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List of works by Hirotsugu Yamada

A Case of Cardiac Amyloidosis Presenting with Mid- to Late Diastolic Retrograde Flow from the Left Atrium to the Pulmonary Vein: Transesophageal Pulsed Doppler Echocardiographic Observations

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A case of neurogenic myocardial stunning presenting transient left ventricular mid-portion ballooning simulating atypical takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

scientific article published on 8 May 2008

A clinical application of preload stress echocardiography for predicting future hemodynamic worsening in patients with early-stage heart failure

scientific article published on 13 July 2018

A synthetic prostacyclin agonist with thromboxane synthase inhibitory activity, ONO-1301, protects myocardium from ischemia/reperfusion injury

scientific article published on 09 November 2011

Age- and gender-specific changes of tricuspid annular motion velocities in normal hearts

scientific article published on 22 July 2014

Assessment of abnormal left atrial relaxation by transesophageal pulsed Doppler echocardiography of pulmonary venous flow velocity

scientific article published on 01 October 1998

Assessment of left atrial pressure and volume changes during atrial systole with transesophageal pulsed Doppler echocardiography of transmitral and pulmonary venous flow velocities

scientific article published on 01 May 1996

Assessment of left ventricular systolic wall motion velocity with pulsed tissue Doppler imaging: comparison with peak dP/dt of the left ventricular pressure curve

scientific article published on 01 May 1998

Assessment of the Systolic Left Ventricular Myocardial Velocity Profile and Gradient Using Tissue Doppler Imaging in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

Assessment of the temporal relationship between left ventricular relaxation and filling during early diastole using pulsed Doppler echocardiography and tissue Doppler imaging

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

Augmentation index does not reflect risk of coronary artery disease in elderly patients

scientific article published on 24 February 2014

Beneficial effect of a synthetic prostacyclin agonist, ONO-1301, in rat autoimmune myocarditis model.

scientific article published on 5 December 2012

Bosentan ameliorated exercise-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension complicated with systemic sclerosis

scientific article published on November 2010

Cardiac rehabilitation reduces serum levels of oxidized low-density lipoprotein

scientific article published on 22 September 2014

Case of renal artery stenosis in an elderly patient after nephrectomy diagnosed by ultrasound sonography, showing improvement of blood pressure and renal dysfunction after renal artery stenting

scientific article published in January 2011

Challenges for 'diastology': contributions from Japanese researchers

scientific article published on 18 August 2016

Changes in left ventricular inflow and pulmonary venous flow velocities during preload alteration in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 01 February 1996

Changes in transmitral and pulmonary venous flow velocity patterns after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 01 February 1996

Characteristics of coronary flow velocity in constrictive pericarditis

scientific article published on 01 May 1998

Clinical Utility of Longitudinal Strain to Predict Functional Recovery in Patients With Tachyarrhythmia and Reduced LVEF.

scientific article published on 16 September 2016

Clinical Utility of Measuring Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness with Echocardiography Using a High-Frequency Linear Probe in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

Clinical application of pulsed Doppler tissue imaging for assessing abnormal left ventricular relaxation

scientific article published on 01 April 1997

Clinical features of mixed physiology of constriction and restriction: echocardiographic characteristics and clinical outcome

scientific article published on 18 April 2006

Clinical significance of the apical late systolic ejection murmur: a new phonocardiographic sign indicating dynamic mid-left ventricular obstruction

scientific article published on 01 February 1996

Clinical utility of single-beat E/e' obtained by simultaneous recording of flow and tissue Doppler velocities in atrial fibrillation with preserved systolic function

scientific article published in October 2009

Clinically Feasible and Accurate View Classification of Echocardiographic Images Using Deep Learning

scientific article published on 25 April 2020

Combination of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids reduces atherogenesis in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice by inhibiting macrophage activation

scientific article published on 5 October 2016

Comparison of Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Versus Sinus Rhythm

scientific article published on 06 November 2015

Comparison of carotid plaque tissue characteristics in patients with acute coronary syndrome or stable angina pectoris: assessment by iPlaque, transcutaneous carotid ultrasonography with integrated backscatter analysis.

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Concealed left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the presence of acute left ventricular volume overload. A case report

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Congenital long QT syndrome with compound mutations in the KCNH2 gene.

scientific article published on 22 September 2013

Congenital ventricular aneurysm as an unexpected complication of monomorphic premature ventricular contractions

scientific article published on 14 May 2010

Constrictive pericarditis with intrapericardial abscess.

