European Journal of Echocardiography

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Clemens von Birgelen and Patrick M.J. Verhorst

Novel ultrasonic insight into coronary arteries
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on July 29, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 713-714; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen208 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andreas Franke

Rapid bed-side myocardial perfusion imaging: is a dream coming true?
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on August 2, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 715-716; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen211 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steven Droogmans, Bernard Cosyns, and Guy Van Camp

Pergolide and valvular heart disease: the lower the better?
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on July 18, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 717-718; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen202 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Harald Becher

Contrast agents for echocardiographic studies within 24 h after myocardial infarction
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 719-720; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen220 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

TECHNICAL ADVANCES

Get checked abstract Margaret Egan and A. Ionescu

The pocket echocardiograph: a useful new tool?
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on June 20, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 721-725; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen177 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

IMAGE SECTION

Get checked abstract K. Valchanov and F.C. Wells

You can love it so much
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 10, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 726; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen168 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David Attias, David Messika-Zeitoun, Michel Wolf, Laurent Lepage, and Alec Vahanian

Acute coronary syndrome in aortic infective endocarditis
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on June 16, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 727-728; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen194 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL/ORIGINAL PAPERS

Get checked abstract T. Kovacevic-Preradovic, M. Zuber, C.H. Attenhofer Jost, U. Widmer, B. Seifert, G. Schulthess, A. Fischer, and R. Jenni

Anderson-Fabry disease: long-term echocardiographic follow-up under enzyme replacement therapy
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 14, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 729-735; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen129 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mark Y. Chan, Hwee-Bee Wong, Hean-Yee Ong, and Tiong-Cheng Yeo

Prognostic value of left atrial size in chronic kidney disease
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on March 20, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 736-740; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen131 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Harry Pavlopoulos, Julia Grapsa, Ellie Stefanadi, Elena Philippou, David Dawson, and Petros Nihoyannopoulos

Is it only diastolic dysfunction? Segmental relaxation patterns and longitudinal systolic deformation in systemic hypertension
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 4, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 741-747; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen133 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Piercarlo Ballo, Arianna Bocelli, Andrea Motto, and Sergio Mondillo

Concordance between M-mode, pulsed Tissue Doppler, and colour Tissue Doppler in the assessment of mitral annulus systolic excursion in normal subjects
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 2, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 748-753; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen130 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Giovanni Di Salvo, Maria Giovanna Russo, Dario Paladini, Maria Felicetti, Biagio Castaldi, Antonio Tartaglione, Laura di Pietto, Concetta Ricci, Carmela Morelli, Giuseppe Pacileo, and Raffaele Calabrò

Two-dimensional strain to assess regional left and right ventricular longitudinal function in 100 normal foetuses
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 28, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 754-756; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen134 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Boudewijn J. Krenning, Attila Nemes, Osama I.I. Soliman, Wim B. Vletter, Marco M. Voormolen, Johan G. Bosch, Folkert J. ten Cate, Jos R.T.C. Roelandt, and Marcel L. Geleijnse

Contrast-enhanced three-dimensional dobutamine stress echocardiography: between Scylla and Charybdis?
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 14, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 757-760; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen136 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Bhan, S. Kapetanakis, B.S. Rana, E. Ho, K. Wilson, P. Pearson, S. Mushemi, J. Deguzman, J. Reiken, M.D. Harden, N. Walker, P.G. Rafter, and M.J. Monaghan

Real-time three-dimensional myocardial contrast echocardiography: is it clinically feasible?
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 1, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 761-765; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen143 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Saurabh Gupta, Farman Khan, Mia Shapiro, Sarah G. Weeks, Sheldon E. Litwin, and Andrew D. Michaels

The associations between tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), ventricular dyssynchrony, and ventricular interaction in heart failure patients
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 19, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 766-771; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen147 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Harry Pavlopoulos, Julia Grapsa, Ellie Stefanadi, Vasileios Kamperidis, Elena Philippou, David Dawson, and Petros Nihoyannopoulos

The evolution of diastolic dysfunction in the hypertensive disease
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 29, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 772-778; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen145 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gani Bajraktari, Alison Duncan, John Pepper, and Michael Henein

Prolonged total isovolumic time predicts cardiac events following coronary artery bypass surgery
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 1, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 779-783; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen146 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Javier Ganame, Ricardo H. Pignatelli, Benjamin W. Eidem, Piet Claus, Jan D'hooge, Colin J. McMahon, Gunnar Buyse, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Nancy A. Ayres, and Luc Mertens

Myocardial deformation abnormalities in paediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: are all aetiologies identical?
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 27, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 784-790; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen150 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rebecca Perry, Carmine G. De Pasquale, Derek P. Chew, and Majo X. Joseph

Assessment of early diastolic left ventricular function by two-dimensional echocardiographic speckle tracking
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 19, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 791-795; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen148 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Philipp S. Wild, Benjamin Funke, Tobias Geisler, Adel Abushi, and Rainer J. Zotz

