Author Index

Index to Authors*

AAbaci A (see Tavil et al). 2007;20:366-72Abbas AE (see Bidart et al). 2007;20:270-5Abbas AE (see Lee et al). 2007;20:773-82 (Review article)Abdelmoneim SS, Mookadam F, Moustafa SE, Holmes DR. Coro-

nary artery fistula with anomalous coronary artery origin: Acase report. 2007;20:333.e1-e4 (Case rep.)

Abdulbaki K (see Fadel et al). 2007;20:438.e5-e8 (Case rep.)Abdulbaki K (see Fadel et al). 2007;20:438.e9-e12 (Case rep.)Abdulmalik A, Cohen G. The use of echocardiographic contrast-

enhanced rapid diagnosis of ruptured aortic dissection withtransthoracic echocardiography. 2007;20:1317.e5-e7 (Caserep.)

Abe Y (see Okajima et al). 2007;20:1203-10Abe Y (see Otsuka et al). 2007;20:1400-6Abraham TP (see Bellavia et al). 2007;20:1194-202Abraham TP (see Wang et al). 2007;20:1058-64Adams DB (see Agler et al). 2007;20:76-90Adams DB (see Hung et al). 2007;20:213-33 (ASE Position Paper)Adams DB (see Waggoner et al). 2007;20:70-5Adams MS (see Beeri et al). 2007;20:698-702Aeschlimann SE (see Gepner et al). 2007;20:1269-75Aeschlimann SE (see Tzou et al). 2007;20:421-6Afonso L (see Penugonda et al). 2007;20:1314.e9-e11 (Case rep.)Agler DA (see Waggoner et al). 2007;20:70-5Agler DA, Adams DB, Waggoner AD. Cardiac resynchronization

therapy and the emerging role of echocardiography (part 2):The comprehensive examination. 2007;20:76-90

Agmon Y (see Mutlak et al). 2007;20:405-8Agmon Y (see Yalonetsky et al). 2007;20:198.e1-e3 (Case rep.)Ahmad M (see Salinas et al). 2007;20:23-6Ahmed S, Honos GN, Walling AD, Michel CM, Sebag IA, Rudski

LG, Therrien J. Clinical outcome and echocardiographic pre-dictors of aortic valve replacement in patients with bicuspidaortic valve. 2007;20:998-1003

Ahn J-A (see Choi et al). 2007;20:738-43Ahn J-H (see Park et al). 2007;20:1010.e3-e6 (Case rep.)Akaiwa Y (see Ohara et al). 2007;20:439.e5-e10 (Case rep.)Akcay M, Bilen ES, Bilge M, Durmaz T, Kurt M. Prominent crista

terminalis: As an anatomic structure leading to atrial arrhyth-mias and mimicking right atrial mass. 2007;20:197.e9-e10 (Caserep.)

Akilli A (see Duygu et al). 2007;20:717-23Akin M (see Duygu et al). 2007;20:717-23Akins CW (see Beeri et al). 2007;20:698-702Aksoyek S (see Ozer et al). 2007;20:538.e5-e6 (Case rep.)Aksoyek S (see Ozer et al). 2007;20:538.e7-e8 (Case rep.)Al Amri M (see Fadel et al). 2007;20:438.e5-e8 (Case rep.)Al Amri M (see Fadel et al). 2007;20:438.e9-e12 (Case rep.)Albers AR (see Sanchez et al). 2007;20:905.e1-e3 (Case rep.)Al-Halees Z (see Fadel et al). 2007;20:438.e5-e8 (Case rep.)Alimento M (see Barbier et al). 2007;20:527-36Allrogen A (see Pascotto et al). 2007;20:1100-8Al-Zahrani GB (see Bellavia et al). 2007;20:1194-202Amado EA (see Conte et al). 2007;20:703-8Ammar R (see Shiran et al). 2007;20:690-7Ammash NM (see Melduni et al). 2007;20:1004-8

Amsel B (see Walpot et al). 2007;20:1220.e4-e6 (Case rep.)Andersen HR (see Terkelsen et al). 2007;20:505-11Andersen NH, Karlsen FM, Gerdes JC, Kaltoft A, Sloth E, Thuesen

L, Bøtker HE, Poulsen SH. No beneficial effects of coronarythrombectomy on left ventricular systolic and diastolic func-tion in patients with acute S-T Elevation myocardial infarction:A randomized clinical trial. 2007;20:724-30

