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Malignancy After Heart Transplantation: Incidence, Prognosis and Risk Factors by Crespo‐Leiro, M. G., Alonso‐Pulpón, L., Vázquez de Prada, J. A., Almenar, L., Arizón, J. M., Brossa, V., Delgado, J. F., Fernandez‐Yañez, J., Manito, N., Rábago, G., Lage, E., Roig, E., Diaz‐Molina, B., Pascual, D., Muñiz, J.

“…The Spanish Post‐Heart‐Transplant Tumour Registry comprises data on neoplasia following heart transplantation (HT) for all Spanish HT patients (1984–2003)…”
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Risk factors associated with cytomegalovirus infection in heart transplant patients: a prospective, epidemiological study by Delgado, J.F., Manito, N., Almenar, L., Crespo-Leiro, M., Roig, E., Segovia, J., Vázquez de Prada, J.A., Lage, E., Palomo, J., Campreciós, M., Arizón, J.M., Rodríguez-Lambert, J.L., Blasco, T., de la Fuente, L., Pascual, D., Rábago, G.

“…J.F. Delgado, N. Manito, L. Almenar, M. Crespo‐Leiro, E. Roig, J. Segovia, J.A. Vázquez de Prada, E. Lage, J. Palomo, M. Campreciós, J.M. Arizón, J.L…”
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Use of mTOR inhibitors in chronic heart transplant recipients with renal failure: Calcineurin-inhibitors conversion or minimization? by Gonzalez-Vilchez, F, Vazquez de Prada, J.A, Paniagua, M.J, Gomez-Bueno, M, Arizon, J.M, Almenar, L, Roig, E, Delgado, J, Lambert, J.L, Perez-Villa, F, Sanz-Julve, M.L, Crespo-Leiro, M, Segovia, J, Lopez-Granados, A, Martinez-Dolz, L, Mirabet, S, Escribano, P, Diaz-Molina, B, Farrero, M, Blasco, T

“…Abstract Background In the last decade, mTOR inhibitors (mTOR-is) have become the cornerstone of the calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-reduced/free regimens aimed to…”
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Steroid Use in Heart Transplant Patients in Spain in the Current Era: A Multicenter Survey by Crespo-Leiro, M, Delgado, J, Almenar, L, Arizón, J.M, Blasco, T, Brossa, V, De la Fuente, L, Díaz, B, Fernández-Yañez, J, Garrido, I.P, Gómez Bueno, M, González Vílchez, F, Lage, E, López López, L, Mirabet, S, Pérez-Villa, F, Pulpón, L.A, Roig, E, Vázquez de Prada, J.A

“…Abstract Objective Steroid withdrawal (SW) from maintenance therapy in heart transplant patients is still a controversial subject. We designed a questionnaire…”
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Three-dimensional echocardiography : in vivo validation for right ventricular volume and function by JIANG, L, SIU, S. C, HANDSCHUMACHER, M. D, GUERERRO, J. L, VAZQUEZ DE PRADA, J. A, KING, M. E, PICARD, M. H, WEYMAN, A. E, LEVINE, R. A

“…Current two-dimensional echocardiographic measures of right ventricular volume are limited by the asymmetrical and crescentic shape of the ventricle and by…”
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Temporal Trends in the Use of Proliferation Signal Inhibitors in Maintenance Heart Transplantation: A Spanish Multicenter Study by Gonzalez-Vilchez, F, Almenar, L, Arizón, J.M, Mirabet, S, Delgado, J.F, Diez de Molina, B, Gomez, M, Paniagua, M.J, Pérez-Villa, F, Roig, E, Vazquez de Prada, J.A

“…Abstract Proliferation signal inhibitors (PSI; sirolimus, everolimus) are being increasingly used in heart transplantation. We performed an observational,…”
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Sirolimus as an Alternative to Anticalcineurin Therapy in Heart Transplantation: Experience of a Single Center by Fernandez-Valls, M., Gonzalez-Vilchez, F., Vazquez de Prada, J.A., Ruano, J., Ruisanchez, C., Martin-Duran, R.

“…We report a series of 26 heart transplant recipients with renal impairment in which sirolimus was used as the basic immunosuppresive drug (without associated…”
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Determinants of functional tricuspid regurgitation in incomplete tricuspid valve closure: Doppler color flow study of 109 patients by Sagie, Alex, Schwammenthal, Ehud, Padial, Luis R., Vazquez de Prada, Jose A., Weyman, Arthur E., Levine, Robert A.

“…Objectives. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the pattern of incomplete tricuspid valve closure and the presence of tricuspid…”
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New method for accurate calculation of regurgitant flow rate based on analysis of doppler color flow maps of the proximal flow field validation in a canine model of mitral regurgitation with initial application in patients by Schwammenthal, Ehud, Chen, Chunguang, Giesler, Martin, Sagie, Alex, Guerrero, J. Luis, de Prada, José Antonio Vazquez, Hombach, Vinzenz, Weyman, Arthur E., Levine, Robert A.

