Published in JACC Cardiovasc Imaging on March 01, 2010
Inlet and outlet valve flow and regurgitant volume may be directly and reliably quantified with accelerated, volumetric phase-contrast MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging (2014) 0.93
Diagnostic value of vena contracta area in the quantification of mitral regurgitation severity by color Doppler 3D echocardiography. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging (2011) 0.85
Imaging of patients with congenital heart disease. Nat Rev Cardiol (2011) 0.81
Quantification of mitral valve regurgitation with color flow Doppler using baseline shift. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging (2012) 0.77
Assessment of mitral regurgitation severity by Doppler color flow mapping of the vena contracta in dogs. J Vet Intern Med (2014) 0.77
Left ventricular early inflow-outflow index: a novel echocardiographic indicator of mitral regurgitation severity. J Am Heart Assoc (2015) 0.75
Real-Time 3-Dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment of Effective Regurgitant Orifice Area in Dogs With Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease. J Vet Intern Med (2017) 0.75
Reproducibility of proximal isovelocity surface area, vena contracta, and regurgitant jet area for assessment of mitral regurgitation severity. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging (2010) 1.89
Recommendations for evaluation of the severity of native valvular regurgitation with two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2003) 11.88
Monitoring response to anticancer therapy by targeting microbubbles to tumor vasculature. Clin Cancer Res (2007) 2.19
Thinking outside the "box"-the ultrasound contrast controversy. J Am Coll Cardiol (2007) 2.06
Ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction can repeatedly direct highly specific plasmid expression to the heart. Circulation (2003) 2.03
Recommendations for a standardized report for adult transthoracic echocardiography: a report from the American Society of Echocardiography's Nomenclature and Standards Committee and Task Force for a Standardized Echocardiography Report. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2002) 1.98
Influence of mitral regurgitation repair on survival in the surgical treatment for ischemic heart failure trial. Circulation (2012) 1.91
Echocardiographic indices do not reliably track changes in left-sided filling pressure in healthy subjects or patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging (2011) 1.86
Use of ultrasound contrast agents for gene or drug delivery in cardiovascular medicine. J Am Coll Cardiol (2005) 1.61
A suggested roadmap for cardiovascular ultrasound research for the future. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2011) 1.60
Efficient gene delivery to pancreatic islets with ultrasonic microbubble destruction technology. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 1.57
Optimization of ultrasound parameters for cardiac gene delivery of adenoviral or plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid by ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction. J Am Coll Cardiol (2003) 1.54
Established preoperative risk factors do not predict long-term survival in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting patients. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.44
Dramatically different phenotypic expressions of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in male cousins undergoing cardiac transplantation with identical disease-causing gene mutation. Am J Cardiol (2013) 1.43
Augmentation of cardiac protein delivery using ultrasound targeted microbubble destruction. Ultrasound Med Biol (2005) 1.23
DNA-loaded albumin microbubbles enhance ultrasound-mediated transfection in vitro. Ultrasound Med Biol (2002) 1.22
Targeting vascular endothelium with avidin microbubbles. Ultrasound Med Biol (2005) 1.19
Valvular heart disease: aortic regurgitation. Circulation (2005) 1.19
Cardiomyocyte-specific endothelin A receptor knockout mice have normal cardiac function and an unaltered hypertrophic response to angiotensin II and isoproterenol. Mol Cell Biol (2003) 1.15
Mitral "annular" calcium forming a complete circle "O" causing mitral stenosis in association with a stenotic congenitally bicuspid aortic valve and severe coronary artery disease. Am J Geriatr Cardiol (2006) 0.96
Bioeffects of myocardial contrast microbubble destruction by echocardiography. Echocardiography (2002) 0.96
Myocardial contractile reserve by dobutamine stress echocardiography predicts improvement in ejection fraction with beta-blockade in patients with heart failure: the Beta-Blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial (BEST). Circulation (2003) 0.95
Transient overexpression of cyclin D2/CDK4/GLP1 genes induces proliferation and differentiation of adult pancreatic progenitors and mediates islet regeneration. Cell Cycle (2012) 0.92
Effect on right ventricular volume of percutaneous Amplatzer closure of atrial septal defect in adults. Am J Cardiol (2005) 0.90
Non-invasive coronary angiography using multislice computed tomography. Heart (2005) 0.90
In vivo targeted delivery of ANGPTL8 gene for beta cell regeneration in rats. Diabetologia (2015) 0.89
Safety of ultrasound contrast agents in patients with known or suspected cardiac shunts. Am J Cardiol (2013) 0.88
Relation of obesity to atrial fibrillation after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting. Am J Cardiol (2008) 0.86
Measurement of right ventricular volumes before and after atrial septal defect closure using multislice computed tomography. Am J Cardiol (2007) 0.85
Preoperative visualization of a muscular ventricular septal defect by 64-slice cardiac computed tomography. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) (2008) 0.85
Dramatic RV volume reduction following atrial septal defect closure demonstrated by multi-slice CT volume rendering. Clin Cardiol (2006) 0.85
Drug and gene delivery and enhancement of thrombolysis using ultrasound and microbubbles. Cardiol Clin (2004) 0.84
Advances in the assessment of no-reflow after successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: now that we can diagnose it, what do we do about it? J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) 0.84
Percutaneous mitral valve repair in the initial EVEREST cohort: evidence of reverse left ventricular remodeling. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging (2013) 0.83
Mechanisms of functional mitral regurgitation in ischemic cardiomyopathy determined by transesophageal echocardiography (from the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure Trial). Am J Cardiol (2013) 0.83
Comparison of B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with heart failure with versus without mitral regurgitation. Am J Cardiol (2004) 0.83
