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  1. Acute ischaemic stroke is associated with alteration in systemic markers of vascular function. We measured forearm vascular function (using forearm flow mediated dilatation) to clarify whether recent acute isc...

    Authors: Christopher D Beer, Kathleen Potter, David Blacker, Leonard Arnolda, Graeme J Hankey and Ian B Puddey
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:46
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  2. Three dimensional echocardiography (3DE) approaches the accuracy of cardiac magnetic resonance in measuring left ventricular (LV) volumes and ejection fraction (EF). The multibeat modality in comparison to sin...

    Authors: Kambiz Shahgaldi, Aristomenis Manouras, Anna Abrahamsson, Petri Gudmundsson, Lars-Åke Brodin and Reidar Winter
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:45
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  3. A Gerbode -type defect is a ventricular septal defect communicating directly between the left ventricle and right atrium. It is usually congenital, but rarely is acquired, as a complication of endocarditis. Th...

    Authors: Nereida Xhabija, Edvin Prifti, Iris Allajbeu and Fatmir Sula
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:44
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  4. Echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular (LV) strain and strain rate (SR) by 2D speckle tracking may be useful tools to assess chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) severity as well as ...

    Authors: Nicholas Olson, Jason P Brown, Andrew M Kahn, William R Auger, Michael M Madani, Thomas J Waltman and Daniel G Blanchard
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:43
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  5. Pericardial adhesions are a pathophysiological marker of constrictive pericarditis (CP), which impairs cardiac filling by limiting the total cardiac volume compliance and diastolic filling function. We studied...

    Authors: Panupong Jiamsripong, Mohsen S Alharthi, Anna M Calleja, Eileen M McMahon, Minako Katayama, John Westerdale, Michele Milano, Jeffrey J Heys, Farouk Mookadam and Marek Belohlavek
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:42
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  6. Theoretically, a cross-sectional image of any cardiac planes can be obtained from a STIC fetal heart volume dataset. We described a method to display 11 fetal echocardiographic planes from STIC volumes.

    Authors: Surasak Jantarasaengaram and Kittipong Vairojanavong
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:41
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  7. Echocardiography is the method of choice when one wishes to examine myocardial function. Qualitative assessment of the 2D grey scale images obtained is subjective, and objective methods are required. Speckle T...

    Authors: Albin Stigö, Peter Johansen, Morten Ø Jensen, Kim Sivesgaard, Hans Nygaard and Erik Sloth
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:40
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  8. Serial monitoring of patients participating in clinical trials of carotid artery therapy requires noninvasive precision methods that are inexpensive, safe and widely available. Noninvasive ultrasonic duplex Do...

    Authors: Kirk W Beach, Robert O Bergelin, Daniel F Leotta, Jean F Primozich, P Max Sevareid, Edward T Stutzman and R Eugene Zierler
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:39
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  9. Upright exercise stress echocardiography (SE) induces significant intraventricular gradient (IVG) and systolic anterior motion (SAM) in a large proportion of symptomatic athletes, who may therefore benefit fro...

    Authors: Carlos Cotrim, Luís R Lopes, Ana R Almeida, Rita Miranda, Almeida G Ana, Hortense Cotrim, José P Andrade, Eugenio Picano and Manuel Carrageta
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:38
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  10. Carcinoid is a rare malignancy originating from enterochromaffin cells and is clinically characterized by flushing, diarrhea and bronchospasm, due to secretion of vasoactive substances. A dreaded complication ...

    Authors: Constantina Aggeli, Ioannis Felekos, Christina Kazazaki, Dimitrios Giannopoulos, Athanasios Kartalis, Christos Pitsavos and Christodoulos Stefanadis
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:37
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  12. Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is generally associated with a low to moderate increase of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). In some patients, however, LVEF improves remarkably and reaches...

    Authors: Henryk Dreger, Adrian C Borges, Gert Baumann and Christoph Melzer
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:35
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  13. Y- graft (Y-G) is a graft formed by the Left Internal Mammary Artery (LIMA) connected to the Left Anterior Descending Artery (LAD) and by a free Right Internal Mammary Artery (RIMA) connected to LIMA and to a ...