Anderson A (see Lodato et al). 2007;20:103-12Andersson B (see Tang et al). 2007;20:731-7Antonchak M (see Sanchez et al). 2007;20:905.e1-e3 (Case rep.)Antoniucci D (see Carrabba et al). 2007;20:262-9Anwar AM (see Soliman et al). 2007;20:1042-9Anwar AM, Soliman OII, Geleijnse ML, Michels M, Vletter WB,

Nemes A, ten Cate FJ. Assessment of left atrial ejection force inhypertrophic cardiomyopathy using real-time three-dimen-sional echocardiography. 2007;20:744-8

Anwar AM, Soliman OII, Nemes A, Germans T, Krenning BJ,Geleijnse ML, Van Rossum AC, ten Cate FJ. Assessment of mitralannulus size and function by real-time 3-dimensional echocar-diography in cardiomyopathy: Comparison with magnetic res-onance imaging. 2007;20:941-8

Aravot D (see Shiran et al). 2007;20:690-7Arda K (see Tufekcioglu et al). 2007;20:895-904Areces M (see Saghir et al). 2007;20:151-7Arfanakis DA (see Parthenakis et al). 2007;20:1319.e7-e10 (Case

rep.)Arita T (see Fornwalt et al). 2007;20:1330-7Arnold R (see Poerner et al). 2007;20:1285-93Aronson D (see Mutlak et al). 2007;20:405-8Arribas JM (see Saura et al). 2007;20:906.e5-e8 (Case rep.)Arruda ALM, Pellikka PA, Olson TP, Johnson BD. Exercise capac-

ity, breathing pattern, and gas exchange during exercise forpatients with isolated diastolic dysfunction. 2007;20:838-46

Arruzzoli S (see Gaibazzi et al). 2007;20:1219.e3-e5 (Case rep.)Asai T (see Okajima et al). 2007;20:1203-10Ashraf M (see Hui et al). 2007;20:486-91Ashrafian H, Lim TK, Senior R. Carotid ultrasound imaging: An

effective technique for detecting early atherosclerosis-vascularscreening for cardiovascular disease has come of age. 2007;20:1-3

Atalar E (see Ozer et al). 2007;20:538.e5-e6 (Case rep.)Atalar E (see Ozer et al). 2007;20:538.e7-e8 (Case rep.)Atmaca H (see Ozdogru et al). 2007;20:1093-9Auger WR (see Gurudevan et al). 2007;20:1167-71Autschbach R (see Becker et al). 2007;20:681-9Awata M (see Onishi et al). 2007;20:158-64Ayres NA (see Lu et al). 2007;20:915-20Ayres NA (see Stapleton et al). 2007;20:492-7Aytekin S (see Tugcu et al). 2007;20:1319.e3-e5 (Case rep.)Ayusawa M (see Miyashita et al). 2007;20:930-3Azpitarte J (see Garcıa-Orta et al). 2007;20:4-12Azuma A (see Yamano et al). 2007;20:1415.e1-e2 (Case rep.)

BBadran HM, Elnoamany MF, Seteha M. Tissue velocity imaging

with dobutamine stress echocardiography-A quantitative tech-nique for identification of coronary artery disease in patientswith left bundle branch block. 2007;20:820-31

Bahler RC (see Hanna et al). 2007;20:144-50Bailey KR (see Bellavia et al). 2007;20:1194-202Bakal RB (see Izgi et al). 2007;20:1160-6Ballo P, Quatrini I, Giacomin E, Motto A, Mondillo S. Circumfer-

ential versus longitudinal systolic function in patients withhypertension: A nonlinear relation. 2007;20:298-306

Bangalore S (see Chaudhry et al). 2007;20:1380-5Bangalore S (see Yao et al). 2007;20:352-8Bangalore S, Gopinath D, Yao S-S, Chaudhry FA. Risk stratification

Indexes to the 18th Annual Scientific Sessions abstracts are locatedin the May issue.

*January, pp. 1-102; February, pp. 103-212; March, pp. 213-334;April, pp. 335-442; May, pp. 443-680; June, pp. 681-786; July,pp. 787-914; August, pp. 915-1020; September, pp. 1021-1118;October, pp. 1119-1226; November, pp. 1227-1320; December,pp. 1321-1470.

