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• • ·Beat-to-beat variability of left ventricular indexes measured by acoustic quantification: Influence of heart rate and respiration—Correlation with M-mode echocardiography

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    Mohamed A. Seliem, Eric T. McWilliams, Mae Palileo

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• • ·Assessment of the Frank-Starling relationship by two-dimensional echocardiography

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    Diane A. Zipprich, Clarence H. Owen, Cleveland W. Lewis, Stanley A. Gall, James W. Davis, Joseph A. Kisslo, Donald D. Glower

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• • ·Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure in patients with coronary artery disease

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    Moreno Cecconi, Marcello Manfrin, Raffaele Zanoli, Pierluigi Colonna, Olga Ruga, Alberta Pangrazi, Angelo Soro

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• • ·Short- and long-term variability of echocardiographic stress-velocity indexes of cardiac function in a pediatric population

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    George G.S. Sandor, Steven A. Webber, Ruby O. Popov, Eustace DeSouza, Beverly Johnston

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• • ·A systematic approach to echocardiographic image acquisition and three-dimensional reconstruction with a subxiphoid rotational scan

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    John R. Bates, M.Victoria Tantengco, Thomas Ryan, Harvey Feigenbaum, Gregory J. Ensing

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• • ·How positionally stable is a transesophageal echocardiographic probe? Implications for three-dimensional reconstruction

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    Malcolm E. Legget, Roy W. Martin, Florence H. Sheehan, Gerard Bashein, Edward L. Bolson, Xian-Ning Li, Daniel Leotta, Catherine M. Otto

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• • ·Influence of aging on left atrial appendage flow velocity patterns in normal subjects

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    Tomotsugu Tabata, Takashi Oki, Nobuo Fukuda, Arata Iuchi, Kazuyo Manabe, Yoshimi Kageji, Miwa Sasaki, Hirotsugu Yamada, Susumu Ito

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• • ·The normal pattern of pulmonary venous flow on pulsed Doppler examination of the human fetus

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    Donna J. Better, Stuart Kaufman, Lindsey D. Allan

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• • ·An echocardiographic approach to the assessment of aortic stenosis

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    James E. Bednarz, Daniel Krauss, Roberto M. Lang

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• • ·Flow dependence of the aortic valve area in patients with aortic stenosis: Assessment by application of the continuity equation

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    L.Peter Rask, Kjell H. Karp, N.Peter Eriksson

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• • ·Double-chambered right ventricle: Echocardiographic features

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    Leonarda Galiuto, Patrick W. O'Leary, James B. Seward

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• • ·The clinical value of blunting of cyclic gray level variation for the detection of acute cardiac rejection: A two-dimensional, Doppler, and videodensitometric ultrasound study

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    Guglielma Rita Ciliberto, Alessandro Pingitore, Maurizio Mangiavacchi, Antonella Alberti, Marco Paterni, Eugenio Picano

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• • ·Diagnostic performance of myocardial contrast echocardiography for detection of stunned myocardium

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    Shinsuke Nanto, Young-Jae Lim, Thoru Masuyama, Masatsugu Hori, Seiki Nagata

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• • ·Interobserver and intraobserver variation for analysis of left ventricular wall motion at baseline and during low- and high-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with high prevalence of wall motion abnormalities at rest

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    Knut Bjørnstad, Mohammed Al Amri, Jayaram Lingamanaicker, Issa Oqaili, Liv Hatle

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• • ·Determinants of echodensity at the intima-media interface with intracoronary ultrasound imaging

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    Ron J.G. Peters, Wouter E.M. Kok, Allard C. van der Wal, Cees A. Visser

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• • ·Echocardiographic demonstration of coronary sinus diverticula in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

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    Karen Hamilton, Michael Castillo, Mauricio Arruda, Warren Jackman

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• • ·Acute limb ischemia and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: The value of echocardiography in eliminating a cardiac source of arterial emboli

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    P. Vignon, P. Guéret, B. François, C. Serhal, V. Fermeaux, J. Bensaid

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• • ·Transesophageal echocardiographic image of double-chambered right ventricle

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    Rei-Yeuh Chang, Ching-Hai Kuo, Rou-Sei Rim, Yu-San Chou, Cheng-Ho Tsai

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• • ·Echocardiographic evaluation of papillary fibroelastoma: A case report and review of the literature

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    Karen A. Hicks, Julie A. Kovach, David P. Frishberg, Thomas M. Wiley, Patricia B. Gurczak, Marina N. Vernalis

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• • ·Use of myocardial contrast echocardiography in the evaluation of hibernating myocardium : Sherif F. Nagueh MD, Periyanan Vaduganathan MD, Helen A. Kopelen RDMS, Gerardo Villareal-Levy MD, Nasser Lakkis MD, Nadir Ali MD, Alvin Blaustein MD, William L. Winters, Jr. MD, William A. Zoghbi MD. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

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• • ·Role of dobutamine stress echocardiography in predicting long-term cardiac mortality in patients with suspected coronary artery disease: Results of a 5 year follow-up study : Eric H. Steinberg DO, Lori Madmon MS, Chetan P. Patel MD, Steven P. Sedlis MD, Itzhak Kronzon MD, Jerald L. Cohen MD. New York VAMC/ New York University School of Medicine, NY, NY and East Orange VAMC/ UMDNJ — New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ

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• • ·Detection of coronary stenoses using venous injection of FS-069 with intermittent harmonic imaging : Christian Firschke MD, Jonathan R. Lindner MD, Kevin Wei, MD, N. Craig Goodman, BS, Sanjiv Kaul, MD. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

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• • ·Intracoronary dobutamine echocardiography: An innovative approach for the functional assessment of coronary stenoses : Jeffrey S. Cohen MD, Alice K. Jacobs MD, Deanna Mahoney, Ravin Davidoff MD, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA

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• • ·Limitation of reperfusion injury with intra-coronary adenosine pre-reperfusion : David R. Richards DO, Percy J. Colon III MD, Sameh Mobarek MD, Carlos A. Moreno, Susan Revall, Joseph P. Murgo MD, Jorge Cheirif MD. Ochsner Medical Institutions, New Orleans, LA

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• • ·Transient response second harmonic imaging permits the detection of myocardial contrast in multiple standard transthoracic echocardiographic views following one intravenous injection in humans : Robert Armbruster, MD, Thomas Porter, MD, Feng Xie, MD; Shouping Li, MD; University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

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• • ·Viability on myocardial contrast echocardiography correlates with that on myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in patients with chronic ischemic heart disease : Sarah Vernon, MD, Sanjiv Kaul, MD, George Beller, MD, Eric Powers, MD, Lawrence Gimple, MD, Michael Ragosta, MD. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

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• • ·Aortic plaques, “debris” and thrombi by transesophageal echocardiography: In-vivo pathologic correlations during aortic surgery : Periyanan Vaduganathan MD, April Ewton MD, Sherif F. Nagueh MD, Donald Weilbaecher MD, Hazim Safi MD, William A. Zoghbi. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

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• • ·Thromboembolic risk in primary antiphospholipid syndrome: Role of anticardiolipin antibodies levels : Maurizio Turiel, Sabrina Muzzupappa, Cristina Crema, Edoardo Rossi, Int Med II, Hosp “L. Sacco”, Univ of Milan, Italy

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• • ·Time-related changes in thoracic aortic plaque morphology: A trans-esophageal echo (TEE) study : WN Pearson, S Ani, M Marieb, AW D Souza. Bridgeport Hospital and The Yale University School of Medicine, Bridgeport, Conn

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• • ·Mobile aortic debris in pts. with cerebral ischemia; Serial morphologic changes seen on repeat transesophageal echocardiography : WR Craig MD, FA Dressler MD, LM Vaughn RN, R Castello MD, M Dolan MD, AJ Labovitz MD Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri

