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  1. Supra-Normal Ejection Fraction at Hospital Admission Stratifies Mortality Risk in HFpEF Patients Aged ≥ 70 Years
  2. Comprehensive Assessment of Biventricular and Biatrial Myocardial Strain Parameters at 4 Years Postpartum in a Cohort of Women with Previous Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
  3. Prognostic Role and Determinants of Ascending Aorta Dilatation in Non-Advanced Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Preliminary Observation from a Tertiary University Centre
  4. Supra-Normal Ejection Fraction at Hospital Admission Stratifies Mortality Risk in HFpEF Patients Aged ≥70 Years
  5. Could Pulsed Wave Tissue Doppler Imaging Solve the Diagnostic Dilemma of Right Atrial Masses and Pseudomasses? A Case Series and Literature Review
  6. Could Pulsed Wave Tissue Doppler Imaging Solve the Diagnostic Dilemma of Right Atrial Masses and Pseudomasses? A Case Series and Literature Review
  7. Echocardiographic Assessment of Biventricular Mechanics of Fetuses and Infants of Gestational Diabetic Mothers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  8. Prevalence of Mitral Valve Prolapse Among Individuals with Pectus Excavatum: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  9. Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Atrial Mechanics in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Electrical Cardioversion: A Systematic Review
  10. Echocardiographic Assessment of Mitral Valve Prolapse Prevalence before and after the Year 1999: A Systematic Review
  11. Lights and shadows on left atrial appendage occlusion: mind the gap in knowledge and think twice on long-term outcomes
  12. Exercise-induced pseudo-ischaemic electrocardiographic changes in a female with concave-shaped chest wall
  13. Is It Possible to Predict False-Positive Exercise Stress Echocardiography Results by Measuring the Left Atrial Antero-Posterior Diameter?
  14. The Influence of Anthropometrics on Cardiac Mechanics in Healthy Women With Opposite Obesity Phenotypes (Android vs Gynoid)
  15. From ejection fraction, to myocardial strain, and myocardial work in echocardiography: Clinical impact and controversies
  16. Influence of chest wall conformation on reproducibility of main echocardiographic indices of left ventricular systolic function
  17. Incidental Finding of Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Right Atrial Free Wall in an Elderly Female With Severe Pulmonary Hypertension: Early Detection by Multimodality Imaging
  18. Modified Haller Index is inversely associated with asymptomatic status in atrial fibrillation patients undergoing electrical cardioversion: a preliminary observation
  19. The effect of gestational diabetes mellitus on carotid artery intima-media thickness in and after pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  20. Does chest wall conformation influence myocardial strain parameters in COVID-19 patients with anxiety disorders?
  21. Presumed Takotsubo syndrome is associated with high in-hospital mortality in very elderly frail females: a case series
  22. The wide spectrum of determinants of false-positive results on exercise stress echocardiography
  23. Ejection fraction at hospital admission stratifies mortality risk in HFmrEF patients aged ≥ 70 years: a retrospective analysis from a tertiary university institution
  24. The influence of pectus excavatum on cardiac kinetics and function in otherwise healthy individuals: A systematic review
  25. Patent foramen ovale closure after cryptogenic stroke: sometimes uncertain benefit maybe, or even potential harm in the long run?
  26. Case Report: An Unusual Case of High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism in a Post-COVID 19 Female Under Hormonal Contraception
  27. Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology: Why So Many Great Promises and Expectations, but Still a Limited Clinical Impact?
