Volume 4, issue 1, December 2006
47 articles in this issue
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Subacute left ventricle free wall rupture after acute myocardial infarction: awareness of the clinical signs and early use of echocardiography may be life-saving
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- LuÃs Raposo
- Maria João Andrade
- José Aniceto da Silva
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 22 November 2006
- Article: 46
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Effect of changes in contractility on the index of myocardial performance in the dysfunctional left ventricle
Authors
- Steven J Lavine
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 17 November 2006
- Article: 45
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Carotid ultrasound phenotypes in vulnerable populations
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Silvia A Riccio
- Andrew A House
- Grace Parraga
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 13 November 2006
- Article: 44
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Diabetes, gender, and left ventricular structure in African-Americans: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Murilo Foppa
- Bruce B Duncan
- Thomas N Skelton
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 08 November 2006
- Article: 43
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Retraction Note: C-reactive protein in aortic valve disease
Authors
- Pedro L Sanchez
- Anna Maria Mazzone
- Content type: Retraction Note
- Open Access
- Published: 08 November 2006
- Article: 42
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Quadricuspid aortic valve not discovered by transthoracic echocardiography
Authors
- Magnus Dencker
- Martin Stagmo
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 07 November 2006
- Article: 41
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Feasibility of creating estimates of left ventricular flow-volume dynamics using echocardiography
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Emil Söderqvist
- Peter Cain
- Lars-Ã…ke Brodin
- Content type: Technical notes
- Open Access
- Published: 31 October 2006
- Article: 40
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Echo-driven V-V optimization determines clinical improvement in non responders to cardiac resynchronization treatment
Authors
- Tasneem Z Naqvi
- Asim M Rafique
- C Thomas Peter
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 18 October 2006
- Article: 39
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Novel insights on effect of atrioventricular programming of biventricular pacemaker in heart failure – a case series
Authors
- Tasneem Z Naqvi
- Asim M Rafique
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2006
- Article: 38
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C-reactive protein in aortic valve disease
Authors
- Pedro L Sanchez
- Anna Maria Mazzone
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2006
- Article: 37
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Aortic obstruction: anatomy and echocardiography
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Nilda Espinola-Zavaleta
- Luis Muñoz-Castellanos
- Candace Keirns
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 29 September 2006
- Article: 36
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Non-compacted cardiomyopathy: clinical-echocardiographic study
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Nilda Espinola-Zavaleta
- M Elena Soto
- Candace Keirns
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 26 September 2006
- Article: 35
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Evaluation of ultrasound lung comets by hand-held echocardiography
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- G Bedetti
- L Gargani
- G Mottola
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 31 August 2006
- Article: 34
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Negative association of endothelial nitric oxide gene polymorphism with hypertension in Turkish patients: effect of ecNOS polymorphism on left ventricular hypertrophy
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Ayhan Olcay
- C Gokhan Ekmekci
- Yilmaz Nisanci
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 21 August 2006
- Article: 33
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Ultrasonic tissue characterization of vulnerable carotid plaque: correlation between videodensitometric method and histological examination
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Liz Andréa V Baroncini
- Antonio Pazin Filho
- Carlos E Piccinato
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 17 August 2006
- Article: 32
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Effect of left atrial compliance on pulmonary artery pressure: a case report
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Eloi Marijon
- Dinesh Jani
- Phalla Ou
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 10 August 2006
- Article: 31
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The effects of beta-blockers on dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography: early protocol versus standard protocol
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Ana C Camarozano
- PlÃnio Resende Jr
- Rosangela Noe
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 19 July 2006
- Article: 30
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Imaging of pericardial tumours: a case report
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Lindsey Tilling
- Lucy Hudsmith
- Harald Becher
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 18 July 2006
- Article: 29
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Relationship of the metabolic syndrome to carotid ultrasound traits
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Rebecca L Pollex
- Khalid Z Al-Shali
- Robert A Hegele
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 07 July 2006
- Article: 28
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Epidemiology and cardiovascular risk factors of aortic stenosis
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Pompilio Faggiano
- Francesco Antonini-Canterin
- Livio Dei Cas
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 01 July 2006
- Article: 27
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Is there a role of statins in the prevention of aortic biological prostheses degeneration
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Francesco Antonini-Canterin
- Alfredo Zuppiroli
- Gian Luigi Nicolosi
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 29 June 2006
- Article: 26
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Factors affecting left ventricular remodeling after valve replacement for aortic stenosis. An overview
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Emmanuel Villa
- Giovanni Troise
- Eugenio Quaini
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 27 June 2006
- Article: 25
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C-reactive protein in degenerative aortic valve stenosis
Authors
- Pedro L Sanchez
- AnnaMaria Mazzone
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 14 June 2006
- Article: 24
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Comparison of tricuspid inflow and superior vena caval Doppler velocities in acute simulated hypovolemia: new non-invasive indices for evaluating right ventricular preload
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Jie Liu
- Tie-Sheng Cao
- Yi-Lin Yang
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 May 2006
- Article: 23