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Contribution of the pericardium to left ventricular torsion and regional myocardial function in patients with total absence of the left pericardium

scientific article published on 12 July 2007

Correlation Between Arteriosclerosis and Periodontal Condition Assessed by Lactoferrin and α1-Antitrypsin Levels in Gingival Crevicular Fluid.

scientific article published on 9 November 2015

Cross sectional echocardiographic demonstration of the mechanisms of abnormal interventricular septal motion in congenital total absence of the left pericardium.

scientific article published on March 1997

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate is inversely associated with sex-dependent diverse carotid atherosclerosis regardless of endothelial function

scientific article published on 2 June 2010

Detection of left ventricular regional relaxation abnormalities and asynchrony in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with the use of tissue Doppler imaging

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis based on the myocardial velocity profile in the hypertrophied left ventricular wall

scientific article published on 01 April 2004

Diagnostic utility of cardiac magnetic resonance for detection of cardiac involvement in female carriers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

scientific article published on 29 July 2010

Diastology 2010: clinical approach to diastolic heart failure.

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Difference in systolic motion velocity of the left ventricular posterior wall in patients with asymmetric septal hypertrophy and prior anteroseptal myocardial infarction. Evaluation by pulsed tissue Doppler imaging

scientific article published on 01 March 1998

Differences in transmitral flow velocity pattern during increase in preload in patients with abnormal left ventricular relaxation

scientific article published on 01 January 1998

Does Echocardiographic Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness become a Useful Biomarker?

scientific article published on 20 April 2015

Double-chambered right ventricle presenting significant outflow tract obstruction only in the right decubitus position.

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Early systolic mitral annular motion velocities responses to dobutamine infusion predict myocardial viability in patients with previous myocardial infarction

scientific article published in March 2002

Echocardiographic Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness Is Associated with Symptomatic Coronary Vasospasm during Provocative Testing

scientific article published on 23 August 2017

Echocardiographic Predictors for Worsening of Six-Minute Walk Distances in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma).

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Echocardiographic characteristics and causal mechanism of physiologic mitral regurgitation in young normal subjects

scientific article published in October 1997

Echocardiographic image tracker with a speckle adaptive noise reduction filter for the automatic measurement of the left atrial volume curve

scientific article published on 27 October 2013

Echocardiographic screening for congenital heart disease in 8819 children: A report from local community events for children's healthcare

scientific article published on 5 January 2015

Echocardiography during preload stress for evaluation of right ventricular contractile reserve and exercise capacity in pulmonary hypertension

scientific article published on 16 October 2018

Effect of aging on diastolic left ventricular myocardial velocities measured by pulsed tissue Doppler imaging in healthy subjects

scientific article published on 01 July 1999

Effect of an acute increase in afterload on left ventricular regional wall motion velocity in healthy subjects

scientific article published in June 1999

Effect of cilnidipine on left ventricular diastolic function in hypertensive patients as assessed by pulsed Doppler echocardiography and pulsed tissue Doppler imaging

scientific article published in April 2001

Effect of combination tablets containing amlodipine 10 mg and irbesartan 100 mg on blood pressure and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with hypertension

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Effect of ghrelin on autonomic activity in healthy volunteers.

scientific article published on 29 September 2014

Effect of low-dose (1 mg/day) pitavastatin on left ventricular diastolic function and albuminuria in patients with hyperlipidemia

scientific article published on 31 March 2011

Effect of sitagliptin on the echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular diastolic function in patients with type 2 diabetes: a subgroup analysis of the PROLOGUE study.

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Effects of Docosahexaenoic Acid on the Endothelial Function in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

scientific article published on 24 October 2014

Effects of Transthoracic Echocardiographic Simulator Training on Performance and Satisfaction in Medical Students

scientific article published on 30 December 2015

Effects of additional administration of low-dose indapamide on patients with hypertension treated with angiotensin II receptor blocker.

scientific article published on 3 March 2010

Effects of telmisartan on inflammatory cytokines and coronary plaque component as assessed on integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound in hypertensive patients.

