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  1. No study has investigated the admission echocardiographic characteristics of acute heart failure (AHF) patients who are resistant to conventional diuretics and require tolvaptan.

    Authors: Yasuki Nakada, Satoshi Okayama, Tomoya Nakano, Tomoya Ueda, Kenji Onoue, Yukiji Takeda, Rika Kawakami, Manabu Horii, Shiro Uemura, Shinichi Fujimoto and Yoshihiko Saito
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:27
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  2. Nicorandil, as a selective potassium channel opener, has dual action including coronary and peripheral vasodilatation and cardioprotective effect through ischemic preconditioning. Considering those characteris...

    Authors: Jelena Kostic, Ana Djordjevic-Dikic, Milan Dobric, Dejan Milasinovic, Milan Nedeljkovic, Sinisa Stojkovic, Jelena Stepanovic, Milorad Tesic, Zoran Trifunovic, Danijela Zamaklar-Tifunovic, Mina Radosavljevic-Radovanovic, Miodrag Ostojic and Branko Beleslin
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:26
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  3. We hypothesized that a novel three-dimensional virtual semi-transparent annulus plane (3D VSAP) presented on a holographic screen can be used to visualize the prolapsing tissue in degenerative mitral valve dis...

    Authors: Karl-Andreas Dumont, Jørn Skaarud Karlsen, Thomas Helle-Valle, Arnt Eltvedt Fiane, Runar Lundblad and Stig Urheim
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:25
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  4. Quantitation of aortic regurgitation (AR) using two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography, including vena contracta width (VCW) measurement, is still challenging. Three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography can direct...

    Authors: Hirotomo Sato, Tetsuro Ohta, Kimiko Hiroe, Seiji Okada, Koji Shimizu, Rinji Murakami and Kazuaki Tanabe
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:24
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  5. Diagnosis of cardiac masses is still challenging by echocardiography and distinguishing tumors from thrombi has important therapeutical implications. We sought to determine the diagnostic value of real-time pe...

    Authors: Eliza K Uenishi, Márcia A Caldas, Jeane M Tsutsui, Maria C D Abduch, João C N Sbano, Roberto Kalil Filho and Wilson Mathias Jr
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:23
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  6. Aortic stenosis has an increasing prevalence in the context of aging population. In these patients non-invasive imaging allows not only the grading of valve stenosis severity, but also the assessment of left v...

    Authors: Andreea Călin, Monica Roşca, Carmen Cristiana Beladan, Roxana Enache, Anca Doina Mateescu, Carmen Ginghină and Bogdan Alexandru Popescu
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:22
    Content type: Review Published on:

  7. Dual imaging stress echocardiography, combining the evaluation of wall motion and coronary flow reserve (CFR) on the left anterior descending artery (LAD), and computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) a...

    Authors: Quirino Ciampi, Fausto Rigo, Elisabetta Grolla, Eugenio Picano and Lauro Cortigiani
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:21
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  8. The early identification of the onset of subclinical atheromatosis is essential in reducing the high mortality risk from cardiovascular disease (CVD) worldwide. Although carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) i...

    Authors: Maria Vittoria Arcidiacono, Esther Rubinat, Mercè Borras, Angels Betriu, Javier Trujillano, Teresa Vidal, Didac Mauricio and Elvira Fernández
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:20
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  10. Cardio-Oncology is an evolving discipline that focuses on the management of cancer patients who develop cardiovascular complications as a result of their treatment. Although the current combination of surgical...

    Authors: Gauri Akolkar, Navdeep Bhullar, Hilary Bews, Bilal Shaikh, Sheena Premecz, Kimberly-Ann Bordun, David YC Cheung, Vineet Goyal, Anita K Sharma, Philip Garber, Pawan K Singal and Davinder S Jassal
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:18
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  11. We sought to evaluate the effects of a strong lipophilic statin (pitavastatin) on plaque components and morphology assessed by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), a...