Fragment reconstruction of coronary arteries using transesophageal echocardiography for coronary diagnostics
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 1, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 796-802; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen142 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vibeke Guldbrand Rasmussen, Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen, Erik Dupont, Karen Østergaard, Gholamhossein Safikhany, and Henrik Egeblad

Ergotamine-derived dopamine agonists and left ventricular function in Parkinson patients: systolic and diastolic function studied by conventional echocardiography, tissue Doppler imaging, and two-dimensional speckle tracking
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 803-808; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen160 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Eva Gerdts, Dana Cramariuc, Giovanni de Simone, Kristian Wachtell, Björn Dahlöf, and Richard B. Devereux

Impact of left ventricular geometry on prognosis in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy (the LIFE study)
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 13, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 809-815; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen155 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gaetano Nucifora, Nina Ajmone Marsan, Hans-Marc J. Siebelink, Jacob M. van Werkhoven, Joanne D. Schuijf, Martin J. Schalij, Don Poldermans, Eduard R. Holman, and Jeroen J. Bax

Safety of contrast-enhanced echocardiography within 24 h after acute myocardial infarction
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on July 16, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 816-818; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen167 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE REPORTS

Get checked abstract Prabhdeep S. Sethi, William Hiser, Hasan Gaffar, Leng Jiang, Ashequl Islam, Nitin Bhatnagar, and Mara Slawsky

Fatal pheochromocytoma crisis precipitated by dobutamine stress echocardiography
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on June 13, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 819-821; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen180 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Philippe Acar, Pierre Massabuau, and Meyer Elbaz

Real-time 3D transoesophageal echocardiography for guiding Amplatzer septal occluder device deployment in an adult patient with atrial septal defect
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on June 10, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 822-823; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lucy Hudsmith, Sara Thorne, and Paul Clift

Spontaneous left atrial thrombus during patent foramen ovale closure
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on July 7, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 824; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen186 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Daniel Vanhercke, Wendy Heytens, and Hugues Verloove

Eight years of left ventricle pacing due to inadvertent malposition of a transvenous pacemaker lead in the left ventricle
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on June 19, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 825-827; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen187 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Angela Worthington and Liza Thomas

Valvular heart disease associated with taking low-dose pergolide for restless legs syndrome
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on June 18, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 828-830; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen191 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ELECTRONIC PAPERS

Get checked abstract F. Weidemann, C Wanner, and F. Breunig

Nomen est Omen
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 20, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 831-832; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen170 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Leitman, R. Kuperstein, B. Medalion, A. Stamler, E. Porat, S. Rosenblatt, E. Konen, R. Krakover, and Z. Vered

A highly unusual right atrial mass presented in two women
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on June 17, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 833-834; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen173 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shaji C. Menon, Dylan V. Miller, Allison K. Cabalka, and Donald J. Hagler

Hamartomas of mature cardiac myocytes
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on June 20, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 835-839; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen182 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Christophe Thebault, Romain Ollivier, Guillaume Leurent, Pascale Marcorelles, Bernard Langella, and Erwan Donal

Mitochondriopathy: a rare aetiology of restrictive cardiomyopathy
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on June 25, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 840-845; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen189 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mohammad Hossein Mandegar, Farideh Roshanali, and Armin Kocharian

Complicated course consequences of a floating thrombus in ascending aorta
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on June 16, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 846-848; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen193 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Luis Afonso, Khaled Bachour, Khaled Awad, and Greg Sandidge

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: pathogenetic insights and myocardial perfusion kinetics using myocardial contrast echocardiography
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on June 20, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 849-854; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen192 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hyun Suk Yang, Kwan S. Lee, Hari P. Chaliki, Henry D. Tazelaar, Joan L. Lusk, Krishnaswamy Chandrasekaran, and A. Jamil Tajik

Anomalous insertion of the papillary muscle causing left ventricular outflow obstruction: visualization by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 855-860; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen197 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jeroen Walpot, Corstiaan Storm, Johan Bosmans, Bernard P. Paelinck, W. Hans Pasteuning, Jenne Wielenga, Cees Klazen, Raymond Hokken, Jetze Sorgedrager, and Jules Teeuwen

Right atrial inflow obstruction of the inferior vena cava due to atrial septal aneurysm and an elongated Eustachian valve
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on July 4, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 861-864; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen198 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bogdan A. Popescu, Ruxandra Jurcut, Marinela Serban, Liliana Parascan, and Carmen Ginghina

Shone's syndrome diagnosed with echocardiography and confirmed at pathology
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 865-867; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen200 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gregory W. Fischer and David H. Adams

Real-time three-dimensional TEE-guided repair of a paravalvular leak after mitral valve replacement
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on July 24, 2008
Eur J Echocardiogr 2008 9: 868-869; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen203 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

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