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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·NORMAL AGING ONLY RESULTS IN LEFT ATRIAL ENLARGEMENT ONLY IN THE EIGHT DECADE

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    A.C. Boyd, D. Leung, L. Thomas

    
• • ·IMPAIRED TORSION MAY BE A MANIFESTATION OF SUBCLINICAL LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION

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    Chai Keat See, Rodel Leano, Tony Stanton, Thomas Marwick

    
• • ·PEAK VO² AS A MARKER OF LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC FUNCTION IN A HEALTHY ADULT POPULATION

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    E.M. Chia, C. Hsieh, D. Leung, L. Thomas

    
• • ·DIASTOLIC RESPONSE TO EXERCISE IS ASSOCIATED WITH EXERCISE-INDUCED CHANGES IN ARTERIAL COMPLIANCE

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    D.J. Holland, E.M. Johnston, R.L. Leano, T.H. Marwick, J.E. Sharman

    
• • ·MAXIMUM LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME INDEX IS THE STRONGEST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PROGNOSTIC FACTOR FOR ADVERSE CARDIAC EVENTS OVER A LONG FOLLOW UP PERIOD IN AN UNSELECTED POPULATION

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    D.Y. Leung, C. Chi, K. Kappadu, L. Thomas

    
• • ·A COMPARISON OF 2D VERSUS 3D ECHO MEASURES IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS

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    S. Eshoo, D.L. Ross, L. Thomas

    
• • ·IMPACT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN HYPER- TROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY ON LEFT ATRIAL SIZE AND FUNCTION

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    S. Eshoo, D.L. Ross, C. Semsarian, L. Thomas

    
• • ·NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR END-DIASTOLIC PRESSURE BY COLOR M-MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND DOPPLER PRE-EJECTION FLOW WAVE VELOCITY

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    F. Dianco, J. Beswilan, M. Sayco, E. Tucay

    
• • ·INFLUENCE OF BODY MASS ON LEFT ATRIAL SIZE AND RESERVOIR FUNCTION IN HEALTHY CHILDREN

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    Ramanujan Ganesalingam, Christine O’Reilly, Katrina Hayes, Satoru Sakuragi, Richard D. Telford, Walter P. Abhayaratna

    
• • ·‘ON LINE’ VERSUS ‘OFF LINE’ ECHOCARDIO-GRAPHIC ESTIMATION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR END DIASTOLIC PRESSURE USING TISSUE DOPPLER

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    K.K. Kadappu, A.C. Boyd, C. Allman, S. Lo, D.Y. Leung, L. Thomas

    
• • ·A NOVEL PARAMETER FOR ASSESSMENT OF LEFT ATRIAL SIZE IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION

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    Yue Li, Liang Chai, Lei Li

    
• • ·CLINICOECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF 95 CASES OF INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS (IE)

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    Adarsh Kumar, H. Kaur, Pushpa Devi, Varun Mohan

    
• • ·THE EFFECT OF VALVULAR MITRAL REGURGITATION ON PHASIC CHANGES IN LEFT ATRIAL VOLUMES

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    E.M. Chia, J. Vidaic, A. Boyd, D. Leung, L. Thomas

    
• • ·PRESENCE AND SEVERITY OF MITRAL REGURGITATION EFFECTS THE INTERPRETATION OF LV FILLING PRESSURE BY DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

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    Kirsten Macdonald, Kim Metcalfe, Sheree Napier, Tom Marwick, Sudhir Wahi

    
• • ·TRICUSPID STENOSIS: VALVE AREA MEASUREMENT USING FREEHAND TRANSTHORACIC THREE- DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

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    M.C. Tordecilla-Atienza, R. Santos, E. Tucay, J.A. Junio, A. Senga

    
• • ·THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) MITRAL VALVE AREA MEASUREMENTS BEFORE PERCUTANEOUS TRANSMITRAL COMMISSUROTOMY (PTMC)

