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  1. There is increasing interest in guiding Heart Failure (HF) therapy with Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) or N-terminal prohormone of Brain Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP), with the goal of lowering concentratio...

    Authors: Maria Chiara Scali, Anca Simioniuc, Frank Lloyd Dini and Mario Marzilli
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:27
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  2. (Semi) supine exercise testing has an established role in the evaluation of patients with valvular heart disease and can help clinical decision making. Stress echocardiography has the advantages of its wide av...

    Authors: Pawel Petkow Dimitrow, Carlos Cotrim and Tsung O Cheng
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:26
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  3. In the last 15 years, a new imaging application of sonography has emerged in the clinical arena: lung ultrasound (LUS). From its traditional assessment of pleural effusions and masses, LUS has moved towards th...

    Authors: Luna Gargani and Giovanni Volpicelli
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:25
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  4. A novel polymer-shelled contrast agent (CA) with multimodal and target-specific potential was developed recently. To determine its ultrasonic diagnostic features, we evaluated the endocardial border delineatio...

    Authors: Malin K Larsson, Matilda Larsson, Greg Nowak, Gaio Paradossi, Lars-Åke Brodin, Birgitta Janerot Sjöberg, Kenneth Caidahl and Anna Bjällmark
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:24
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  5. Dynamic left ventricular (LV) outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction (DLVOTO) is not infrequently observed in older individuals without overt hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). We sought to investigate associated ge...

    Authors: Jung-Joon Cha, Hyemoon Chung, Young Won Yoon, Ji Hyun Yoon, Jong-Youn Kim, Pil-Ki Min, Byoung-Kwon Lee, Bum-Kee Hong, Se-Joong Rim, Hyuck Moon Kwon and Eui-Young Choi
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:23
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  6. The increasing cost of healthcare is a widespread international problem to which the cost of imaging has been an important contributor. Some imaging tests are ordered inappropriately and contribute to wasted u...

    Authors: Ricardo Fonseca and Thomas H Marwick
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:22
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  7. We previously reported the use of a catheter system to damage the tricuspid valve and create infectious endocarditis (IE) in an animal model. The current study aims to create a faint IE model suitable for anti...

    Authors: Mei-lian Wang, Ying Zhang, Miao Fan, Ya-jun Guo, Wei-dong Ren and En-jie Luo
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:21
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  8. Heart transplantation is limited by severe donor organ shortage. Regardless of the changes made in the acceptance of marginal donors, any such mechanism cannot be considered successful unless recipient graft s...

    Authors: Tonino Bombardini, Giorgio Arpesella, Massimo Maccherini, Francesco Procaccio, Luciano Potena, Sonia Bernazzali, Ornella Leone and Eugenio Picano
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:20
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  9. Left atrial volume (LAV) and exercise capacity are important prognostic determinants of cardiovascular risk. Exercise intolerance and increased LAV are expected in patients with diastolic dysfunction. While dy...

    Authors: Nithima Ratanasit, Khemajira Karaketklang, Srisakul Chirakarnjanakorn, Rungroj Krittayaphong and Decho Jakrapanichakul
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:19
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  10. Aortic intima-media thickness measured by transabdominal ultrasound (aIMT) is an intermediate phenotype of cardiovascular risk. We aimed to (1) investigate the reproducibility of aIMT in a population-derived c...

    Authors: Kate McCloskey, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, John B Carlin, Kim Jachno, Michael Cheung, Michael R Skilton, Jane Koleff, Peter Vuillermin and David Burgner
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:18
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  11. To clarify the time-course changes in left ventricular myocardial deformation using velocity vector imaging and to provide insights into our understanding of the cardiac pathophysiology in diabetes mellitus.

    Authors: Shi Zeng, Tao Jiang, Qi-chang Zhou, Lianghui Yuan, Jia-wei Zhou and Dan-min Cao
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:17
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  12. Persistent foramen ovale (PFO) is considered a cause of cryptogenic stroke and a risk factor for neurological events in young patients. The reference standard for identifying a PFO is contrast-enhanced transes...

    Authors: Monika Komar, Maria Olszowska, Tadeusz Przewłocki, Jakub Podolec, Jakub Stępniewski, Bartosz Sobień, Rafał Badacz, Anna Kabłak-Ziembicka, Lidia Tomkiewicz-Pająk and Piotr Podolec
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:16
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  13. Increased arterial stiffness is a risk factor of atherosclerosis and cardio-vascular complications. The aim of the study was to determine whether peripheral vascular function might be an early marker of impair...

    Authors: Lidia Tomkiewicz-Pajak, Hanna Dziedzic-Oleksy, Jacek Pajak, Maria Olszowska, Jacek Kolcz, Monika Komar and Piotr Podolec
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:15
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  14. Studies assessing ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) comprised of heterogeneous population and evaluated IMR in the subacute setting. The incidence of early IMR in the setting of primary PCI, its progression ...