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Effects of the Addition of Eicosapentaenoic Acid to Strong Statin Therapy on Inflammatory Cytokines and Coronary Plaque Components Assessed by Integrated Backscatter Intravascular Ultrasound.

scientific article published on 11 December 2015

Effects of the endothelin receptor antagonist bosentan on hemodynamics and exercise capacity in Japanese patients with mildly symptomatic pulmonary arterial hypertension

scientific article published on 16 July 2014

Elevated Concentration of Interferon-Inducible Protein of 10 kD (IP-10) Is Associated With Coronary Atherosclerosis

scientific article published on 23 April 2015

Elevated concentrations of pentraxin 3 are associated with coronary plaque vulnerability

scientific article published on 14 June 2011

Eosinophilic myocarditis due to Churg-Strauss syndrome with markedly elevated eosinophil cationic protein

scientific article published on 01 January 2013

Erratum to: 'Reduced ratio of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid to arachidonic acid is associated with early onset of acute coronary syndrome'.

scientific article published in December 2015

Erratum to: Guidelines for conducting transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) : Task force for guidelines for conducting TEE: November 15, 2015.

scientific article published on 26 March 2016

Evaluation of left atrial appendage function by measurement of changes in flow velocity patterns after electrical cardioversion in patients with isolated atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Evaluation of left atrial filling using systolic pulmonary venous flow velocity measurements in patients with atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 01 March 1998

Evaluation of left ventricular contraction abnormalities in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy with the use of pulsed tissue Doppler imaging

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

Evaluation of left ventricular diastolic hemodynamics from the left ventricular inflow and pulmonary venous flow velocities in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 01 September 1995

Evaluation of the hemodynamic relationship between the left atrium and left ventricle during atrial systole by pulsed tissue Doppler imaging in patients with left heart failure

scientific article published on 01 October 1999

Expression of NLRP3 in subcutaneous adipose tissue is associated with coronary atherosclerosis

scientific article published on 29 July 2015

Ezetimibe ameliorates metabolic disorders and microalbuminuria in patients with hypercholesterolemia.

scientific article published on 12 February 2010

Febuxostat does not delay progression of carotid atherosclerosis in patients with asymptomatic hyperuricemia: A randomized, controlled trial

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

Gender disparities in the association between epicardial adipose tissue volume and coronary atherosclerosis: a 3-dimensional cardiac computed tomography imaging study in Japanese subjects

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Ghrelin protects the heart against ischemia-induced arrhythmias by preserving connexin-43 protein

scientific article published on 15 March 2013

Guidelines for conducting transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) : Task force for guidelines for conducting TEE: November 15, 2015.

scientific article published on 19 February 2016

Histopathologic studies of innervation of normal and prolapsed human mitral valves

scientific article published on 01 September 1995

Images in cardiovascular medicine. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and 2-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in secondary cardiac amyloidosis.

scientific article published on 22 May 2010

Impact of Indoxyl Sulfate, a Uremic Toxin, on Non-Culprit Coronary Plaque Composition Assessed on Integrated Backscatter Intravascular Ultrasound

scientific article published on 12 May 2015

Impact of glycemic control with sitagliptin on the 2-year progression of arterial stiffness: a sub-analysis of the PROLOGUE study.

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Impact of supervised cardiac rehabilitation on urinary albumin excretion in patients with cardiovascular disease

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Improvement of global longitudinal strain following high-dose chemotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in patients with amyloid light-chain cardiac amyloidosis: a case report

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Increase in prominence of electrocardiographic J waves after a single dose of propofol in a patient with early ventricular repolarisation

scientific article published on 11 October 2013

Index-beat assessment of left ventricular systolic and diastolic function during atrial fibrillation using myocardial strain and strain rate

scientific article published on 03 July 2012

Influence of aging on left atrial appendage flow velocity patterns in normal subjects

scientific article published on 01 May 1996

Influence of aging on systolic left ventricular wall motion velocities along the long and short axes in clinically normal patients determined by pulsed tissue doppler imaging

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

Influence of left atrial pressure on left atrial appendage flow velocity patterns in patients in sinus rhythm

scientific article published on 01 November 1996

Intracardiac Echocardiography-Guided Biopsy of a Lipomatous Cardiac Tumor Arising From the Interatrial Septum

scientific article published on 31 March 2017

Left Atrial Contribution to Left Ventricular Filling in Patients with Mitral Stenosis: Combined Analysis of Transmitral and Pulmonary Venous Flow Velocities

scientific article published on 01 January 1998

Left Atrial Systolic Performance in the Presence of Elevated Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure: Evaluation by Transesophageal Pulsed Doppler Echocardiography of Left Ventricular Inflow and Pulmonary Venous Flow Velocities

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Left Ventricular Lipomatous Hamartoma Mimicking a Calcified Amorphous Tumor.

