, Manuel M Ferreira, José Aniceto Silva
Identification of high risk patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a northern Greek population
Georgios K Efthimiadis, Christodoulos Pliakos, Efstathios D Pagourelias, Despina G Parcharidou, Georgios Giannakoulas, Vasileios Kamperidis, Stavros Hadjimiltiades, Charalambos Karvounis, Stavros Gavrielidis, Ioannis H Styliadis, Georgios Parcharidis
Cardiac magnetic resonance versus transthoracic echocardiography for the assessment of cardiac volumes and regional function after myocardial infarction: an intrasubject comparison using simultaneous intrasubject recordings
Blake I Gardner, Scott E Bingham, Marvin R Allen, Duane D Blatter, Jeffrey L Anderson
Usefulness of NT-pro BNP monitoring to identify echocardiographic responders following cardiac resynchronization therapy
Julien Magne, Michelle Dubois, Jean Champagne, Jean G Dumesnil, Philippe Pibarot, François Philippon, Gilles O'Hara, Mario Sénéchal
Erratum to: Cerebrovascular mental stress reactivity is impaired in hypertension
Tasneem Z Naqvi, Hanh K Hyuhn
Visually estimated ejection fraction by two dimensional and triplane echocardiography is closely correlated with quantitative ejection fraction by real-time three dimensional echocardiography
Kambiz Shahgaldi, Petri Gudmundsson, Aristomenis Manouras, Lars-Åke Brodin, Reidar Winter
Respiratory maneuvers in echocardiography: a review of clinical applications
Carmen Ginghina, Carmen C Beladan, Madalina Iancu, Andreea Calin, Bogdan A Popescu
Asymptomatic papillary fibroelastoma of the Aortic valve in a young woman - a case report
Fragiskos Parthenakis, Evangelia Nyktari, Alexandros Patrianakos, Antonis Pitsis, Anthoula Asimaki, Panos Vardas
Nonsurgical management of a tricuspid valvular pedunculated papillary fibroelastoma
Sang-Hoon Seol, Dong-Soo Kim, Yang-Chun Han, Ki-Hun Kim, Young-Bok Kim, Dong-Kie Kim, Ung-Kim, Tae-Hyun Yang, Dae-Kyeong Kim, Doo-Il Kim
Atypical atrial myxomas in two asymptomatic patients: a case report
Nicholas A Charokopos, Efthymia Rouska, Christodoulos Pliakos, Efstathios D Pagourelias, Panagiotis Artemiou, Christoforos Foroulis, Nikolaos Papadopoulos
A modified echocardiographic protocol with intrinsic plausibility control to determine intraventricular asynchrony based on TDI and TSI
Henryk Dreger, Adrian C Borges, Bruno Ismer, Sebastian Schattke, Berthold Stegemann, Gert Baumann, Christoph Melzer
Right atrium myxoma coexisting with antiphospholipid syndrome: a case report
Christos Pliakos, Eleni Alexiadou, Symeon Metallidis, Theodossis S Papavramidis, Stergios Kapoulas, Konstantinos Sapalidis, Pavlos Nikolaidis
Tissue Doppler Imaging can be useful to distinguish pathological from physiological left ventricular hypertrophy: a study in master athletes and mild hypertensive subjects
Giorgio Galanti, Loira Toncelli, Francesca Del Furia, Laura Stefani, Brunello Cappelli, Alessio De Luca, Maria Concetta Roberta Vono
Relationship between B-type natriuretic peptide levels and echocardiographic indices of left ventricular filling pressures in post-cardiac surgery patients
Alessandro Salustri, Elena Cerquetani, Mara Piccoli, Guglielmo Pastena, Alfredo Posteraro, Elisabetta Amici, Salvatore La Carrubba, Sherif Bakir, Wael Abdulrahman Al Mahmeed
The accessory papillary muscle with inferior J-waves - peculiarity or hidden danger?
James Ker, Lorraine du Toit
Predictors of right ventricular function as measured by tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion in heart failure
Jesper Kjaergaard, Kasper K Iversen, Dilek Akkan, Jacob Eifer Møller, Lars V Køber, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Christian Hassager
The ischemic preconditioning effect of adenosine in patients with ischemic heart disease
Bita Sadigh, Miguel Quintana, Christer Sylvén, Margareta Berglund, Lars Åke Brodin
Functional measurements based on feature tracking of cine magnetic resonance images identify left ventricular segments with myocardial scar
Eva Maret, Tim Todt, Lars Brudin, Eva Nylander, Eva Swahn, Jan L Ohlsson, Jan E Engvall
Influence of involvement of anterior leaflet versus posterior leaflet on residual regurgitation as assessed by transesophageal echocardiography in patients undergoing valve repair for mitral regurgitation due to mitral valve prolapse
Laureta Sulcaj, Antonio Rizza, Mattia Glauber, Giuseppe Trianni, Cataldo Palmieri, Marcello Ravani, Alban Dibra, Stefano Maffei, Sergio Berti
Baseline and follow-up assessment of regional left ventricular volume using 3-dimensional echocardiography: comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance
Carly Jenkins, Thomas H Marwick
Hypercholesterolemia and Myocardial function evaluated via Tissue Doppler Imaging
Jack Rubinstein, Augusta Pelosi, Ameeth Vedre, Pavan Kotaru, George S Abela
Assessing functional mitral regurgitation with exercise echocardiography: rationale and clinical applications
Riccardo Bigi, Lauro Cortigiani, Francesco Bovenzi, Cesare Fiorentini
Transthoracic echocardiography for imaging of the different coronary artery segments: a feasibility study
Johnny Vegsundvåg, Espen Holte, Rune Wiseth, Knut Hegbom, Torstein Hole
Relationship between carotid intima-media thickness and coronary angiographic findings: a prospective study
Ugur Coskun, Ahmet Yildiz, Ozlem B Esen, Murat Baskurt, Mehmet A Cakar, Kadriye O Kilickesmez, Lutfu A Orhan, Seyma Yildiz