Cardiology - Diagnostics News & Articles

821 A simple score for rapid risk assessment of non-high-risk pulmonary embolism Clinical Research in Cardiology, January 4, 2013    Clinical Article

822 Coronary computed tomography and triple rule out CT in patients with acute chest pain and an intermediate cardiac risk for acute coronary syndrome European Journal of Radiology, January 3, 2013    Clinical Article

823 Hypertensive heart disease: MR tissue phase mapping reveals altered left ventricular rotation and regional myocardial long-axis velocities European Radiology, January 3, 2013    Clinical Article

824 Infarct-like Acute Myocarditis: Relation Between Electrocardiographic Findings and Myocardial Damage as Assessed by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Full Text Clinical Cardiology, January 3, 2013    Clinical Article

825 Echocardiography in the Potential Heart Donor Transplantation, January 3, 2013    Clinical Guideline

826 Noise-based tube current reduction method with iterative reconstruction for reduction of radiation exposure in coronary CT angiography European Journal of Radiology, January 3, 2013    Clinical Article

827 Coronary computed tomography and triple rule out CT in patients with acute chest pain and an intermediate cardiac risk profile. Part 1: Impact on patient management European Journal of Radiology, January 3, 2013    Clinical Article

828 The intra-observer reproducibility of cardiovascular magnetic resonance myocardial feature tracking strain assessment is independent of field strength European Journal of Radiology, January 3, 2013    Clinical Article

829 Hybrid cardiac imaging: Insights in the dilemma of the appropriate clinical management of patients with suspected coronary artery disease European Journal of Radiology, January 3, 2013    Clinical Article

830 Improved coronary in-stent visualization using a combined high-resolution kernel and a hybrid iterative reconstruction technique at 256-slice cardiac CT--Pilot study European Journal of Radiology, January 3, 2013    Review Article    Clinical Article

831 Successful Cryoablation of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia and Coexisting Accessory Pathways without Fluoroscopy Congenital Heart Disease, January 3, 2013    Clinical Article

832 Transesophageal Echocardiography Probe Insertion Failure in Infants Undergoing Cardiac Surgery Congenital Heart Disease, January 3, 2013    Clinical Article

833 Doppler Tissue Imaging Provides an Estimate of Pulmonary Arterial Pressure in Children with Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Congenital Intracardiac Shunts Congenital Heart Disease, January 3, 2013    Clinical Article

834 Feasibility and Safety of Transthoracic Echocardiography-Guided Transcatheter Closure of Atrial Septal Defects with Deficient Superior-Anterior Rims PLOS ONE, January 3, 2013    Clinical Guideline

835 Vitamin D Status and Coronary Flow Reserve Measured by Positron Emission Tomography: A Co-Twin Control Study Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, January 2, 2013

836 Quantitative Myocardial Contrast Supine Bicycle Stress Echocardiography for Detection of Coronary Artery Disease Echocardiography, January 2, 2013    Clinical Article

837 The diagnostic role of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in detecting myocardial inflammation in systemic lupus erythematosus. Differentiation from viral myocarditis Lupus, January 2, 2013

838 Imaging Strategies for Acute Chest Pain in the Emergency Department American Journal of Roentgenology, January 2, 2013    Clinical Article

839 Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Imaging With CT and MRI: Part 1, Morphology American Journal of Roentgenology, January 2, 2013    Clinical Article

840 Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Imaging With CT and MRI: Part 2, Function American Journal of Roentgenology, January 2, 2013

1 Feasibility and reliability of point-of-care pocket-size echocardiography performed by medical residents European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging, May 7, 2013

2 Anger and the Heart: Perspectives on Cardiac Risk, Mechanisms and Interventions Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases , May 1, 2013

3 Accuracy and Predictive Value of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography for the Detection of Obstructive Coronary Heart Disease in Patients With an Agatston Calcium Score Above 400 Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, May 16, 2013

4 Impacts of Mitral E/e' on Myocardial Contractile Motion and Synchronicity in Heart Failure Patients With Reduced Ejection Fraction: An Exercise–Echocardiography Study Clinical Cardiology, May 15, 2013    Free full text

5 Coronary CT angiography versus standard of care for assessment of chest pain in the emergency department Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, May 8, 2013

6 Pulmonary hypertension: diagnosis and management British Medical Journal, April 23, 2013    Review Article

7 Increased Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity as Measured by Echocardiography Is Strongly Associated with Poor Prognosis in Patients with Heart Failure Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, May 21, 2013

8 Predicting systolic anterior motion after mitral valve reconstruction: using intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiography to identify those at greatest risk European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 10, 2013

9 Transesophageal Echocardiography for Cardiac Thromboembolic Risk Assessment in Patients With Severe, Symptomatic Aortic Valve Stenosis Referred for Potential Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation The American Journal of Cardiology, May 6, 2013

10 Computed tomography-derived cardiovascular risk markers, incident cardiovascular events, and all-cause mortality in nondiabetics: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, May 23, 2013
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11 Oral Contraceptive Use and the ECG: Evidence of an Adverse QT Effect on Corrected QT Interval Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology, May 9, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine
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12 Relationship of low- and high-density lipoproteins to coronary artery plaque composition by CT angiography Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, May 8, 2013

13 Pregnancy Loss and Later Risk of Atherosclerotic Disease Circulation, May 1, 2013
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14 Acute myocardial infarction: early CT aspects of myocardial microcirculation obstruction after percutaneous coronary intervention European Radiology, May 8, 2013

15 Basilar Artery Atherosclerosis and Hypertensive Small Vessel Disease in Isolated Pontine Infarctions: A Study Based on High-Resolution MRI European Neurology, May 16, 2013

16 Comparison of Clinical Interpretation With Visual Assessment and Quantitative Coronary Angiography in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Contemporary Practice Circulation, May 2, 2013

17 Atrial fibrillation-induced cardiac troponin I release International Journal of Cardiology, April 29, 2013

18 Rapidly upsloping ST-segment on exercise ECG: a marker of reduced coronary heart disease mortality risk European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, May 3, 2013

19 Multidetector Computed Tomography for Coronary Stents Imaging: High-Voltage (140-kVp) Prospective ECG-Triggered Versus Standard-Voltage (120-kVp) Retrospective ECG-Gated Helical Scanning Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, May 20, 2013

20 Cystatin C is independently associated with total and cardiovascular mortality in individuals undergoing coronary angiography. The Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health (LURIC) study Atherosclerosis, May 28, 2013