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    Echocardiography: Volume 36, Issue 1

    1-205
    January 2019
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  • Pages: 1-3
  • First Published: 08 January 2019

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  • Pages: 4-6
  • First Published: 08 January 2019

ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS

Trends in use of echocardiography in hospitalized patients with syncope

Mohan Satish MS,  Ryan W. Walters PhD,  Venkata Mahesh Alla MD, 
  • Pages: 7-14
  • First Published: 26 November 2018

Impact of appropriate use criteria for transesophageal echocardiograms on clinically meaningful care

Tripti Gupta MBBS,  Eiman Jahangir MD,  Yvonne Gilliland MD,  Carl J. Lavie MD,  Sangeeta Shah MD, 
  • Pages: 15-21
  • First Published: 18 November 2018

Influence of mildly and moderately elevated pulmonary artery systolic pressure on post-renal transplantation survival and graft function

Stephani C. Wang MD,  Rachel Garcia MD,  Mikhail Torosoff MD,  Steven A. Fein MD,  Ata Ashar MD,  Nikolaos Chandolias MD,  David Conti MD,  Radmila Lyubarova MD, 
  • Pages: 22-27
  • First Published: 09 November 2018

BEST PAPER

Impact of baseline left ventricular ejection fraction on outcome after transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with and without low-gradient aortic stenosis

Karim El-Chilali MD,  Polykarpos Christos Patsalis MD,  Fadi Al-Rashid MD,  Heike Annelie Kahlert MD,  Matthias Riebisch MD,  Raluca-Ileana Mincu PhD,  Matthias Totzeck MD,  Alexander Lind MD,  Rolf Alexander Jánosi MD,  Clemens Kehren MD,  Daniel Dirkmann MD,  Jürgen Peters MD,  Daniel Wendt MD,  Heinz Jakob MD,  Tienush Rassaf MD,  Philipp Kahlert FAHA, FACC, FSCAI, FESC, 
  • Pages: 28-37
  • First Published: 28 November 2018

New classification of geometric patterns considering left ventricular volume in patients with chronic aortic valve regurgitation: Prevalence and association with adverse cardiovascular outcomes

Andrea Barbieri MD,  Elisa Giubertoni MD,  Ylenia Bartolacelli MD,  Francesca Bursi MD, PhD, MSc,  Marcella Manicardi MD,  Giuseppe Boriani MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 38-46
  • First Published: 08 November 2018

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with dynamic obstruction and high left ventricular outflow gradients associated with paradoxical apical ballooning

Mark V. Sherrid MD,  Katherine Riedy MD,  Barry Rosenzweig MD,  Monica Ahluwalia MD,  Milla Arabadjian NP,  Muhamed Saric MD, PhD,  Sandhya Balaram MD,  Daniel G. Swistel MD,  Harmony R. Reynolds MD,  Bette Kim MD, 
  • Pages: 47-60
  • First Published: 12 December 2018

Tei index is associated with survival in cirrhosis patients treated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

Yan Song MD,  Weizhi Li MD,  Hui Xue MD,  Litao Ruan MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 61-66
  • First Published: 01 December 2018

Is the longitudinal deformation of the left ventricle affected by vitamin D deficiency in nondiabetics? A 2D speckle-tracking echocardiographic study

Fatemeh Omidi MD,  Ali Hosseinsabet MD, 
  • Pages: 67-73
  • First Published: 27 November 2018

BEST PAPER

Myocardial constructive work is impaired in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and predicts left ventricular fibrosis

Elena Galli MD, PhD,  Emilie Vitel MD,  Frédéric Schnell MD, PhD,  Virginie Le Rolle PhD,  Arnaud Hubert MD,  Mathieu Lederlin MD, PhD,  Erwan Donal MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 74-82
  • First Published: 29 November 2018

Renal dysfunction in Takotsubo syndrome—role of segmental left ventricle strain analysis

