European Journal of Echocardiography

EAE RECOMMENDATIONS

Get checked abstract Bogdan A. Popescu, Maria J. Andrade, Luigi P. Badano, Kevin F. Fox, Frank A. Flachskampf, Patrizio Lancellotti, Albert Varga, Rosa Sicari, Arturo Evangelista, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Jose L. Zamorano on behalf of the European Association of Echocardiography, Document Reviewers, Genevieve Derumeaux, Jaroslaw D. Kasprzak, and Jos R.T.C. Roelandt

European Association of Echocardiography recommendations for training, competence, and quality improvement in echocardiography
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 893-905; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep151 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Simon Ray and Kevin Fox

Changes to EAE laboratory accreditation
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on July 22, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 906; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep100 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL/ORIGINAL PAPERS

Get checked abstract Quirino Ciampi, Bruno Petruzziello, Michele Della Porta, Salvatore Caputo, Vincenzo Manganiello, Costantino Astarita, and Bruno Villari

Effect of intraventricular dyssynchrony on diastolic function and exercise tolerance in patients with heart failure
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on July 14, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 907-913; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep094 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Erwan Donal, Cyrille Bergerot, Hélène Thibault, Laura Ernande, Joseph Loufoua, Lionel Augeul, Michel Ovize, and Geneviève Derumeaux

Influence of afterload on left ventricular radial and longitudinal systolic functions: a two-dimensional strain imaging study
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on August 7, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 914-921; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep095 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Thierry V. Scohy, Frederik du Plessis, Jackie McGhie, Peter L. de Jong, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers

Rapid method for intraoperative assessment of aortic coarctation using three-dimensional echocardiography
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on August 4, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 922-925; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hiromi Nakai, Masaaki Takeuchi, Tomoko Nishikage, Roberto M. Lang, and Yutaka Otsuji

Subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in asymptomatic diabetic patients assessed by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: correlation with diabetic duration
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on July 20, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 926-932; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep097 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Girish Dwivedi, Rajesh Janardhanan, Sajad A. Hayat, Tiong K. Lim, and Roxy Senior

Improved prediction of outcome by contrast echocardiography determined left ventricular remodelling parameters compared to unenhanced echocardiography in patients following acute myocardial infarction
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on August 4, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 933-940; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep099 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David J. Holland, James E. Sharman, Rodel L. Leano, and Thomas H. Marwick

Gender differences in systolic tissue velocity: role of left ventricular length
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on August 30, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 941-946; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anatoli Kiotsekoglou, James C. Moggridge, Bart H. Bijnens, Venediktos Kapetanakis, Francisco Alpendurada, Michael J. Mullen, Samir Saha, Dariush K. Nassiri, John Camm, George R. Sutherland, and Anne H. Child

Biventricular and atrial diastolic function assessment using conventional echocardiography and tissue-Doppler imaging in adults with Marfan syndrome
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on September 29, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 947-955; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep110 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bernard Cosyns, Guy Van Camp, Steven Droogmans, Caroline Weytjens, Danny Schoors, and Patrizio Lancellotti

Analysis of regional wall motion during contrast-enhanced dobutamine stress echocardiography: effect of contrast imaging settings
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on September 22, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 956-960; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep112 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Masaki Izumo, Patrizio Lancellotti, Kengo Suzuki, Seisyou Kou, Takashi Shimozato, Akio Hayashi, Yoshihiro J. Akashi, Naohiko Osada, Kazuto Omiya, Sachihiko Nobuoka, Eiji Ohtaki, and Fumihiko Miyake

Three-dimensional echocardiographic assessments of exercise-induced changes in left ventricular shape and dyssynchrony in patients with dynamic functional mitral regurgitation
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on September 20, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 961-967; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep114 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alfonso Valle-Muñoz, Jordi Estornell-Erill, Carlos J. Soriano-Navarro, Mercedes Nadal-Barange, Nieves Martinez-Alzamora, Francisco Pomar-Domingo, Miguel Corbí-Pascual, Rafael Payá-Serrano, and Francisco Ridocci-Soriano

Late gadolinium enhancement–cardiovascular magnetic resonance identifies coronary artery disease as the aetiology of left ventricular dysfunction in acute new-onset congestive heart failure
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on September 15, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 968-974; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep115 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE REPORTS

Get checked abstract António Gaspar, Nuno Salomé, Sérgio Nabais, Aida Brandão, Alda Simões, Catarina Portela, Alberto Salgado, António Pereira, and Adelino Correia

Echocardiographic assessment of a cardiac lymphoma: beyond two-dimensional imaging
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on July 1, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 975-978; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jose Manuel Becerra, Carlos Almeria, Leopoldo Perez de Isla, and Jose Zamorano

Usefulness of 3D transoesophageal echocardiography for guiding wires and closure devices in mitral perivalvular leaks
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on September 13, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 979-981; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep098 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M.J. Swaans, B.J.L. Van den Branden, J.A.S. Van der Heyden, M.C. Post, B.J.W.M. Rensing, F.D. Eefting, H.W.M. Plokker, and W. Jaarsma

Three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography in a patient undergoing percutaneous mitral valve repair using the edge-to-edge clip technique
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on August 4, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 982-983; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep101 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J.-P. Smedema and R. James

Tissue Doppler imaging and contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance in primary cardiac amyloidosis
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on September 12, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 984-986; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep105 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract N. Schütz and K. Bendjelid

Transthoracic echocardiography after heart surgery: could pleural view be of some help?
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on September 2, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 987-988; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep106 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ewa Szymczyk, Piotr Lipiec, and Jaroslaw Kasprzak

Massive intraventricular thrombi in a previously healthy 43-year-old male
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on September 29, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 989-990; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep107 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Serkan Yuksel, Okan Gulel, Muzaffer Elmali, Abdurrahman Kale, and Mahmut Sahin

Huge cardiac cyst hydatid causing cardiac symptoms and electrocardiographic changes
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on September 12, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 991-992; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep109 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

VASCULAR ECHO VIGNETTE

Francesco Natale, Chiara Granato, Luigi Aronne, Giovanni M. Di Marco, Emanuela Lo Priore, Rosa Mocerino, Chiara Cirillo, Paolo Calabrò, Paolo Golino, Maria G. Russo, and Raffaele Calabrò

Nutcracker syndrome
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on September 26, 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 993; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep108 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BOOK REVIEWS

Osama I. Soliman

Making sense of echocardiography: a hands-on guide. By Andrew Houghton
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 994; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep160 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yves Van Belle, MD

Critical Decisions in Emergency and Acute Care Electrocardiography. By William J. Brady and Jonathon D. Truwit
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: 994-995; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep167 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BRITISH SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AUTUMN SUPPLEMENT 2009

Rick Steeds

Preface • BSE Autumn Supplement 2009
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: iii1; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep187 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Siew Yen Ho

Anatomy and myoarchitecture of the left ventricular wall in normal and in disease
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: iii3-iii7; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep159 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract L.K. Williams, M.P. Frenneaux, and R.P. Steeds

Echocardiography in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy diagnosis, prognosis, and role in management
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: iii9-iii14; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep157 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dewi E. Thomas, Richard Wheeler, Zaheer R. Yousef, and Navroz D. Masani

The role of echocardiography in guiding management in dilated cardiomyopathy
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: iii15-iii21; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep158 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Petros Nihoyannopoulos and David Dawson

Restrictive cardiomyopathies
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 10: iii23-iii33; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep156 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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