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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Cardiac-resynchronization therapy in heart failure with narrow QRS complexes.
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N Engl J Med
|
2007
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3.61
|
|
2
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American Society of Echocardiography recommendations for performance, interpretation, and application of stress echocardiography.
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J Am Soc Echocardiogr
|
2007
|
3.27
|
|
3
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Current and evolving echocardiographic techniques for the quantitative evaluation of cardiac mechanics: ASE/EAE consensus statement on methodology and indications endorsed by the Japanese Society of Echocardiography.
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Eur J Echocardiogr
|
2011
|
3.07
|
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4
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Current and evolving echocardiographic techniques for the quantitative evaluation of cardiac mechanics: ASE/EAE consensus statement on methodology and indications endorsed by the Japanese Society of Echocardiography.
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J Am Soc Echocardiogr
|
2011
|
2.97
|
|
5
|
Doppler estimation of left ventricular filling pressures in patients with mitral valve disease.
|
Circulation
|
2005
|
2.79
|
|
6
|
Preserved left ventricular twist and circumferential deformation, but depressed longitudinal and radial deformation in patients with diastolic heart failure.
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Eur Heart J
|
2008
|
2.63
|
|
7
|
Left atrial function in diastolic heart failure.
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Circ Cardiovasc Imaging
|
2009
|
2.34
|
|
8
|
Global diastolic strain rate for the assessment of left ventricular relaxation and filling pressures.
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Circulation
|
2007
|
2.25
|
|
9
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American Society of Echocardiography Consensus Statement on the Clinical Applications of Ultrasonic Contrast Agents in Echocardiography.
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J Am Soc Echocardiogr
|
2008
|
2.25
|
|
10
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Ambulatory monitoring of congestive heart failure by multiple bioelectric impedance vectors.
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J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2009
|
2.17
|
|
11
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Optimal noninvasive assessment of left ventricular filling pressures: a comparison of tissue Doppler echocardiography and B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with pulmonary artery catheters.
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Circulation
|
2004
|
2.00
|
|
12
|
Impact of left ventricular ejection fraction on estimation of left ventricular filling pressures using tissue Doppler and flow propagation velocity.
|
Am J Cardiol
|
2003
|
1.92
|
|
13
|
Clinical application of tissue Doppler imaging in patients with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension.
|
Chest
|
2007
|
1.91
|
|
14
|
A novel feature-tracking echocardiographic method for the quantitation of regional myocardial function: validation in an animal model of ischemia-reperfusion.
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J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2008
|
1.79
|
|
15
|
Left ventricular untwisting rate by speckle tracking echocardiography.
|
Circulation
|
2007
|
1.74
|
|
16
|
Systolic and diastolic dyssynchrony in patients with diastolic heart failure and the effect of medical therapy.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2006
|
1.68
|
|
17
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Cellular and hemodynamics responses of failing myocardium to continuous flow mechanical circulatory support using the DeBakey-Noon left ventricular assist device: a comparative analysis with pulsatile-type devices.
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J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2005
|
1.64
|
|
18
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Effects of the oral endothelin-receptor antagonist bosentan on echocardiographic and doppler measures in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2003
|
1.62
|
|
19
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Localizing and quantifying ablation lesions in the left ventricle by myocardial contrast echocardiography.
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J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol
|
2004
|
1.62
|
|
20
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Myozenin 2 is a novel gene for human hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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Circ Res
|
2007
|
1.51
|
|
21
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Comparative accuracy of two- and three-dimensional transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in identifying mitral valve pathology in patients undergoing mitral valve repair: initial observations.
|
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
|
2011
|
1.48
|
|
22
|
Growth of a left atrial sarcoma followed by resection and autotransplantation.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2005
|
1.48
|
|
23
|
Established and novel clinical applications of diastolic function assessment by echocardiography.
|
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging
|
2011
|
1.38
|
|
24
|
Prevention of cardiac hypertrophy by atorvastatin in a transgenic rabbit model of human hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
|
Circ Res
|
2005
|
1.34
|
|
25
|
Incremental predictive power of B-type natriuretic peptide and tissue Doppler echocardiography in the prognosis of patients with congestive heart failure.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2005
|
1.28
|
|
26
|
Impact of contrast echocardiography on evaluation of ventricular function and clinical management in a large prospective cohort.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2009
|
1.23
|
|
27
|
Comparative accuracy of B-type natriuretic peptide and tissue Doppler echocardiography in the diagnosis of congestive heart failure.