  28. Cryptogenic Stroke, Patent Foramen Ovale Closure, and Mid to Long-term Outcomes: Rising Shadows of Doubt
  29. An unusual case of ascending aorta dissection 4 years after perceval sutureless bioprosthesis implantation: Easier access to diagnosis through the right parasternal longitudinal echocardiographic window
  30. Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Echocardiography: Many Expectations, but Deep Uncertainties for Defining Strategies to Overcome Difficulties and Obstacles
  31. The Changing Complementary Role of Multimodality Imaging in Clinical Cardiology
  32. Molecular Approaches and Echocardiographic Deformation Imaging in Detecting Myocardial Fibrosis
  33. Correlation between maternal and neonatal myocardial strain parameters in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus: A post hoc analysis
  34. Misinterpretation of pedunculated myocardial trabeculae on transesophageal echocardiography: a case series
  35. Charlson comorbidity index, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and undertreatment with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors predict in-hospital mortality of hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the omicron dominant period
  36. The influence of chest wall conformation on myocardial strain parameters in a cohort of mitral valve prolapse patients with and without mitral annular disjunction
  37. Modified Haller index is inversely correlated with true positive exercise stress echocardiographic results
  38. Chest Shape Influences Ventricular-Arterial Coupling Parameters in Infants with Pectus Excavatum
  39. Modified Haller index validation and correlation with left ventricular strain in a cohort of subjects with obesity and without overt heart disease
  40. Comprehensive assessment of biventricular myocardial function by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in infants of gestational diabetic mothers
  41. Obesity in pregnancy is a predictor of persistent subclinical myocardial dysfunction over postpartum period
  42. Why are left ventricular linear internal diameters still so important for clinical decision-making to undergo surgery in asymptomatic patients with chronic severe aortic or primary mitral regurgitation?
  43. Artificial intelligence applied to cardiovascular imaging, a critical focus on echocardiography: The point‐of‐view from “the other side of the coin”
  44. Left ventricular strain predicts subclinical atherosclerosis in nonadvanced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease patients
  45. Liver stiffness measurement identifies subclinical myocardial dysfunction in non-advanced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients without overt heart disease
  46. CHA2DS2-VASc score stratifies mortality risk in heart failure patients aged 75 years and older with and without atrial fibrillation
  47. Rare incidental findings of large congenital subvalvular aortic aneurysm in asymptomatic adults: To operate or not to operate? So far from lightness
  48. Incremental prognostic value of arterial elastance in mild-to-moderate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  49. Prognostic indicators of persistent carotid intima-media thickness increase in postpartum period in a population of normotensive women with gestational diabetes mellitus
  50. The impact of short-term hyperglycemia and obesity on biventricular and biatrial myocardial function assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography in a population of women with gestational diabetes mellitus
  51. Influence of chest wall conformation on spirometry parameters and outcome in mild-to-moderate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  52. Prevalence and clinical outcome of main echocardiographic and hemodynamic heart failure phenotypes in a population of hospitalized patients 70 years old and older
  53. Impact of Chest Wall Conformation on the Outcome of Primary Mitral Regurgitation due to Mitral Valve Prolapse
  54. Usefulness of second trimester left ventricular global longitudinal strain for predicting adverse maternal outcome in pregnant women aged 35 years or older
  55. Rapid Risk Stratification of Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients in the Emergency Department: The Incremental Prognostic Role of Left Atrial Reservoir Strain
  56. Mechanical concordance between left atrium and left atrial appendage in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: can it be exploited to avoid transesophageal echocardiography prior to electrical cardioversion during Covid-19 pandemic?
  57. Does chest wall conformation influence myocardial strain parameters in infants with pectus excavatum?
  58. Case Report: An Unusual Case of Biventricular Thrombosis in a COVID-19 Patient With Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Assessment of Mass Mobility and Embolic Risk by Tissue Doppler Imaging
  59. Does chest shape influence exercise stress echocardiographic results in patients with suspected coronary artery disease?
  60. Chest conformation spuriously influences strain parameters of myocardial contractile function in healthy pregnant women
  61. Appropriate use criteria implementation with modified Haller index for predicting stress echocardiographic results and outcome in a population of patients with suspected coronary artery disease
  62. Correlation Between Doppler Echocardiography and Right Heart Catheterisation-Derived Systolic and Mean Pulmonary Artery Pressures: Determinants of Discrepancies Between the Two Methods
  63. Prognostic Value of Modified Haller Index in Patients with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Referred for Exercise Stress Echocardiography
  64. Influence of chest conformation on ventricular‐arterial coupling during normal pregnancy
  65. Incremental prognostic role of left atrial reservoir strain in asymptomatic patients with moderate aortic stenosis
  66. An unusual case of painless type A aortic dissection
  67. Incremental diagnostic role of left atrial strain analysis in thrombotic risk assessment of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients planned for electrical cardioversion
  68. Reduced Myocardial Strain Parameters in Subjects With Pectus Excavatum: Impaired Myocardial Function or Methodological Limitations Due to Chest Deformity?