    Authors: Jimmy MacHaalany, Olivier F Bertrand, Kim O’Connor, Eltigani Abdelaal, Pierre Voisine, Éric Larose, Éric Charbonneau, Olivier Costerousse, Jean-Pierre Déry and Mario Sénéchal
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:14
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  15. Subclinical myocardial involvement is common in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and associated with poor prognosis. Early detection, particularly during follow-up, is important. Two-dimensional speckle tracking echoc...

    Authors: Sebastian Spethmann, Karl Rieper, Gabriela Riemekasten, Adrian C Borges, Sebastian Schattke, Gerd-Ruediger Burmester, Bernd Hewing, Gert Baumann, Henryk Dreger and Fabian Knebel
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:13
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  16. Our aim was to assess whether anterograde flow velocities in septal perforating branches could identify an occluded contralateral coronary artery, and to assess the feasibility and accuracy of diagnosing occlu...

    Authors: Johnny Vegsundvåg, Espen Holte, Rune Wiseth, Knut Hegbom and Torstein Hole
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:12
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  17. Regular physical activity reduces cardiovascular risk. There is concern that Marathon running might acutely damage the heart. It is unknown to what extent intensive physical endurance activity influences the c...

    Authors: Sebastian Schattke, Yan Xing, Jürgen Lock, Lars Brechtel, Sabrina Schroeckh, Sebastian Spethmann, Gert Baumann, Adrian C Borges and Fabian Knebel
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:11
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  18. Left ventricular diastolic impairment and consequently elevated filling pressure may contribute to stasis leading to left atrial appendage thrombus (LAAT) in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). We investigat...

    Authors: Rami Doukky, Enrique Garcia-Sayan, Heather Gage, Vijaiganesh Nagarajan, Anna Demopoulos, Marek Cena, Noreen T Nazir, George J Karam, Richard G Trohman and Rasa Kazlauskaite
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:10
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  19. The present study evaluated the predictive value of renal resistive index (RI) for renal function and blood pressure (BP) outcome in hypertensive patients with unilateral atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis ...

    Authors: Rosa Maria Bruno, Elena Daghini, Daniele Versari, Melania Sgrò, Michela Sanna, Luigi Venturini, Caterina Romanini, Irene Di Paco, Isabella Sudano, Roberto Cioni, Lilach O Lerman, Lorenzo Ghiadoni, Stefano Taddei and Stefania Pinto
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:9
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  20. 2D speckle tracking echocardiography allows for assessment of left ventricular (LV) torsional deformation as a composite function of the radial, longitudinal and circumferential fibres. We test the hypothesis ...

    Authors: Muhammad Asrar ul Haq, Vivek Mutha, Tina Lin, Konstantinos Profitis, Zoe Tuer, Kwang Lim, David L Hare and Chiew Wong
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:8
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  21. Animal studies have shown that shear deformation of myocardial sheets in transmural planes of left ventricular (LV) wall is an important mechanism for systolic wall thickening, and normal and shear strains of ...

    Authors: Li-Jun Yuan, Katsu Takenaka, Kansei Uno, Aya Ebihara, Kazuno Sasaki, Takako Komuro, Makoto Sonoda and Ryozo Nagai
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:7
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  22. We sought to investigate the influence of the extent of myocardial injury on left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic function in patients after reperfused acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

    Authors: Hyemoon Chung, Ji-Hyun Yoon, Young Won Yoon, Chul Hwan Park, Eun Jung Ko, Jong Youn Kim, Pil-Ki Min, Tae Hoon Kim, Byoung Kwon Lee, Bum-Kee Hong, Se-Joong Rim, Hyuck Moon Kwon and Eui-Young Choi
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:6
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  23. The Editors of Cardiovascular Ultrasound would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 11 (2013).

    Authors: Rosa Sicari and Eugenio Picano
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:4
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  24. Experimental data suggests that exclusive heart rate reduction with ivabradine is associated with the amelioration of the endothelial function. Since it is presently unknown whether this also applies to humans...

    Authors: Nicoline Jochmann, Franziska Schröter, Fabian Knebel, Robert Hättasch, Christine Gericke, Karl Stangl, Gert Baumann and Verena Stangl
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:5
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  25. Transthoracic echocardiography is the primary imaging modality for the diagnosis of right ventricular (RV) involvement in congenital and acquired heart diseases. There is increasing recognition of the contribu...

    Authors: Carolina E Lemmer (Hunsinger), Mark E Engel, John C Stanfliet and Bongani M Mayosi
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:3
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  26. Left ventricular wall stress has been investigated in a variety of populations, but the effect of food intake has not been evaluated. We assessed whether left ventricular wall stress is affected by food intake...

