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European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access

European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access articles are papers that have been copyedited and typeset but not yet paginated for inclusion in an issue of the journal. More information, including how to cite Advance Access papers, can be found on the Advance Access page.

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CLINICAL RESEARCHGo to top of the page

CLINICAL RESEARCH
Fernando Cabrera-Bueno, Maria Jose Molina-Mora, Javier Alzueta, Jose Pena-Hernandez, Manuel Jimenez-Navarro, Julia Fernandez-Pastor, Alberto Barrera, and Eduardo de Teresa
Persistence of secondary mitral regurgitation and response to cardiac resynchronization therapy
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 24, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep184
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CLINICAL RESEARCH
Julia Grapsa, Declan P. O'Regan, Harry Pavlopoulos, Giuliana Durighel, David Dawson, and Petros Nihoyannopoulos
Right ventricular remodelling in pulmonary arterial hypertension with three-dimensional echocardiography: comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 24, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep169
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CLINICAL RESEARCH
Vittorio Palmieri, Cesare Russo, Antonietta Buonomo, Emiliano A. Palmieri, and Aldo Celentano
Novel wall motion score-based method for estimating global left ventricular ejection fraction: validation by real-time 3D echocardiography and global longitudinal strain
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 21, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep177
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CLINICAL RESEARCH
Chen Li, Juqian Zhang, Xiaoqing Li, Can Zhou, Haihua Li, Hong Tang, and Li Rao
Quantification of chronic aortic regurgitation by vector flow mapping: a novel echocardiographic method
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 21, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep175
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CLINICAL RESEARCH
Jeng Wei, Ming C. Hsiung, Shen Kou Tsai, Ching-Huei Ou, Chung-Yi Chang, Yi Cheng Chang, Kuo Chen Lee, Sung-How Sue, and Yi-Pen Chou
The routine use of live three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in mitral valve surgery: clinical experience
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 21, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep173
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CLINICAL RESEARCH
Fang Fang, Joseph Yat-Sun Chan, Gabriel Wai-Kwok Yip, Jun-Min Xie, Qing Zhang, Jeffrey Wing-Hong Fung, Yat-Yin Lam, and Cheuk-Man Yu
Prevalence and determinants of left ventricular systolic dyssynchrony in patients with normal ejection fraction received right ventricular apical pacing: a real-time three-dimensional echocardiographic study
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 20, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep171
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CASE REPORTGo to top of the page

CASE REPORT
Luis Afonso, Pawan Hari, Victor Pidlaoan, Ashok Kondur, Sony Jacob, and Vipin Khetarpal
Acute myocarditis: can novel echocardiographic techniques assist with diagnosis?
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 24, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep183
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CASE REPORT
John R. Payne, Vivek Pathi, Ruth Kelly, and Piotr Sonecki
The use of 3D transoesophageal echocardiography in clarifying the mechanism underlying a ‘flexing’ strut of a mitral valve replacement
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 24, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep179
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CASE REPORT
Brijesh Anantharam, Navtej Chahal, Nigel Stephens, and Roxy Senior
Temporo-mandibular joint dislocation: an unusual complication of transoesophageal echocardiography
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 24, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep178
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CASE REPORT
Tuan Le Nguyen and Liza Thomas
Acute myocardial infarction secondary to a spontaneous right coronary artery dissection resulting from a sinus of valsalva aneurysm
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 24, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep170
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CASE REPORT
G. Hallward and K. Valchanov
An unexpected pre-operative diagnosis
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 24, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep162
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CASE REPORT
Gregor Leibundgut and Alain M. Bernheim
Second diastolic pulmonary venous flow and isolated late diastolic mitral valve regurgitation in first-degree atrioventricular block
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 20, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep186
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CASE REPORT
Anna S. Herrey, Sarah J. Germain, Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Raffi R. Kaprielian, Phillip Bennett, Prakash P. Punjabi, and Petros Nihoyannopoulos
An ethical dilemma: severe ischaemic mitral regurgitation and acute coronary syndrome in a 49-year-old pregnant woman
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 20, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep180
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CASE REPORT
Nicola Gaibazzi, Angelo Squeri, and Claudio Reverberi
Flash-phase images to detect coronary artery stenosis: a novel finding during contrast-echocardiography
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep182
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CASE REPORT
Ying T. SIA, Daisy Dulay, Ian G. Burwash, Luc M. Beauchesne, Kathryn Ascah, and Kwan L. Chan
Mobile ventricular thrombus arising from the mitral annulus in patients with dense mitral annular calcification
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep181
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CASE REPORT
Vincent Labbe, Patrick Charlier, Eric Brochet, Bernard Iung, Alec Vahanian, and David Messika-Zeitoun
Transient severe reversible functional mitral regurgitation: a three-dimensional transoesophageal perspective
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 12, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep168
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CASE REPORT
C. Mihl, Z. Geyik, E.C. Cheriex, and J.M. van Opstal
A challenging lead endocarditis
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep166
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CASE REPORT
Antonella Fontana, Jennifer Francesca Sciuchetti, Lucia Boffi, Luisa Colagrande, and Giuseppe Trocino
Unusual localization of a malignant fibrous histiocytoma on the mitral valve
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on October 4, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep150
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CASE REPORT
T. Butz, M. van Bracht, A. Meissner, G. Plehn, A. Bittlinsky, P. Maagh, H. Yeni, and H.J. Trappe
Mitral valve disease as well as uncommon extensive epipericardial and intramyocardial calcification secondary to massive mitral annular calcification
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on October 4, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep148
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CASE REPORT
Aysel Aydin Kaderli, Ibrahim Baran, Ozlem Aydin, Murat Bicer, Tayyar Akpinar, Fahir Ozkalemkas, Dilek Yesilbursa, and Sumeyye Gullulu
Diffuse involvement of the heart and great vessels in primary cardiac lymphoma
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on September 15, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep111
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CASE REPORT
Mehreen A. Qureshi, Lynne L. Johnson, Rebecca T. Hahn, and Sabahat Bokhari
Small cell carcinoma of the lung: an incidental finding on routine cardiac imaging
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on September 13, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep117
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CASE REPORT
Tom Vermeulen, Steven Haine, Bernard P. Paelinck, Inez E. Rodrigus, Christiaan J. Vrints, and Viviane M. Conraads
Coronary artery–pulmonary artery fistula in a heart-transplanted patient
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on September 12, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep113
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ORIGINAL PAPERGo to top of the page