    Authors: Takatomo Watanabe, Masanori Kawasaki, Ryuhei Tanaka, Koji Ono, Nobuo Kako, Maki Saeki, Noriyuki Onishi, Maki Nagaya, Noriaki Sato, Hirotaka Miwa, Masazumi Arai, Toshiyuki Noda, Sachiro Watanabe and Shinya Minatoguchi
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:17
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  12. To validate the practicality of focused echocardiography with A-F mnemonic performed by non-specialists in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

    Authors: Dorota Sobczyk, Krzysztof Nycz and Pawel Andruszkiewicz
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:16
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  14. Predictors of left ventricular reverse remodeling (LVRR) after therapy with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin-receptor blockers and β blockers in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomy...

    Authors: Yoshihisa Matsumura, Eri Hoshikawa-Nagai, Toru Kubo, Naohito Yamasaki, Hiroaki Kitaoka, Jun Takata, Yoshinori Doi and Tetsuro Sugiura
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:14
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  15. Participation of amateur runners in endurance races continues to increase. Previous studies of marathon runners have raised concerns about exercise-induced myocardial and renal dysfunction and damage. In our p...

    Authors: Bernd Hewing, Sebastian Schattke, Sebastian Spethmann, Wasiem Sanad, Sabrina Schroeckh, Ingolf Schimke, Fabian Halleck, Harm Peters, Lars Brechtel, Jürgen Lock, Gert Baumann, Henryk Dreger, Adrian C Borges and Fabian Knebel
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:13
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  16. The identification of pre-clinical microvascular damage in hypertension by non-invasive techniques has proved frustrating for clinicians. This proof of concept study investigated whether entropy, a novel summa...

    Authors: Caroline Bleakley, Aaron McCann, Vivienne McClenaghan, Paul Kevin Hamilton, Auleen Millar, Richard Pumb, Mark Harbinson and Gary Eugene McVeigh
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:12
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  17. Assessment of left ventricular (LV) systolic function can be achieved by conventional echocardiographic methods, but quantification of contractility, regional myocardial function, and ventricular synchrony is ...

    Authors: Ann-Sabin J Berli, Rahel Jud Schefer, Kathrin Steininger and Colin C Schwarzwald
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:11
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  18. A subset of patients receiving first-time permanent pacemakers (PPM) may also benefit from an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) based on the presence of left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD)....

    Authors: Lawrence Lau, Robin Ducas, Jacques Rizkallah, Davinder S Jassal and Colette M Seifer
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:10
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  19. The Editors of Cardiovascular Ultrasound would like to thank all of our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 12 (2014) and whose valuable support is fundamental to its success.

    Authors: Eugenio Picano and Rosa Sicari
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:9
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  20. Left ventricular (LV) radial tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) strain increases gradually from the subepicardial to the subendocardial layer in healthy individuals. A speckle tracking echocardiography study suggest...

    Authors: Dana Cramariuc, Eva Gerdts, Johannes Just Hjertaas, Alexandru Cramariuc, Einar Skulstad Davidsen and Knut Matre
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:8
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  21. Athlete’s heart is a common definition for a broad spectrum of adaptations induced by intense exercise. We intended to compare left ventricular (LV) mechanics in two sports disciplines with different exercise ...

    Authors: Ipoly Szauder, Attila Kovács and Gábor Pavlik
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:7
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  22. Pregnancy represents a physiological adaptation to the transient load changes of maternal heart. This study aimed to investigate maternal left ventricle (LV) performance during normal pregnancy by three-dimens...

    Authors: Juan Cong, Tingpan Fan, Xiaoqian Yang, Jared Wynn Squires, Guomei Cheng, Linlin Zhang and Zhan Zhang
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:6
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  23. Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) measured with ultrasound (US) is widely used as biomarker for arteriosclerosis and as surrogate endpoint in interventional studies to assess efficacy of drug therapies. St...

    Authors: Mario Gaarder and Therese Seierstad
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:5
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  24. Monitoring the adherence to Appropriateness Use Criteria (AUC) has been identified as an important component for the accreditation of echocardiography laboratories. Referral requisitions are a logical tool to ...

    Authors: Behnam Banihashemi, Kasra Maftoon, Benjamin J W Chow, Jordan Bernick, George A Wells and Ian G Burwash
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:4
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  25. Risks associated with air emboli introduced during cardiac surgery have been highlighted by reports of postoperative neuropsychological dysfunction, myocardial dysfunction, and mortality. Presently, there are ...

