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European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access

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10 May 2008

IMAGES IN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: K. Valchanov and F. C. Wells
You can love it so much
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 10, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen168
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7 May 2008

Abstract REGULAR ARTICLE: Alessandro Giardini and Theresa A. Tacy
Non-invasive estimation of pressure gradients in regurgitant jets: an overdue consideration
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 7, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen156
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Abstract ORIGINAL RESEARCH: 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.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen160
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Abstract CASE REPORT: Ole A. Breithardt, Dieter Ropers, Theresa Seeliger, Axel Schmid, Johannes von Erffa, Christoph Garlichs, Werner G. Daniel, and Stephan Achenbach
A heart within the heart: double-chambered left ventricle
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 7, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen158
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2 May 2008

Abstract CLINICAL/ORIGINAL PAPER: Marcus Hacker, Hans X. Hoyer, Christopher Uebleis, Peter Ueberfuhr, Stefan Foerster, Christian La Fougere, and Hans-Ulrich Stempfle
Quantitative assessment of cardiac allograft vasculopathy by real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography: a comparison with conventional echocardiographic analyses and [Tc99m]-sestamibi SPECT
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 2, 2008.
doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.08.006
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Abstract CLINICAL/ORIGINAL PAPER: Annemieke Jansen, Massimo Mischi, Frank Bracke, Jan melle van Dantzig, Kathinka Peels, Evert Lamfers, Norbert van Hemel, and Hendrikus Korsten
Novel ultrasound contrast agent dilution method for the assessment of ventricular ejection fraction
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 2, 2008.
doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.07.007
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Abstract CLINICAL/ORIGINAL PAPER: Annemieke H. M. Jansen, Frank Bracke, Jan melle van Dantzig, Kathinka H. Peels, Johannes C. Post, Harrie C. M. van den Bosch, Berry van Gelder, Albert Meijer, Hendrikus H. M. Korsten, Jolanda de Vries, and Norbert M. van Hemel
The influence of myocardial scar and dyssynchrony on reverse remodeling in cardiac resynchronization therapy
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 2, 2008.
doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.07.002
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Abstract CASE REPORT: S. V. Parasramka, S. Ghotkar, J. Kendall, and B. M. Fabri
Use of transoesophageal echocardiography in management of penetrating cardiac injury
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 2, 2008.
doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.03.035
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1 May 2008

Abstract CASE REPORT: Madhulatha Reddy, Deepak Thatai, Juan Bernal, Jyoti Pradhan, and Luis Afonso
Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: potential utility of Strain imaging
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 1, 2008.
doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.02.004
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Abstract CASE REPORT: Ashraf M. Anwar, Jackie S. McGhie, Folkert J. Meijboom, and Folkert J. ten Cate
Double orifice mitral valve by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 1, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen149
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Abstract ORIGINAL ARTICLE: 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.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen146
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Abstract CLINICAL PAPER: 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.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen143
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Abstract Original Paper: 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.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen142
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Abstract ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Ulf Gustafsson, Per Lindqvist, Stellan Mörner, and Anders Waldenström
Assessment of regional rotation patterns improves the understanding of the systolic and diastolic left ventricular function: an echocardiographic speckle-tracking study in healthy individuals
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 1, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen141
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Abstract CASE REPORT: Johannes Wacker, George Djaiani, Rita Katznelson, and Jacek Karski
External compression of superior vena cava after the replacement of ascending aorta
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on May 1, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen116
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29 April 2008

Abstract ORIGINAL ARTICLE: 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.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen145
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28 April 2008

Abstract CASE REPORT: André L. Dabarian, Charles Mady, Carlos E. Rochitte, Afonso A. Shiozaki, Pedro A. Lemos, and Vera Maria Cury Salemi
An unusual case of angina pectoris: a patient with isolated non-compaction of the left ventricular myocardium
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 28, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen151
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Abstract ORIGINAL ARTICLE: 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.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen134
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27 April 2008

Abstract ORIGINAL ARTICLE: 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.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen150
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Abstract Original Paper: Sérgio Nabais, Nuno Salomé, Aida Brandão, Alda Simões, Jorge Marques, João Costa, Luís Basto, António Costeira, and Adelino Correia
Coexistence of coronary cameral fistulae and cor triatriatum sinister in an elderly patient
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 27, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen140
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26 April 2008

Abstract Original Paper: Johan M. van Rooijen and Lambert F.M. van den Merkhof
Left atrial impression: a sign of extra-cardiac pathology
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 26, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen031
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23 April 2008

Abstract Original Paper: William T. Emery, Irfan Jadavji, Jonathan B. Choy, and Richard A. Lawrance
Investigating the European Society of Cardiology Diastology Guidelines in a practical scenario
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 23, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen137
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Abstract Original Paper: K. Zywica, R. Jenni, P.A. Pellikka, A. Faeh-Gunz, B. Seifert, and C.H. Attenhofer Jost
Dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction evoked by exercise echocardiography: prevalence and predictive factors in a prospective study
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 23, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen070
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21 April 2008

Abstract CASE REPORT: T. Butz, H.K. Schmidt, D. Fassbender, H. Esdorn, M. Wiemer, D. Horstkotte, and L. Faber
Echo-guided percutaneous coil embolization of a symptomatic massive metastasis of a renal cell carcinoma in the right ventricular outflow tract
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 21, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen153
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Abstract CASE REPORT: Rui Almeida, Teresa Pinho, Nuno P. Oliveira, Jorge Almeida, Filipe Macedo, António R. Sousa, and M. Júlia Maciel
A case of acute heart failure due to giant aortic pseudoaneurysm with fistulization to the right ventricle after a modified Bentall operation
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 21, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen144
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19 April 2008

