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Application of 2011 American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Society of Echocardiography Appropriateness Use Criteria in Hospitalized Patients Referred for Transthoracic Echocardiography in a Community Setting
June 2012(Vol. 25 | No. 6 | Pages 589-598)
Piercarlo Ballo, Fabrizio Bandini, Irene Capecchi, Leandro Chiodi, Giuseppe Ferro, Alberto Fortini, Gabriele Giuliani, Giancarlo Landini, Raffaele Laureano, Massimo Milli, Gabriele Nenci, Francesco Pizzarelli, Giovanni Maria Santoro, Pasquale Vannelli, Carlo Cappelletti, Alfredo Zuppiroli

Flow Characteristics of the SAPIEN Aortic Valve: The Importance of Recognizing In-Stent Flow Acceleration for the Echocardiographic Assessment of Valve Function
June 2012(Vol. 25 | No. 6 | Pages 603-609)
Sofia Shames, Agnes Koczo, Rebecca Hahn, Zhezhen Jin, Michael H. Picard, Linda D. Gillam

Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis: The Influence of the Systemic Vasculature on Exercise Time
June 2012(Vol. 25 | No. 6 | Pages 613-619)
Ronak Rajani, Helen Rimington, Adam Nabeebaccus, Philip Chowienczyk, John B. Chambers

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Identification of Viable Myocardium in Acute Anterior Infarction Using Duration of Systolic Lengthening by Tissue Doppler Strain: A Preliminary Study
24 May 2012
Trond Vartdal, Eirik Pettersen, Thomas Helle-Valle, Erik Lyseggen, Kai Andersen, Hans-Jørgen Smith, Lars Aaberge, Otto A. Smiseth, Thor Edvardsen
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate whether strain Doppler echocardiography before reperfusion therapy could quantify ischemic dysfunction and predict viable myocardium in acute myoca...
Impact of Hypertension on Ventricular-Arterial Coupling and Regional Myocardial Work at Rest and during Isometric Exercise
24 May 2012
Tatiana Kuznetsova, Jan D’hooge, Malgorzata Kloch-Badelek, Wojciech Sakiewicz, Lutgarde Thijs, Jan A. Staessen
Background: To understand better the mechanism of left ventricular (LV) remodeling related to hypertension, it is important to evaluate LV function in relation to the changes in loading conditions. Th...
Assessment of Right Ventricular Systolic Function in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension
21 May 2012
Osman Bolca, Baris Gungor, Ufuk Gurkan, Hale Yilmaz
In their recently published article, Sato et al. investigated the accuracy of echocardiographic measures of right ventricular (RV) systolic function (mean RV ejection fraction [RVEF], 38 ± 11%) in 37 ...
Three-Dimensional Imaging of the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract: Impact on Aortic Valve Area Estimation by the Continuity Equation
21 May 2012
Tamar Gaspar, Salim Adawi, Robert Sachner, Ihab Asmer, Majdi Ganaeem, Ronen Rubinshtein, Avinoam Shiran
Background: Measurement of left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) area for estimation of aortic valve area (AVA) using two-dimensional (2D) transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and the continuity equat...
Predictive Value of Global Longitudinal Strain in a Surgical Population of Organic Mitral Regurgitation
21 May 2012
Sophie Mascle, Frederic Schnell, Christophe Thebault, Herve Corbineau, Marcel Laurent, Stephanie Hamonic, David Veillard, Philippe Mabo, Alain Leguerrier, Erwan Donal
Background: Because of the lack of reliable echocardiographic parameters to predict recovery after surgery, the optimal timing of surgery for severe mitral regurgitation remains controversial. The aim...

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EAE/ASE Recommendations for Image Acquisition and Display Using Three-Dimensional Echocardiography
January 2012 (Vol. 25 | No. 1 | Pages 3-46)
Roberto M. Lang, Luigi P. Badano, Wendy Tsang, David H. Adams, Eustachio Agricola, Thomas Buck, Francesco F. Faletra, Andreas Franke, Judy Hung, Leopoldo Pérez de Isla, Otto Kamp, Jaroslaw D. Kasprzak, Patrizio Lancellotti, Thomas H. Marwick, Marti L. McCulloch, Mark J. Monaghan, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Natesa G. Pandian, Patricia A. Pellikka, Mauro Pepi, David A. Roberson, Stanton K. Shernan, Girish S. Shirali, Lissa Sugeng, Folkert J. Ten Cate, Mani A. Vannan, Jose Luis Zamorano, William A. Zoghbi
Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in Paravalvular Aortic Regurgitation Assessment after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
January 2012 (Vol. 25 | No. 1 | Pages 47-55)
Alexandra Gonçalves, Carlos Almeria, Pedro Marcos-Alberca, Gisela Feltes, Rosana Hernández-Antolín, Enrique Rodríguez, José C. Silva Cardoso, Carlos Macaya, José Luis Zamorano
Recommendations for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography
February 2009 (Vol. 22 | No. 2 | Pages 107-133)
Sherif F. Nagueh, Christopher P. Appleton, Thierry C. Gillebert, Paolo N. Marino, Jae K. Oh, Otto A. Smiseth, Alan D. Waggoner, Frank A. Flachskampf, Patricia A. Pellikka, Arturo Evangelista
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Prevalence and Mechanism of Tricuspid Regurgitation following Implantation of Endocardial Leads for Pacemaker or Cardioverter-Defibrillator
March 2012 (Vol. 25 | No. 3 | Pages 245-252)
Maha A. Al-Mohaissen, Kwan Leung Chan
Automated Quantification of Mitral Inflow and Aortic Outflow Stroke Volumes by Three-Dimensional Real-Time Volume Color-Flow Doppler Transthoracic Echocardiography: Comparison with Pulsed-Wave Doppler and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
January 2012 (Vol. 25 | No. 1 | Pages 56-65)
Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, Shizhen Liu, Saurabh Datta, Michael Walls, Adrien Nitinunu, Thomas Van Houten, Nicholas A. Tomson, Laura Vidmar, Bogdan Georgescu, Yang Wang, Seshadri Srinivasan, Nathalie De Michelis, Subha V. Raman, Thomas Ryan, Mani A. Vannan

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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography – official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography – brings physicians and sonographers the very latest clinical, scientific, legal, and economic information regarding the use of cardiac ultrasound. The Journal's original, peer-reviewed articles cover conventional procedures as well as newer clinical techniques, such as transesophageal echocardiography, intraoperative echocardiography, and intravascular ultrasound.

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