Andre Dias MD, FACC,  Emiliana Franco MD,  Akanksha Agrawal MD,  Kathy Hebert MD, MMM, MPH, FACC,  Felix Ladron de Guevara MD,  Janina Rangaswami MD,  Vincent M. Figueredo MD, 
  • Pages: 83-86
  • First Published: 02 November 2018
Open Access

Two-dimensional speckle tracking to image ventricular-arterial coupling in uremia

Fu-Yong Ye MD,  Yin-Ting Liang MD,  Xiao-Chun Lin MD, 
  • Pages: 87-93
  • First Published: 08 November 2018

Teamwork using strain imaging in the echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular systolic function: A cardiac magnetic resonance imaging correlation study

Bo Xu MBBS (Hons), FRACP,  Richard A. Grimm DO,  Christine L. Jellis MBBS, PhD,  Patrick Collier MD, PhD,  Milind Y. Desai MD,  Dermot Phelan MD, PhD,  Maran Thamilarasan MD,  Luis Leonardo Rodriguez MD,  Scott D. Flamm MD, MBA,  Kimi Sato MD, PhD,  Serge C. Harb MD,  Zoran B. Popovic MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 94-101
  • First Published: 23 November 2018

Variability of right ventricular global and segmental longitudinal strain measurements

Oana Mirea MD, PhD,  Mihaela Berceanu MD,  Ionuț Donoiu MD, PhD,  Constantin Militaru MD, PhD,  Adrian Săftoiu MD, PhD,  Octavian Istrătoaie MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 102-109
  • First Published: 01 December 2018

BEST PAPER

Value of tissue-tracking tricuspid annular plane by speckle-tracking echocardiography for the assessment of right ventricular systolic dysfunction

Naoki Maniwa MD,  Takeshi Hozumi MD,  Kazushi Takemoto PhD,  Teruaki Wada MD,  Manabu Kashiwagi MD,  Kunihiro Shimamura MD,  Yasutsugu Shiono MD,  Akio Kuroi MD,  Yoshiki Matsuo MD,  Yasushi Ino MD,  Hironori Kitabata MD,  Takashi Kubo MD,  Atsushi Tanaka MD,  Takashi Akasaka MD, 
  • Pages: 110-118
  • First Published: 05 December 2018

Pulmonary transit time from contrast echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: Comparison between modalities and the impact of region of interest characteristics

Ken Monahan MD,  Samuel Coffin MD,  Mark Lawson MD,  Linda Saliba RN, RDCS,  Ray Rutherford RDCS,  Evan Brittain MD, 
  • Pages: 119-124
  • First Published: 28 November 2018

Has carotid intima-media thickness prognostic impact in patients with high cardiovascular risk? A long-term cohort study

Ana Teresa Timóteo PhD,  Miguel Mota Carmo PhD,  Cristina Soares RN,  Rui Cruz Ferreira MD, 
  • Pages: 125-132
  • First Published: 26 November 2018

Assessment of right ventricular systolic function in children with repaired tetralogy of Fallot by multiple-view from single acoustic window with speckle tracking echocardiography

Sheng-Fang Bao MD,  Yu-Qi Zhang MD,  Li-Jun Chen MD,  Yu-Min Zhong MD,  Qian Wang MD,  Zhi-Fang Zhang MD, 
  • Pages: 133-141
  • First Published: 04 December 2018

Test–retest variability for quantitative two-dimensional and Doppler measurements in the fetus

Catherine C. Allen MD,  Regina Keller RDCS,  Krystle C. Barnard RDCS,  Zhiqian Gao PhD,  Eileen C. King PhD,  Erik C. Michelfelder MD, 
  • Pages: 142-149
  • First Published: 01 December 2018

RESEARCH FROM OR IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

Incremental value of three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography over the two-dimensional modality in the assessment of right heart compression and dysfunction produced by pectus excavatum

Ahmed Y. Salama MD,  Mohammed J. Arisha MD,  Navin C. Nanda MD,  Berthold Klas BS,  Bashar Ibeche MD,  Benjamin Wei MD, 
  • Pages: 150-163
  • First Published: 28 December 2018