    Authors: Frank Secretain, Andrew Pollard, Mesbah Uddin, Christopher G Ball, Andrew Hamilton, Robert C Tanzola, Joelle B Thorpe and Brian Milne
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:3
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  26. Aortic valve replacement (AVR) is the standard therapy in patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS). In high surgical risk patients, alternative therapeutic options to medical treatment (MT) such as trans...

    Authors: Giovanni Cioffi, Cesare Tomasi, Andrea Rossi, Stefano Nistri, Luigi Tarantini, Giacomo Faden, Carmine Mazzone, Andrea Di Lenarda, Federica Ettori, Carlo Stefenelli and Pompilio Faggiano
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:2
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  27. Macrophages may concentrate ultrasound contrast agents and exhibit selective adhesion to activated endothelium. The present study investigates in mice the potential of perfluorohexane (PFH) loaded macrophages ...

    Authors: Liselotte M Kornmann, Alma Zernecke, Daniëlle MJ Curfs, Ben JA Janssen, Christian Weber, Menno PJ de Winther, Robert S Reneman, Arnold PG Hoeks and Koen D Reesink
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2015 13:1
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  29. Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) imaging is a novel ultrasound technique for quantifying tissue elasticity. Studies have demonstrated that SWE is able to differentiate between diseased and normal tissue in a wide...

    Authors: Kumar V Ramnarine, James W Garrard, Baris Kanber, Sarah Nduwayo, Timothy C Hartshorne and Thompson G Robinson
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:49
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  30. Carotid Duplex Ultrasonography (CDUS) is one of the non-invasive imaging modalities used to evaluate for carotid artery stenosis. However, it is often used in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), perip...

    Authors: Mihir Barvalia, David Silber, Michael DiVita, Abinash Joshi, Najam Wasty and Marc Cohen
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:48
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  31. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether transcatheter renal sympathetic denervation (RSD) interfere with the development of left ventricular (LV) mechanical dyssynchrony during the progression of ...

    Authors: Wei Hu, Qing-yan Zhao, Sheng-bo Yu, Bin Sun, Liao Chen, Sheng Cao and Rui-qiang Guo
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:47
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  32. Ischemic mitral regurgitation is an important consequence of LV remodeling after myocardial infarction. Echocardiographic diagnosis and assessment of ischemic mitral regurgitation are critical to gauge its adv...

    Authors: David M Dudzinski and Judy Hung
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:46
    Content type: How I do it article Published on:

  33. Left atrium enlargement has been associated with cardiac events in patients with mitral regurgitation (MR). Left atrium reverse remodeling (LARR) occur after surgical correction of MR, but the preoperative pre...

    Authors: Lucia R Machado, Zilda M Meneghelo, David CS Le Bihan, Rodrigo BM Barretto, Antonio C Carvalho and Valdir A Moises
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:45
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  34. Studies with other imaging modalities have demonstrated a relationship between contrast transit and cardiac output (CO) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR). We tested the hypothesis that the transit time d...

    Authors: Brian G Choi, Reza Sanai, Benjamin Yang, Heather A Young, Ramesh Mazhari, Jonathan S Reiner and Jannet F Lewis
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:44
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  35. To test the hypothesis that a semi-quantitative echocardiographic calcium score (eCS) significantly correlates with cardiac calcium measured by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and, secondarily,...

    Authors: Nicola Gaibazzi, Chiara Baldari, Pompilio Faggiano, Lisa Albertini, Giacomo Faden, Filippo Pigazzani, Cristina Rossi and Claudio Reverberi
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:43
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  37. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is an alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in patients with aortic stenosis (AS) and high surgical risk. Hemodynamic performance after TAVI is ...

    Authors: Cristina Gavina, Alexandra Gonçalves, Carlos Almeria, Rosana Hernandez, Adelino Leite-Moreira, Francisco Rocha-Gonçalves and José Zamorano
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:41
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  38. Diastolic wall strain (DWS), defined using posterior wall thickness (PWT) measurements from standard echocardiographic images (DWS = [PWT(systole)-PWT(diastole)]/PWT(systole)), has been proposed as a marker of...

    Authors: Senthil Selvaraj, Frank G Aguilar, Eva E Martinez, Lauren Beussink, Kwang-Youn A Kim, Jie Peng, Daniel C Lee, Ateet Patel, Jin Sha, Marguerite R Irvin, Donna K Arnett and Sanjiv J Shah
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:40
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  39. Atherosclerosis is the underlying cause of the majority of myocardial infarctions and ischemic strokes. Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is a surrogate measure of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Le...