Abstract Original Paper: 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.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen148
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Abstract ORIGINAL ARTICLE: 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.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen147
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14 April 2008

Abstract CASE REPORT: Michael S. Kim, Andrew J. Klein, Bertron M. Groves, Robert A. Quaife, and Ernesto E. Salcedo
Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in the presence of asymmetric septal hypertrophy and accessory mitral valve tissue treated with alcohol septal ablation
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 14, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen152
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Abstract Original Paper: 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.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen129
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Abstract CASE REPORT: Loukianos S. Rallidis, Costas Papadopoulos, John Kanakakis, Ioannis Paraskevaidis, and Dimitrios T. Kremastinos
‘Obstruction alternans’ of a Sorin tilting disc prosthetic mitral valve: a case of emergency action
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 14, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen138
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Abstract ORIGINAL ARTICLE: 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.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen136
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4 April 2008

Abstract CASE REPORT: Subodh B. Joshi, Walid Ahmar, Geoff Lee, and Anuradha Aggarwal
Fabry’s disease presenting as ventricular tachycardia and Left Ventricular ‘Hypertrophy’
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 4, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen132
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Abstract ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Carolina A. Garza, Patricia A. Pellikka, Virend K. Somers, Michael G. Sarr, James B. Seward, Maria L. Collazo-Clavell, Elise Oehler, and Francisco Lopez-Jimenez
Major weight loss prevents long-term left atrial enlargement in patients with morbid and extreme obesity
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 4, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen117
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Abstract CASE REPORT: Nicola D’Amato, Paolo Colonna, Paolino Brindicci, Maria Grazia Campagna, Claudio Petrillo, Aldo Cafarelli, and Carlo D’Agostino
Tako-Tsubo syndrome in a pregnant woman
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 4, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen135
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Abstract ORIGINAL ARTICLE: 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.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen133
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2 April 2008

Abstract ORIGINAL ARTICLE: 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.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen130
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Abstract CLINICAL/ORIGINAL PAPER: Eva Mandysová, Tomás Mráz, Milos Táborsky, and Petr Niederle
Reproducibility of tissue Doppler parameters of asynchrony in patients with advanced LV dysfunction
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 2, 2008.
doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.08.005
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Abstract CLINICAL/ORIGINAL PAPER: Bruno Pinamonti, Andrea Di Lenarda, Gaetano Nucifora, Dario Gregori, Andrea Perkan, and Gianfranco Sinagra
Incremental prognostic value of restrictive filling pattern in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a Doppler echocardiographic study
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on April 2, 2008.
doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.06.008
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30 March 2008

Abstract ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Abdenasser Drighil, Ahmed Bennis, James W. Mathewson, Patrizio Lancelotti, and Paulo Rocha
Immediate impact of successful percutaneous mitral valve commissurotomy on right ventricular function
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on March 30, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen126
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Abstract CLINICAL/ORIGINAL PAPER: Aigul Baltabaeva, Maciej Marciniak, Bart Bijnens, James Moggridge, Feng J. He, Tarek F. Antonios, Graham A. MacGregor, and George R. Sutherland
Regional left ventricular deformation and geometry analysis provides insights in myocardial remodelling in mild to moderate hypertension
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on March 30, 2008.
doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.08.004
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Abstract CASE REPORT: Taiyeb M. Khumri, Joseph B. Thibodeau, and Michael L. Main
Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of left atrial appendage occluder device infection
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on March 30, 2008.
doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.06.005
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Abstract CLINICAL/ORIGINAL PAPER: G.J. Morgan, F. Casey, B. Craig, and A. Sands
Assessing ASDs prior to device closure using 3D echocardiography. Just pretty pictures or a useful clinical tool?
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on March 30, 2008.
doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.07.001
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Abstract CASE REPORT: Rebecca McCall, Paul W. Stoodley, David A.B. Richards, and Liza Thomas
Restrictive cardiomyopathy versus constrictive pericarditis: making the distinction using tissue Doppler imaging
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on March 30, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen112
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29 March 2008

Abstract Original Paper: Tim J.F. ten Cate, Mike G. Scheffer, George R. Sutherland, J. Fred Verzijlbergen, and Norbert M. van Hemel
Right ventricular outflow and apical pacing comparably worsen the echocardioghraphic normal left ventricle
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on March 29, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen108
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Abstract CLINICAL/ORIGINAL PAPER: Witold Streb, Maciej Marciniak, Piet Claus, Anna Marciniak, Myles McLaughlin, Jan D'hooge, Frank E. Rademakers, Bart Bijnens, and George R. Sutherland
Full or pressure limited reperfusion of an acute myocardial infarct results in a different wall thickness and deformation of the distal myocardium – implications for clinical reperfusion strategies
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on March 29, 2008.
doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.06.007
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27 March 2008

GUEST EDITORIAL: Fidel Manuel Cáceres-Loriga
Prosthetic valve thrombosis: is it time for a new consensus conference?
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on March 27, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen113
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Abstract ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Abdenasser Drighil, John E. Madias, James W. Mathewson, Hanane El Mosalami, Nadia El Badaoui, Beenyouness Ramdani, and Ahmed Bennis
Haemodialysis: effects of acute decrease in preload on tissue Doppler imaging indices of systolic and diastolic function of the left and right ventricles
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on March 27, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen125
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21 March 2008

Abstract CLINICAL/PAPER: Stephen P Hoole, Tze V Liew, James Boyd, Francis C Wells, and Rosemary A Rusk
Transthoracic real-time three-dimensional echocardiography offers additional value in the assessment of mitral valve morphology and area following mitral valve repair
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on March 21, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen006
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