Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on November 15, 1997
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Altered coronary vascular control during cold stress in healthy older adults. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2011) 1.09
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Echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary artery occlusion pressure in ventilated patients: a transoesophageal study. Crit Care (2008) 1.07
Diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Echo Res Pract (2015) 1.07
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Critical care ultrasonography in acute respiratory failure. Crit Care (2016) 1.07
Pulmonary circulation at exercise. Compr Physiol (2012) 1.06
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Evolution of expression of cardiac phenotypes over a 4-year period in the beta-myosin heavy chain-Q403 transgenic rabbit model of human hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Mol Cell Cardiol (2004) 1.03
Effect of paricalcitol on left ventricular mass and function in CKD--the OPERA trial. J Am Soc Nephrol (2013) 1.02
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Decreased maximal aerobic capacity in pediatric chronic kidney disease. J Am Soc Nephrol (2008) 1.01
Tissue Doppler imaging adds incremental value in predicting exercise capacity in patients with congestive heart failure. Heart Vessels (2007) 1.00
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Pulmonary venous flow velocity patterns in 404 individuals without cardiovascular disease. Heart (2001) 1.00
Can transthoracic echocardiography be used to predict fluid responsiveness in the critically ill patient? A systematic review. Crit Care Res Pract (2012) 1.00
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Diastolic function abnormalities in active rheumatoid arthritis evaluation by conventional Doppler and tissue Doppler: relation with duration of disease. Clin Rheumatol (2005) 0.99
The optimal time of B-type natriuretic peptide sampling associated with post-myocardial infarction remodelling after primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Cardiovasc J Afr (2013) 0.99
Speckle echocardiographic left atrial strain and stiffness index as predictors of maintenance of sinus rhythm after cardioversion for atrial fibrillation: a prospective study. Cardiovasc Ultrasound (2012) 0.99
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Diastolic dysfunction and atrial fibrillation. J Interv Card Electrophysiol (2008) 0.98
Right ventricular function in children with bronchial asthma: a tissue Doppler echocardiographic study. Pediatr Cardiol (2010) 0.98
Pulsed tissue Doppler imaging detects early myocardial dysfunction in asymptomatic patients with severe mitral regurgitation. Heart (2004) 0.97
Structural and functional cardiac abnormalities in adolescent girls with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care (2009) 0.97
Pulsed wave Doppler tissue echocardiography assessment of the long axis function of the right and left ventricles during the early neonatal period. Heart (2004) 0.95
Left atrioventricular remodeling in the assessment of the left ventricle diastolic function in patients with heart failure: a review of the currently studied echocardiographic variables. Cardiovasc Ultrasound (2008) 0.95
B-type natriuretic peptide release and left ventricular filling pressure assessed by echocardiographic study after subarachnoid hemorrhage: a prospective study in non-cardiac patients. Crit Care (2009) 0.95
Effect of aldosterone antagonism on exercise tolerance, Doppler diastolic function, and quality of life in older women with diastolic heart failure. Congest Heart Fail (2009) 0.94
Pulmonary artery pressure and iron deficiency in patients with upregulation of hypoxia sensing due to homozygous VHL(R200W) mutation (Chuvash polycythemia). Haematologica (2011) 0.94
Depressive symptoms increase risk of rehospitalisation in heart failure patients with preserved systolic function. J Clin Nurs (2009) 0.93
Left atrial and ventricular dimensions in highly trained cyclists. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging (2003) 0.92
Abdominal aortic calcification is associated with diastolic dysfunction, mortality, and nonfatal cardiovascular events in maintenance hemodialysis patients. J Korean Med Sci (2012) 0.92
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Cardiac abnormalities in adults with the attenuated form of mucopolysaccharidosis type I. J Inherit Metab Dis (2007) 0.92
Multichannel pulsed Doppler signal processing for vascular measurements in mice. Ultrasound Med Biol (2009) 0.92
Does left atrial volume affect exercise capacity of heart transplant recipients? J Cardiothorac Surg (2010) 0.92
Role of Diastolic Stress Testing in the Evaluation for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Simultaneous Invasive-Echocardiographic Study. Circulation (2016) 0.91
Postnatal left ventricular diastolic function after fetal aortic valvuloplasty. Am J Cardiol (2011) 0.91
Diastolic dysfunction, cardiovascular aging, and the anesthesiologist. Anesthesiol Clin (2009) 0.91
Tissue Doppler imaging predicts adverse outcome in children with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Pediatr (2012) 0.91
Diastolic dysfunction: a link between hypertension and heart failure. Drugs Today (Barc) (2008) 0.91
Classification of diastolic function with phase-contrast cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: validation with echocardiography and age-related reference values. Clin Res Cardiol (2014) 0.91
Improved left and right ventricular functions with trimetazidine in patients with heart failure: a tissue Doppler study. Heart Vessels (2009) 0.91
Chronic systemic inflammation accompanies impaired ventricular diastolic function, detected by Doppler imaging, in patients with newly diagnosed systolic heart failure (Hellenic Heart Failure Study). Heart Vessels (2009) 0.90
Longitudinal changes of cardiac structure and function in CKD (CASCADE study). J Am Soc Nephrol (2014) 0.90
Diagnostic Accuracy of Tissue Doppler Index E/e' for Evaluating Left Ventricular Filling Pressure and Diastolic Dysfunction/Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Am Heart Assoc (2016) 0.90
The right ventricular annular velocity reduction caused by coronary artery bypass graft surgery occurs at the moment of pericardial incision. Am Heart J (2010) 0.89
Left ventricular function in professional football players evaluated by tissue Doppler imaging and strain imaging. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging (2007) 0.89
Overexpression of interleukin-18 aggravates cardiac fibrosis and diastolic dysfunction in fructose-fed rats. Mol Med (2010) 0.89
Tissue Doppler imaging consistently detects myocardial abnormalities in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and provides a novel means for an early diagnosis before and independently of hypertrophy. Circulation (2001) 3.33