    Authors: Ylva Gårdinger, Joanna Hlebowicz, Ola Björgell and Magnus Dencker
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:2
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  27. The foetal aortic Doppler frequency spectrum is influenced by cardiac output and contractility of the foetal heart as well as vascular compliance, blood viscosity and impedance of the arterial vascular system....

    Authors: Luís Guedes-Martins, Ana Cunha, Joaquim Saraiva, Ana Rita-Gaio, Ana S Cerdeira, Filipe Macedo and Henrique Almeida
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2014 12:1
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  28. Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (2DTTE) remains the first-line diagnostic imaging tool to assess primary mitral regurgitation although cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has proven to estab...

    Authors: Caroline M Van De Heyning, Julien Magne, Luc A Piérard, Pierre-Julien Bruyère, Laurent Davin, Catherine De Maeyer, Bernard P Paelinck, Christiaan J Vrints and Patrizio Lancellotti
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:46
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  29. Early detection of left ventricle (LV) systolic dysfunction is essential for management of patients with aortic stenosis (AS). Two- dimensional speckle tracking derived global longitudinal peak strain (GLPS) i...

    Authors: Joanna Luszczak, Maria Olszowska, Sylwia Drapisz, Wojciech Plazak, Magdalena Kaznica-Wiatr, Izabela Karch and Piotr Podolec
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:45
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  30. Speckle tracking-derived strain and strain rate are recently available parameters to assess left atrial (LA) deformation. We hypothesized that such new parameters could be of interest to evaluate the risk of L...

    Authors: Rui Providência, Ana Faustino, Maria João Ferreira, Lino Gonçalves, Joana Trigo, Ana Botelho, Sérgio Barra and Serge Boveda
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:44
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  31. Recently, left ventricular (LV) strain distribution pattern has been assessed in several cardiac disease states. Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy (TIC) is an animal model of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy well ...

    Authors: Kenya Kusunose, Youhua Zhang, Todor N Mazgalev, James D Thomas and Zoran B Popović
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:43
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  32. Highly trained vascular sonographers make up a significant cost of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) ultrasound screening. However, they are over-trained for this very limited task. Others have reported that hea...

    Authors: Anh TV Nguyen, Geraldine B Hill, Matthew PT Versteeg, Ian A Thomson and Andre M van Rij
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:42
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  33. Up-regulation of Ca2+ entry through Ca2+ channels by high rates of beating is involved in the frequency-dependent regulation of contractility: this process is crucial in adaptation to exercise and stress and is u...

    Authors: Tonino Bombardini, Monica Zoppè, Quirino Ciampi, Lauro Cortigiani, Eustachio Agricola, Stefano Salvadori, Tiziana Loni, Lorenza Pratali and Eugenio Picano
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:41
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  34. We tested the hypothesis that the apical myocardial mechanics differ from those of other ventricular segments in hypertensive patients with and without apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (ApHCM).

    Authors: Yu-Cheng Kao, Ming-Feng Lee, Chun-Tai Mao, Wei-Siang Chen, Ning-I Yang, Wen-Jin Cherng and Ming-Jui Hung
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:40
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  35. It is still not known how patients who are post-transient ischemic attack (TIA) or post-stroke might benefit from prospectively planned comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation (CCR). In this pilot evaluation of a...

    Authors: Tamas J Lindenmaier, Daniel N Buchanan, Damien Pike, Tim Hartley, Robert D Reid, J David Spence, Richard Chan, Michael Sharma, Peter L Prior, Neville Suskin and Grace Parraga
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:39
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  36. The purpose of this study was to determine whether surface irregularities measured from ultrasound images of carotid artery plaques and quantified using a novel method, correlate with the presence of ipsilater...

    Authors: Baris Kanber, Timothy C Hartshorne, Mark A Horsfield, A Ross Naylor, Thompson G Robinson and Kumar V Ramnarine
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:38
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  37. Systolic dilation of the atherosclerotic carotid artery depends on several factors including arterial compliance and the haemodynamic environment. The purpose of this study was to quantify wall motion in steno...

    Authors: Baris Kanber, Timothy C Hartshorne, Mark A Horsfield, Andrew R Naylor, Thompson G Robinson and Kumar V Ramnarine
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:37
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  38. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has recently been proposed as a minimally- invasive, alternative method for blood volume measurement. This study aims at comparing the accuracy of CEUS and the classical the...

    Authors: Ingeborg HF Herold, Gianna Russo, Massimo Mischi, Patrick Houthuizen, Tamerlan Saidov, Marcel van het Veer, Hans C van Assen and Hendrikus HM Korsten
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:36
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  39. Echocardiography is a well-established tool for risk stratification in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). ACS has significant impact on LV dyssynchrony, and detrimental effects on systolic function a...

