Cardiology - Diagnostics News & Articles

1 Ventricular pressure–volume loops obtained by 3D real-time echocardiography and mini pressure wire—a feasibility study Clinical Research in Cardiology, May 23, 2013    Clinical Article

2 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    Clinical Article
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3 Predictive Value of Cardiac Computed Tomography and the Impact of Renal Function on All Cause Mortality (from Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Evaluation for Clinical Outcomes) The American Journal of Cardiology, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

4 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    Clinical Article

5 Yield of Routine Provocative Cardiac Testing Among Patients in an Emergency Department–Based Chest Pain Unit: Yield of Stress Testing in Emergency Department Observation Units JAMA Internal Medicine, May 21, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Clinical Article

6 Regional Difference of Microcirculation in Patients with Asymmetric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Transthoracic Doppler Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve Analysis Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

7 Intrapulmonary Shunt Is a Potentially Unrecognized Cause of Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

8 The Assessment of Atrial Function in Single Ventricle Hearts from Birth to Fontan: A Speckle-Tracking Study by Using Strain and Strain Rate Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

9 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    Clinical Article

10 In Vivo Evaluation of Carotid Artery Stents Using Multi-Detector-Row Computed Tomography Angiography: Comparison of 3 Kernels Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, May 20, 2013    Clinical Article

11 Improving Prediction of Outcomes in African Americans With Normal Stress Echocardiograms Using a Risk Scoring System The American Journal of Cardiology, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

12 Evaluation of Circulation Disorder in Coronary Slow Flow by Fundus Fluorescein Angiography The American Journal of Cardiology, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

13 Relation of Pulse and Systolic and Mean Blood Pressure to Severe Renal Artery Stenosis in Patients Undergoing Concurrent Coronary and Renal Angiography The American Journal of Cardiology, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

14 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    Clinical Article

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    Clinical Article

16 Assessment of Coronary Flow with Transthoracic Color Doppler Echocardiography in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Echocardiography, May 16, 2013    Clinical Article

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

18 Severe aortic arch calcification depicted on chest radiography strongly suggests coronary artery calcification European Radiology, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article

19 Surface–length index: a novel index for rapid detection of right ventricles with abnormal ejection fraction using cardiac MRI European Radiology, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article

20 The impairment of the parasympathetic modulation is involved in the age-related change in mitral E/A ratio Heart and Vessels, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article

1 Echocardiography in pericardial diseases: new developments Heart Failure Reviews, April 19, 2013

2 Effect of Metoprolol Versus Carvedilol on Outcomes in MADIT-CRT (Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy) JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 3, 2013

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

4 Postmortem cardiac 3T magnetic resonance imaging: Visualizing the sudden cardiac death? JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 12, 2013

5 Relation of vascular stiffness with epicardial and pericardial adipose tissues, and coronary atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis, April 1, 2013

6 Safety and Effect of Very Low Levels of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol on Cardiovascular Events The American Journal of Cardiology, April 4, 2013

7 Effects of prednisone on biomarkers of tubular damage induced by radiocontrast in interventional cardiology Journal of Nephrology, April 5, 2013    Review Article

8 Clinical outcomes and cost implications of routine early PCI after fibrinolysis: One-year follow-up of the Trial of Routine Angioplasty and Stenting after Fibrinolysis to Enhance Reperfusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction (TRANSFER-AMI) study American Heart Journal, April 11, 2013

9 Stress-induced cardiomyopathy (Tako-Tsubo syndrome) in Austria European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, April 16, 2013

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

11 MSCT guided sizing of the Edwards Sapien XT TAVI device: Impact of different degrees of oversizing on clinical outcome International Journal of Cardiology, April 18, 2013

12 Cardiorenal Anemia Syndrome as a Prognosticator for Death in Heart Failure The American Journal of Cardiology, April 4, 2013

13 Utility of established cardiovascular disease risk score models for the 10-year prediction of disease outcomes in women Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy , April 24, 2013    Review Article

14 Institution-Wide QT Alert System Identifies Patients With a High Risk of Mortality Mayo Clinic Proceedings, April 2, 2013

15 B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Prognosis in Heart Failure Patients With Preserved and Reduced Ejection Fraction JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 3, 2013    Free full text

16 Long term survival in elderly patients with stable coronary disease European Journal of Clinical Investigation, April 17, 2013

17 Predicting the future in patients with atrial fibrillation: who develops heart failure? European Journal of Heart Failure, March 28, 2013

18 Classification of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Using American Society of Echocardiography Guidelines: Agreement among Echocardiographers Echocardiography, April 2, 2013    Clinical Guideline

19 Atrial Fibrillation in the 21st Century: A Current Understanding of Risk Factors and Primary Prevention Strategies Mayo Clinic Proceedings, April 2, 2013    Review Article
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20 Prognostic value of unrecognised myocardial infarction detected by late gadolinium-enhanced MRI in diabetic patients with normal global and regional left ventricular systolic function European Radiology, April 9, 2013