Original Paper
Stefano Maffè, Pierfranco Dellavesa, Franco Zenone, Anna Maria Paino, Paola Paffoni, Antonello Perucca, Daniela Kozel, Fabiana Signorotti, Massimo Bielli, Umberto Parravicini, Nicolò Franchetti Pardo, Lorenzo Cucchi, Alain Guillaime Aymele, and Marco Zanetta
Transthoracic second harmonic two- and three-dimensional echocardiography for detection of patent foramen ovale
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 12, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep165
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Original Paper
Navtej S. Chahal, Tiong K. Lim, Piyush Jain, John C. Chambers, Jaspal S. Kooner, and Roxy Senior
Normative reference values for the tissue Doppler imaging parameters of left ventricular function: a population-based study
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 12, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep164
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Original Paper
Suchita Joshi, Julie M. Edwards, Dirk G. Wilson, Joon K. Wong, Sailesh Kotecha, and Alan G. Fraser
Reproducibility of myocardial velocity and deformation imaging in term and preterm infants
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep161
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Original Paper
Swee Guan Teo, Hilda Yang, Ping Chai, and Tiong Cheng Yeo
Impact of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction on left atrial volume and function: a volumetric analysis
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on October 13, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep153
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Original Paper
Luigi P. Badano, Carmen Ginghina, Jacob Easaw, Denisa Muraru, Maria T. Grillo, Patrizio Lancellotti, Bruno Pinamonti, Gerry Coghlan, Martina Perazzolo Marra, Bogdan A. Popescu, and Salvatore De Vita
Right ventricle in pulmonary arterial hypertension: haemodynamics, structural changes, imaging, and proposal of a study protocol aimed to assess remodelling and treatment effects
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on October 7, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep152
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Original Paper
Jesper Kjaergaard, Kasper K. Iversen, Niels G. Vejlstrup, Julie Smith, Philip Bonhoeffer, Lars Søndergaard, and Christian Hassager
Impacts of acute severe pulmonary regurgitation on right ventricular geometry and contractility assessed by tissue-Doppler echocardiography
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on October 6, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep149
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Original Paper
Gonzalo de la Morena, Daniel Saura, María J. Oliva, Federico Soria, Josefa González, Miguel García, Victoria Moreno, Juan C. Bonaque, and Mariano Valdés
Real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of aortic valve stenosis
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on October 4, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep154
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Original Paper
Jan Balzer, Silke van Hall, Tienush Rassaf, Yang-Chul Böring, Andreas Franke, Roberto M. Lang, Malte Kelm, and Harald P. Kühl
Feasibility, safety, and efficacy of real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography for guiding device closure of interatrial communications: initial clinical experience and impact on radiation exposure
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on September 15, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep116
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Original Paper
This paper was published in error and is a duplicate of jen243, which was originally published in issue 10/1. The originally published version of this paper can be found here: doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen243
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on September 1, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen314
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LETTER TO THE EDITORGo to top of the page

Letter to the Editor
Mehmet Uzun, Ata Kirilmaz, Mehmet Yokusoglu, Ömer Yiginer, and Celal Genc
Which is more useful nomogram or equation?
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on November 9, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep163
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEGo to top of the page

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Narayanan Namboodiri, Othayoth Shajeem, Jaganmohan A. Tharakan, R. Sankarkumar, Thomas Titus, Ajitkumar Valaparambil, Sivasubramonian Sivasankaran, Kavassery Mahadevan Krishnamoorthy, Sivadasan Pillai Harikrishnan, and Santosh Kumar Dora
Doppler echocardiographic assessment of TTK Chitra prosthetic heart valve in the mitral position
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on March 18, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen030
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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONGo to top of the page

ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION
Stefan Toggweiler, Peiman Jamshidi, and Paul Erne
Functional mitral stenosis: a rare complication of the Impella assist device
European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published on February 7, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen002
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