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using stress echocardiography: Incremental prognostic valueover historic, clinical, and stress electrocardiographic variablesacross a wide spectrum of bayesian pretest probabilities forcoronary artery disease. 2007;20:244-52

Barbati G (see Losi et al). 2007;20:1253-9Barberato SH, Pecoits-Filho R. Usefulness of left atrial volume for

the differentiation of normal from pseudonormal diastolicfunction pattern in patients on hemodialysis. 2007;20:359-65

Barbier P, Alimento M, Berna G, Celeste F, Gentile F, Mantero A,Montericcio V, Muratori M. High-grade video compression ofechocardiographic studies: A multicenter validation study ofselected motion pictures expert groups (MPEG)-4 algorithms.2007;20:527-36

Bardo D (see Cross et al). 2007;20:906.e9-e13 (Case rep.)Barili F (see Galli et al). 2007;20:1315.e5-e8 (Case rep.)Baroncini LAV. Short-term risk stratification with accelerated

high-dose dipyridamole stress echocardiography: Follow-upinto 301 consecutive outpatients. 2007;20:253-6

Basavarajaiah S, Oxborough D, Wilson M, Sharma S. Incidentalfinding of cor triatriatum in an asymptomatic elite athlete.2007;20:771.e9-e12 (Case rep.)

Bauer F (see Kim et al). 2007;20:1086-92Baumann G (see Knebel et al). 2007;20:335-41Baumann R (see Lodato et al). 2007;20:103-12Bax JJ (see Sozzi et al). 2007;20:257-61Bay Nielsen H (see Kjaergaard et al). 2007;20:27-35Beach KW (see Sikdar et al). 2007;20:1386-92Becher H (see Leeson et al). 2007;20:537.e3-e5 (Case rep.)Becker M, Kramann R, Dohmen G, Luckhoff A, Autschbach R,

Kelm M, Hoffmann R. Impact of left ventricular loading condi-tions on myocardial deformation parameters: Analysis of earlyand late changes of myocardial deformation parameters afteraortic valve replacement. 2007;20:681-9

Beeri R, Streckenbach SC, Isselbacher EM, Akins CW, VlahakesGJ, Adams MS, Levine RA. The crossed swords sign: Insightsinto the dilemma of repair in bileaflet mitral valve prolapse.2007;20:698-702

Beghi C (see Gaibazzi et al). 2007;20:1219.e3-e5 (Case rep.)Behm CZ (see Kaufmann et al). 2007;20:136-43Bellavia D, Abraham TP, Pellikka PA, Al-Zahrani GB, Dispenzieri A,

Oh JK, Bailey KR, Wood CM, Novo S, Miyazaki C, Miller FA Jr.Detection of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in cardiacamyloidosis with strain rate echocardiography. 2007;20:1194-202

Belohlavek M (see Korinek et al). 2007;20:1407-12Belohlavek M (see Korinek et al). 2007;20:165-70Belohlavek M (see Sengupta et al). 2007;20:539-51 (Review

article)Beppu S (see Yoshida et al). 2007;20:521-6Bercow N (see Mihalatos et al). 2007;20:397-404Berna G (see Barbier et al). 2007;20:527-36Bernstein NE (see Kronzon et al). 2007;20:119-25Bertaux G, Eicher J-C, Petit A, Dobšak P, Wolf J-E. Anotomic

interaction between the aortic root and the atrial septum: Aprospective echocardiographic study. 2007;20:409-14

Best LG (see Mishra et al). 2007;20:1300-6Betocchi S (see Losi et al). 2007;20:1253-9Beynon RP (see Borg et al). 2007;20:1149-59Bezold LI (see Stapleton et al). 2007;20:492-7Bhasin M (see Fornwalt et al). 2007;20:1330-7Biagini E (see Sozzi et al). 2007;20:257-61Bidart CM, Abbas AE, Parish JM, Chaliki HP, Moreno CA, Lester SJ.