  69. The strain and strain rate imaging paradox in echocardiography: overabundant literature in the last two decades but still uncertain clinical utility in an individual case
  70. Association between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and carotid artery wall thickness in healthy pregnant women
  71. Prognostic Relevance of Left Ventricular Thrombus Motility: Assessment by Pulsed Wave Tissue Doppler Imaging
  72. Influence of chest conformation on myocardial strain parameters in healthy subjects with mitral valve prolapse
  73. Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography for Cardioncological Evaluation in Bevacizumab-Treated Colorectal Cancer Patients
  74. Cancer in chronic heart failure patients in the GISSI‐HF trial
  75. Early left atrial dysfunction in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients without chronic right heart failure
  76. False‐positive electrocardiographic changes during exercise test in a patient with pectus excavatum
  77. Unusual presentation of acute pulmonary hypertension in a patient with bilateral pneumonia and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  78. Incremental prognostic value of global left atrial peak strain in women with new-onset gestational hypertension
  79. Simplified three-dimensional spatial approach for improving confidence in reliably measuring left ventricular linear internal dimensions
  80. A rare case of native pulmonary valve infective endocarditis complicated by septic pulmonary embolism
  81. Modes of death and prognostic outliers in chronic heart failure
  82. A nonfatal massive pulmonary embolism in a very old patient: The protective filter-effect of the Chiari Network
  83. Heterogeneity of clinical presentation in Tako-Tsubo syndromes
  84. Statistics is good, but what is best for the single patient?
  85. AnatoMy and physIopathoLogy of the heArt in a ceNtenarian cOhort (MILANO study)
  86. Prognostic value of global left atrial peak strain in patients with acute ischemic stroke and no evidence of atrial fibrillation
  87. Is there a role for tissue Doppler imaging in predicting thromboembolic risk? A challenging case report of dilated cardiomyopathy with intracardiac thrombus and recurrent stroke
  88. Prognostic impact of elevated serum uric acid levels on long-term outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure: A post-hoc analysis of the GISSI-HF (Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nella Insufficienza Cardiaca-Heart Failure) trial
  89. A New modified anthropometric haller index obtained without radiological exposure
  90. Circulating microRNA-132 levels improve risk prediction for heart failure hospitalization in patients with chronic heart failure
  91. Prognostic Impact of Diabetes and Prediabetes on Survival Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: A Post‐Hoc Analysis of the GISSI‐HF (Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nella Insufficienza Cardiaca‐Heart Failure) Trial
  92. PFO and Left atrial appendage closure to prevent stroke: are they really useful ?
  93. Prognostic effects of rosuvastatin in patients with co-existing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic heart failure: A sub-analysis of GISSI-HF trial
  94. Clinical and echocardiographic predictors of long-term outcome of a large cohort of patients with bicuspid aortic valve
  95. An unusual etiology of torsade de pointes-induced syncope
  96. Prevalence and Prognostic Impact of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: Data from the GISSI-HF Trial
  97. Tricuspid Annuloplasty for Tricuspid Regurgitation Secondary to Left-Sided Heart Valve Disease: Immediate Outcomes and Risk Factors for Late Failure
  98. Flexible band versus rigid ring annuloplasty for functional tricuspid regurgitation: two different patterns of right heart reverse remodelling
  99. Left ventricular shape and mass impact torsional dynamics in asymptomatic patients with chronic aortic regurgitation and normal left ventricular ejection fraction
  100. Regular Wine Consumption in Chronic Heart Failure
  101. Risk of Stroke in Chronic Heart Failure Patients Without Atrial Fibrillation: Analysis of the Controlled Rosuvastatin in Multinational Trial Heart Failure (CORONA) and the Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell'Insufficienza Cardiaca-He...
  102. A reliable witness
  103. Impact of metabolic syndrome traits on cardiovascular function
  104. The Anp genetic variant Rs5068 and circulating levels of natriuretic peptides in patients with chronic heart failure
  105. Characterization of anp genetic variant rs5068 in chronic heart failure patients
  106. Cardiac Structure and Function and Insulin Resistance in Morbidly Obese Patients: Does Superobesity Play an Additional Role?