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    M.C. Tordecilla-Atienza, E. Tucay, F. Dianco, A. Senga

    
• • ·TIMING OF OPERATION IN ASYMPTOMATIC MITRAL REGURGITATION: A DECISION-ANALYTIC MODEL OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND COST

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    Thomas H. Marwick, Paul Scuffham, Myriam Hunink

    
• • ·DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC PARAMETERS SHOW DIFFERENT RESPONSES TO AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT

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    R. Leano, T. Stanton, M.D. Hordern, T.H. Marwick, S. Wahi

    
• • ·COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND SURGICAL RESULTS, PATHOLOGY IN 242 PATIENTS WITH RUPTURED MITRAL CHORDAE TENDINEAE

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    W. Wu, X. Lou, H. Wang, X. Sun, Y. Jiang, S. Huo

    
• • ·INVASIVE VALIDATION OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION SECONDARY TO SCLERODERMA

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    Andrew T. Burns, Andre La Gerche, Wendy Stevens, Andrew I. MacIsaac, David L. Prior

    
• • ·INCREMENTAL VALUE OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING STRAIN IMAGING TO WALL MOTION ANALYSIS FOR DETECTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

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    A. Ng, P. Pham, J. Vidiac, D.Y. Leung

    
• • ·RIGHT VENTRICULAR SEPTAL VERSUS APICAL PACING: LONG-TERM IMPACT ON LEFT VENTRICULAR SYNCHRONY AND FUNCTION

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    A. Ng, J. Vidiac, H. Tie, A. Hopkins, D.Y. Leung

    
• • ·ECHO ASSESSMENT OF RAISED PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE: DIAGNOSIS OR SURVEIL- LANCE?

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    Arun Dahiya, Harry Gibbs, Thomas Marwick

    
• • ·VELOCITY VECTOR IMAGING IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY: ARE ALL STRAINS EQUIVALENT?

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    Barakath Kareem, Rodel Leano, Gnanadevan Mahadevan, Tony Stanton, Thomas Marwick

    
• • ·REGIONAL VARIATIONS OF ELECTROMECHANICAL DELAY: A STUDY OF ELECTRICAL ACTIVATION MAPPING AND CONTRACTION FRONT MAPPING

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    Keiran Dauber, Carly Jenkins, Paul Gould, Thomas H. Marwick

    
• • ·DIFFERENCES OF LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY BETWEEN HIGH SEPTAL PACING AND APICAL PACING IN PATIENT WITH NORMAL LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC FUNCTION

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    Hisao Yoshikawa

    
• • ·QUANTITATION OF MYOCARDIAL SYSTOLIC FUNCTION OF SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RATS BY SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

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    Tang Hong, Li Zhaohuan

    
• • ·CLINICAL USEFULNESS OF CAROTID ARTERIAL WAVE INTENSITY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE

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    Tang Hong, Wen Heling, Li Haihua, Kang Yu, Peng Ying, Zhou Wenxia

    
• • ·THE VARIABILITY OF EF IN PATIENTS FOLLOWING ON-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING

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    I. Rahman, A. Alvior, P. Nightingale, A. Marsh, C. Mascaro, R. Bonser, R. Steeds

    
• • ·INVESTIGATING THE REDUCTION IN RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION FOLLOWING ON-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY

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    I. Rahman, A. Marsh, L. Williams, C. Mascaro, R. Bonser, R. Steeds

    
• • ·MITRAL ANNULUS DISPLACEMENT BY SPECKLE TRACKING IMAGING: A NEW TECHNIQUE TO EVALUATE GLOBAL SYSTOLIC FUNCTION OF LEFT VENTRICLE

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    J. Wang, X. Liu, L. Du

    
• • ·PRE-OPERATIVE IDENTIFICATION OF SUBCLINICAL LV DYSFUNCTION USING MYOCARDIAL IMAGING

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    Joseph Brown

    
• • ·PREDICTING CHANGE IN MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION IN OBESE, RENAL TRANSPLANT AND T2DM PATIENTS