Desmin mutation responsible for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Circulation (1999) 2.59
Doppler estimation of left ventricular filling pressure in sinus tachycardia. A new application of tissue doppler imaging. Circulation (1998) 2.55
Doppler estimation of left ventricular filling pressures in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Circulation (1999) 2.50
Relation of mean right atrial pressure to echocardiographic and Doppler parameters of right atrial and right ventricular function. Circulation (1996) 2.27
Simvastatin induces regression of cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis and improves cardiac function in a transgenic rabbit model of human hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Circulation (2001) 2.23
Differentiating thrombus from pannus formation in obstructed mechanical prosthetic valves: an evaluation of clinical, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic parameters. J Am Coll Cardiol (1998) 2.21
Dobutamine echocardiography in myocardial hibernation. Optimal dose and accuracy in predicting recovery of ventricular function after coronary angioplasty. Circulation (1995) 2.04
Hemodynamic determinants of the mitral annulus diastolic velocities by tissue Doppler. J Am Coll Cardiol (2001) 2.04
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Exercise echocardiography versus 201Tl single-photon emission computed tomography in evaluation of coronary artery disease. Analysis of 292 patients. Circulation (1992) 1.74
Tissue Doppler imaging consistently detects myocardial contraction and relaxation abnormalities, irrespective of cardiac hypertrophy, in a transgenic rabbit model of human hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Circulation (2000) 1.72
Relation of the contractile reserve of hibernating myocardium to myocardial structure in humans. Circulation (1999) 1.59
Pseudoaneurysms of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa: dynamic characterization using transesophageal echocardiographic and Doppler techniques. J Am Coll Cardiol (1995) 1.51
Reversible cardiac dysfunction (hibernation) from ischemia due to compression of the coronary arteries by a pseudoaneurysm. N Engl J Med (1991) 1.46
Myocardial viability during dobutamine echocardiography predicts survival in patients with coronary artery disease and severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction. J Am Coll Cardiol (1998) 1.45
Assessment of left ventricular filling pressures by Doppler in the presence of atrial fibrillation. Circulation (1996) 1.43
Echocardiographic predictors of clinical outcome in patients with left ventricular dysfunction enrolled in the SOLVD registry and trials: significance of left ventricular hypertrophy. Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction. J Am Coll Cardiol (2000) 1.41
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Accurate noninvasive quantification of stenotic aortic valve area by Doppler echocardiography. Circulation (1986) 1.35
Angiotensin-I converting enzyme genotypes and left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Circulation (1995) 1.26
Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of pseudoaneurysms complicating composite grafts of the ascending aorta. Circulation (1992) 1.21
Comparison of ethanol septal reduction therapy with surgical myectomy for the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol (2001) 1.19
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Estimation of left and right ventricular filling pressures after heart transplantation by tissue Doppler imaging. Am J Cardiol (1998) 1.10
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Role of myocardial contrast echocardiography during nonsurgical septal reduction therapy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol (1998) 0.99
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Valvulitis involving a bioprosthetic valve in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (1996) 0.96
Real-time assessment of myocardial perfusion and wall motion during bicycle and treadmill exercise echocardiography: comparison with single photon emission computed tomography. J Am Coll Cardiol (2001) 0.96
Determination of severity of valvular aortic stenosis by Doppler echocardiography and relation of findings to clinical outcome and agreement with hemodynamic measurements determined at cardiac catheterization. Am J Cardiol (1991) 0.96
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Doppler echocardiographic assessment of the St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve in the aortic position using the continuity equation. Circulation (1991) 0.95
Simultaneous multisite mapping of the right and the left atrial septum in the canine intact beating heart. Circulation (1999) 0.94
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Carcinoid heart disease presenting as right-to-left shunt and congestive heart failure: successful surgical treatment. Am Heart J (1988) 0.91
Cavernous hemangioma of the right ventricle: echocardiographic-pathologic correlates. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (1993) 0.91
Feasibility and accuracy of Doppler echocardiographic estimation of pulmonary artery occlusive pressure in the intensive care unit. Am J Cardiol (1995) 0.91
Prognostic value of stress echocardiography in stable angina or after myocardial infarction. Curr Opin Cardiol (1996) 0.90
Cardiac hypertrophy after transplantation is associated with persistent expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Circulation (2001) 0.89
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Determination of cardiac output by Doppler echocardiography: a critical appraisal. Herz (1986) 0.87
Changes in left ventricular diastolic function 6 months after nonsurgical septal reduction therapy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Circulation (1999) 0.87
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm complicating mitral valve replacement: transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis and impact on management. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (1994) 0.86
Serial changes in response of hibernating myocardium to inotropic stimulation after revascularization: a dobutamine echocardiographic study. J Am Coll Cardiol (1997) 0.86
Clinical impact of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis. Am J Cardiol (1994) 0.86
Discontinuation of chronic diuretic therapy in stable congestive heart failure secondary to coronary artery disease or to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol (1994) 0.85
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The increasing complexity of assessing diastolic function from ventricular filling dynamics. J Am Coll Cardiol (1991) 0.83
Augmented hepatic and skeletal thyromimetic effects of tiratricol in comparison with levothyroxine. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (1997) 0.83