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• • ·Dobutamine infusion improves wall motion abnormality at the site more than 20% transmural extent of viable myocardium in instrumented-dogs with myocardial infarction : Toshio Miyazaki, MD, Tatsu Inoki, MD, Toshiyuki Shibutani, MD, Tadahiko Yamamoto, MD, Junya Hioki, MD, Kizuku Nakagawa, MD, Kentaro Yamamoto, MD, Yoshihide Sakaguchi, MD, Kinji Ishikawa, MD, Ryo Katori, MD, Kinki University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan

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• • ·Prognostic value of left ventricular volume response during dobutamine stress echocardiography : C. Coletta, MD; A. Galati, MD; R. Ricci, MD; A. Sestili, MD; G. Guagnozzi, MD; F. Re, MD; V. Ceci, MD. Cardiology, S. Spirito Hospital, Rome, Italy

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• • ·Safety and effectiveness of dobutamine stress echocardiography monitored by RN sonographer : Merri L. Bremer, R.N., B.S.N., R.D.C.S., Kristi H. Monahan, R.N., R.D.C.S., Vicki L. Stussy, R.N., Fletcher A. Miller, Jr., M.D., Patricia A. Pellikka, M.D. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

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• • ·The value of dobutamine stress echocardiography for the detection of coronary artery disease in women : Peter N Dionisopoulos, MD., Jocelyn D Collins, BA., Thomas A Knickelbine, MD., Steven C Smart, MD., Kiran B Sagar, MD. Division of Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

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• • ·Accuracy of wall thickness measurement using near field noise reduction technique in the experimental model : Takeshi Hozumi MD, Kiyoshi Yoshida MD, Toshikazu Yagi, Takashi Akasaka MD, Tsutomu Takagi MD, Junichi Yoshikawa MD, Yasuhiko Abe, Ryoichi Kanda. Kobe General Hospital, Kobe, Osaka City University School of Medicine, Osaka, Toshiba Co, Tochigi, Japan

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• • ·Endomyocardial movement in patients with disturbed diastolic filling dynamics: Assessment by acoustic quantitation color kinesis : Anh M. Duong, Daniel G. Blanchard, Bruno R. Cotter, Karen Wheeler, Linda Donaghey, Oi Ling Kwan, Shiro Nozaki, Anthony N. DeMaria, Univ. of California, San Diego, California

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• • ·Quantitative assessment of regional relaxation with doppler tissue imaging during transient coronary occlusion : Biykem Bozkurt, MD, Neal S. Kleiman, MD, Miguel A. Quiñones, MD. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

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• • ·Automatic flow calculation of regurgitant jets from volume rendered three dimensional flow images: In-vitro steady and pulsatile flow studies : Robin Shandas MD, Eugene Little, Jeffrey Kwon, Ole Knudson, Lilliam Valdes-Cruz MD. The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO

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• • ·Accuracy of global and regional left ventricular function assessment using transmitted echocardiographic images via a telephone line to a laptop computer : Marvin R Allen MD, Jae K Oh MD, Bijoy K Khandheria MD, Barbara G Manahan, Fletcher A Miller Jr MD, James B Seward MD; Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN

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• • ·Pas de titre

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• • ·Comparison of maximum and mean aortic valve area in the assessment of severity of aortic stenosis: Comparison with continuity equation : Marie Arsenault MD, Giuseppina Magni MD, Navroz Masani MD, Jiefen Yao MD and Natesa Pandian MD Tufts — New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

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• • ·Valve shape affects coefficient of orifice contraction and pressure gradient in aortic stenosis: Patient studies : Jae-Kwan Song, MD, Dan Gilon, MD, Edward G. Cape, PhD, Arthur E. Weyman, MD, Robert A. Levine, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

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• • ·Rapid estimation of regurgitant volume by the proximal isovelocity surface area: Can Continuous Wave Doppler be omitted? : Andrea Rossi MD, Karl S. Dujardin MD, James B. Seward MD, Maurice E. Sarano MD; Mayo Clinic & Foundation, Rochester, MN

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• • ·Functional capacity in chronic mitral regurgitant is determined by cardiac reserve but not the regurgitant severity : Dominic Y Leung MBBS, Brian P Griffin MD, Claire E Snader MA, Lynn K Luthern MA, James D Thomas MD, Thomas H Marwick MD. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland OH

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• • ·Intra-operative echo and the immediate and follow-up outcome of tricuspid valve surgery: A ten year experience : Christopher T. Bajzer MD, William J. Stewart MD, Sami J. Azzam MD, Delos M. Cosgrove MD, Allan L. Klein MD The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

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• • ·Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in patients with congenital heart disease. Its impact on the immediate and late follow-up period : Tamara Martins MD, Alvaro Moraes MD, Caio Medeiros MD, Miguel Barbero-Marcial MD, João Sbano MD, Giovanni Cerri MD, Giovanni Bellotti MD, Adib Jatene MD, Fulvio Pileggi MD. Heart Institute — University of São Paulo — Brazil

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• • ·Role of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in congenital cardiac surgery: The TCH Experience : LI Bezold MD, R Pignatelli MD, CA Altman MD, TF Feltes MD, RJ Gajarski MD, GW Vick MD, PhD, NA Ayres MD, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston TX

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• • ·Three-dimensional reconstruction of the mitral annulus: Comparison of normal adults versus patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation : G. Bashein MD PhD, B. Munt MD, M.E. Legget MB ChB, R.W. Martin PhD, F.H. Sheehan MD, X.N. Li MD, E.L. Bolson MS, D.F. Leotta MS, M. Sivarajan MD, C.M. Otto MD University of Washington, Seattle, WA

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• • ·Intraoperative three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in mitral valve repair of mitral valve prolapse: Comparison to quadrilateral tissue resection : Christian S. Breburda, MD, Hiroya Kondo, MD, Brian Griffin, MD, Delos M Cosgrove III, MD, James D. Thomas, MD, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

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• • ·Three-dimensional reconstruction of flow jets in prosthetic mitral valves: An in vitro pulsatile flow study : Tsui-Lieh Hsu MD, Hsing-Wen Sung PhD, Mu-Jen Chiang BSc, Pei-Shin Yu BSc, Jen-Her Lu MD, Shih-Pu Wang MD, Mau-Song Chang MD. Veterans General Hospital-Taipei and Department of Chemical Engineering, National Central University, Taiwan, Republic of China

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• • ·Aortic regurgitation flow volume and rate can be reliably quantified by 3-D echocardiographic measurement of color Doppler ar jet volume : Philippe Acar MD, Michael Jones MD, Takahiro Shiota MD, Alain Delabays MD, Izumi Yamada MD, David Sahn MD, Natesa Pandian MD, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA NIH-LAMS, Bethesda, MD, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR

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• • ·The prognostic significance of a positive dobutamine stress echocardiogram in pediatric heart transplant patients : Thomas R. Kimball, MD, Sandra A. Witt, RDCS. Applied Echocardiography Research Laboratory, Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

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• • ·Identification of patients with Kawasaki disease at risk for myocardial ischemia with dobutamine stress echocardiography : Thomas R. Kimball, MD, Sandra A. Witt, RDCS. Applied Echocardiography Research Laboratory, Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

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• • ·Diagnostic accuracy of echocardiography in detecting coronary anomalies in Tetralogy of Fallot : Laura R. Need, M.D., Steven D. Colan, M.D., Pedro del Nido, M.D., Tal Geva, M.D., Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

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• • ·Transesophageal echocardiography in pediatric cardiac trauma : Gail D. Pearson, MD, ScD; Sharon S. Karr, MD; Gregory D. Trachiotis, MD; Jeffrey E. Sell, MD; Gerard R. Martin, MD., Children's National Medical Center, Wash., DC

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• • ·Superior vena cava Doppler can distinguish chronic obstructive lung disease from constrictive pericarditis despite similar respiratory variation in mitral flow velocity : Smonporn Boonyaratevej MD, Jae K. Oh MD, Christopher P. Appleton MD, James B. Seward MD. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN and Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ

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• • ·Two-dimensional/Doppler echocardiography in patients with constrictive pericarditis and atrial fibrillation/flutter : S. Boonyaratavej MD, J.K. Oh MD, L.H. Ling FRCP, C.P. Appleton MD, J.B. Seward MD, A.J. Tajik MD. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN and Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ

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• • ·Assessment of preload-adjusted maximal power using echocardiographic automated border detection to assess alterations in left ventricular contractility : William A. Mandarino MS, Christine M. Mahler MS, Michael R. Pinsky MD, John Gorcsan III MD. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

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• • ·Quantitation of segmental diastolic LV function by color kinesis: Effects of dobutamine in patients with normal function and asynergy : Charles F. Carey, M.D., Victor Mor-Avi, Ph.D.#, Rick Koch, B.S. #, Roberto Lang, M.D.#, Julio E. Pérez, M.D., Washington University, St. Louis, MO & The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL#

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• • ·Papillary muscle morphology and function in left ventricular systolic dysfunction and dilated cardiomyopathy: A transesophageal echocardiographic study : Emest C. Madu, MD, Raju C. Reddy, MD, Ivan A. D'Cruz, MD, University of Tennessee and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN

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• • ·Paraplane analysis from precordial three-dimensional echocardiographic data sets for rapid and accurate quantification of left ventricular volume and function: A comparison with magnetic resonance imaging : Youssef FM Nosir MD, Jaap Stoker MD, Wim B Vletter, Jaroslaw D Kasprzak MD, Maarten H Lequin MD, Eric Boersma MSc, Folkert J Ten Cate MD, Paolo M Fioretti MD, Jos RTC Roelandt MD. Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• • ·Cost-effectiveness comparison of dobutamine stress echocardiography and dipyridamole thallium scintigraphy in >4,000 vascular surgery candidates : D. Douglas Miller, M.D., Leslee J. Shaw, Ph.D. for the Economics of Noninvasive Diagnosis (END) Study Group, St. Louis, MO, Durham, NC

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• • ·Cost analysis and clinical outcome of patients released from the emergency department after a normal dobutamine stress echo : James Trippi MD, Kam Lee MD, King Yee MD, Margaretha Chrapla, Greg Kopp RDCS, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN

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• • ·Impact of intraoperative echo in patients with coronary and mitral disease: Review of 1936 patients : Martin E. Goldman, Daniel Fisher, Theresa Guarino, Bruce Mindich, St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY

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• • ·Infective endocarditis 1990–1995: Echocardiographic findings and factors influencing morbidity and mortality in the transesophageal echocardiographic era : Fabio Chirillo MD, Andrea Bruni MD, Alessandra Pedrocco MD, Oscar Totis MD, Antonio Cavarzerani MD, Paolo Stritoni, MD. Department of Cardiology Regional Hospital, Treviso, Italy

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• • ·Does a prior hemi-fontan operation result in improved atrioventricular valve function after fontan operation? : Jack Rychik, MD, Marshall L. Jacobs, MD, William I. Norwood, MD, Alvin J. Chin, MD. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

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• • ·Right ventricular and tricuspid valve function during staged reconstruction for hypoplastic left heart syndrome: A longitudinal echocardiographic study : Annika Rydberg, M.D., Dag E. Teien, M.D., Shaul BarAm, M.D., Roger P. Vermilion, M.D., Ralph Mosca, M.D., Edward L. Bove, M.D., Achi Ludomirsky, M.D., C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

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• • ·Early changes in preload, afterload, and systolic ventricular function in the single ventricle after superior cavopulmonary connection : Mary T Donofrio MD, Marshall L Jacobs MD, Thomas L Spray MD, Meryl S Cohen MD, Alexa N Hogarty MD, Jack Rychik MD The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

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• • ·Does prepump intraoperative echocardiography change operative plans in mitral valve repair? : Maria-Anna Secknus MD, Allan L Klein MD, Nicholas G Smedira MD, Delos M Cosgrove MD, William J Stewart MD. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

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• • ·Intraoperative transesophageal echo determination of the severity of mitral regurgitation using proximal isovelocity surface area: Correlation with double sampling dye curve : Robin A. Horn MD, Jae K. Oh MD, Roger L. Click MD, Hartzell V. Schaff MD, Martin D. Abel MD, Maurice E. Sarano MD, Fletcher A. Miller MD, James B. Seward MD; Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN

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• • ·Intraoperative transgastric CW Doppier assessment during LVOT surgery: A reliable predictor of residual obstruction : Peter C. Frommelt, David A. Lewis, Andrew N. Pelech Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

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• • ·Discrepancy between Doppler and catheter gradients in patients with St. Jude prosthetic valves : Irvin F. Goldenberg, MD; Jeanne D. Goldenberg, RDMS; John Novicki; Orn Arnar, MD; Terrence Longe, MD; Minneapolis Heart Institute & Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN

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• • ·Ventriculo-arterial coupling after coronary bypass surgery: An intraoperative TEE study : C Declerck MD, Z Hillel PhD MD, H Shih BS, D Thys MD. St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York

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• • ·Preload does not influence color Doppler M-mode patterns of the left ventricle in hypertension : Marie Stugaard, MD, Pieter M. Vandervoort, MD, Neil L. Greenberg, MS, Raymond Christian, RCVT, James D. Thomas, MD, Fetnat Fouad-Tarazi, MD. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

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• • ·Intraoperative echocardiography is indicated in implantable left ventricular assist device placement : R.M. Savage, M.D., G. Scalia, M.D., N. Smidera, M.D., S. Insler, D.O., M. Capdeville, M.D., L. Wallace, M.D., J. Thomas, N. Starr, M.D., and P.M. McCarthy, M.D., Departments of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Cardiology, and Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195

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• • ·Transesophageal echocardiography is a useful, adjunct to fluoroscopy during catheter-directed closure of interatrial communications in adults : Alejandro J. López, M.D. Ariane J. Marelli, M.D. E. Marsha Elixson, R.N. Lars C. Erickson, M.D. Mary Etta E. King, M.D. Gary P. Foster, M.D. Igor F. Palacios, M.D. Peter Lang, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital

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• • ·Advantages of transesophageal echo guide during balloon mitral valvuloplasty : Seong-Hoon Park, MD, Myung-A Kim, MD, Min-Su Hyon, MD, Kyung-Whan Ko, MD, Heung-Kon Whang, MD, Sejong General Hospital, Puchon, Korea

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• • ·External counterpulsation increases carotid artery blood flow : Robert M. Applebaum, MD, Itzhak Kronzon, MD, Ravi Kasliwal, MD, Paul A. Tunick, MD, Neal Konecky, MD, Edward S. Katz, MD, and Naresh Trehan, MD. NYU Medical Center, NYC, NY and Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center, New Delhi, India

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• • ·Assessment of coronary flow velocities during the use of intraaortic balloon pump after cardiac surgery : Ana Clara Rodrigues MD, Alvaro Moraes MD, Filomena Galas MD, Caio Medeiros MD, Valeria Angelim MD, Jose Otavio Auler MD, Giovanni Cerri MD, Giovanni Bellotti MD, Fulvio Pileggi MD. Heart Institute — University of São Paulo — Brazil

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• • ·Analysis of endocardial border visualization using acoustic quantification color kinesis : David Kovacich, Stephen G. Sawada, Harvey Feigenbaum, Douglas S. Segar, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

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• • ·Regional wall motion assessment using acoustic quantification color kinesis in normal subjects : David Kovacich, Stephen G. Sawada, Harvey Feigenbaum, Douglas S. Segar, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

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• • ·Age dependency of beat-to-beat fluctuations in hemodynamic variables: Spectral analysis of heart rate, blood pressure and acoustic quantification LV-area signals : Victor Mor-Avi PhD, Solange Akselrod PhD, Yael Amitay BS, Allan Jorge BS, Claudia Korcarz DVM, Joanne Sandelski RDMS, Jakob Karin PhD, Roberto Lang MD, Tel Aviv University, Israel and University of Chicago, Chicago IL