  107. Letter by De Mattia et al Regarding Article, “Digital Clubbing”
  108. n ‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and atrial fibrillation in patients with chronic heart failure: the GISSI‐HF trial
  109. Tubular Damage and Worsening Renal Function in Chronic Heart Failure
  110. Cardiac structure and function and insulin resistance in morbid obese patients: does superobesity play a further role?
  111. Impact of different ATP III traits of metabolic syndrome on cardiac remodeling and function
  112. The ANP Genetic Variant rs5068 Is Associated with Higher Circulating Concentrations of Natriuretic Peptides in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
  113. The role of statin treatment in valvular heart disease: is the jury still out?
  114. Uric acid: A cardiovascular risk factor in patients with recent myocardial infarction
  115. Wine consumption and risk of cardiovascular events after myocardial infarction: Results from the GISSI-Prevenzione trial
  116. The ventricular-arterial coupling: From basic pathophysiology to clinical application in the echocardiography laboratory
  117. Impact of Associated Significant Aortic Regurgitation on Left Ventricular Remodeling and Hemodynamic Impairment in Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis
  118. Predictors of Mortality in 6975 Patients With Chronic Heart Failure in the Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Streptochinasi nell'Infarto Miocardico-Heart Failure Trial
  119. Autonomic markers and cardiovascular and arrhythmic events in heart failure patients: still a place in prognostication? Data from the GISSI-HF trial
  120. Septal pacing: ready for prime time?
  121. Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Triggered By A Monomorphic Ventricular Couplet In A Patient With Acute Coronary Syndrome
  122. Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia induced by Valsalva manoeuvre in a patient with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia
  123. Incremental Value of Arterial Stiffness Over Traditional Risk Factors in Predicting Subclinical Cardiovascular Remodeling in Patients With Moderate Chronic Renal Failure
  124. Effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on malignant ventricular arrhythmias in patients with chronic heart failure and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: A substudy of the Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell’Insufficienza C...
  125. Cardiogenic shock with basal transient left ventricular ballooning (Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy) as first presentation of pheochromocytoma
  126. CME: Long-Term Outcome in Asymptomatic Patients with Severe Aortic Regurgitation, Normal Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction, and Severe Left Ventricular Dilatation
  127. Effect of Hydroxymethylglutaryl Coenzyme-A Reductase Inhibitors on the Long-Term Progression of Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
  128. Left ventricular torsional dynamics in aortic stenosis: relationship between left ventricular untwisting and filling pressures. A two-dimensional speckle tracking study
  129. Prevalence and Prognostic Value of Elevated Urinary Albumin Excretion in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
  130. Prognostic Value of Ventricular-Arterial Coupling and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Patients After Myocardial Infarction: A Five-Year Follow-Up Study
  131. Effects of rosuvastatin on atrial fibrillation occurrence: ancillary results of the GISSI-HF trial
  132. Echo-Tracking Assessment of Carotid Artery Stiffness in Patients with Aortic Valve Stenosis
  133. Effect of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and rosuvastatin in patients with heart failure: results of the GISSI-HF trial
  134. Relation of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Aortic Valve Sclerosis (from the ISMIR Study [“Ispessimento Medio Intimale e Rischio Cardiovascolare”] of the Italian Society of Cardiovascular Echography)
  135. Hydroxymethylglutaryl Coenzyme-A Reductase Inhibitors Delay the Progression of Rheumatic Aortic Valve Stenosis
  136. Effects of perindopril on cardiac remodelling and prognostic value of pre-discharge quantitative echocardiographic parameters in elderly patients after acute myocardial infarction: the PREAMI echo sub-study
  137. Homologous in vitro fertilization in Turner syndrome: insights from a case report
  138. Arterial stiffness and ventricular stiffness: a couple of diseases or a coupling disease? A review from the cardiologist's point of view
  139. Association between Carotid and Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Aortic Valve Stenosis: An Angiographic Study
  140. Effect of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in patients with chronic heart failure (the GISSI-HF trial): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
