Echocardiography

Citations 151-160 of 1044 total displayed.

Original research
Left atrial Frank–Starling law assessed by real-time, three-dimensional echocardiographic left atrial volume changes

Ashraf M Anwar, Marcel L Geleijnse, Osama I I Soliman, Attila Nemes, and Folkert J ten Cate
Heart 2007 93: 1393 -1397; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2006.099366 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original research
Left atrial volume provides independent and incremental information compared with exercise tolerance parameters in patients with heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction

Andrea Rossi, Mariantonietta Cicoira, Stefano Bonapace, Giorgio Golia, Luisa Zanolla, Lorenzo Franceschini, and Corrado Vassanelli
Heart 2007 93: 1420 -1425; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2006.101261 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technology and guidelines
Multi-modality imaging to assess left atrial size, anatomy and function

Laurens F Tops, Ernst E van der Wall, Martin J Schalij, and Jeroen J Bax
Heart 2007; 93: 1461-1470. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Importance of concordance between left ventricular pacing sites and latest activated regions: myth or reality?

C Leclercq
Heart 2007; 93: 1170-1172. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original research
Measurement of left ventricular dyssynchrony in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy: a comparison of real-time three-dimensional and tissue Doppler echocardiography

Malcolm I Burgess, Carly Jenkins, Jonathan Chan, and Thomas H Marwick
Heart 2007 93: 1191 -1196; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2006.101626 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original research
Impact of left ventricular lead position on the efficacy of cardiac resynchronisation therapy: a two-dimensional strain echocardiography study

Michael Becker, Andreas Franke, Ole A Breithardt, Christina Ocklenburg, Theresa Kaminski, Rafael Kramann, Christian Knackstedt, Christoph Stellbrink, Peter Hanrath, Patrick Schauerte, and Rainer Hoffmann
Heart 2007 93: 1197 -1203; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2006.095612 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original research
Assessment of intravascular and extravascular mechanisms of myocardial perfusion abnormalities in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by myocardial contrast echocardiography

Osama I I Soliman, Paul Knaapen, Marcel L Geleijnse, Pieter A Dijkmans, Ashraf M Anwar, Attila Nemes, Michelle Michels, Wim B Vletter, Adriaan A Lammertsma, and Folkert J ten Cate
Heart 2007 93: 1204 -1212; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2006.110460 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original research
Light cigarette smoking impairs coronary microvascular functions as severely as smoking regular cigarettes

Hakan Gullu, Mustafa Caliskan, Ozgur Ciftci, Dogan Erdogan, Semra Topcu, Erkan Yildirim, Aylin Yildirir, and Haldun Muderrisoglu
Heart 2007 93: 1274 -1277; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2006.100255 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Education in Heart
Rhythm abnormalities of the fetus

Lisa K Hornberger and David J Sahn
Heart 2007; 93: 1294-1300. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only references ] BMJ Learning: Take this module on BMJ Learning  

Original research
Tissue synchronisation imaging accurately measures left ventricular dyssynchrony and predicts response to cardiac resynchronisation therapy

Nico R Van de Veire, Gabe B Bleeker, Johan De Sutter, Claudia Ypenburg, Eduard R Holman, Ernst E van der Wal, Martin J Schalij, and Jeroen J Bax
Heart 2007 93: 1034 -1039; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2006.099424 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]