The serpentine mitral valve and cerebral embolism
Author(s): Ker James
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Comparison of intima-media thickness and ophthalmic artery resistance index for assessing subclinical atherosclerosis in HIV-1-infected patients
Author(s): Grima Pierfrancesco | Guido Marcello | Chiavaroli Roberto | De Donno Antonella | Tana Mariangela | Zizza Antonella
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Methodological approach for the assessment of ultrasound reproducibility of cardiac structure and function: a proposal of the study group of Echocardiography of the Italian Society of Cardiology (Ultra Cardia SIC) Part I
Author(s): Galderisi Maurizio | Nistri Stefano | Mondillo Sergio | Losi Maria-Angela | Innelli Pasquale | Mele Donato | Muraru Denisa | D'Andrea Antonello | Ballo Piercarlo | Sgalambro Aurelio | Esposito Roberta | Marti Giuliano | Santoro Alessandro | Agricola Eustachio | Badano Luigi | Marchioli Roberto | Filardi Pasquale | Mercuro Giuseppe | Marino Paolo
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Intravenous leiomyomatosis of the uterus with extension to the right heart
Author(s): Lou Yu-Feng | Shi Xin-Ping | Song Ze-Zhou
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Echocardiographic predictors of early in-hospital heart failure during first ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction: does myocardial performance index and left atrial volume improve diagnosis over conventional parameters of left ventricular function?
Author(s): Souza Lilian | Campos Orlando | Peres Clovis | Machado Cristiano | Carvalho Antonio
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Strain dyssynchrony index determined by three-dimensional speckle area tracking can predict response to cardiac resynchronization therapy
Author(s): Tatsumi Kazuhiro | Tanaka Hidekazu | Tsuji Takayuki | Kaneko Akihiro | Ryo Keiko | Yamawaki Kohei | Omar Alaa | Fukuda Yuko | Norisada Kazuko | Matsumoto Kensuke | Onishi Tetsuari | Yoshida Akihiro | Kawai Hiroya | Hirata Ken-ichi
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Pre-ejection period by radial artery tonometry supplements echo doppler findings during biventricular pacemaker optimization
Author(s): Taha Nima | Zhang Jing | Rafie Reza | Ranjan Rupesh | Qamruddin Salima | Naqvi Tasneem
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Multimodality imaging of anomalous pulmonary veins
Author(s): Nepomuceno Roman | Zeglinski Matthew | Lerner Jordyn | Czarnecki Wlodzimierz | Kirkpatrick Iain | Strzelczyk Jacek | Jassal Davinder
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Angiographically borderline left main coronary artery lesions: correlation of transthoracic doppler echocardiography and intravascular ultrasound: a pilot study
Author(s): Ruzsa Zoltán | Pálinkás Attila | Forster Tamás | Ungi Imre | Varga Albert
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Target heart rate to determine the normal value of coronary flow reserve during dobutamine stress echocardiography
Author(s): Forte Ezequiel | Rousse Maria | Lowenstein Jorge
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis associated with cancer of unknown origin complicated with thrombus in the left auricular appendage: case report
Author(s): Norisada Kazuko | Tanaka Hidekazu | Onishi Tetsuari | Kaneko Akihiro | Tsuji Takayuki | Yamawaki Kohei | Ryo Keiko | Tatsumi Kazuhiro | Matsumoto Kensuke | Miura Natsuko | Saegusa Jun | Morinaga Yukiko | Hara Shigeo | Kawai Hiroya | Hirata Ken-ichi
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Pre-implant right ventricular function might be an important predictor of the response to cardiac resynchronization therapy
Author(s): Edner Magnus | Ring Margareta | Henriksson Peter
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Exercise-induced left bundle branch block and subsequent mechanical left ventricular dyssynchrony -resolved with pharmacological therapy
Author(s): Tanaka Hidekazu | Hiraishi Mana | Miyoshi Tatsuya | Tsuji Takayuki | Kaneko Akihiro | Ryo Keiko | Yamawaki Kohei | Fukuda Yuko | Norisada Kazuko | Tatsumi Kazuhiro | Matsumoto Kensuke | Kawai Hiroya | Hirata Ken-ichi
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Acute ST segment elevation during exercise stress echocardiography due to severe pulmonary hypertension
Author(s): Nguyen Tung | Clavijo Leonardo | Naqvi Tasneem
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Focus on the research utility of intravascular ultrasound - comparison with other invasive modalities
Author(s): Bourantas Christos | Garg Scot | Naka Katerina | Thury Attila | Hoye Angela | Michalis Lampros
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Videodensitometric analysis of advanced carotid plaque: correlation with MMP-9 and TIMP-1 expression
Author(s): Baroncini Liz Andréa | Filho Pazin Antonio | Murta Junior Luiz Otávio | Nakao Lia | Ramos Simone | Précoma Dalton
