Echocardiography

Citations 81-90 of 1044 total displayed.

Original articles
Prevalence of exercise-induced left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in symptomatic patients with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

J S Shah, M T T Esteban, R Thaman, R Sharma, B Mist, A Pantazis, D Ward, S K Kohli, S P Page, C Demetrescu, E Sevdalis, A Keren, D Pellerin, W J McKenna, and P M Elliott
Heart 2008 94: 1288 -1294; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.126003 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Abnormal papillary muscle morphology is independently associated with increased left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

D H Kwon, R M Setser, M Thamilarasan, Z V Popovic, N G Smedira, P Schoenhagen, M J Garcia, H M Lever, and M Y Desai
Heart 2008 94: 1295 -1301; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.118018 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Heterogeneity of regional systolic function detected by tissue Doppler imaging is linked to impaired global left ventricular relaxation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

T S Kato, H Izawa, K Komamura, A Noda, H Asano, K Nagata, S Hashimoto, N Oda, C Kamiya, H Kanzaki, K Hashimura, H I Ueda, T Murohara, M Kitakaze, and M Yokota
Heart 2008 94: 1302 -1306; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.124453 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
B-type natriuretic peptide predicts disease severity in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

J P Kaski, M T Tomé-Esteban, S Mead-Regan, A Pantazis, J Marek, J E Deanfield, W J McKenna, and P M Elliott
Heart 2008 94: 1307 -1311; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.126748 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Episodic syncope in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: evidence for inappropriate vasodilation

K Prasad, L Williams, R Campbell, P M Elliott, W J McKenna, and M Frenneaux
Heart 2008 94: 1312 -1317; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2008.141507 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles
Acute effects of alcohol septal ablation on systolic and diastolic left ventricular function in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

P Steendijk, E Meliga, M Valgimigli, F J Ten Cate, and P W Serruys
Heart 2008 94: 1318 -1322; published online before print as 10.1136/hrt.2007.139535 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Featured correspondence
The authors’ reply:

J W Dear and D J Webb
Heart 2008; 94: 1333-a. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Featured correspondence
"Shoot the renals": the evidence is actually round the corner!

C Chrysochou, J Hegarty, P R Kalra, K Wheatley, J Moss, and P A Kalra
Heart 2008; 94: 1333. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Education in Heart
Treatment of atrial fibrillation

Y Blaauw and H J G M Crijns
Heart 2008; 94: 1342-1349. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendix ] BMJ Learning: Take this module on BMJ Learning  

Education in Heart
Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum: from fetus to adult

Elliot A Shinebourne, Michael L Rigby, and Julene S Carvalho
Heart 2008; 94: 1350-1357. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendix ]