Search Results - "VLETTER, W. B"
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Influence of the pattern of hypertrophy on left ventricular twist in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Published in Heart (British Cardiac Society) (01-04-2009)“…Left ventricular (LV) twist has an important role in LV function. The influence of the pattern of LV hypertrophy on LV twist in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy…”
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Cardiac involvement in adults with Pompe disease
Published in Journal of internal medicine (01-10-2008)“… Background. Glycogen storage disease type II or Pompe disease is a neuromuscular disorder caused by deficiency of lysosomal acid α‐ glucosidase. Classic…”
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Cardiac evaluation in children and adults with Pompe disease sharing the common c.−32-13T>G genotype rarely reveals abnormalities
Published in Journal of the neurological sciences (15-12-2008)“…Abstract Background and objective Pompe disease is an inherited metabolic disorder caused by deficiency of acid α-glucosidase. All affected neonates have a…”
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Cardiac abnormalities in adults with the attenuated form of mucopolysaccharidosis type I
Published in Journal of inherited metabolic disease (01-10-2007)“…Summary Background: Cardiac involvement in mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) has been studied primarily in its most severe forms. Cardiac involvement,…”
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Clinical utility and cost effectiveness of a personal ultrasound imager for cardiac evaluation during consultation rounds in patients with suspected cardiac disease
Published in Heart (British Cardiac Society) (01-07-2003)“…Objective: To assess the clinical utility and cost effectiveness of a personal ultrasound imager (PUI) during consultation rounds for cardiac evaluation of…”
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Three-dimensional echocardiography of normal and pathologic mitral valve: A comparison with two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (01-05-1996)“…Objectives. This study was done to ascertain whether three-dimensional echocardiography can facilitate the diagnosis of mitral valve abnormalities. Background…”
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Accurate measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction by three-dimensional echocardiography : A comparison with radionuclide angiography
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (01-08-1996)“…Three-dimensional echocardiography is a promising technique for calculation of left ventricular ejection fraction, because it allows its measurement without…”
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The apical long-axis rather than the two-chamber view should be used in combination with the four-chamber view for accurate assessment of left ventricular volumes and function
Published in European heart journal (01-07-1997)“…Background Most biplane methods for the echocardiographic calculation of left ventricular volumes assume orthogonality between paired views from the apical…”
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A fast rotating scanning unit for real-time three-dimensional echo data acquisition
Published in Ultrasound in medicine & biology (01-06-2000)“…Most three-dimensional (3-D) echocardiography (3-DE) systems today are based on off-line methods where a large number of cross-sectional 2-D scans have to be…”
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Ultrafiltration improves aortic compliance in haemodialysis patients
Published in Journal of human hypertension (01-06-2005)“…An elevated pulse pressure leads to an increased pulsatile cardiac load, and results from arterial stiffening. The aim of our study was to test whether a…”
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Single pulse frequency compounding protocol for superharmonic imaging
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (21-07-2013)“…Second harmonic imaging is currently accepted as the standard in commercial echographic systems. A new imaging technique, coined as superharmonic imaging…”
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Measurements and day-to-day variabilities of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction by three-dimensional echocardiography and comparison with magnetic resonance imaging
Published in The American journal of cardiology (15-07-1998)“…The aim of this study was to assess day-to-day variability of left ventricular (LV) volume and ejection fraction (EF) calculated from 3-dimensional…”
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Automated cardiac output measurements by ultrasound are inaccurate at high cardiac outputs
Published in Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology (01-06-2000)“…Objective The sonographic technique of automated cardiac output measurement (ACM) is a promising new method to measure cardiac output and could be of use in a…”
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Potentials and limitations of the valsalva maneuver as a method of differentiating between normal and pseudonormal left ventricular filling patterns
Published in The American journal of cardiology (01-07-1999)“…Pseudonormalization of the left ventricular (LV) filling pattern complicates the Doppler echocardiographic assessment of LV diastolic function in patients with…”
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Microsphere embolisation as an alternative for alcohol in percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation
Published in Netherlands heart journal (01-05-2013)“…Background Percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation using microsphere embolisation is a new interventional technique to treat patients with…”
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Paradoxical Effects of Interatrial Conduction Delay in a Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patient in the Long‐Term: Time is a Great Healer
Published in Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (01-05-2011)“…Paradoxical Effects of Interatrial Conduction Delay. We present a unique case where early proarrhythmic and late antiarrhythmic characteristics of interatrial…”
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Dobutamine stress echocardiography and technetium-99m-tetrofosmin/fluorine 18-fluorodeoxyglucose single-photon emission computed tomography and influence of resting ejection fraction to assess myocardial viability in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction and healed myocardial infarction
Published in The American journal of cardiology (15-07-1999)“…The purpose of this study was to compare 2 different techniques—dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography (DSE) and dual-isotope simultaneous acquisition…”
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Quantification of transpulmonary echocontrast effects
Published in Ultrasound in medicine & biology (1993)“…Videodensity of left heart and right heart were studied after intravenous injection of increasing dosages of 0.01-0.02 and 0.04 mL/kg bodyweight of Albunex in…”
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Appropriate 3-dimensional echocardiography data acquisition interval for left ventricular volume quantification: implications for clinical application
Published in Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (01-12-1999)“…Volume-rendered 3-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) acquired with small imaging intervals has been validated for accurate left ventricular (LV) volume…”
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Visualization and quantification of myocardial mass at risk using three-dimensional contrast echocardiography
Published in Cardiovascular research (01-11-1998)“…Three-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of myocardial ischemia using contrast echocardiography has been hampered by limitations of available contrast…”
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