Effect of body mass index on risk of long-term mortality following coronary artery bypass grafting. Am J Cardiol (2006) 0.83
Comparing long-term survival between patients undergoing off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass graft operations. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 0.83
Islet purification method using large bottles effectively achieves high islet yield from pig pancreas. Cell Transplant (2012) 0.83
Product safety compromises patient safety (an unjustified black box warning on ultrasound contrast agents by the Food and Drug Administration). Am J Cardiol (2008) 0.82
Ischemic and functional mitral regurgitation in heart failure: natural history and treatment. Curr Cardiol Rep (2014) 0.82
Color flow imaging of the vena contracta in mitral regurgitation: technical considerations. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2003) 0.82
Effects of ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction on cardiac gene expression. Ultrasound Med Biol (2004) 0.81
Ultrasound contrast agents: balancing safety versus efficacy. Expert Opin Drug Saf (2009) 0.81
Color Doppler jet area overestimates regurgitant volume when multiple jets are present. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2010) 0.80
Potential bioeffects of ultrasonic destruction of microbubble contrast agents. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 0.80
Assessment of low-gradient aortic stenosis with dobutamine. Circulation (2006) 0.80
Effect of Optison on pulmonary artery systolic pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance. Am J Cardiol (2013) 0.80
Safety of drug-eluting stents in the coronary artery in ST-elevation myocardial infarction at a single high-volume medical center. Am J Cardiol (2007) 0.79
A retrospective comparison of mortality in critically ill hospitalized patients undergoing echocardiography with and without an ultrasound contrast agent. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging (2010) 0.79
Imaging of low-gradient severe aortic stenosis. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging (2013) 0.79
Baseline and serial neurohormones in patients with congestive heart failure treated with and without bucindolol: results of the neurohumoral substudy of the Beta-Blocker Evaluation of Survival Study (BEST). J Card Fail (2007) 0.79
Risk of death in heart disease is associated with elevated urinary globotriaosylceramide. J Am Heart Assoc (2014) 0.79
Stress echo without the stress: detection of coronary stenosis at rest by myocardial contrast echocardiography. Circulation (2005) 0.79
Improvement of porcine islet isolation by inhibition of trypsin activity during pancreas preservation and digestion using α1-antitrypsin. Cell Transplant (2012) 0.78
Improvement of collagenase distribution with the ductal preservation for human islet isolation. Islets (2012) 0.78
Ectopic transgenic expression of NKX2.2 induces differentiation of adult pancreatic progenitors and mediates islet regeneration. Cell Cycle (2012) 0.77
Dobutamine challenge for low-gradient aortic stenosis. Circulation (2002) 0.77
Reply: When to Call It Severe Mitral Regurgitation? J Am Coll Cardiol (2015) 0.75
Pacemaker laser lead extraction and reimplantation of dual-chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillator via Mustard baffle in complete transposition of great arteries. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) (2010) 0.75
Congenital pulmonic stenosis in a 77-year-old woman successfully treated with percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) (2010) 0.75
Usefulness of serial brain natriuretic peptide measurements for managing aortic valve stenosis in pregnancy. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) (2009) 0.75
A new method for generating insulin-secreting cells from human pancreatic epithelial cells after islet isolation transformed by NeuroD1. Hum Gene Ther Methods (2014) 0.75
Diagnosing cardiac sarcoidosis clinically without tissue confirmation. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) (2009) 0.75
Diastolic left main coronary flow reversal as a marker of severe aortic regurgitation. Tex Heart Inst J (2012) 0.75
The importance of regurgitant orifice shape in mitral regurgitation. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging (2011) 0.75
Acute myocardial infarction at 25 years of age. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) (2004) 0.75
Improved surgical outcome for chronic severe aortic regurgitation with severely depressed left ventricular systolic function. J Am Coll Cardiol (2007) 0.75
An effective purification method using large bottles for human pancreatic islet isolation. Islets (2012) 0.75
New concepts in functional mitral regurgitation: it is not just a disease of the left ventricle. J Am Coll Cardiol (2013) 0.75
Chest pain in an adolescent. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) (2003) 0.75
Carcinoid heart disease without the carcinoid syndrome but with quadrivalvular regurgitation and unsuccessful operative intervention. Am J Cardiol (2011) 0.75
Best clinical trials reported in 2010. Am J Cardiol (2011) 0.75
Sudden onset of "cardiac" symptoms, (?) mild or severe aortic valve stenosis involving a congenitally bicuspid aortic valve, and nearly normal coronary arteries in an octogenarian. Am J Geriatr Cardiol (2006) 0.75
Relation of echocardiographic wall motion score index and response to dobutamine stress to defibrillation threshold at the time of implantation of a cardiac defibrillator. Am J Cardiol (2005) 0.75
Effect of Elliptical LV Outflow Tract Geometry on Classification of Aortic Stenosis in a Multidisciplinary Heart Team Setting. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging (2017) 0.75
The heaviest known operatively-excised aortic valve. Am J Cardiol (2006) 0.75
Comparison of successful and failed alcohol septal ablations for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol (2003) 0.75
Percutaneous closure of multiple atrial septal defects with three Amplatzer septal occluder devices. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2004) 0.75
Effectiveness of Medical Therapy for Functional Mitral Regurgitation in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. J Am Coll Cardiol (2020) 0.75
Necropsy findings early after transcatheter aortic valve implantation for aortic stenosis. Am J Cardiol (2012) 0.75
Contrast guided two-dimensional echocardiography for needle localization during pericardiocentesis: a case report. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2010) 0.75
2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on the Management of Mitral Regurgitation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Expert Consensus Decision Pathways. J Am Coll Cardiol (2017) 0.75