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Evaluating the effectiveness of rosuvastatin in preventing the progression of diastolic dysfunction in aortic stenosis: A substudy of the aortic stenosis progression observation measuring effects of rosuvastatin (ASTRONOMER) study
Author(s): Jassal Davinder | Bhagirath Kapil | Karlstedt Erin | Zeglinski Matthew | Dumesnil Jean | Teo Koon | Tam James | Chan Kwan
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Lung ultrasound: a new tool for the cardiologist
Author(s): Gargani Luna
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Repeated bedside echocardiography in children with respiratory failure
Author(s): Kobr Jiri | Fremuth Jiri | Pizingerova Katerina | Sasek Lumir | Jehlicka Petr | Fikrlova Sarka | Slavik Zdenek
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Noninvasive monitoring of cardiac function in a chronic ischemic heart failure model in the rat: Assessment with tissue Doppler and non-Doppler 2D strain echocardiography
Author(s): Holinski Sebastian | Knebel Fabian | Heinze Georg | Konertz Wolfgang | Baumann Gert | Borges Adrian
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Assessment right atrial thrombus by real-time three dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in patient with dilated cardiomyopathy
Author(s): Bai Wenjuan | Li Hui | Zhang Qing | Rao Li
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Mitral annular calcification predicts immediate results of percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy
Author(s): Salarifar Mojtaba | Rezvanfard Mehrnaz | Sadeghian Hakimeh | Safir-mardanloo Azam | Shafii Nahid
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Relationship between tei index and left ventricular geometric patterns in a hypertensive population: a cross-sectional study
Author(s): Karaye Kamilu
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Presumptive myocarditis with ST-Elevation myocardial infarction presentation in young males as a new syndrome. Clinical significance and long term follow up
Author(s): Costantini Marcello | Oreto Giuseppe | Albanese Alberto | Ranieri Anna | De Fabrizio Giovanni | Sticchi iovanni | Lauretti Antonio | Capone Sergio | Tritto Cristina | Fachechi Claudio | Renna Realino | Montinaro Antonio | Picano Eugenio
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Non-invasive evaluation of myocardial reperfusion by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography and single-photon emission computed tomography in patients with anterior acute myocardial infarction
Author(s): Sadauskiene Egle | Zakarkaite Diana | Ryliskyte Ligita | Celutkiene Jelena | Rudys Alfredas | Aidietiene Sigita | Laucevicius Aleksandras
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Cystic appearance of low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma in the right atrium: case report
Author(s): Wood Cristina | Sederberg James | Russ Paul | Seres Tamas
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Doppler ultrasound in the measurement of pulse wave velocity: agreement with the Complior method
Author(s): Calabia Jordi | Torguet Pere | Garcia Maria | Garcia Isabel | Martin Nadia | Guasch Bernat | Faur Diana | Vallés Martí
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Regurgitant leak from the area between the stent post and the sewing ring of a stented bovine pericardial valve implanted in the aortic valve position
Author(s): Kuroda Masataka | Sudo Takashi | Koizuka Shiro | Nishikawa Koichi | Kadoi Yuji | Saito Shigeru
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Echocardiography in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: usefulness of old and new techniques in the diagnosis and pathophysiological assessment
Author(s): Losi Maria-Angela | Nistri Stefano | Galderisi Maurizio | Betocchi Sandro | Cecchi Franco | Olivotto Iacopo | Agricola Eustachio | Ballo Piercarlo | Buralli Simona | D'Andrea Antonello | D'Errico Arcangelo | Mele Donato | Sciomer Susanna | Mondillo Sergio
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Left ventricular strain and strain rate by 2D speckle tracking in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension before and after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
Author(s): Olson Nicholas | Brown Jason | Kahn Andrew | Auger William | Madani Michael | Waltman Thomas | Blanchard Daniel
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Three-dimensional echocardiography using single-heartbeat modality decreases variability in measuring left ventricular volumes and function in comparison to four-beat technique in atrial fibrillation
Author(s): Shahgaldi Kambiz | Manouras Aristomenis | Abrahamsson Anna | Gudmundsson Petri | Brodin Lars-Åke | Winter Reidar
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Current cardiac imaging techniques for detection of left ventricular mass
Author(s): Celebi Aksuyek | Yalcin Hulya | Yalcin Fatih
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Ultrasound-assessed perirenal fat is related to increased ophthalmic artery resistance index in HIV-1 patients