    Authors: Antonio Auriti, Vincenzo Loiaconi, Christian Pristipino, Francesco Saverio Leonardi Cattolica, Roberto Cini, Vincenzo Guido, Cinzia Cianfrocca, Salvatore Greco, Filomena Agostini, Mario Staibano and Massimo Santini
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:34
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  14. Extrinsic left atrial compression caused by a displaced, crooked descending thoracic aorta is rare. This anomaly may mimic primary cardiac tumors or metastatic neoplasms from the first look.

    Authors: Zhen-Yu Liao, Jui-Peng Tsai, Jen-Yuan Kuo and Chung-Lieh Hung
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:33
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  15. Early surgery is recommended for asymptomatic severe mitral regurgitation (MR), because of increased postoperative left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in patients with late surgery. On the other hand, recent rep...

    Authors: Oner Ozdogan, Alper Yuksel, Cemil Gurgun, Meral Kayikcioglu, Oguz Yavuzgil and Cahide S Cinar
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:32
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  16. After a transient ischemic episode, the subendocardial region is more severely injured than outer subepicardial layers and may regain a proportionately greater degree of mechanical function in the longitudinal...

    Authors: Giuseppe Caracciolo, Mackram F Eleid, Haruhiko Abe, Nisha Bhatia, F David Fortuin, Susan Wilansky, Scipione Carerj and Partho P Sengupta
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:31
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  17. Severe obesity is associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). Bariatric surgery is an effective procedure for long term weight management as well as reduction of comorbidities. Preopera...

    Authors: Sylvie Legault, Mario Sénéchal, Sébastien Bergeron, Marie Arsenault, Michel Tessier, Jean Guimond and Paul Poirier
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:30
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  18. Increased muscle mass index of the left ventricle (LVMi) is an independent predictor for the development of symptoms in patients with asymptomatic aortic stenosis (AS). While the onset of clinical symptoms and...

    Authors: Wilfried Dinh, Werner Nickl, Jan Smettan, Frank Kramer, Thomas Krahn, Thomas Scheffold, Michael Coll Barroso, Hilmar Brinkmann, Till Koehler, Mark Lankisch and Reiner Füth
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:29
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  19. Congestive hepatomegaly might be the first sign for pulmonary hypertension. Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value obtained with quantitative diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) is affec...

    Authors: Yuksel Dogan, Aliye Soylu, Ozgur Kilickesmez, Tuna Demirtas, Kadriye Orta Kilickesmez, Sebahat Nacar Dogan, Gulay Eren, Isa Sevindir, Nurgul Yasar, Sule Poturoglu and Kenan Sonmez
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:28
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  20. Patients with advanced idiopathic pulmonary artery hypertension have often a chronic pericardial effusion. It is the result of increased transudation and impaired re-absorption due to elevated venous pressure....

    Authors: Tomaž Marš, Helena Mikolavčič, Barbara Salobir and Matej Podbregar
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:27
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  21. The anterior mitral leaflet cleft is an unusual congenital lesion most often encountered in association with other congenital heart defects. The isolated anterior leaflet cleft is quite a rare anomaly and is u...

    Authors: Giovanni Minardi, Stefania Leonetti, Leda Bernardi, Giovanni Pulignano, Paolo Giuseppe Pino, Lidia Boccardi, Carla Manzara and Francesco Musumeci
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:26
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  22. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in patients with systemic sclerosis is associated with a poor prognosis, but this can be improved by early disease detection. Abnormal pulmonary and cardiac function can b...

    Authors: Walter Serra, Alfredo Chetta, Daniele Santilli, Flavio Mozzani, Pier Paolo Dall'Aglio, Dario Olivieri, Maria Alberta Cattabiani, Diego Ardissino and Tiziano Gherli
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:25
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  23. The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has dramatically changed the prognosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, with a significant decline in morbidity and mortality.

    Authors: Pierfrancesco Grima, Marcello Guido, Roberto Chiavaroli and Antonella Zizza
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:24
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  24. Primary heart neoplasms are rare occurring with an estimated incidence of 0.0017-0.19%. Myxoma is the most prevalent primary heart tumor. The right atrium is an unusual localization, occurring only in 15-20% o...