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• • ·Three-dimensional echocardiographic reconstruction of the left ventricular cavity using three different myocardial wall encoding and endocardial border imaging techniques : Miguel Garcia-Fernandez PhD, José Azevedo MD, Pablo Puerta RN, Mar Moreno PhD, Daniel SanRoman MD, Esteban Torrecilla MD, Esteban Lopez de Sa MD, Jose Vallejo PhD, Juan Luis Delcan PhD. Laboratorio de Ecocardiografia, Servicio de Cardiologia, Hospital Universitario “Gregorio Marañon”, Madrid, España

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• • ·Three-dimensional dynamic reconstruction of the left ventricular endocardial surface using acoustic quantification : Victor Mor-Avi PhD, Shiuh-Yung J. Chen PhD, Rick Koch BS, David Berger PhD, James Bednarz BS, Kimberly Robinson BS, Sanjeev Shroff PhD, Roberto Lang MD, University of Chicago, Chicago IL

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• • ·Echocardiographic automatic myocardial border detection: A novel technique applicable for normal and abnormal ventricles : Farooq A. Chandhry, Rajesh Sehgal, Edwin L. Dove, Reena Sinha, Michael J. Vonesh, Bonnie J. Kane, Rodney Greene, Krishnan B. Chandran, David D. McPherson. Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

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• • ·Comparison of observer drawn borders to those of an automated border detection algorithm for epicardium and endocardium : Edward A. Geiser MD, David C. Wilson PhD, Dongxing Wang MS, Donald A. Conetta MD, James D. Murphy MD. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

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• • ·Progress on a fully automated short-axis echocardiographic border detection method : Edward A. Geiser MD, David C. Wilson PhD, Dongxing Wang MS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

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• • ·Automated cardiac output measurement using spatial and temporal integration of color Doppler from left ventricular inflow and outflow : Jing Ping Sun MD, William J. Stewart MD, Xing Sheng Yang MD, Marie Stugaard MD, James D. Thomas MD. Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

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• • ·Flow volume measurement in small vessel using a digital Doppler color flow mapping method: An in vitro study : Satoshi Aida, BS, Takahiro Shiota, MD, Timothy Thigpen, BS, Hiroyuki Tsujino, MS, David J. Sahn, MD, Oregon Health. Sciences. Univ. Portland, OR, Toshiba Corp. Tochigi, Japan

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• • ·Myocardial wall velocities assessed by computerized color Doppler tissue imaging in conscious dogs. Effects of dobutamine : D. Pellerin MD, A. Berdeaux MD, L. Cohen PhD, JF. Giudicelli PhD, S. Witchitz MD, C. Veyrat MD, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Faculté de Médecine Paris Sud, Faculte Paris-Dauphine, CNRS / Inserm U141

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• • ·Evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function in hypertrophied hearts using Doppler tissue imaging : Tabata T MD, Oki T MD, Iuchi A MD, Yamada H MD, Manabe K MD, Sasaki M MD, Kawahara K MD, Niki T MD, Fukuda N MD, Ito S MD, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

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• • ·Calculation of time-velocity gradient by a new tissue Doppler echocardiography analysis system as an index of regional left ventricular function : John Gorcsan III MD, Christine M. Mahler MS, William E. Katz MD. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

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• • ·Ultrasonic tissue characterization: Applicability and sensitivity of detection of serial changes in the myocardium : Sameh K. Mobarek MD, David R. Richards DO, Percy J. Colon III MD, Mario F. Meza MD, Carlos A. Moreno, Susan E. Revall, Joseph P. Murgo MD, Jorge Cheirif MD. Ochsner Medical Institutions, New Orleans, LA

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• • ·Carotid artery plaque tissue characterization using radiofrequency backscatter analysis : Sandra C. Carr, Michael J. Vonesh, David D. McPherson, James S.T. Yao, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois

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• • ·Localized delivery of oligonucleotides to target organs with external diagnostic ultrasound and intravenous perfluorocarbon-exposed sonicated dextrose albumin ultrasound contrast : Thomas Porter, M.D., Patrick Iversen, Ph.D., Feng Xie, M.D.; University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

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• • ·Optimal cardiac cycle triggering frequency during fundamental and second harmonic imaging : Percy J. Colon III MD, David R. Richards DO, Carlos A. Moreno, Susan E. Revall, Joseph P. Murgo MD, Patrick G. Rafter, Jorge Cheirif MD. Ochsner Medical Institutions, New Orleans, LA

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• • ·Is the area of old myocardial infarction opacified by echocardiographic contrast agent? — An experimental study — : Makoto Suzuki, M.D., Hironori Hirai, M.D., Shigeki Nishizawa, M.D., Masahiko Harada, M.D., Atsushi Tokuyama, M.D., Tetsuo Lee, M.D., Yuko Sugiyama, M.D., Hirofumi Kajiyama, M.D., Kei Takahashi, M.D., Shirou Naoe, M.D., Tetsu Yamaguchi, M.D., Toho University, Ohashi Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Page :381

    
• • ·Myocardial contrast echocardiography in acute myocardial infarction combining aortic root injections of albunex^R with harmonic imaging: Potential applications in the cardiac catheterization laboratory : Christian Firschke, MD, Jonathan R. Lindner, MD, Kevin Wei, MD, N. Craig Goodman, BS, Sanjiv Kaul, MD. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

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• • ·Safety and efficacy of low dose intravenous echogen for myocardial contrast echocardiography in patients : Michael L. Main, MD, Waleed N. Irani, MD, Imran Afridi, MD, Paul A. Grayburn. UT Southwestern and VA Medical Centers, Dallas, TX

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• • ·Harmonic imaging dramatically enhances the success of left ventricular cavity opacification from venous injection of albunex^R in patients : Jonathan Lindner, MD, John Dent, MD, Sally Moos, RDCS, Mary Nesbit, BSN, RN, RDCS, Sanjiv Kaul, MD. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

    Page :381

    
• • ·Relationship between infarct size and temporal changes of contrast defect area detected by myocardial contrast echocardiography in patients with reperfused anterior myocardial infarction : Toshihiko Asanuma, MD, Kazuaki Tanabe, MD, Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, MD, Kou Nakamura, MD, Kanako Kobayashi, MD, Seiji Okada, MD, Kazuya Sano, MD, Toshio Shimada, MD. Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan

    Page :382

    
• • ·Ability of echocardiography to diagnose myocardial ischemia in emergency department patients: Comparison with sestamibi imaging : Michael C. Kontos, James A. Arrowood, Walter Paulsen, Christopher S. Nicholson, James L. Tatum, J.V. Nixon. Medical College of Virginia/VCU, Richmond, VA

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• • ·Improved reproducibility of quantitative analysis of left ventricular function during exercise echocardiography after intravenous injection of BY 963 : R. Leischik, C. Kuhlmann, M. Haude, J. Ge, F. Liu, R. Erbel University Essen, Cardiology Dept

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• • ·A new model and analysis for quantitative contrast echocardiography : Annemarie L. Daly MD, Oscar A. Linares MD, William F Armstrong MD, The University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI

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• • ·Optimization and stability of acoustically reflective liposomes for ultrasonic enhancement : Sasha E. Murer, Bonnie J. Kane, Michael J. Vonesh, Melvin E. Klegerman, David D. McPherson, Hayat Alkan-Onyuksel, Northwestern University Medical School and the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois

    Page :383

    
• • ·Intramyocardial blood volume decreases in the presence of flow-limiting coronary stenosis : Flordeliza S. Villanueva, MD, Clarence Wu, MS, Rina Gandhi, MD, Marc Feldman, MD, Peter Alibali, BS, David Fischer, BS. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

    Page :383

    
• • ·Microvascular rheology of FS-069 versus albunex^R: Implications for intra-arterial injection : Danny Skyba, PhD, Richard Price, PhD, Thomas Skalak, PhD, Sanjiv Kaul, MD. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Page :383