    Authors: Kristin Evensen, Sebastian Imre Sarvari, Ole Morten Rønning, Thor Edvardsen and David Russell
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:39
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  41. Rodent models are increasingly used to study the development and progression of arterial stiffness. Both the non-invasive Doppler derived Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV) and the invasively determined arterial elasta...

    Authors: Eric E Morgan, Andrew B Casabianca, Samer J Khouri and Andrea L Nestor Kalinoski
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:37
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  42. Despite 5-7 months of physical inactivity during hibernation, brown bears (Ursus arctos) are able to cope with physiological conditions that would be detrimental to humans. During hibernation, the tissue metab...

    Authors: Peter Godsk Jørgensen, Jon Arnemo, Jon E Swenson, Jan S Jensen, Søren Galatius and Ole Frøbert
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:36
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  43. The amount of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) around the heart has been identified as an independent predictor of coronary artery disease (CAD), potentially through local release of inflammatory cytokines. Eth...

    Authors: Teresa G Yañez-Rivera, Manuel A Baños-Gonzalez, Jorge L Ble-Castillo, Manuel E Torres-Hernandez, Jorge E Torres-Lopez and Gabriela Borrayo-Sanchez
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:35
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  44. The identification of vascular alterations at the sub-clinical, asymptomatic stages are potentially useful for screening, prevention and improvement of cardiovascular risk stratification beyond classical risk ...

    Authors: Rosa Maria Bruno, Elisabetta Bianchini, Francesco Faita, Stefano Taddei and Lorenzo Ghiadoni
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:34
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  45. The evaluation of cardiac contraction could benefit from a connection with the underlying helical structure of cardiac fibers in athletes either completely healthy or with minor common cardiopathies like Bicus...

    Authors: Laura Stefani, Alessio De Luca, Loira Toncelli, Gianni Pedrizzetti and Giorgio Galanti
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:33
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  46. Impaired left ventricular diastolic filling is common in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), and recent studies support left ventricular underfilling as a cause. To investigate this further,...

    Authors: Nicholas A Marston, William R Auger, Michael M Madani, Bruce J Kimura, G Monet Strachan, Ajit B Raisinghani, Anthony N DeMaria and Daniel G Blanchard
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:32
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  47. The study aimed to assess the level of plasma Endothelin-1 (ET-1) in patients before and after transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) and to evaluate the usefulness of measuring ET-1 levels for th...

    Authors: Monika Komar, Jakub Podolec, Wojciech Płazak, Jakub Stępniewski, Bartosz Sobień, Lidia Tomkiewicz-Pająk, Tadeusz Przewłocki and Piotr Podolec
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:31
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  48. Cardiac involvement is a relevant clinical finding in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and is associated with poor prognosis. Left atrial (LA) remodeling and/or dysfunction can be an early sign of diastolic dysfunctio...

    Authors: Gergely Agoston, Luna Gargani, Marcelo Haertel Miglioranza, Maria Caputo, Luigi Paolo Badano, Antonella Moreo, Denisa Muraru, Sergio Mondillo, Alberto Moggi Pignone, Marco Matucci Cerinic, Rosa Sicari, Eugenio Picano and Albert Varga
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:30
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  49. To evaluate the interobserver reliability of echocardiographic findings of right ventricle (RV) dysfunction for prognosticating normotensive patients with pulmonary embolism (PE).

    Authors: Dita Kopecna, Sem Briongos, Hugo Castillo, Carlos Moreno, Mónica Recio, Paula Navas, José Luis Lobo, Angel Alonso-Gomez, Izaskun Obieta-Fresnedo, Covadonga Fernández-Golfin, José Luis Zamorano and David Jiménez
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:29
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  50. Left atrial (LA) size is a predictor of cardiovascular outcomes in patients in sinus rhythm, whereas conflicting results have been found in atrial fibrillation (AF). This study aims to: (1) Evaluate the accura...

    Authors: Ana Faustino, Rui Providência, Sérgio Barra, Luís Paiva, Joana Trigo, Ana Botelho, Marco Costa and Lino Gonçalves
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:28
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