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Kuan-Rau Chiou

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1 Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging mapping the fiber architecture remodeling in human myocardium after infarction: correlation with viability and wall motion. Circulation 2006 2.15
2 Sequential changes of myocardial microstructure in patients postmyocardial infarction by diffusion-tensor cardiac MR: correlation with left ventricular structure and function. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2009 2.03
3 Impact of location of epicardial adipose tissue, measured by coronary artery calcium-scoring computed tomography on obstructive coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol 2013 1.47
4 Role of shortened QTc dispersion in in-hospital cardiac events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome. J Chin Med Assoc 2006 1.46
5 Left atrial expansion index for predicting atrial fibrillation and in-hospital mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2012 1.46
6 Estimation of preload recruitable stroke work relationship by a single-beat technique in humans. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 1.11
7 Main pulmonary arterial distensibility: different presentation between chronic pulmonary hypertension and acute pulmonary embolism. Circ J 2008 0.94
8 Multidetector row computed tomography can identify and characterize the occlusive culprit lesions in patients early (within 24 hours) after acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J 2007 0.89
9 Reduced wall compliance suppresses Akt-dependent apoptosis protection stimulated by pulse perfusion. Circ Res 2005 0.88
10 Comparison of left atrial volume parameters in detecting left ventricular diastolic dysfunction versus tissue Doppler recordings. Am J Cardiol 2011 0.86
11 Left atrial distensibility and E/e' for estimating left ventricular filling pressure in patients with stable angina. -A comparative echocardiography and catheterization study-. Circ J 2011 0.86
12 Modulation of angiogenic processes in cultured endothelial cells by low density lipoproteins subfractions from patients with familial hypercholesterolemia. Atherosclerosis 2005 0.86
13 Left atrial distensibility and left ventricular filling pressure in acute versus chronic severe mitral regurgitation. Am J Cardiol 2010 0.85
14 Assessing culprit lesions and active complex lesions in patients with early acute myocardial infarction by multidetector computed tomography. Circ J 2008 0.81
15 Right ventricular infarction and tissue Doppler imaging – insights from acute inferior myocardial infarction after primary coronary intervention –. Circ J 2010 0.80
16 Echocardiographic features of tuberculous pericarditis. J Chin Med Assoc 2003 0.80
17 Echocardiographic features of primary cardiac sarcoma. Echocardiography 2002 0.80
18 Detection of coronary artery disease using real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography: a comparison with dual-isotope resting thallium-201/stress technectium-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography. Heart Vessels 2006 0.80
19 Usefulness of tissue Doppler parameters for identifying pulmonary embolism in patients with signs of pulmonary hypertension. Am J Cardiol 2006 0.80
20 Left atrial parameters in the estimation of left ventricular filling pressure and prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Am J Cardiol 2011 0.79
21 Comparing culprit lesions in ST-segment elevation and non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome with 64-slice multidetector computed tomography. Eur J Radiol 2008 0.78
22 Myocardial tissue Doppler-based indexes to distinguish right ventricular volume overload from right ventricular pressure overload. Am J Cardiol 2007 0.77
23 Assessment of left ventricular end-systolic elastance from aortic pressure-left ventricular volume relations. Heart Vessels 2002 0.77
24 Left atrial expansion index predicts atrial fibrillation in dyspnea. Circ J 2013 0.77
25 Left atrial expansion index predicts all-cause mortality and heart failure admissions in dyspnoea. Eur J Heart Fail 2013 0.77
26 Relation of C-reactive protein and carotid intima media thickness in Taiwanese with familial hypercholesterolemia. Am J Cardiol 2008 0.77
27 Shear stress inhibition of H(2)O(2) induced p66(Shc) phosphorylation by ASK1-JNK inactivation in endothelium. Heart Vessels 2007 0.77
28 Relation of coronary artery calcium to flow-mediated dilation and C-reactive protein levels in asymptomatic patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Am J Cardiol 2007 0.77
29 Non-invasive determination of left ventricular relaxation time constant by Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography. J Chin Med Assoc 2004 0.76
30 677TT polymorphism of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase in combination with low serum vitamin B12 is associated with coronary in-stent restenosis. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2006 0.76
31 Intramural blood pools accompanying aortic intramural hematoma: CT appearance and natural course. Radiology 2011 0.76
32 Efficacy and safety of statins in hypercholesterolemia with emphasis on lipoproteins. Heart Vessels 2005 0.75
33 Ratio of early mitral inflow peak velocity to flow propagation velocity predicts training effects of cardiac rehabilitation in patients after acute myocardial infarction. J Rehabil Med 2010 0.75
34 Treatment strategies for acute coronary syndrome with severe mitral regurgitation and their effects on short- and long-term prognosis. Am J Cardiol 2012 0.75
35 The effect of failure mode and effect analysis on reducing percutaneous coronary intervention hospital door-to-balloon time and mortality in ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. BMJ Qual Saf 2013 0.75
36 Images in cardiovascular medicine. Multislice computed tomography for preinterventional mapping of complicated coronary artery injury. Circulation 2005 0.75
37 Tricuspid flow propagation velocity predicts exercise tolerance and readmission in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2009 0.75
38 Usefulness of pulmonary arterial flow discordance to identify pulmonary embolism. Am J Cardiol 2006 0.75
39 Comparison of real-time contrast echocardiography and low-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography in predicting the left ventricular functional recovery in patients after acute myocardial infarction under different therapeutic intervention. Int J Cardiol 2005 0.75
40 Major events in uremic patients: insight from parameters derived by flow propagation velocity. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2008 0.75