|
Am J Cardiol
|
2004
|
1.12
|
|
28
|
Characterization of left ventricular diastolic function by tissue Doppler imaging and clinical status in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
|
Circulation
|
2004
|
1.10
|
|
29
|
Impact of myocardial structure and function postinfarction on diastolic strain measurements: implications for assessment of myocardial viability.
|
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
|
2005
|
1.05
|
|
30
|
Time interval between onset of mitral inflow and onset of early diastolic velocity by tissue Doppler: a novel index of left ventricular relaxation: experimental studies and clinical application.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2003
|
0.99
|
|
31
|
Current perspectives on cardiac function in patients with diastolic heart failure.
|
Circulation
|
2009
|
0.98
|
|
32
|
Diagnostic accuracy and cost-effectiveness of contrast echocardiography on evaluation of cardiac function in technically very difficult patients in the intensive care unit.
|
Am J Cardiol
|
2002
|
0.98
|
|
33
|
Peak early diastolic velocity rather than pressure half-time is the best index of mechanical prosthetic mitral valve function.
|
Am J Cardiol
|
2002
|
0.94
|
|
34
|
Predictors of outcome after alcohol septal ablation therapy in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
|
Circulation
|
2004
|
0.91
|
|
35
|
Follow-up of alcohol septal ablation for symptomatic hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy the Baylor and Medical University of South Carolina experience 1996 to 2007.
|
JACC Cardiovasc Interv
|
2008
|
0.90
|
|
36
|
Left ventricular twist mechanics in a canine model of reversible congestive heart failure: a pilot study.
|
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
|
2009
|
0.89
|
|
37
|
Presence of mechanical dyssynchrony in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
|
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson
|
2011
|
0.87
|
|
38
|
Complete heart block: determinants and clinical impact in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy undergoing nonsurgical septal reduction therapy.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2003
|
0.87
|
|
39
|
American Society of Echocardiography Cardiovascular Technology and Research Summit: a roadmap for 2020.
|
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
|
2013
|
0.86
|
|
40
|
Predicting clinically unrecognized coronary artery disease: use of two- dimensional echocardiography.
|
Cardiovasc Ultrasound
|
2009
|
0.86
|
|
41
|
Imaging for ventricular function and myocardial recovery on nonpulsatile ventricular assist devices.
|
Circulation
|
2012
|
0.86
|
|
42
|
Effect of age on left ventricular systolic function in humans: a study of systolic isovolumic acceleration rate.
|
Exp Physiol
|
2005
|
0.85
|
|
43
|
A prospective follow-up of alcohol septal ablation for symptomatic hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy--the Baylor experience (1996-2002).
|
Clin Cardiol
|
2005
|
0.85
|
|
44
|
Left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy in children: characterisation of clinical status using tissue Doppler-derived indices of left ventricular diastolic relaxation.
|
Heart
|
2006
|
0.84
|
|
45
|
The use of echocardiography in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
|
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging
|
2011
|
0.82
|
|
46
|
Comparative cost-effectiveness of B-type natriuretic peptide and echocardiography for predicting outcome in patients with congestive heart failure.
|
Am J Cardiol
|
2006
|
0.82
|
|
47
|
Letter by Nagueh et al regarding article, "Tissue Doppler imaging in the estimation of intracardiac filling pressure in decompensated patients with advanced systolic heart failure".
|
Circulation
|
2009
|
0.81
|
|
48
|
Pre- and post-operative diastolic dysfunction in patients with valvular heart disease: diagnosis and therapeutic implications.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2013
|
0.81
|
|
49
|
Segmental analysis of carotid arterial strain using speckle-tracking.
|
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
|
2011
|
0.81
|
|
50
|
Dynamic three-dimensional visualization of the left ventricle by intracardiac echocardiography.
|
Ultrasound Med Biol
|
2005
|
0.80
|
|
51
|
Acute effect of nonsurgical septal reduction therapy on regional left ventricular asynchrony in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
|
Circulation
|
2002
|
0.80
|
|
52
|
Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular filling pressures.