    
• • ·Assessment of slip velocity effects in contrast echocardiography: A digital color Doppler study : Albert C. Lardo M.S., Michael D. VanAuker B.S., PoHoey Fan M.D., Navin C. Nanda M.D., Edward G. Cape, Ph.D. Cardiac Dynamics Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, PA and University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL

    Page :383

    
• • ·Effect of fluid viscosity on echocardiographic contrast agents exposed to static pressure : Albert C. Lardo M.S., Michael D. VanAuker B.S., Kevin K. Whitehead B.S., Flordeliza S. Villanueva M.D., Edward G. Cape Ph.D. Cardiac Dynamics Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and Presbyterian University Hospital, University of Pittsburgh, PA

    Page :384

    
• • ·Measurement of volume using myocardial contrast echocardiography: Confirmation using an in-vitro model : M. Zubair Jafar, MD, Martin C. Fallon, BS, Clarence Wu, MS, Marc D. Feldman, MD, Flordeliza S. Villanueva, MD. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

    Page :384

    
• • ·Correlation between magnitude of transient myocardial contrast and microbubble gas molecular weight using intravenous injection of different gas containing microbubbles : Thomas R Porter, MD, Feng Xie, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Ncbraska

    Page :384

    
• • ·Relation of flow velocity and signal intensity fo the amplification of contrast opacification produced by intermittent ultrasound emission : Koji Ohmori, MD, Bruno Cotter, MD, Oi Ling Kwan, RDCS, Anthony N DeMaria,MD, University of California, San Diego, CA

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• • ·Acoustic bubble destruction is a possible mechanism for transient response imaging : Jack G. Mottley, PhD, Maria Giakoumopoulos, Tom Porter, MD, Feng Xie, MD, Richard Meltzer, MD, PhD. The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY and the University of Nebraska, Omaha, NB

    Page :385

    
• • ·Visualization and registration of coronary artery flow velocity by transthoracic 2D Doppler echocardiography: Preliminary observations : Folkert J. Ten Cate, Willem B. Vletter, Marcel M. Kofflard, P.M. Fioretti. Thoraxcenter, University Hospital and Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Page :385

    
• • ·The unique miniature multiplane transesophageal transducer in pediatric cardiology: New development : AH Cromme- Dijkhuis, MD, KK Djoa, MsC, N Bom, MsC, A Vermeulen, MsC, J Hess, MD. Pediatric Cardiology, Sophia Children's Hospital; Experimental Echocardiography, Erasmus University; Rotterdam. OIDelft, Delft, The Netherlands

    Page :385

    
• • ·New diagnostic criteria for prosthetic valve endocarditis: Using transesophageal echocardiography : Christian S. Breburda, MD, Kesavan Shan, MD, Kris Arheart, EdD, Ivan Cakulev, MD, Bruce W. Lytle, MD, Susan Rehm, MD, James D. Thomas MD, William J. Stewart, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Page :385

    
• • ·Application of continuity equation method to quantify aortic valve area by transesophageal echocardiography: Approaches, accuracy, problems and potential : Giuseppina Magni, Dana Washburn, Jeifen Yao, Ajay Kanojia, Mani Vannan, Steven Schwartz, and Natesa Pandian. Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

    Page :386

    
• • ·Echocardiographic findings in non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) patients with and without a history of prior thromboembolism : Joseph L. Blackshear, MD, Richard W. Asinger, MD, Jodi Koehler, MS, for the Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation (SPAF) Investigators, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL

    Page :386

    
• • ·Left atrial appendage stunning following electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation: Is it related to electrical energy? A transesophageal echocardiographic study : Kishore Harjai, MD, Sameh Mobarek, MD, Freddy-Abi-Samra, MD, Yvonne Gilliland, MD, Joseph Murgo, MD, Jorge Cheirif, MD. Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA

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• • ·The time-related decline of left atrial appendage function in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation is enhanced by underlying heart diseases : R. Zeppellini MD, G. Gheno MD, R. De Domenico MD, M. Zadro MD, C. Rampazzo MD, T. Rigo MD, F. Cucchini MD Dept of Cardiology, General Hospital, Bassano del Grappa, Italy

    Page :386

    
• • ·Plasma homocyst(e)ine levels correlate with thoracic aortic atherosclerotic plaque burden : Neal Konecky, MD, M. René Malinow, MD, Paul A. Tunick, MD, Robin S. Freedberg, MD, Barry P. Rosenzweig, MD, Edward S. Katz, MD, Blanche Leung, BS, Barbara Upson, RN, John L. Perez, Itzhak Kronzon, MD. NYU Medical Center, NYC, NY and Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR

    Page :387

    
• • ·Direct comparison of transesophageal echo performed by physician intensivists with pulmonary artery catheter in the intensive care unit : Martin E. Goldman, Kimberly Griffin, John Oropello, Andrew Leibowitz, Anthony Manasia, Stacey Rosen, David Vorchheimer, Edward Fisher, Virginia Geffroy, Rosanna DelGuidice, Jerry Hufanda, Ernest Benjamin. Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY, NY

    Page :387

    
• • ·Model of clinical endpoints for the assessment of cardioversion utilizing transesophageal echocardiography (acute) clinical trial : Allan L. Klein, MD, Dave P. Miller, MS, Richard A. Grimm, DO, R. Daniel Murray, PhD, Dominic Y. Leung, MD, Kristopher Arheart, EdD, Gregory Scalia, MD, William J. Stewart, MD for the ACUTE Clinical Trial. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

    Page :387

    
• • ·Intra-operative TEE evaluation prevents mismatch of aortic and pulmonary roots and resultant aortic insufficiency after the ross procedure : Ahmad S Omran, Tirone E David, Samuel C Siu, Harry Rakowski, The Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Canada

    Page :387

    
• • ·Detection of septal coronary collaterals by Doppler color flow mapping is a marker for anomalous origin of the coronary artery from the pulmonary artery : Michele A. Frommelt MD, Peter C. Frommelt MD, Andrew N. Pelech MD, Elaine Miller RDCS, Jeff Williamson, Karen Kinder RDCS. Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

    Page :388

    
• • ·The abnormal contralateral atrioventricular valve in mitral and tricuspid atresia in neonates: An echocardiographic study : Shaul BarAm, Achi Ludomirsky, Annika Rydberg, Dag E. Teien, Roger P. Vermilion, C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    Page :388

    
• • ·Comparison of echocardiographic and angiographic measurement of patent ductus arteriosus and implications for coil closure : Michael M. Brook, MD and Phillip Moore, MD Department of Pediatrics, University of California-San Francisco

    Page :388

    
• • ·Intravascular ultrasound studies to determine size and shape of patent ductus arteriosus and to assess extent of coil protrusion: Comparison with angiography : Ziyad M. Hijazi MD, Gerald R. Marx MD, Robert L. Geggel MD, Steven Schwartz MD, David R. Fulton MD. Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA

    Page :388

    
• • ·Two-dimensional left ventricular mass and volume determination: Normal ranges in the first year of life : Erik C. Michelfelder MD, Susan Beruti, Achi Ludomirsky MD University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI

    Page :389

    
• • ·Quantitative ventricular assessment with magnetic resonance imaging and echocardiography in patients with single right ventricles : LI Bezold MD, TJ Forbes MD, R Pignatelli MD, GL Johnson MD, DL Kearney MD, DJ Fisher MD, RJ Gajarski MD, GW Vick III MD, PhD, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX

    Page :389

    
• • ·Wall stress analysis/volume infusion in pediatric septic shock: Analysis of preload deficit : Steve Kaine, MD, Arwa Saidi, MD, Ricardo Pignatelli, MD, Tim Feltes, MD, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX

    Page :389

    
• • ·Acquisition of three dimensional fetal echocardiograms using an external trigger source : Jeffrey Kwon, Elizabeth Shaffer MD, Robin Shandas Ph.D, Ole Knudson, Curt DcGroff MD, Lilliam Valdes-Cruz MD. The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO

    Page :389

    
• • ·Quantitative assessment of ventricular function in the fetus: A simple Doppler index : Susan G. MacLellan-Tobert MD, Patrick W. O'Leary MD, Benjamin W. Eidem MD, Chuwa Tei MD, James B. Seward MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    Page :390

    
• • ·Is there an ideal therapeutic dose for dobutamine in children? Analysis by echocardiographic wall stress determination : Thomas R. Kimball, MD, Sandra A. Witt, RDCS, Philip R. Khoury, MS. Applied Echocardiography Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH

    Page :390

    
• • ·A comparison of intranasal midazolam with oral chloral hydrate for outpatient echocardiography sedation : Sharon S. Karr, MD; Carrie Ingell, RN; Susan Young, RN; Jill Titone, RN; Gerard R. Martin, MD., George Washington University, Children's National Medical Center, Washington DC

    Page :390

    
• • ·Accuracy of 3D echocardiography for septal defect sizing in vitro: Comparison of rotational and fan acquisition methods : Ross Bernard, Nancy Doelling, B.A., Derek Fyfe, M.D., Ph.D., Kevin Chung, B.S., and Achi Ludomirsky, M.D. C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and The Children's Heart Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

    Page :390

    
• • ·Impact of measurement site on automated flow quantification in atrial septal defect: In vitro validation : Timothy Thigpen, BS. Takahiro Shiota, MD, PhD, Satoshi Aida, BS, Hiroyuki Tsujino, MS, David J. Sahn, MD, Oregon Health Sci. Univ., Portland, OR, USA, Toshiba Corp., Tochigi, Japan

    Page :391

    
• • ·The clinical significance of an “abnormal relaxation” transmitral diastolic flow velocity curve patern : P. Clay Haas, DO, Jae K. Oh, MD, Douglas W. Mahoney, MS, Rick A. Nishimura, MD, Margaret M. Redfield, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    Page :391

    
• • ·Doppler echocardiographic assessment of mitral inflow indices before and after sublingual nitroglycerin can predict LV filling pressures: A simultaneous cardiac catheterization/Doppler echocardiographic study : David G. Hurrell, Rick A. Nishimura, Christopher P. Appleton Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Scottsdale, AZ

    Page :391

    
• • ·Detection of elevated filling pressure with mitral valve M-mode echocardiography — The “B-bump” revised : Kazuhiro Yamamoto, MD, Rick A. Nishimura, MD, Margaret M. Redfield, MD Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    Page :391

    
• • ·Doppler echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular filling pressure in patients with coronary artery disease: Limitations in patients with preserved systolic function : Kazuhiro Yamamoto, ND, Rick A. Nishimura, MD, John C. Burnett, Jr., MD, Stuart T. Higano, MD, Margaret M. Redfield, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    Page :392

    
• • ·Can the Valsalva maneuver be utilized to estimate left ventricular filling pressures? A simultaneous cardiac catheterization/Doppler echocardiographic study : David G. Hurrell, Rick A. Nishimura, Christopher P. Appleton Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Scottsdale, AZ

    Page :392

    
• • ·Mitral regurgitation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Relationship to obstruction and relief with myectomy : Eric H.C. Yu MD, Ahmad S. Omran MD, E. Douglas Wigle MD, William G. Williams MD, Samuel C. Siu MD, Harry Rakowski MD, The Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Canada

    Page :392

    
• • ·Left ventricular mass measurement: Comparison of three methods of M-mode echocardiography using magnetic resonance imaging as the standard : Constantinos G Missouris, MRCP, Sandy M Forbat MRCP, S Richard Underwood MD, MRCP, Donald RJ Singer, MD, MRCP, Graham A MacGregor, FRCP. St George's Hospital Medical School & National Heart Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK

    Page :392

    
• • ·Electrical cardioversion is associated with greater atrial mechanical dysfunction than chemical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation : Kishore Harjai, MD, Sameh Mobarek, MD, Freddy Abi-Samra, MD, Joseph Murgo, MD, Susan Revall, Jorge Cheirif, MD, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA

    Page :393

    
• • ·Transmitral flow patterns in patients with congrestive heart failure who presented with pulmonary edema : Atsushi Yamamuro MD, Kiyoshi Yoshida MD, Takashi Akasaka MD, Takeshi Hozumi MD, Tsutomu Takagi MD, Junichi Yoshikawa MD, Kobe General Hospital, Kobe, Osaka City University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

    Page :393

    
• • ·Assessment of respiratory variation of Doppler flow pre and post pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis : Xing Sheng Yang MD, Jing Ping Sun MD, William J. Stewart MD, James D. Thomas MD, Christian S. Breburda MD, Allan L.Klein MD The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

    Page :393

    
• • ·Diastolic collapse of pulmonary trunk: A new two-dimensional echocardiographic manifestation of tamponade : Ivan D'Cruz, MD, Raj Patil, MD, Afzal ur Renman, MD, Susan Shearin, RDCS, Univ. of Tenn. & VA Medical Centers at Augusta and Memphis

    Page :393

    
• • ·Prognostic value of dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy : Gil M. Vardi, Kishin Ramani, Gorav Ailawadi, Jason T. Tauke, Michele A. Parker, Robert O. Bonow, Farooq A. Chaudhry; Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois

    Page :394

    
• • ·Differential effects of right ventricular pressure and volume overload on left ventricular function : Chuwa Tei MD, Benjamin W. Eidem MD, Patrick W. O'Leary MD, Karl S. Dujardin MD, Jae K. Oh MD, A. Jamil Tajik MD, James B. Seward MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    Page :394

    
• • ·Right ventricular performance in primary pulmonary hypertension : Effects of prostacyclin therapy : Karl S. Dujardin, M.D., Chuwa Tei, M.D., McGoon M. M.D., James B. Seward,M.D. Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN

    Page :394

    
• • ·Utility of dobutamine echocardiogram in the emergency room for clinical decision making in patients with chest pain : Kamthorn Lee, M.D., David Nelson, M.S., Bonnie Fuller, R.N., Marg Chrapla, R.N., James Trippi, M.D. Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana

    Page :394

    
• • ·Stress echocardiography as a cost savings method to evaluate patients with chest pain syndromes : Jaimela J. Dulaney, Reyaz U. Haque, and Lori Bernas, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

    Page :395

    
• • ·Prognostic value of dobutamine/atropine stress echocardiography after acute myocardial infarction treated with thrombolysis : Alessandro Salustri MD, Fabio Biferali MD, Massimo Ciavatti MD, Polyxeny Garifallidis MD, Giuseppe Guzzardi MD, Carlo Valtorta MD, Mario Falcone MD, Antonio Palamara MD. Division of Cardiology, Sandro Pertini Hospital, Roma, Italy

    Page :395

    
• • ·Prognostic value of early dobutamine echocardiography and exercise electrocardiography tests on 406 patiens with uncomplicated myocardial infarction : A. Galati, MD, R. Bigi, MD, C. Coletta, MD, C. Fiorentinj^o MD, R. Ricci, MD, L. Bordi, M D, N. Partesana MD, A. Sestili, MD, N. Aspromonte, MD, A. Verzoni^o MD, G. Greco MD, G. Occhi MD, V. Ceci MD. Cardiology Department S. Spirito Hospital, Rome, Italy. Cardiology Department Regional Hospital Sondalo, Italy ^oCardiology Department S. Paolo Hospital and University, Milan, Italy.

