Published in J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) on April 01, 2011
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Effect of dynamic myocardial dyssynchrony on mitral regurgitation during supine bicycle exercise stress echocardiography in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and 'narrow' QRS. Eur Heart J (2007) 2.25
C-reactive protein is released in the coronary circulation and causes endothelial dysfunction in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Int J Cardiol (2011) 2.14
Effects of telmisartan added to Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors on mortality and morbidity in hemodialysis patients with chronic heart failure a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. J Am Coll Cardiol (2010) 1.90
Carvedilol increases two-year survivalin dialysis patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: a prospective, placebo-controlled trial. J Am Coll Cardiol (2003) 1.89
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Inappropriate exercise-induced increase in pulmonary artery pressure in patients with systemic sclerosis. Heart (2010) 1.61
Prolonged left ventricular twist in cardiomyopathies: a potential link between systolic and diastolic dysfunction. Eur J Echocardiogr (2011) 1.57
One-step treatment of patent ductus arteriosus and pulmonary artery stenosis by cardiac catheterization. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2003) 1.57
Left ventricular early myocardial dysfunction after chronic misuse of anabolic androgenic steroids: a Doppler myocardial and strain imaging analysis. Br J Sports Med (2006) 1.52
Pulmonary artery growth following arterial duct stenting in congenital heart disease with duct-dependent pulmonary circulation. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2009) 1.51
Influence of biventricular pacing on myocardial dispersion of repolarization in dilated cardiomyopathy patients. Europace (2006) 1.51
Non sustained ventricular tachycardia in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and new ultrasonic derived parameters. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2010) 1.45
Use and efficacy of saline hydration and N-acetyl cysteine to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy in low-risk populations undergoing coronary artery angiography. Intern Emerg Med (2011) 1.45
Analysis of endothelin-1 and endothelin-1 receptor A gene polymorphisms in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Intern Emerg Med (2011) 1.44
Visceral adiposity and arterial stiffness: echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness reflects, better than waist circumference, carotid arterial stiffness in a large population of hypertensives. Eur J Echocardiogr (2009) 1.41
Arterial duct stenting in low-weight newborns with duct-dependent pulmonary circulation. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2011) 1.40
Rapid ultrasound score as an indicator of atherosclerosis' clinical manifestations in a population of hypertensives: the interrelationship between flow-mediated dilatation of brachial artery, carotid intima thickness, renal resistive index and retina resistive index of central artery. Anadolu Kardiyol Derg (2013) 1.38
LEOPARD syndrome: clinical diagnosis in the first year of life. Am J Med Genet A (2006) 1.37
Molecular pathways in cancer-related inflammation. Biochem Med (Zagreb) (2011) 1.28
Regulation of dendritic cell migration and adaptive immune response by leukotriene B4 receptors: a role for LTB4 in up-regulation of CCR7 expression and function. Blood (2006) 1.23
Transcatheter closure of complex atrial septal defects: feasibility and mid-term results. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) (2006) 1.23
Range of right heart measurements in top-level athletes: the training impact. Int J Cardiol (2011) 1.22
An atypical assessment of Ebstein's anomaly in an 86-year-old man. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis (2011) 1.18
Massive-scale RNA-Seq analysis of non ribosomal transcriptome in human trisomy 21. PLoS One (2011) 1.15
Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease in the Naples area during the years 1994-1999 -- the experience of a joint fetal-pediatric cardiology unit. Prenat Diagn (2002) 1.10
Disease rescue and increased lifespan in a model of cardiomyopathy and muscular dystrophy by combined AAV treatments. PLoS One (2009) 1.09
Right ventricular morphology and function in top-level athletes: a three-dimensional echocardiographic study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2012) 1.09