  141. Effect of rosuvastatin in patients with chronic heart failure (the GISSI-HF trial): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
  142. Stage-Related Effect of Statin Treatment on the Progression of Aortic Valve Sclerosis and Stenosis
  143. Heart failure in patients with aortic stenosis: Clinical and prognostic significance of carbohydrate antigen 125 and brain natriuretic peptide measurement
  144. Correction
  145. Major rectus abdominis hematoma complicating low molecular weight heparin therapy
  146. Left atrial remodelling early after mitral valve repair for degenerative mitral regurgitation
  147. Coffee Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Events After Acute Myocardial Infarction
  148. Prognostic Role of Left Atrial Volume in Elderly Patients with Symptomatic Stable Chronic Heart Failure: Comparison with Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide
  149. Efficacy of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids according to clinical characteristics of patients with recent myocardial infarction: insights from the GISSI-Prevenzione trial
  150. Late coronary thrombosis in paclitaxel-eluting stents. Case reports
  151. Re-expansion unilateral pulmonary oedema after surgical drainage of a giant hepatic cyst: a case report
  152. Double-exit transaortic sinus cusp ventricular tachycardia: An unusual form of idiopathic outflow tract tachycardia treated by radiofrequency catheter ablation
  153. High pulse pressure and low mean arterial pressure: two predictors of death after a myocardial infarction
  154. Severe ventricular dysrhythmias and silent ischemia during infusion of the antimetabolite 5-fluorouracil and cis-platin
  155. Tumour markers in chronic heart failure. Review of the literature and clinical implications
  156. A medical therapy for aortic valve sclerosis and aortic valve stenosis? Rationale of the ASSIST study (Asymptomatic aortic Sclerosis/Stenosis: Influence of STatins): a large, observational, prospective, multicenter study of the Italian Society of Cardi...
  157. Is there a role of statins in the prevention of aortic biological prostheses degeneration
  158. Vitamin E increases the risk of developing heart failure after myocardial infarction: results from the GISSI-Prevenzione trial
  159. Use of the Ejection Fraction-Velocity Ratio in the Hemodynamic Assessment of Aortic Bioprosthetic Valves
  160. “Back to the future” with the Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine (formerly Italian Heart Journal)!
  161. Critical success factors for establishing a multidisciplinary health community knowledge management system using internet-based ICTs: the cardiology paradigm
  162. Determinantes de insuficiencia cardíaca tardía postinfarto de miocardio: resultados del estudio GISSI Prevenzione
  163. Left ventricular systolic dysfunction, total mortality, and sudden death in patients with myocardial infarction treated with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids
  164. Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Cardiovascular Events After Myocardial Infarction
  165. Right ventricular functional recovery after acute myocardial infarction: relation with left ventricular function and interventricular septum motion. GISSI-3 echo substudy
  166. Rationale and design of the GISSI heart failure trial: a large trial to assess the effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and rosuvastatin in symptomatic congestive heart failure
  167. Left atrium remodeling after acute myocardial infarction (results of the GISSI-3 Echo Substudy)
  168. Doppler-derived mitral deceleration time as a strong prognostic marker of left ventricular remodeling and survival after acute myocardial infarction
  169. 1108-115 Right ventricular function recovery after acute myocardial infarction: The relation with left ventricular function and interventricular septum motion—The GISSI-3 echo substudy
  170. Effect of statins on the progression of bioprosthetic aortic valve degeneration
  171. Beneficial effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and nitrate association on left ventricular remodeling in patients with large acute myocardial infarction: the delapril remodeling after acute myocardial infarction (DRAMI) trial
  172. Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis
  173. P2285 Could statins slow the degeneration of aortic biological prosthesis?
  174. Asymptomatic Isolated Congenital Left Ventricular Muscular Diverticulum In An Adult: A Case Report
  175. Is the SCP-ECG format suitable for inpatient ECG management?
  176. Is Transesophageal Echocardiography Always Necessary Before Cardioversion of AF Patients After Conventional Anticoagulation Therapy?
  177. Progression of aortic valve sclerosis to aortic stenosis
  178. Relation of the total ejection isovolume index to symptoms in aortic stenosis
  179. Dynamic Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in the Setting of Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction: A Serious and Potentially Fatal Complication?