    Authors: Carl Westholm, Jonas Johnson, Tomas Jernberg and Reidar Winter
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:35
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  40. Speckle tracking echocardiography is increasingly being used to assess cardiac function in neonates. The objective was to compare speckle tracking strain indices between asphyxiated infants and healthy control...

    Authors: Arvind Sehgal, Flora Wong and Samuel Menahem
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:34
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  41. A multimodal polymer-shelled contrast agent (CA) with target specific potential was recently developed and tested for its acoustic properties in a single element transducer setup. Since the developed polymeric...

    Authors: Malin Larsson, Matilda Larsson, Letizia Oddo, Silvia Margheritelli, Gaio Paradossi, Jacek Nowak, Lars-Åke Brodin, Kenneth Caidahl and Anna Bjällmark
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:33
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  42. Speckle Tracking Echocardiography (STE) strain analysis relies on both spatial and temporal smoothing. The user is often allowed to adjust these smoothing parameters during analysis. This experimental study in...

    Authors: Christian Arvei Moen, Pirjo-Riitta Salminen, Geir Olav Dahle, Johannes Just Hjertaas, Ketil Grong and Knut Matre
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:32
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  43. There has been a lack of research on further stratification of subjects who have pseudonormal pattern of mitral inflow. The study aim was to clarify 2 different groups with different diastolic function grades ...

    Authors: Hack-Lyoung Kim, Joo-Hee Zo, Jae-Bin Seo, Woo-Young Chung, Yong-Jin Kim, Sang-Hyun Kim, Myung-A Kim and Dae-Won Sohn
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:31
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  44. Stress echocardiography is a valuable tool for the noninvasive diagnosis of ischemic heart disease. Despite its widely use in the clinical practice, safety and side effects profile have never been evaluated in...

    Authors: Nada Fennich, Fedoua Ellouali, Salima Abdelali, Assad Chaara, Allal Berrada, Imane Elhajjaji, Rhizlane Cherradi, Saadia Abir, Nawal Doghmi and Mohammed Cherti
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:30
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  45. Myocardial function can be evaluated using color-coded tissue velocity imaging (TVI) to analyze the longitudinal myocardial velocity profile, and by expressing the motion of the atrioventricular plane during a...

    Authors: Nina NE Elmstedt, Jonas JJ Johnson, Britta BL Lind, Kjerstin KFW Ferm-Widlund, Lotta LH Herling, Magnus MW Westgren and Lars-Åke LAB Brodin
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:29
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  46. Aortic root size is an important parameter in vascular diseases and can be easily assessed by transthoracic echocardiography. However, measurements values may vary according to cardiac cycle and the definition...

    Authors: Myoung Kyun Son, Sung-A Chang, Ji Hye Kwak, Hye Jin Lim, Sung-Ji Park, Jin-Oh Choi, Sang-Chol Lee, Seung Woo Park, Duk-Kyung Kim and Jae K Oh
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:28
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  47. Due to the shortage of donor hearts, the criteria for acceptance have been considerably expanded. Hearts with regional or global left ventricular dysfunction are excluded from donation, but stress echo might b...

    Authors: Tonino Bombardini, Sonia Gherardi, Ornella Leone, Rosa Sicari and Eugenio Picano
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:27
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  48. Exercise stress echocardiography is the most frequently used stress test in our laboratory. Exercise echocardiography is used mainly in the study of patients with coronary artery disease. However, the techniqu...

    Authors: Carlos Cotrim, Isabel João, Paula Fazendas, Ana R Almeida, Luís Lopes, Bruno Stuart, Inês Cruz, Daniel Caldeira, Maria José Loureiro, Gonçalo Morgado and Hélder Pereira
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:26
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  49. To evaluate the atherosclerotic evolution in coronary bifurcations located proximally and distally to a bioresorbable scaffold.

    Authors: Il Soo Lee, Christos V Bourantas, Takashi Muramatsu, Bill D Gogas, Jung Ho Heo, Roberto Diletti, Vasim Farooq, Yaojun Zhang, Yoshinobu Onuma, Patrick W Serruys and Hector M Garcia-Garcia
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:25
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  50. In patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), we investigated the relation of left atrial (LA) deformational parameters evaluated by two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (2D-STI) ...

    Authors: Cem Dogan, Nihal Ozdemir, Suzan Hatipoglu, Ruken Bengi Bakal, Mehmet Onur Omaygenc, Baris Dindar, Ozkan Candan, Mehmet Yunus Emiroglu and Cihangir Kaymaz
    Citation: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2013 11:24
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