    Page :395

    
• • ·Dobutamine echo in chronic ischemic left ventricular dysfunction: Does it identify stunning, hibernation or both? : MJ Williams MD, J Odabashian RDMS, B Lytle MD, TH Marwick MD. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

    Page :395

    
• • ·Sustained prognostic value of dobutamine stress echocardiography for late cardiac events after noncardiac vascular surgery : Don Poldermans, MD,PhD, Paolo M Fioretti, MD, PhD, Eric Boersma, BSc, Ian R Thomson, MD,PhD, Hero van Urk, MD, PhD. Thoraxcentre, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

    Page :396

    
• • ·Dobutamine stress echocardiography for cardiac risk stratification before kidney transplantation : Giridhar Vedala, MD, Attila Kovacs, MD, Mary Ellen Anstey, RN, Benico Barzilai, MD, Daniel C. Brennan, MD, Víctor G. Dávila-Román, MD Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

    Page :396

    
• • ·Utility of dobutamine stress echocardiography in preoperative liver transplant evaluation : Richard H. Hunn, Jenifer E. Lee, Galal Ziady, Victor Scott, William E. Katz, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

    Page :396

    
• • ·Effect of beta-blockade on arbutamine stress echocardiography : Neil J Weissman MD, Michael H Picard MD, David S Bach MD, Joel Sklar MD, Jerald L Cohen MD. Georgetown Univ, Washington, DC; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Marin Heart Institute, Larkspur, CA; and VA Medical Center, East Orange, NJ

    Page :396

    
• • ·Wall motion score index predicts death better than ejection fraction in ischemic cardiomyopathy : William V. Novak, M.D.; Stephen G. Sawada, M.D.; Stephen J. Lewis, M.D.; Samer Khouri, M.D.; Judy Foltz, R.N.; Patricia Brenneman; John R. Bates, M.D.; Douglas S. Segar, M.D.; Harvey Feigenbaum, M.D.; Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

    Page :397

    
• • ·Left ventricular thrombus: Presence and safety during dobutamine stress echocardiography : David A. Cusick, Gorav Ailawadi, Robert O. Bonow, Farooq A.Chaudhry, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

    Page :397

    
• • ·Diabetic patients have a high incidence of non-diagnostic dobutamine stress echo responses : Maria-Anna Secknus MD, Curtis M Rimmerman MD, Thomas H Marwick MD. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

    Page :397

    
• • ·Dobutamine echocardiography has lower false positive rate in women than persantine thallium : Venkata Emani, Stephen Devries The University of Illinois; Chicago, Illinois

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• • ·Does atropine injection prior to exercise echocardiography increase the heart rate during image acquisition? A randomized trial : Christine H. Attenhofer, M.D.; Mary Ann Capps; Veronique L. Roger, M.D.; Robert B. McCully, M.D.; Jae K. Oh, M.D.; Anne M. Hepner, M.D.; Patricia A. Pellikka, M.D. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    Page :398

    
• • ·A new dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography protocol: Feasibility, accuracy, and safety : K. Schröder, MD, B. Kürsten, MD, R. Dissmann, MD, and H-P. Schultheiss, MD. Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Dept. of Cardiology, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Page :398

    
• • ·Can dobutamine stress echocardiography be a quantitative method to evaluate myocardial ischemia? : Satoshi Yamada MD, Taisei Mikami MD, Hiroya Takatsuji MD, Naotaka Saito MD, Hisao Onozuka MD, Jun-ichi Teranishi MD, Mitsunori Ohtsubo MD, Koh-ichi Okita MD, Kazuya Yonezawa MD, Kazushi Urasawa MD, Akira Kitabatake MD, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

    Page :398

    
• • ·Quantifying the myocardial response to dobutamine: New insights into the dynamics of regional function : Danita M. Yoerger MD, Geoffrey A. Rose MD, Neil J. Weissman MD, John B. Newell, and Michael H. Picard MD. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

    Page :398

    
• • ·Effect of beta-blockers on coronary blood flow and left ventricular function during dobutamine induced acute ischemia : Melda S. Dolan, MD, Richard G. Bach, MD, Ramon Castello, MD, Jeannette A. St. Vrain, RDMS, Carol J. Mechem, RN, L. Michele Vaughn, RN, Thomas J. Donohue, MD, Frank V. Aguirre, MD, Frederick A. Dressier, MD, Morton J. Kern, MD, Arthur J. Labovitz, MD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

    Page :399

    
• • ·Hemodynamic changes in response to arbutamine and dobutamine during the development of myocardial ischemia : Geoffrey A. Rose MD, Neil J. Weissman MD, J. Luis Guerrero BA, and Michael H. Picard MD Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

    Page :399

    
• • ·Analysis of diastolic and systolic time intervals: A novel approach to dobutamine stress echocardiography : Lieng H. Ling, MRCP, Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, Chuwa Tei, MD, Robert B. McCully, MD, James B. Seward, MD. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    Page :399

    
• • ·The clinical utility of assessing diastolic function during dobutamine stress echocardiography : Percy J. Colon III MD, Richard V. Milani MD, David R. Richards DO, Carl J. Lavie MD, Mark M. Cassidy MD, Sameh K. Mobarek MD, Joseph P. Murgo MD, Jorge Cheirif MD, Ochsner Medical Institutions, New Orleans, LA

    Page :399

    
• • ·Assessment of LV function using signal averaged acoustic quantification waveforms under inotropic interventions : Victor Mor-Avi PhD, Lynn Weinert BS, Philippe Vignon MD, Kirk T. Spencer MD, Roberto Lang MD, University of Chicago, Chicago IL

    Page :400

    
• • ·Accuracy of peak endocardial velocity by high frame rate tissue Doppler imaging during dobutamine stress echocardiography for detection of abnormal wall motion : William Katz MD, Vijay K Gulati MD, Christine M. Mahler MS, John Gorcsan III MD. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA

    Page :400

    
• • ·Late apical filling by color Doppler M-mode during dipyridamole stress echocardiography: A useful contribution to wall motion analysis : Bojan Stojnié MD PhD, Biljana Cirić MD, Vesela Radonjić MD, Mijat Prović MD PhD. Department of Cardiology, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

    Page :400

    
• • ·A new index for evaluation of hemodynamic response in patients with aortic valve prosthesis by dobutamine echocardiography : Sanjeev Puri, MD, Melda S. Dolan, MD, Frederick A. Dressler, MD, Jeannette A. St. Vrain, RDMS, Ramon Castello, MD, L. Michele Vaughn, RN, Dawn Gamblin, RN, Andrew Fiore, MD, Arthur J. Labovitz, MD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

    Page :400

    
• • ·Noninvasive assessment of valve compliance in aortic stenosis using Doppler echocardiography : Kerstin Wagner M.D., Michael D. VanAuker B.S., Theresa A. Tacy M.D., Edward G. Cape Ph.D., Cardiac Dynamics Laboratory, Children's Hospital, University of Pittsburgh, PA

    Page :401

    
• • ·Intravascular ultrsound observation of morphological changes in pulmonary thromboembolic lesions after acute phase — Demonstration of vascular remodeling — : Hiroyuki Matsuyama MD, Masatsugu Iwase MD, Kyoko Takeda MD, Chihiro Kato MD, Kazuo Hasegawa MD, Miyuki Kimura MD, Masanori Nomura MD, Hitoshi Hishida MD. Department of Internal Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

    Page :401

    
• • ·Transesophageal “lighthouse” echo using ivus cathetes: A new method for 3-dimensional imaging in aortic disease : Th. Buck, MD; G. Görge, MD; P. Hunold; M. Haude, MD; R. Erbel, MD; Dept. of Cardiology, University of Essen, FRG

    Page :401

    
• • ·Relationship between hemodynamics and morphology in pulmonary hypertension — a quantitative intravascular ultrasound study : Adrian C.Borges, Franz Xaver Kleber, Roland Wensel, Christian Opitz, Gert Baumann, Medical Department I, Humboldt-University Berlin (Charité), Germany

    Page :401

    
• • ·Improved three-dimensional surface reconstruction and edge detection using grayscale-coded tissue Doppler echocardiography : Th. Buck, MD; ¹ H.J. Nesser, MD; D.R. Wallbridge, MD; R. Erbel, MD; Dept. of Cardiology, University of Essen, FRG, University Hospital Linz, Austria ¹ University Hospital Linz, Austria