The noninvasive evaluation of exercise-induced changes inpulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance.2007;20:270-5

Bijnens B (see Dambrauskaite et al). 2007;20:1172-80Bijnens B (see Ganame et al). 2007;20:1351-8Bilen ES (see Akcay et al). 2007;20:197.e9-e10 (Case rep.)Bilge M (see Akcay et al). 2007;20:197.e9-e10 (Case rep.)Birincioglu CL (see Tufekcioglu et al). 2007;20:895-904Bjallmark A, Larsson M, Winter R, Westholm C, Jacobsen P, Lind

B, Brodin L-A. Velocity tracking—A novel method for quantita-tive analysis of longitudinal myocardial function. 2007;20:847-56

Blair JE (see Brennan et al). 2007;20:857-61Blanchard DG (see Gurudevan et al). 2007;20:1167-71Blauwet LA, Malouf JF, Connolly HM, Hodge DO, Herges RM,

Sundt TM III, Miller FA Jr. Doppler echocardiography of 79normal CarboMedics mitral prostheses: A comprehensive as-sessment including time-velocity integral ratio and prosthesisperformance index. 2007;20:1125-30

Bleasdale RA (see Vinereanu et al). 2007;20:54-62Blessing E, Steen H, Rosenberg M, Katus H, Frey N. Recurrence of

takotsubo cardiomyopathy with variant forms of left ventricu-lar dysfunction. 2007;20:439.e11-e12 (Case rep.)

Blinc A (see Podbregar et al). 2007;20:276-80Block PC (see Silvestry et al). 2007;20:1131-40Bluemke D (see Wang et al). 2007;20:1058-64Bogers J-P (see Walpot et al). 2007;20:906.e1-e4 (Case rep.)Bomma C (see Wang et al). 2007;20:1058-64Bonapace S (see Conte et al). 2007;20:703-8Bondke H (see Knebel et al). 2007;20:335-41Borg AN, Deepak SM, Beynon RP, Williams SG, Ray SG. A

comprehensive tissue Doppler assessment of left ventricularfunction in patients with primary mitral regurgitation. 2007;20:1149-59

Borges AC (see Knebel et al). 2007;20:335-41Borggrefe M (see Poerner et al). 2007;20:1285-93Borowski A (see Sun et al). 2007;20:498-504Borsboom J (see Voormolen et al). 2007;20:373-80Bosch JG (see Soliman et al). 2007;20:1042-9Bosworth V (see Reising et al). 2007;20:1316.e1-e3 (Case rep.)Bøtker HE (see Andersen et al). 2007;20:724-30Bouzas A (see Peteiro et al). 2007;20:968-73Bouzas B (see Dumont et al). 2007;20:1247-52Bowry R (see Schupp et al). 2007;20:198.e6-e10 (Case rep.)Bradley TJ (see Sandor et al). 2007;20:1223 (Letters to the Editor)Brahmbhatt T (see Migrino et al). 2007;20:342-51Braverman AC (see Pelzel et al). 2007;20:1260-8Breithardt G (see Bruch et al). 2007;20:989-97Breithardt O-A. Correspondence on “double atrial septum with

persistent interatrial space”. 2007;20:786 (Letters to the editor)Brennan JM, Blair JE, Goonewardena S, Ronan A, Shah D,

Vasaiwala S, Kirkpatrick JN, Spencer KT. Reappraisal of the useof inferior vena cava for estimating right atrial pressure.2007;20:857-61

Brinster DR (see Kayser Jr. et al). 2007;20:1416.e7-e11 (Case rep.)Brochet E (see Holmin et al). 2007;20:1119-24Brodin L-A (see Winter et al). 2007;20:974-81Brodin L-A (see Bjallmark et al). 2007;20:847-56Bruch C, Reinecke H, Rothenburger M, Scheld HH, Whalley GA,

Stypmann J, Breithardt G, Wichter T, Gradaus R. Transmitralflow patterns and the presence of chronic kidney diseaseprovide independent and incremental prognostic informationin patients with heart failure and systolic dysfunction. 2007;20:989-97

Brugge WR (see Jassal et al). 2007;20:438.e1-e4 (Case rep.)Bruun NE (see Moller and Bruun). 2007;20:333.e5-e8 (Case rep.)Bu L (see Lu et al). 2007;20:915-20Bullock J (see Cross et al). 2007;20:906.e9-e13 (Case rep.)Burgess MI, Fang ZY, Marwick TH. Role of diastolic dyssynchrony

in the delayed relaxation pattern of left ventricular filling.2007;20:63-9

CCabalka AK (see Menon et al). 2007;20:1344-50Cabrera-Bueno F, Gomez-Doblas JJ, Munoz-Garcıa A, Garcıa-Pinilla

JM, Navarro MJ, de Teresa-Galvan E. Effort angina, normalcoronary angiogram, and dynamic left ventricular obstruction.2007;20:415-20

Cacace A (see Losi et al). 2007;20:1253-9Cakir C, Duygu H, Kilicaslan B, Ertas F, Ozen N, Nazli C, Ergene

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O. Postoperative diagnosis of aorto-Right ventricular outflowtract fistula caused by stab wound: A case report. 2007;20:1415.e5-e7 (Case rep.)