    Authors: Olga Azevedo, Jorge Almeida, Tânia Nolasco, Rosa Medeiros, Jorge Casanova, Carla Bartosch, João Almeida and Paulo Pinho
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:23
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  25. The nonlinear mechanical properties of internal organs and tissues may be measured with unparalleled precision using ultrasound imaging with phase-sensitive speckle tracking. The many potential applications of...

    Authors: Dae Woo Park, Michael S Richards, Jonathan M Rubin, James Hamilton, Grant H Kruger and William F Weitzel
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:22
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  26. Echocardiographic ratio of peak tricuspid regurgitant velocity to the right ventricular outflow tract time-velocity integral (TRV/TVI rvot) was presented as a reliable non-invasive method of estimating pulmona...

    Authors: Vincent Roule, Fabien Labombarda, Arnaud Pellissier, Rémi Sabatier, Thérèse Lognoné, Sophie Gomes, Emmanuel Bergot, Paul Milliez, Gilles Grollier and Eric Saloux
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:21
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  27. To resolve the current shortage of donor hearts, we established the Adonhers protocol. An upward shift of the donor age cut-off limit (from the present 55 to 65 years) is acceptable if a stress echo screening ...

    Authors: Daniele Franchi, Davide Cini, Giorgio Arpesella, Sonia Gherardi, Italo Calamai, Giuseppe Barletta, Serafina Valente, Emilio Pasanisi, Stefania Sansoni, Caterina Ricci, Walter Serra, Eugenio Picano and Tonino Bombardini
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:20
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  29. Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common disease which frequently results in life-threatening right ventricular (RV) failure. High-risk PE, presenting with hypotension, shock, RV dysfunction or right heart th...

    Authors: Bernd Hewing, Leyli Ghaeni, Henryk Dreger, Eva M Fallenberg, Alexander Panda, Gert Baumann and Adrian C Borges
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:18
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  30. To assess the reliability of fetal heart volume measurement by three-dimensional sonography (3DUS) using the eXtended Imaging Virtual Organ Computer-aided AnaLysis (XI VOCAL) method.

    Authors: Enoch Q Barreto, Hérbene F Milani, Edward Araujo Júnior, Karina K Haratz, Liliam C Rolo, Luciano M Nardozza, Hélio A Guimarães Filho and Antonio F Moron
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:17
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  31. We aimed to compare the incremental value of contrast myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for the detection of intermediate versus severe coronary artery stenosis during dipyridamole-atropine echocardiography (...

    Authors: Nicola Gaibazzi, Fausto Rigo, Angelo Squeri, Fabrizio Ugo and Claudio Reverberi
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:16
    Content type: Review Published on:

  32. Structural myocardial abnormalities have been extensively documented in hypothyroidism. Experimental studies in animal models have also shown involvement of thyroid hormones in gene expression of myocardial co...

    Authors: Minna MD Romano, Léa MZ Maciel, Oswaldo C Almeida-Filho, Antonio Pazin-Filho, André Schmidt and Benedito C Maciel
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:15
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  33. The combination of early transmitral inflow velocity and mitral annular tissue Doppler imaging (E/Em ratio) is widely applied to noninvasively estimate left ventricular (LV) filling pressures. However E/Em rat...

    Authors: Matteo Cameli, Matteo Lisi, Sergio Mondillo, Margherita Padeletti, Piercarlo Ballo, Charilaos Tsioulpas, Sonia Bernazzali and Massimo Maccherini
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:14
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  34. Various structural anomalies of the left ventricular papillary muscles have been observed in recent years. Many of these have been linked to electrocardiographic aberrations.

    Authors: James Ker
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:13
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  35. Biventricular pacing (BiP) is an effective treatment in systolic heart failure (HF) patients with prolonged QRS. However, approximately 35% of the patients receiving BiP are classified as non-responders. The a...

    Authors: Magnus Edner, Margareta Ring and Tooomas Särev
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:12
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  36. Dynamic intraventricular obstruction has been observed in patients with left ventricular ballooning syndrome (LVBS) and has been hypothesized as a possible mechanism of the syndrome. The aim of this study was ...

    Authors: Mario Previtali, Rita Camporotondo, Alessandra Repetto and Stefania Panigada
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:11
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  38. We describe a case of a patient with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and cardiac conduction abnormalities who presented a strong family history of sudden cardiac death. Genetic screening of lamin A/C gene re...