    Page :402

    
• • ·Heterogeneity of the wall motion velocity pattern and regional left ventricular myocardial function in a normal population. A pulsed Doppler tissue quantitative study : José Azevedo MD, Miguel Garcia-Fernandez PhD, Mar Moreno PhD, Pablo Puerta RN, Esteban Torrecilla MD, Daniel SanRoman MD, Juan Luis Delcan PhD. Laboratorio de Ecocardiografia, Servicio de Cardiologia, Hospital General “Gregorio Marañon”, Madrid, España

    Page :402

    
• • ·Cost-effectiveness in patients undergoing dobutamine stress echo (DSE) with and without ultrasound contrast : Yogesh Tejpal, MD, Romy Block, BS, Babureddy Sagireddy, MD, Venkata R. Emani, MD, Stephen Devries, MD, and Steven Feinstein, MD. University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

    Page :402

    
• • ·North American experience in pediatric cardiology telemedicine: Summary from telemedicine users group : Telemedicine Users Group As Collated By Nancy Doelling, BA, Fred Emge, MD, Derek Fyfe, MD, PhD, The Children's Heart Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

    Page :402

    
• • ·Role of transthoracic echocardiography in the management of outpatients with cardiac disease : Alan D. Waggoner, MHS, RDMS, Kevin M. Harris, MD, Alan C. Braverman, MD, Benico Barzilai, MD, Edward M. Geltman, MD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

    Page :403

    
• • ·Echocardiography of abnormal cardiac encroachment by infra-diaphragmatic structures : Ivan D'Cruz, MD, Prasanna Sugathan, MD, VA Medical Center & University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN

    Page :403

    
• • ·Echocardiographic assessment of atrial function in bicaval versus standard orthotopic techniques in cardiac transplantation : Ainat Beniaminovitz MD, Maria Teresa Savoia MD, Mohamed Gasser RDSC, Sergey Savin, Marco Di Tullio MD, Mehmet Oz MD, Mark Galantowicz MD, Donna Mancini MD, Shunichi Homma MD, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA

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• • ·Natural history of left ventricular performance after valve replacement for chronic aortic regurgitation: An echocardiographic study : Antonelia Moreo MD, Veliano Gordini MD, Luca Passini MD, Wilma Crivellaro MD, Francesco Faletra MD, Alessandro Pellegrini MD. Centro “A. De Gasperis”, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy

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• • ·Aortic valve disease following mediastinal irradiation : Paul A. Heidenreich MD, Byron Lee MD, Yung S. Lau MD, Carol S. Mariscal RN, Josephine V. Puryear BS, David J. Tate MD, Steven L. Hancock MD, Ingela Schnittger MD, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

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• • ·Planimetry of aortic valve orifice in transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiographic short-axis images is a simple, reproducible and accurate approach to quantify aortic valve area in patients with calcific aortic stenosis : Giuseppina Magni MD, Marjory Caldiera RCDS, Qi-Ling Cao MD, Dana Washburn MD, Stefano De Castro MD, Mani Vannan MD, Steven Schwartz MD, and Natesa Pandian MD. Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

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• • ·Decreased aortic distensibility is associated with increase of mitral valve thickness, mitral valve prolapse, and flail mitral valve by transesophageal echocardiography : Anthony C. Pearson, MD, Alexandros W. Nicolozakes, MD, Harisios Boudoulas, MD, David A. Orsinelli, MD, Frank D. Tice, MD, Ruiquiang Guo, MD. The Ohio State University, Columbus OH

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• • ·Effects of mitral annulus movement and regurgitant orifice area on pulmonary venous flow patterns : Jianhua Zhou, MS, Min Pu, MD, Pieter M. Vandervoort, MD, James D. Thomas, MD. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

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• • ·Proximal isovelocity surface area method for estimating regurgitant stroke volume in mitral regurgitation: A simplified approach : Julius M. Gardin, M.D., Shiro Yamachika, M.D., Toshinori Utsunomiya, M.D., Toru Ogata, M.D., Cheryl L. Reid, M.D., University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA

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• • ·Validation of a new formula for measuring mitral regurgitant volume by the color Doppler flow convergence method : Shiro Nozaki, Karen Wheeler, Judy Hope, Linda Donaghey, Oi Ling Kwan, Anthony N. DeMaria. UCSD and VAMC, San Diego, CA

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• • ·Dobutamine stress echo in patients with inferior wall motion abnormalities: Insights into the mechanism of incomplete mitral leaflet closure : Leng Jiang MD, Qi-Wen Ye MD, Dan Gilon MD, Neil J Weissman MD, Geoffrey A Rose MD, Arthur E Weyman MD, Robert A Levine MD, Michael H Picard MD. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

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• • ·A prospective study to compare transthoracic with transesophageal echocardiography in the detection of vegetation in infective endocarditis : KL Chan MD for the CATIE Investigators, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

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• • ·Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic findings of vegetative lesions are of subsequent embolic events in patients with Active infective endocarditis : Stefano De Castro, Domenico Cartoni, Sergio Beni, Marco Fiorelli, Paola Santopadre, Giuseppina Magni, Mani Vannan, Steven Schwartz, Francesco Fedele and Natesa Pandian.. “La Sapienza” Univ of Rome Italy, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA

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• • ·Impact of an automated method for determination of stroke volume for the assessment of orifice area by the continuity equation: Validation in a flow model simulating valvular stenoses : Karl Dennig, MD, Hans J. Nesser, MD, Albert Schömig, MD, German Heart Center, Clinic of the Technical University, Munich, Germany and Elisabethinen Hospital, Linz, Austria

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• • ·Toroidal reconstruction: Novel 3D intracardiac imaging using a rotatable phased-array transducer : Marek Belohlavek, MD, Susan MacLellan-Tobert, MD, Randall R. Kinnick, James F. Greenleaf, PhD, and James B. Seward, MD. Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota

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• • ·Three-dimensional ultrasound flow imaging provides more accurate visualization of the flow convergence region than two-dimensional color flow mapping: In-vitro studies : Robin Shandas Ph.D, Ole Knudson, Jeffrey Kwon, Lilliam Valdes-Cruz MD. The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO

    Page :406

    
• • ·Three-dimensional reconstruction of jets obtained by color Doppler energy: An improved method for assessment of regurgitant flow : Edward G. Cape, Ph.D., Cheryl L. Reid, M. D., Toru Ogata, M. D., Keong Joung, B.S., Eric T. Lee, M.S., Julius M. Gardin, M.D. Cardiac Dynamics Laboratory, Children's Hospital, University of Pittsburgh, PA and University of California Irvine, CA

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• • ·Effect of machine parameters on three-dimensional volume measurement of jets: In-vitro studies : Jeffrey Kwon, Eugene Little, Robin Shandas Ph.D., Ole Knudson, Lilliam Valdes-Cruz MD. The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO

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• • ·Three-dimensional echocardiography: In vivo comparison of power Doppler tissue imaging with gray scale imaging for volume determination : Debasish Roychoudhury MD, Robert Phillips MD Ph.D, Zhanqing Shen MD, Donald L. King MD, Loewe Go MD, Aasha S. Gopal MD. Mount Sinai Medical Center and Columbia University, New York, NY

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• • ·Pulsed Doppler tissue imaging versus three-dimensional echocardiographic reconstruction in the assessment of the relationships between left ventricular myocardial wall velocity of relaxation and DiastolicVolume-Pressure changes : José Azevedo MD, Miguel Garcia-Fernandez PhD, Mar Moreno PhD, Pablo Puerta RN, Jose Vallejo PhD, Esteban Lpez de Sa MD, Juan Luis Delcan PhD. Servicio de Cardiologia, Laboratorio de Ecocardiografia, Hospital General Universitario “Gregorio Marañon”, Madrid, España

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• • ·Systolic shape change in normal and diseased ventricles using a 3D echo sphericity index derived from volume and surface area : D. L. King, R. R. Sciacca, A. M. Keller, A. S. Gopal, Z. Shen, M. J. Schnellbaecher. Columbia University, NY, New York, USA

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• • ·Index to abstract authors

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• • ·Index to abstract subjects

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