VIEWPOINT

Mechanistic insights into atrial functional mitral regurgitation: Far more complicated than just left atrial remodeling

Jeffrey J. Silbiger MD, 
  • Pages: 164-169
  • First Published: 08 January 2019

ECHO ROUNDS Section Editors - Edmund Kenneth Kerut, MD and Michael R. McMullan, MD

The transverse and oblique sinuses of the pericardium: Anatomic and echocardiographic insights

Swetha Penmasta MD,  Jeffrey J. Silbiger MD, 
  • Pages: 170-176
  • First Published: 01 December 2018

The role of echocardiography in anomalous origin of coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA): Simple tool for a complex diagnosis

Sedigheh Saedi MD,  Mozhgan Parsaee MD,  Melody Farrashi MD,  Feridoun Noohi MD,  Bahram Mohebbi MD, 
  • Pages: 177-181
  • First Published: 08 January 2019

CASE REPORTS Section Editor - Brian D. Hoit, MD

A rare complication of acute myocardial infarction: Intra-myocardial dissecting hematoma

Suraj Kumar Kulkarni DM,  Kapil Rangan DM,  Beeresh P DM, 
  • Pages: 182-183
  • First Published: 14 November 2018

Multimodality detection of multiple left ventricular diverticula: A case report and brief review of the literature

Bhaskar Bhardwaj MD,  Senthil A. Kumar MD,  Richard Webel MD,  Sandeep Gautam MD, MPH,  Anand Chockalingam MD, 
  • Pages: 184-188
  • First Published: 30 October 2018
Open Access

Doppler ultrasound diagnosis of transient leg malperfusion caused by dynamic obstruction in a patient with chronic aortic dissection

Tsuyoshi Yoshimuta MD, PhD,  Akira Tsuneto MD, PhD,  Toshiya Okajima MD, PhD,  Hiroshi Tanaka MD, PhD,  Takako Minami MD, PhD,  Masakazu Yamagishi MD, PhD,  Satoshi Ikeda MD, PhD,  Hiroaki Kawano MD, PhD,  Koji Maemura MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 189-191
  • First Published: 01 December 2018

Double-chambered left ventricle: A rare case in a child

Wei-Min Zhang PhD,  Dong-Qing Chang MS,  Ji-Jiang Huang MS,  Aizezi Maimaitiaili MS,  Tangsakar Ermek MS,  Maimaiti Yisireyili PhD,  Zong-Gang Zhang MS, 
  • Pages: 192-195
  • First Published: 20 November 2018

Double-chambered left ventricle diagnosis by 2D and 3D echocardiography: From fetus to birth

Chao Xue MD,  Ying Zhao PhD,  Ye Zhang PhD,  Xiaoyan Gu PhD,  Jiancheng Han PhD,  Michael Henein PhD,  Yihua He PhD, 
  • Pages: 196-198
  • First Published: 28 December 2018

IMAGES Section Editor - Brian D. Hoit, MD

Imaging in blunt thoracic trauma: The importance of clinical correlation

Sushil A. Luis MBBS,  Nandan S. Anavekar MB, BCh,  Peter C. Spittell MD,  Krishnaswamy Chandrasekaran MD, 
  • Pages: 199-200
  • First Published: 04 December 2018

Persistence of a pacemaker lead-like “ghost” 6 months after lead extraction

Azin Alizadehasl MD, FACC, FASE,  Negar Sarrafi Rad MD,  Leili Pourafkari MD, FACC, FASE,  Majid Haghjoo MD, FACC, FESC, FCAPSC, 
  • Pages: 201-203
  • First Published: 09 December 2018

Never trust first impressions when assessing the heart of a pregnant woman

Carla Bonanomi MD,  Elisa Gherbesi MD,  Anna Maria Colli MD,  Giovanni Malanchini MD,  Federico Lombardi MD, FESC, 
  • Pages: 204-205
  • First Published: 29 November 2018