Author(s): Grima Pierfrancesco | Guido Marcello | Chiavaroli Roberto | Zizza Antonella
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




An unusual case of left ventricular aneurysm in duchenne muscular dystrophy
Author(s): Du Xiaozhou | Zeglinski Matthew | Shaikh Nasir | Jassal Davinder
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Reproducibility of fetal heart volume by 3D-sonography using the XI VOCAL method
Author(s): Barreto Enoch | Milani Hérbene | Júnior Edward | Haratz Karina | Rolo Liliam | Nardozza Luciano | Filho Hélio | Moron Antonio
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Prominent crista terminalis mimicking a right atrial mass: case report
Author(s): Salustri Alessandro | Bakir Sherif | Sana Amer | Lange Peter | Al Mahmeed Wael
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




A novel LMNA mutation (R189W) in familial dilated cardiomyopathy: evidence for a 'hot spot' region at exon 3: a case report
Author(s): Botto Nicoletta | Vittorini Simona | Colombo Maria | Biagini Andrea | Paradossi Umberto | Aquaro Giovanni | Andreassi Maria
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Feasibility of real-time three-dimensional stress echocardiography: pharmacological and semi-supine exercise
Author(s): Pratali Lorenza | Molinaro Sabrina | Corciu Anca | Pasanisi Emilio | Scalese Marco | Sicari Rosa
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Usefulness of an accelerated transoesophageal stress echocardiography in the preoperative evaluation of high risk severely obese subjects awaiting bariatric surgery
Author(s): Legault Sylvie | Sénéchal Mario | Bergeron Sébastien | Arsenault Marie | Tessier Michel | Guimond Jean | Poirier Paul
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Effects of external irradiation of the neck region on intima media thickness of the common carotid artery
Author(s): Gianicolo Maria | Gianicolo Emilio | Tramacere Francesco | Andreassi Maria | Portaluri Maurizio
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Systemic vascular function, measured with forearm flow mediated dilatation, in acute and stable cerebrovascular disease: a case-control study
Author(s): Beer Christopher | Potter Kathleen | Blacker David | Arnolda Leonard | Hankey Graeme | Puddey Ian
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Non-uniform recovery of left ventricular transmural mechanics in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Author(s): Caracciolo Giuseppe | Eleid Mackram | Abe Haruhiko | Bhatia Nisha | Fortuin F | Wilansky Susan | Carerj Scipione | Sengupta Partho
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Preoperative scallop-by-scallop assessment of mitral prolapse using 2D-transthoracic echocardiography
Author(s): Minardi Giovanni | Pino Paolo | Manzara Carla | Pulignano Giovanni | Stefanini Giulio | Viceconte Giuseppe | Leonetti Stefania | Madeo Andrea | Gaudio Carlo | Musumeci Francesco
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Impact of pericardial adhesions on diastolic function as assessed by vortex formation time, a parameter of transmitral flow efficiency
Author(s): Jiamsripong Panupong | Alharthi Mohsen | Calleja Anna | McMahon Eileen | Katayama Minako | Westerdale John | Milano Michele | Heys Jeffrey | Mookadam Farouk | Belohlavek Marek
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Sequential biventricular pacing improves regional contractility, longitudinal function and dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure and prolonged QRS
Author(s): Edner Magnus | Ring Margareta | Särev Tooomas
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




WEB downloadable software for training in cardiovascular hemodynamics in the (3-D) stress echo lab
Author(s): Bombardini Tonino | Cini Davide | Arpesella Giorgio | Picano Eugenio
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Improved cardiovascular diagnostic accuracy by pocket size imaging device in non-cardiologic outpatients: the NaUSiCa (Naples Ultrasound Stethoscope in Cardiology) study
Author(s): Galderisi Maurizio | Santoro Alessandro | Versiero Marco | Lomoriello Vincenzo | Esposito Roberta | Raia Rosa | Farina Francesca | Schiattarella Pier | Bonito Manuela | Olibet Marinella | de Simone Giovanni
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Massive right atrial myxoma presenting as syncope and exertional dyspnea: case report
Author(s): Azevedo Olga | Almeida Jorge | Nolasco Tânia | Medeiros Rosa | Casanova Jorge | Bartosch Carla | Almeida João | Pinho Paulo
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary vascular resistance in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Author(s): Roule Vincent | Labombarda Fabien | Pellissier Arnaud | Sabatier Rémi | Lognoné Thérèse | Gomes Sophie | Bergot Emmanuel | Milliez Paul | Grollier Gilles | Saloux Eric
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Year: 2010