  180. Relation between early mitral regurgitation and left ventricular thrombus formation after acute myocardial infarction: results of the GISSI-3 echo substudy
  181. Early Protection Against Sudden Death by n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids After Myocardial Infarction
  182. Prediction of 6 months left ventricular dilatation after myocardial infarction in relation to cardiac morbidity and mortality. Application of a new dilatation model to GISSI-3 data
  183. Left ventricular filling and remodeling after myocardial infarction: results from the GISSI-3 echo substudy
  184. Value of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of compressive, atypically located pericardial cysts
  185. Assessment of absolute risk of death after myocardial infarction by use of multiple-risk-factor assessment equations; GISSI-Prevenzione mortality risk chart
  186. Association between mitral annular calcium and carotid artery stenosis and role of age and gender
  187. Heterogeneity of left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction: Results of the Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell’Infarto Miocardico-3 Echo Substudy
  188. Validation of the ejection fraction-velocity ratio: a new simplified “function-corrected” index for assessing aortic stenosis severity
  189. Dietary Supplementation With n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Vitamin E After Myocardial Infarction: Results of the Gissi-Prevenzione Trial
  190. Pulmonary artery hypertension in adult patients with symptomatic valvular aortic stenosis
  191. Electrocardiographic evolutionary changes and left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction11The Investigators and Institutions participating in the GISSI-3 Echo Substudy are listed in the Appendix.
  192. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects of high-dose continuous intravenous verapamil infusion
  193. LEFT ATRIAL FUNCTION AND THE EFFECTS OF CARDIOVERSION
  194. Echocardiography in pulmonary embolism disease
  195. Echocardiography to understand remodeling and to assess prognosis after acute myocardial infarction
  196. Comparison Between Aortic Valve Resistance and Orifice Area in Assessing Aortic Stenosis Severity
  197. Long-term T-Wave Evolutionary Changes Predict Unfavorable Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction
  198. Timing and Magnitude of Left Ventricular Remodeling After Acute Myocardial Infaction in the GISSI3 - Echo Substudy
  199. Non-linear pharmacokinetics of high-dose intravenous verapamil
  200. Dynamic Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction During Myocardial Ischemia in Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome
  201. Modifications of Oxygen Saturation During Transesophageal Echocardiography
  202. The prognostic value of predischarge quantitative two-dimensional echocardiographic measurements and the effects of early lisinopril treatment on left ventricular structure and function after acute myocardial infarction in the GISSI-3 Trial
  203. Reproducibility of wall motion score and its correlation with left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with acute myocardial infarction
  204. Supernormal Left Ventricular Performance in Young Subjects with Mild Hypertension: An Alerting Response to the Echocardiographic Procedure?
  205. Direct demonstration of an air-fluid interface by two-dimensional echocardiography: A new diagnostic sign of hydropneumopericardium
  206. Relation of right ventricular morphology and function in pectus excavatum to the severity of the chest wall deformity
  207. Spontaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale and disappearance of impending paradoxical embolism after fibrinolytic therapy in the course of massive pulmonary embolism
  208. Long-term evaluation of patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  209. Influence of Variable Loading Conditions on Pulsed Doppler Indices of Left Ventricular Ejection Dynamics
  210. Effect of atrial fibrillation on pulmonary venous flow patterns: transoesophageal pulsed Doppler echocardiographic study
  211. Diagnosis of heart tumours by transoesophageal echocardiography: a multicentre study in 154 patients
  212. Determinants of 6-month mortality in survivors of myocardial infarction after thrombolysis. Results of the GISSI-2 data base. The Ad hoc Working Group of the Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell'Infarto Miocardico (GISSI)-2 Data Base.