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Left main coronary artery compression syndrome with an incomplete atrioventricular septal defect presenting as angina induced by hyperthyroidism.

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Left ventricular diastolic properties of hypertensive patients measured by pulsed tissue Doppler imaging

scientific article published in December 1998

Left ventricular geometry and myocardial contractility in patients with essential hypertension evaluated by myocardial velocity profile.

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Left ventricular systolic wall motion velocities along the long and short axes measured by pulsed tissue Doppler imaging in patients with atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Local persistent hypercoagulability after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation in patients with stable angina

scientific article published on 09 September 2010

Long-term effect of sitagliptin on endothelial function in type 2 diabetes: a sub-analysis of the PROLOGUE study

scientific article published on 13 September 2016

Losartan improves regional left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in patients with hypertension: accurate evaluation using a newly developed color-coded tissue doppler imaging technique

scientific article published in October 2004

Management of the patient presenting chest pain

scientific article published in December 2011

Massive tricuspid regurgitation due to pacemaker-lead puncture of the tricuspid valve: successful diagnosis by 3-dimensional echocardiography

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Noninvasive Vascular Function Tests - Long Journey for Predicting Cardiovascular Events

scientific article published on 28 April 2016

Noninvasive assessment of left-ventricular diastolic electromechanical coupling in hypertensive heart disease

scientific article published on 12 February 2019

Novel approach to the quantitation of regional left ventricular systolic and diastolic function using tissue Doppler imaging to create a myocardial velocity profile and gradient.

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Optimal Analysis of Left Atrial Strain by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography: P-wave versus R-wave Trigger

scientific article published on 3 November 2014

Pentraxin 3 is a local inflammatory marker in atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 27 August 2013

Pharmacology of Aldosterone and the Effects of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Blockade on Cardiovascular Systems

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Plasma heparin cofactor II activity is inversely associated with left atrial volume and diastolic dysfunction in humans with cardiovascular risk factors.

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Plasma microRNA-100 is associated with coronary plaque vulnerability.

scientific article published on 17 December 2014

Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome associated with patent foramen ovale and aortic ectasia

scientific article published on 01 November 2008

Possible mechanisms of mitral regurgitation in dilated hearts: a study using transesophageal echocardiography

scientific article published on 01 August 1996

Pre-load stress echocardiography for predicting the prognosis in mild heart failure

scientific article published on 18 June 2014

Prediction of Future Overt Pulmonary Hypertension by 6-Min Walk Stress Echocardiography in Patients With Connective Tissue Disease.

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Predictive Factors for Efficacy of Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

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Predisposing factors for severe mitral regurgitation in idiopathic mitral valve prolapse

scientific article published on 01 September 1995

Prognostic Implications of Non-Invasive Vascular Function Tests in High-Risk Atherosclerosis Patients.

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Prognostic value of the atrial systolic mitral annular motion velocity in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction

scientific article published in April 2003

Provocation of clinically significant left ventricular outflow tract obstruction by postural change in patients with sigmoid septum

scientific article published on 31 January 2018

Pulmonary and systemic venous flow patterns assessed by transesophageal Doppler echocardiography in congenital absence of the pericardium

scientific article published on 01 June 1995

Pulmonary embolism due to right atrial free-floating thrombus during echocardiographic examination: a case of a pulmonary saddle thrombus

scientific article published on 25 September 2015

Pulsed tissue Doppler imaging of left ventricular systolic and diastolic wall motion velocities to evaluate differences between long and short axes in healthy subjects

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

Purulent Pericarditis Accompanying Pericardial Abscess Induced by Nocardia in an Immunocompromised Patient

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Rationale and design of a multicenter randomized controlled study to evaluate the preventive effect of ipragliflozin on carotid atherosclerosis: the PROTECT study.

scientific article published on 13 September 2016

Rationale and design of a multicenter randomized study for evaluating vascular function under uric acid control using the xanthine oxidase inhibitor, febuxostat: the PRIZE study.

scientific article published on 18 June 2016

Reduced ratio of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid to arachidonic acid is associated with early onset of acute coronary syndrome

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Regional left ventricular myocardial contraction abnormalities and asynchrony in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy evaluated by magnetic resonance spatial modulation of magnetization myocardial tagging

scientific article published on 01 June 1999

Relationship between local production of microRNA-328 and atrial substrate remodeling in atrial fibrillation