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    Matthew D. Hordern, Rodel L. Leano, Stephanie Ipavec-Levasseur, Nicole Isbell, Trisha O’Moore-Sullivan, Jeff S. Coombes, Thomas H. Marwick

    
• • ·EFFECT OF AFTERLOAD ON TWIST AND UNTWIST AND DIASTOLIC FUNCTION: A MODEL USING AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT

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    Rodel Leano, Tony Stanton, Chai Keat See, Sudhir Wahi, Thomas Marwick

    
• • ·IMPROVEMENT OF MECHANICAL SYNCHRONY BY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC OPTIMIZATION OF CRT AND ITS ROLE IN IMPROVING RESPONSE

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    T. Stanton, B. Haluska, R. Leano, K. Dauber, S. Doneva, P.A. Gould, G. Kaye, J.N. Hill, T.H. Marwick

    
• • ·ST-SEGMENT DEPRESSION DURING NEGATIVE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAMS IS INDICATIVE OF SUBENDOCARDIAL ISCHAEMIA

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    T. Stanton, B.B.A. Kareem, D.J. Holland, J.L. Hare, B. Haluska, T.H. Marwick

    
• • ·ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF RAMIPRIL/CARVEDILOL AS MONO AND ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY IN CHF

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    V. Katyal, N. Chadha, S. Bansal

    
• • ·PROGRESSIVE WORSENING OF LONGITUDINAL FUNCTION IN HYPERTENSION WITH AND WITHOUT LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY

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    Y.T. Tan, E. Lee, F. Wenzelburger, G. Heatlie, S. Davies, M. Frenneaux, J.E. Sanderson

    
• • ·REDUCED LONGITUDINAL AND RADIAL STRAIN IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION WITHOUT LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY

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    Y.T. Tan, E. Lee, F. Wenzelburger, G. Heatlie, S. Davies, M. Frenneaux, J.E. Sanderson

    
• • ·IMPAIRED LEFT VENTRICULAR TWIST AND UNTWIST IN HEART FAILURE AND NORMAL EJECTION FRACTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED VENTRICULAR SUCTION

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    Y.T. Tan, F. Wenzelburger, E. Lee, G. Heatlie, K. Patel, F. Leyva, M. Frenneaux, J.E. Sanderson

    
• • ·ASYMPTOMATIC LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION AND RISK OF DEATH IN THE COMMUNITY

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    Walter Abhayaratna, Katrina Hayes, Christine O’Reilly, Satoru Sakuragi, Niels Becker

    
• • ·LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY EARLY AFTER NON-ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION INDEPENDENTLY PREDICTED LONG-TERM LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELLING

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    A. Ng, J. Vidiac, D.Y. Leung

    
• • ·ASSOCIATION OF 3D AND 2D ECHO MEASUREMENTS OF LV FUNCTION WITH OUTCOME

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    Carly Jenkins

    
• • ·SHOULD EXERCISE E/E′ BE PART OF THE DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR HFPEF?

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    D.J. Holland, S.B. Prasad, T.H. Marwick

    
• • ·QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF LEFT ATRIAL FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION BY TWO-DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING IMAGING

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    Satoshi Yuda, Atsuko Muranaka, Hidemichi Kohzu, Maki Ichimura, Takahiro Doi, Hitomi Yamamoto, Shinya Shimoshige, Akiyoshi Hashimoto, Kazufumi Tsuchihashi, Naoki Watanabe, Kazuaki Shimamoto

    
• • ·REDUCED LEFT ATRIAL FUNCTION AND NORMAL EJECTION FRACTION IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH DYSPNOEA

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    Y.T. Tan, F. Wenzelburger, E. Lee, G. Heatlie, K. Patel, F. Leyva, M. Frenneaux, J.E. Sanderson