Association between left ventricular structure and cardiac performance during effort in two morphological forms of athlete's heart. Int J Cardiol (2002) 1.07
Genotype-phenotype analysis and natural history of left ventricular hypertrophy in LEOPARD syndrome. Am J Med Genet A (2008) 1.07
Antiplatelet versus anticoagulation therapy after extracardiac conduit Fontan: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pediatr Cardiol (2010) 1.07
Pulsed Doppler tissue imaging and myocardial function in thalassemia major. Heart Vessels (2003) 1.06
Association between left atrial myocardial function and exercise capacity in patients with either idiopathic or ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy: a two-dimensional speckle strain study. Int J Cardiol (2008) 1.06
Dispersion of repolarization and beta-thalassemia major: the prognostic role of QT and JT dispersion for identifying the high-risk patients for sudden death. Eur J Haematol (2011) 1.06
Comparison of different MR venography techniques for detecting transverse sinus stenosis in idiopathic intracranial hypertension. J Neurol (2005) 1.05
Different effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on left atrial function in patients with either idiopathic or ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy: a two-dimensional speckle strain study. Eur Heart J (2007) 1.04
Increased heterogenity of ventricular repolarization in obese nonhypertensive children. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol (2010) 1.04
P-wave duration and dispersion in patients with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. J Investig Med (2011) 1.02
Effect of weight loss following bariatric surgery on myocardial dispersion of repolarization in morbidly obese patients. Obes Surg (2007) 1.01
Atrial function after surgical and percutaneous closure of atrial septal defect: a strain rate imaging study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2005) 1.00
Combined treatment of Favre-Racouchot syndrome with a superpulsed carbon dioxide laser: report of 50 cases. Dermatol Ther (2010) 1.00
Role of mitochondria and reactive oxygen species in dendritic cell differentiation and functions. Free Radic Biol Med (2008) 1.00
Anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity in children with cancer: strategies for prevention and management. Paediatr Drugs (2005) 0.99
Impairment of circulating endothelial progenitors in Down syndrome. BMC Med Genomics (2010) 0.99
Right ventricular myocardial dysfunction in adult patients late after repair of tetralogy of fallot. Int J Cardiol (2004) 0.99
Accuracy and precision of echocardiography versus right heart catheterization for the assessment of pulmonary hypertension. Int J Cardiol (2013) 0.99
Does Bachmann's bundle pacing prevent atrial fibrillation in myotonic dystrophy type 1 patients? A 12 months follow-up study. Europace (2010) 0.98
Increased dispersion of ventricular repolarization in Emery Dreifuss muscular dystrophy patients. Med Sci Monit (2012) 0.98
Aortic and left ventricular remodeling in patients with bicuspid aortic valve without significant valvular dysfunction: a prospective study. Int J Cardiol (2011) 0.97
Potential clinical perspectives of Doppler myocardial imaging and strain rate imaging during stress echocardiography. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) (2006) 0.97
Right ventricular myocardial function in patients with either idiopathic or ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy without clinical sign of right heart failure: effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol (2009) 0.97
Early electrical and geometric changes after percutaneous closure of large atrial septal defect. Am J Cardiol (2004) 0.96
Early impairment of myocardial function in systemic sclerosis: non-invasive assessment by Doppler myocardial and strain rate imaging. Eur J Echocardiogr (2005) 0.96
CRELD1 and GATA4 gene analysis in patients with nonsyndromic atrioventricular canal defects. Am J Med Genet A (2005) 0.95
Right atrial appendage versus Bachmann's bundle stimulation: a two-year comparative study of electrical parameters in myotonic dystrophy type-1 patients. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol (2009) 0.95
Transcatheter palliation of tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary artery discontinuity. Tex Heart Inst J (2005) 0.94
Optimal site for atrial lead implantation in myotonic dystrophy patients: the role of Bachmann's Bundle stimulation. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol (2008) 0.94