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Relationship between regional left ventricular dysfunction and cancer-therapy-related cardiac dysfunction

scientific article published on 24 March 2020

Relationship between the angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism and the effects of enalapril on left ventricular hypertrophy and impaired diastolic filling in essential hypertension: M-mode and pulsed Doppler echocardiographic studies

scientific article published on 01 December 1996

Report of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Sessions 2013, San Francisco--highlighting late-breaking trials

scientific article published on 5 April 2013

Rest and exercise echocardiography for early detection of pulmonary hypertension

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Right and left ventricular wall motion velocities as diagnostic indicators of constrictive pericarditis

scientific article published on 01 February 1998

Rivaroxaban, a novel oral anticoagulant, attenuates atherosclerotic plaque progression and destabilization in ApoE-deficient mice.

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Role of left atrial appendage in left atrial reservoir function as evaluated by left atrial appendage clamping during cardiac surgery

scientific article published on 01 February 1998

Role of pericardial fat: The good, the bad and the ugly

scientific article published on 19 August 2014

Serial imaging changes during treatment of immunoglobulin G4-related disease with multiple pseudotumors.

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Serum concentration of eicosapentaenoic acid is associated with cognitive function in patients with coronary artery disease

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Subclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis Burden in the Japanese: Comparison between Okinawa and Nagano Residents

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Systolic and diastolic mitral regurgitation in a patient with annulo-aortic ectasia demonstrated by color Doppler flow imaging

scientific article published in May 1996

The 'sail sound' and tricuspid regurgitation in Ebstein's anomaly: the value of echocardiography in evaluating their mechanisms

scientific article published in March 1997

The Effect of Sitagliptin on Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis in Type 2 Diabetes: The PROLOGUE Randomized Controlled Trial

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The pathophysiological role of oxidized cholesterols in epicardial fat accumulation and cardiac dysfunction: a study in swine fed a high caloric diet with an inhibitor of intestinal cholesterol absorption, ezetimibe

scientific article published on 31 May 2016

The physiological uptake pattern of (18)F-FDG in the left ventricular myocardium of patients without heart disease

scientific article published on January 2014

The role of short- and long-axis function in determining late diastolic left ventricular filling in patients with hypertension: assessment by pulsed Doppler tissue imaging

scientific article published in October 2002

Three-dimensional evaluation of dobutamine-induced changes in regional myocardial deformation in ischemic myocardium using ultrasonic strain measurements: the role of circumferential myocardial shortening

scientific article published on 02 July 2007

Transesophageal Pulsed Doppler Echocardiographic Study of Systolic Flow Velocity Patterns of the Pulmonary Vein in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

scientific article published on 01 February 1998

Transesophageal echocardiographic prediction of initially successful electrical cardioversion of isolated atrial fibrillation. Effects of left atrial appendage function

scientific article published on 01 July 1997

Transesophageal pulsed Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of left atrial systolic performance in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: combined analysis of transmitral and pulmonary venous flow velocities

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Tricuspid annular motion velocity as a differentiation index of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from hypertensive heart disease

scientific article published on 8 September 2014

Up-regulation of ectopic trypsins in the myocardium by influenza A virus infection triggers acute myocarditis

scientific article published on November 16, 2010

Use of angiotensin II stress pulsed tissue Doppler imaging to evaluate regional left ventricular contractility in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

Utility of lower limb positive pressure test for diagnosis of diastolic heart failure: a case report

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

Validation of longitudinal peak systolic strain by speckle tracking echocardiography with visual assessment and myocardial perfusion SPECT in patients with regional asynergy.

scientific article published on 16 November 2010

Vegetation in the coronary sinus that concealed the presence of a coronary arteriovenous fistula in a patient with infectious endocarditis.

scientific article published on 11 January 2016

Ventricular tachycardia in cardiac sarcoidosis controlled by radiofrequency catheter ablation.

scientific article published in June 2011

[Changes in pulmonary venous and transmitral flow velocity patterns after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation]

scientific article published on 01 June 1995

[Chronic heart failure: progress in diagnosis and treatment. Topics: II. Progress in diagnosis: 3. Echocardiography]

scientific article published on 01 February 2012

[Evaluation of cardiac function by pulsed and continuous Doppler echocardiography and tissue Doppler imaging]

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

[Sigmoid septum]

scientific article published on 01 January 1996