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Comparison of exercise, dobutamine-atropine and dipyridamole-atropine stress echocardiography in detecting coronary artery disease
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Ivana Nedeljkovic
- Miodrag Ostojic
- Predrag Mitrovic
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 03 May 2006
- Article: 22
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The characteristics of the spectra of superior venae cavae in patients with right heart failure
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Hua-Ping Jia
- Yun-You Duan
- Juan Li
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 07 April 2006
- Article: 21
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Incidence of post myocardial infarction left ventricular thrombus formation in the era of primary percutaneous intervention and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors. A prospective observational study
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Arshad Rehan
- Manpreet Kanwar
- Gerald Cohen
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 06 April 2006
- Article: 20
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Transesophageal echocardiographic evaluation of an intraoperative retrograde acute aortic dissection: case report
Authors
- William C Culp Jr
- Karen J Morgan-Vanderlick
- Charles G Reiter
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 03 April 2006
- Article: 19
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Early detection of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in Chagas' disease
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Tomás F Cianciulli
- Jorge A Lax
- Horacio A Prezioso
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 31 March 2006
- Article: 18
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The effects of early administration of atropine during dobutamine stress echocardiography: advantages and disadvantages of early dobutamine-atropine protocol
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Ana Cristina Camarozano
- Aristarco G Siqueira-Filho
- Rosângela Aparecida Noé
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 29 March 2006
- Article: 17
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The impact of carotid plaque presence and morphology on mortality outcome in cardiological patients
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Christina Petersen
- Patricia B Peçanha
- Eugenio Picano
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 24 March 2006
- Article: 16
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Subaortic and mid-ventricular obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with an apical Aneurysm: a case report
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Tomás Francisco Cianciulli
- MarÃa Cristina Saccheri
- Horacio Alberto Prezioso
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 22 March 2006
- Article: 15
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Turbulent flow as a cause for underestimating coronary flow reserve measured by Doppler guide wire
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Markus Ferrari
- Gerald S Werner
- Hans R Figulla
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 22 March 2006
- Article: 14
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"Echocardiography in Nigeria: use, problems, reproducibility and potentials"
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Okechukwu S Ogah
- Ademola T Adebanjo
- Tarwanger J Jagusa
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 21 March 2006
- Article: 13
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Validation of the severity index by cardiac catheterization and Doppler echocardiography in patients with aortic sclerosis and stenosis
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- David M Shavelle
- Nediljka Buljabasic
- Kevin D O'Brien
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 21 March 2006
- Article: 12
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The best of 2005 in echocardiography back from EuroEcho 9 – Florence, Italy
Authors
- Rosa Sicari
- Content type: Editorial
- Open Access
- Published: 15 February 2006
- Article: 11
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Value of adenosine infusion for infarct size determination using real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Paulo Magno Martins Dourado
- Jeane Mike Tsutsui
- Jose AF Ramires
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 08 February 2006
- Article: 10
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Differing myocardial response to a single session of hemodialysis in end-stage renal disease with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Satish Chandra Govind
- Simin Roumina
- Samir Kanti Saha
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 02 February 2006
- Article: 9
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Effect of zooming on texture features of ultrasonic images
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Stavros K Kakkos
- Andrew N Nicolaides
- George Geroulakos
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 28 January 2006
- Article: 8
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Left ventricular free wall impeding rupture in post-myocardial infarction period diagnosed by myocardial contrast echocardiography: Case report
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Maria Luciana Zacarias Hannouche da Trindade
- Jeane Mike Tsutsui
- Wilson Mathias Junior
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 26 January 2006
- Article: 7
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A case of absent right and persistent left superior vena cava
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Attila Pálinkás
- Edit Nagy
- Albert Varga
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 26 January 2006
- Article: 6
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Influence of the atrio-ventricular delay optimization on the intra left ventricular delay in cardiac resynchronization therapy
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Christoph Melzer
- Fabian Knebel
- Adrian C Borges
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 26 January 2006
- Article: 5
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Diagnostic role of new Doppler index in assessment of renal artery stenosis
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Sergio Chain
- Hector Luciardi
- Ricardo Ronderos
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 25 January 2006
- Article: 4
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Recruitment of aged donor heart with pharmacological stress echo. A case report
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Giorgio Arpesella
- Sonia Gherardi
- Eugenio Picano
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 24 January 2006
- Article: 3
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A new ultrasonic process for a renewal of aortic valve decalcification
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Stéphane Aubert
- Eric Voiglio
- Olivier Jegaden
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 05 January 2006
- Article: 2
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Common carotid arterial interadventitial distance (diameter) as an indicator of the damaging effects of age and atherosclerosis, a cross-sectional study of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Community Cohort Limited Access Data (ARICLAD), 1987–89
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Marsha L Eigenbrodt
- Zoran Bursac
- Jawahar L Mehta
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 03 January 2006
- Article: 1