Usefulness of bidimensional strain imaging for predicting outcome in asymptomatic patients aged ≤ 16 years with isolated moderate to severe aortic regurgitation. Am J Cardiol (2012) 0.94
Bosentan-sildenafil association in patients with congenital heart disease-related pulmonary arterial hypertension and Eisenmenger physiology. Int J Cardiol (2010) 0.94
Adipose tissue-mediated inflammation: the missing link between obesity and cardiovascular disease? Intern Emerg Med (2008) 0.94
Severe obesity and P-wave dispersion: the effect of surgically induced weight loss. Obes Surg (2007) 0.94
Stenting of bilateral arterial ducts in complex congenital heart disease. Pediatr Cardiol (2008) 0.94
Left atrial volume index in highly trained athletes. Am Heart J (2010) 0.93
The effect of atrial preference pacing on paroxysmal atrial fibrillation incidence in myotonic dystrophy type 1 patients: a prospective, randomized, single-bind cross-over study. Europace (2011) 0.93
IGF2 gene variants and risk of hypertension in obese children and adolescents. Pediatr Res (2010) 0.93
Early electrocardiographic evaluation of atrial fibrillation risk in beta-thalassemia major patients. Int J Hematol (2011) 0.93
Global longitudinal speckle-tracking strain is predictive of left ventricular remodeling after coronary angioplasty in patients with recent non-ST elevation myocardial infarction. Int J Cardiol (2010) 0.92
Myocardial strain analysis in a doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy model. Ultrasound Med Biol (2007) 0.92
Heterogeneity of ventricular repolarization in newborns with severe aortic coarctation. Pediatr Cardiol (2011) 0.92
Comparison of strain rate imaging for quantitative evaluation of regional left and right ventricular function after surgical versus percutaneous closure of atrial septal defect. Am J Cardiol (2005) 0.92
Costameric proteins in human skeletal muscle during muscular inactivity. J Anat (2008) 0.91
Inflammation and cardiovascular disease: from pathogenesis to therapeutic target. Curr Atheroscler Rep (2014) 0.91
Early left ventricular abnormalities in children with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2012) 0.90
Dystrophin-glycoprotein complex and vinculin-talin-integrin system in human adult cardiac muscle. Int J Mol Med (2009) 0.89
Backscatter evaluation of myocardial functional and textural findings in children with right ventricular pressure and/or volume overload. Am J Cardiol (2004) 0.89
Abnormal regional myocardial deformation properties and increased aortic stiffness in normotensive patients with aortic coarctation despite successful correction: an ABPM, standard echocardiography and strain rate imaging study. Clin Sci (Lond) (2007) 0.88
Endothelial cell function in patients with Down's syndrome. Am J Cardiol (2004) 0.88
Changing spectrum and outcome of 705 fetal congenital heart disease cases: 12 years, experience in a third-level center. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) (2008) 0.88
Congenital heart disease in live-born children: incidence, distribution, and yearly changes in the Campania Region. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) (2008) 0.88
Pulmonary artery growth after palliation of congenital heart disease with duct-dependent pulmonary circulation: arterial duct stenting versus surgical shunt. J Am Coll Cardiol (2009) 0.88
Hemodynamics of patients developing pulmonary arterial hypertension after shunt closure. Int J Cardiol (2013) 0.88
Different involvement of right ventricular myocardial function in either physiologic or pathologic left ventricular hypertrophy: a Doppler tissue study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2003) 0.88
Left atrial volume index in healthy subjects: clinical and echocardiographic correlates. Echocardiography (2013) 0.87
Aortic root dimensions in elite athletes. Am J Cardiol (2010) 0.87
An active mitochondrial biogenesis occurs during dendritic cell differentiation. Int J Biochem Cell Biol (2012) 0.87
Right ventricular myocardial involvement in either physiological or pathological left ventricular hypertrophy: an ultrasound speckle-tracking two-dimensional strain analysis. Eur J Echocardiogr (2010) 0.87
Associations between left ventricular myocardial involvement and endothelial dysfunction in systemic sclerosis: noninvasive assessment in asymptomatic patients. Echocardiography (2007) 0.87
Time-course of cardiac remodeling following transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect. Int J Cardiol (2005) 0.87