“…The purpose of this study was to develop a rational and objective method for selecting a region in the proximal flow field where the hemispheric formula for…”
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Color Doppler diagnosis of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm by Olalla, J J, Vazquez de Prada, J A, Duran, R M, Villarroel, M T, Otero Fernandez, M

“…A patient underwent mitral valve replacement because of mitral insufficiency secondary to bacterial endocarditis. Early postoperatively, routine examination…”
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Three-dimensional echocardiography: In vivo validation for right ventricular free wall mass as an index of hypertrophy by Jiang, Leng, Vazquez de Prada, Jose Antonio, Handschumacher, Mark D., Guererro, J.Luis, Vlahakes, Gus J., King, Mary Etta, Weyman, Arthur E., Levine, Robert A.

“…Objectives. This study tested the ability of three-dimensional echocardiography to reconstruct the right ventricular free wall and determine its mass in vivo…”
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Corticosteroid withdrawal after heart transplantation by Vázquez de Prada, J.A, Celemı́n, I, de la Torre, J.M, Rodriguez, F, Sánchez, N, Riesco, F, Herrero, C, Ruano, J, Olalla, J, Martı́n-Durán, R

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Intracardiac ultrasound measurement of volumes and ejection fraction in normal, infarcted, and aneurysmal left ventricles using a 10-MHz ultrasound catheter by CHUNGUANG CHEN, GUERRERO, J. L, LEVINE, R. A, WEYMAN, A. E, VAZQUEZ DE PRADA, J. A, PADIAL, L. R, SCHWAMMENTHAL, E, MING HUI CHEN, LENG JIANG, SVIZZERO, T, SIMON, H, THOMAS, J. D

“…Our objective was to examine the accuracy of intracardiac ultrasound (ICUS) measurement of left ventricular (LV) volumes and ejection fraction (EF) using a…”
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Validation of a hand-held ultrasound device in the evaluation of aortic stenosis by Zubiaur Zamacola, J, Margarida De Castro, A, Perez Barquin, R, Lozano Gonzalez, M, Gutierrez Ruiz, N, Alarcos, H, Gonzalez Vilchez, F, Ruisanchez Villar, C, Serrano, D, Cuesta Cosgaya, J M, Coroas, C, Munoz Prejigueiro, L, Abia, L, De La Torre, J M, Vazquez De Prada, J A

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Quantitative three-dimensional reconstruction of aneurysmal left ventricles : in vitro and in vivo validation by LENG JIANG, VAZQUEZ DE PRADA, J. A, HANDSCHUMACHER, M. D, VUILLE, C, GUERERRO, J. L, PICARD, M. H, TALBOT JOZIATIS, J, FALLON, J. T, WEYMAN, A. E, LEVINE, R. A

“…Current two-dimensional (2D) echocardiographic measures of left ventricular (LV) volume are most limited by aneurysmal distortion, which restricts application…”
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Perivalvular abscesses associated with endocarditis. Clinical features and diagnostic accuracy of two-dimensional echocardiography by Aguado, J M, González-Vílchez, F, Martín-Durán, R, Arjona, R, Vázquez de Prada, J A

“…To determine the clinical implications of the development of a perivalvular abscess in the course of an infective endocarditis and evaluate the utility of…”
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An integrated approach to the quantification of aortic regurgitation by Doppler echocardiography by Zarauza, Jesús, Ares, Miguel, Vílchez, Fransisco González, Hernando, Juan P., Gutiérrez, Benedicto, Figueroa, Alvaro, Vázquez de Prada, Jose A., Durán, Rafael Martín

“…Background Although different Doppler methods have been proposed for the quantification of aortic regurgitation, no study has prospectively compared these…”
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Quantification of pericardial effusions by three-dimensional echocardiography by de Prada, Jose A.Vazquez, Jiang, Leng, Handschumacher, Mark D., Xie, Song Wei, Rivera, J.Miguel, Schwammenthal, Ehud, Guerrero, J.Luis, Weyman, Arthur E., Levine, Robert A., Picard, Michael H.

“…Objectives. The purpose of this study was to examine the accuracy of three-dimensional echocardiography for the quantification of asymmetric pericardial…”
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Assessment of tricuspid regurgitation by Doppler color flow imaging: angiographic correlation by Gonzalez-Vilchez, F, Zarauza, J, Vazquez de Prada, J A, Martín Durán, R, Ruano, J, Delgado, C, Figueroa, A

“…The correlation between data obtained by Doppler color flow imaging and angiographic severity has been investigated in mitral and aortic regurgitation…”
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Quantitative three-dimensional reconstruction of left ventricular volume with complete borders detected by acoustic quantification underestimates volume by Jiang, Leng, Morrissey, Richard, Handschumacher, Mark D., de Prada, Jose Antonio Vazquez, He, Jun, Picard, Michael H., Weyman, Arthur E., Levine, Robert A.

“…Recently a new acoustic-quantification (AQ) technique has been developed to provide on-line automated border detection with an integrated backscatter analysis…”
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