  213. A Large Left Ventricular Thrombus Evolving Towards Canalization and Mimicking a Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm: An Echocardiographic Study
  214. Echocardiographic prediction of the final event in patients dying of acute myocardial infarction
  215. Role of transesophageal echocardiography in evaluation of pulmonary venous obstruction by paracardiac neoplastic masses
  216. Limitations in the assessment of changes of cardiac output by Doppler echocardiography under various hemodynamic conditions
  217. Spontaneous Idiopathic Subclavian Arteriovenous Fistula: A Case Report
  218. Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in evaluation of paracardiac neoplastic masses
  219. Modification of the characteristics of regurgitant jets when impinging upon a surface: an in-vitro investigation using Doppler colour flow mapping
  220. Clustering of risk factors in hypertensive insulin-dependent diabetics with high sodium-lithium countertransport
  221. Isolated Tricuspid Valve Prolapse: Evaluation by Cross-Sectional and Doppler Echocardiography
  222. Quantification of Mitral Regurgitation: Comparison Between Transthoracic and Transesophageal Color Doppler Flow Mapping
  223. Familial dilated cardiomyopathy: a transverse and longitudinal clinical and echocardiographic study
  224. Echocardiographic contrast imaging of the human right heart: A multicenter study of the efficacy, safety, and reproducibility of intravenous SHU-454
  225. Sodium-lithium countertransport and cardiorenal abnormalities in essential hypertension.
  226. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
  227. Relation Between Three-Dimensional Geometry of the Inflow Tract to the Orifice and the Area, Shape, and Velocity of Regurgitant Color Doppler Jets: An In Vitro Study
  228. Transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiographic documentation of disappearance of massive right atrial and pulmonary artery thromboemboli after fibrinolytic therapy and normalization of left ventricular dimensions and function
  229. Computerized network organization design for clinical patient data management of a cardiology department
  230. Sensitivity and Specificity of Electrocardiographic ST-T Changes as Markers of Neoplastic Myocardial Infiltration
  231. Interobserver and echo-angio variability of two-dimensional colour Doppler evaluation of aortic and mitral regurgitation
  232. Echocardiographic findings of left ventricular hypertrophy and normalization of parameters of left ventricular function in patients with previous evidence of dilated and poorly contracting left ventricle and coexisting systemic hypertension
  233. Influence of aortic regurgitation on the assessment of the pressure half-time and derived mitral-valve area in patients with mitral stenosis
  234. Prolapse of atrioventricular valve leaflets in the setting of double orifice
  235. Feasibility and variability of six methods for the echocardiographic and Doppler determination of cardiac output.
  236. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with myotonic muscular dystrophy (Steinert's disease)
  237. Abnormal myocardial texture demonstrated by ultrasound in two patients with idiopathic haemochromatosis
  238. Normalization of variables of left ventricular function in patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy after cessation of excessive alcohol intake: an echocardiographic study
  239. Secondary neoplastic infiltration of the myocardium diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography in seven cases with anatomic confirmation
  240. Dual-chamber transvenous pacemaker implantation via anomalous left superior vena cava
  241. Analysis of interobserver and intraobserver variation of interpretation of the echocardiographic and Doppler flow determination of cardiac output by the mitral orifice method.
  242. Prospective identification of patients with amyloid heart disease by two-dimensional echocardiography.
  243. Interpretative reproducibility of two-dimensional echocardiographic images. Analysis of intraobserver, interobserver and beat to beat reproducibility of the mitral value orifice
  244. Tissue characteristics of amyloid heart disease by two dimensional echocardiography
  245. Two-dimensional Echocardiographic Evaluation of Mitral Valve Calcification
  246. M-Mode and Two-Dimensional Echocardiography in Congenital Absence of the Pericardium
  247. Large right atrial thrombosis. Rare complication during permanent transvenous endocardial pacing.
  248. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Mitral Stenosis in Predicting Mitral Valve Replacement vs Commissurotomy
  249. Sensitivity and specificity of echocardiography in the assessment of valve calcification in mitral stenosis
  250. Alpha-adrenergic blocking activity of prazosin
  251. Serum dopamine β-hydroxylase (DBH) activity in acute myocardial infarction
  252. A SIMPLE DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN THE STEIN-LEVENTHAL SYNDROME
  253. Self-maintained collaborative and multidisciplinary system for knowledge management in cardiology
  254. Role of Echocardiography in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation Patients
  255. MOCAS: a multimedia object-oriented database system for cardiology
  256. Specifying and representing temporal abstractions on clinical data by a query language based on the event calculus
  257. A new approach to ECG tracing storage allowing full integration with clinical database
  258. Graphic extension of a cardiological database for acquisition and storage of qualitative information
  259. Computerized network organization design for clinical patient data management of a cardiology department
  260. On-line integrated cardiological database storage on magneto-optical disk autochanger