    Authors: Nicoletta Botto, Simona Vittorini, Maria Giovanna Colombo, Andrea Biagini, Umberto Paradossi, Giovanni Aquaro and Maria Grazia Andreassi
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:9
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  39. Several studies have shown that common carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is increased after radiotherapy (RT) to the head and neck. However, further studies are needed to define the exact mechanism of radia...

    Authors: Maria Elena Gianicolo, Emilio Antonio Luca Gianicolo, Francesco Tramacere, Maria Grazia Andreassi and Maurizio Portaluri
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:8
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  40. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the most common inherited cardiomyopathy. The identification of patients with HCM is sometimes still a challenge. Moreover, the pathophysiology of the disease is com...

    Authors: Maria-Angela Losi, Stefano Nistri, Maurizio Galderisi, Sandro Betocchi, Franco Cecchi, Iacopo Olivotto, Eustachio Agricola, Piercarlo Ballo, Simona Buralli, Antonello D'Andrea, Arcangelo D'Errico, Donato Mele, Susanna Sciomer and Sergio Mondillo
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:7
    Content type: Review Published on:

  41. Thromboembolism is a major cause of death in cancer patients. The association between paraneoplastic hypercoagulability of oncological patients and long-term central venous catheters (CVC) may result in CVC as...

    Authors: Nuno Cardim, Júlia Toste, Vanessa Carvalho, Igor Nunes, Daniel Ferreira, Vanda Carmelo, Ana SN Oliveira, José Ferro, Sylvie Mariana, Adelaide Almeida, Francisco P Machado and José Roquette
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:6
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  43. Cor triatriatum is a rare congenital heart defect characterized by the presence of a fibromuscular membrane dividing the left atrium into two distinct chambers. Lipomatous hypertrophy of the atrial septum is a...

    Authors: Pier Paolo Bassareo, Roberto Tumbarello and Giuseppe Mercuro
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:4
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  44. Isovolumetric acceleration (IVA) is a novel tissue Doppler parameter for the assessment of systolic function. The aim of this study was to evaluate IVA as an early parameter for the detection of right ventricu...

    Authors: Sebastian Schattke, Fabian Knebel, Andrea Grohmann, Henryk Dreger, Friederike Kmezik, Gabriela Riemekasten, Gert Baumann and Adrian C Borges
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:3
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  45. Opening of an occluded infarct related artery reduces infarct size and improves survival in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). In this study we performed tissue Doppler analysis (peak strain, di...

    Authors: Lene Rosendahl, Peter Blomstrand, Lars Brudin, Tim Tödt and Jan E Engvall
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:2
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  46. This study was conducted to assess the accuracy of harmonic imaging 2D-transthoracic echocardiography (2D-TTE) segmental analysis compared to surgical findings, in degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR).

    Authors: Giovanni Minardi, Paolo Giuseppe Pino, Carla Clotilde Manzara, Giovanni Pulignano, Giulio Giuseppe Stefanini, Giuseppe Nicola Viceconte, Stefania Leonetti, Andrea Madeo, Carlo Gaudio and Francesco Musumeci
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2010 8:1
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  47. Since cardiovascular diseases are associated with high mortality and generally undiagnosed before the onset of clinical findings, there is a need for a reliable tool for early diagnosis. Carotid intima-media t...

    Authors: Ugur Coskun, Ahmet Yildiz, Ozlem B Esen, Murat Baskurt, Mehmet A Cakar, Kadriye O Kilickesmez, Lutfu A Orhan and Seyma Yildiz
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2009 7:59
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  48. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) may be used for direct inspection of various parts of the main coronary arteries for detection of coronary stenoses and occlusions. We aimed to assess the feasibility of TT...

    Authors: Johnny Vegsundvåg, Espen Holte, Rune Wiseth, Knut Hegbom and Torstein Hole
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2009 7:58
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  49. Secondary or functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) represents an increasing feature of mitral valve disease characterized by abnormal function of anatomically normal leaflets in the context of the impaired fun...

    Authors: Riccardo Bigi, Lauro Cortigiani, Francesco Bovenzi and Cesare Fiorentini
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2009 7:57
    Content type: Review Published on:
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