|
Heart Fail Clin
|
2008
|
0.80
|
|
53
|
Relation of replacement fibrosis to left ventricular diastolic function in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
|
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
|
2011
|
0.80
|
|
54
|
Association of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction with Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease Burden Using Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring.
|
J Atheroscler Thromb
|
2015
|
0.79
|
|
55
|
The role of multimodality cardiac imaging in the transplanted heart.
|
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging
|
2009
|
0.79
|
|
56
|
Usefulness of isovolumic and systolic ejection signals by tissue Doppler for the assessment of left ventricular systolic function in ischemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
|
Am J Cardiol
|
2006
|
0.78
|
|
57
|
Delayed untwisting: the mechanistic link between dynamic obstruction and exercise tolerance in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2009
|
0.78
|
|
58
|
Integrated multimodal-catheter imaging unveils principal relationships among ventricular electrical activity, anatomy, and function.
|
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
|
2007
|
0.78
|
|
59
|
Safety of contrast administration for endocardial enhancement during stress echocardiography compared with noncontrast stress.
|
Am J Cardiol
|
2008
|
0.78
|
|
60
|
Echocardiography and prognosis of heart failure.
|
Curr Opin Cardiol
|
2002
|
0.78
|
|
61
|
Assessment of left ventricular relaxation by untwisting rate based on different algorithms.
|
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
|
2009
|
0.77
|
|
62
|
Cardiac MRI improves identification of etiology of acute ischemic stroke.
|
Cerebrovasc Dis
|
2014
|
0.77
|
|
63
|
Echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function: an update.
|
Curr Cardiol Rep
|
2015
|
0.77
|
|
64
|
Molecular, cellular, and functional characterization of myocardial regions in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
|
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging
|
2012
|
0.77
|
|
65
|
Application of speckle-tracking in the evaluation of carotid artery function in subjects with hypertension and diabetes.
|
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
|
2013
|
0.77
|
|
66
|
Noninvasive estimation of LV filling pressures in heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: revisited and verified.
|
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging
|
2011
|
0.76
|
|
67
|
Vortex Formation Time Index in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
|
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging
|
2015
|
0.75
|
|
68
|
Gated SPECT in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy undergoing transcoronary ethanol septal ablation.
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J Nucl Cardiol
|
2002
|
0.75
|
|
69
|
Hemodynamically tailored therapy in congestive heart failure: alive and well.
|
J Card Fail
|
2007
|
0.75
|
|
70
|
Quantitative parameters of myocardial perfusion with contrast echocardiography in human beings: Influence of triggering mode.
|
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
|
2002
|
0.75
|
|
71
|
Imaging mechanical dyssynchrony with 3-dimensional echocardiography: a promise still to be fulfilled.
|
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging
|
2009
|
0.75
|
|
72
|
Tissue Doppler imaging for the pre-clinical diagnosis of cardiomyopathy.
|
Eur Heart J
|
2004
|
0.75
|
|
73
|
The importance of atrial pacing during alcohol septal ablation.
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J Invasive Cardiol
|
2010
|
0.75
|
|
74
|
Meeting highlights of the 17th annual scientific sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography. Baltimore, Maryland, June 3-7, 2006.
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J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2006
|
0.75
|
|
75
|
Effectiveness of percutaneous intervention for patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease.
|
Am J Cardiol
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
76
|
Relation of tissue Doppler-derived myocardial velocities to serum levels and myocardial gene expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and inducible nitric oxide synthase in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy having coronary artery bypass grafting.
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Am J Cardiol
|
2002
|
0.75
|
|
77
|
Initial experience with alcohol septal ablation using a novel magnetic navigation system.
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J Interv Cardiol
|
2007
|
0.75
|
|
78
|
Percutaneous closure of atrial septal defect.
|
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging
|
2008
|
0.75
|
|
79
|
Myocardial contrast echocardiography of radiofrequency ablation lesions.
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Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
|
2006
|
0.75
|
|
80
|
Reply: Issues With Estimating "Diastolic Function" and Left Ventricular Filling Pressure Using the New Guidelines.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
81
|
Assessment of left ventricular diastolic function by early diastolic mitral annulus peak acceleration rate: experimental studies and clinical application.
|
J Appl Physiol (1985)
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
82
|
The role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with heart failure.
|
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther
|
2004
|
0.75
|