Calcaterra V (see Lanzarini et al). 2007;20:307-13Caldas MA (see Trindade et al). 2007;20:126-35Calkins H (see Wang et al). 2007;20:1058-64Campos O (see Pinheiro et al). 2007;20:1141-8Cannata A, Russo CF, Vitali E. About left atrial enlargement in

dilated cardiomyopathy. 2007;20:210 (Letters to the editor)Canver C (see Fadel et al). 2007;20:438.e9-e12 (Case rep.)Carrabba N, Parodi G, Valenti R, Shehu M, Migliorini A, Santoro

GM, Antoniucci D. Significance of additional st segment eleva-tion in patients with no reflow after angioplasty for acutemyocardial infarction. 2007;20:262-9

Cartier R (see Haddad et al). 2007;20:1065-72Castello R (see Reising et al). 2007;20:1316.e1-e3 (Case rep.)Castro-Beiras A (see Dumont et al). 2007;20:1247-52Castro-Beiras A (see Peteiro et al). 2007;20:959-67Castro-Beiras A (see Peteiro et al). 2007;20:968-73Celeste F (see Barbier et al). 2007;20:527-36Cengel A (see Tavil et al). 2007;20:366-72Cesar LAM (see Kowatsch et al). 2007;20:1109-17Cesar LAM (see Osorio et al). 2007;20:709-16Cevik C (see Izgi et al). 2007;20:1160-6Ceyran H (see Kaya et al). 2007;20:1314.e1-e6 (Case rep.)Cha SS (see Korinek et al). 2007;20:165-70Chaliki HP (see Bidart et al). 2007;20:270-5Chan J (see Jenkins et al). 2007;20:862-8Chandrasekaran K (see Melduni et al). 2007;20:1004-8Chang H-J (see Sohn et al). 2007;20:171-6Chang PP (see Zurick III et al). 2007;20:1316.e5-e7 (Case rep.)Chang S-H (see Lo et al). 2007;20:905.e9-e13 (Case rep.)Charalampidis D (see Pascotto et al). 2007;20:1100-8Chaudhry FA (see Bangalore et al). 2007;20:244-52Chaudhry FA (see Yao et al). 2007;20:352-8Chaudhry FA, Bangalore S, Upadya S, Shah A, Eftekhari H, Pudpud

D, Sehgal CM. Cross-sectional imaging identifies flow-mediatedvasodilatation more accurately compared with longitudinalimaging. 2007;20:1380-5

Chen C (see Kronzon et al). 2007;20:119-25Chen EP (see Liff et al). 2007;20:537.e7-e8 (Case rep.)Chen F-L, Ge S. Aortopulmonary window demonstrated by real-

time 3-dimensional echocardiography and color doppler. 2007;20:1314.e7-e8 (Case rep.)

Chen X (see Kjaergaard et al). 2007;20:27-35Chen Z (see Roberson et al). 2007;20:1276-84Chen-Tournoux A (see Tournoux et al). 2007;20:1419 (Letters to

the editor)Chiariello M (see Losi et al). 2007;20:1253-9Chien CC (see Ming and Chien). 2007;20:1418.e1-e4 (Case rep.)Child JS (see Wu et al). 2007;20:537.e1-e2 (Case rep.)Chinali M (see Losi et al). 2007;20:1253-9Chinitz LA (see Kronzon et al). 2007;20:119-25Chirinos JA (see Willens et al). 2007;20:191-6Choi E-Y, Ha J-W, Kim J-M, Ahn J-A, Seo H-S, Lee J-H, Rim S-J,

Chung N. Incremental value of combining systolic mitralannular velocity and time difference between mitral inflow anddiastolic mitral annular velocity to early diastolic annularvelocity for differentiating constrictive pericarditis from restric-tive cardiomyopathy. 2007;20:738-43

Choi K-B (see Youn et al). 2007;20:113-8Choi S-Y (see Kim et al). 2007;20:45-53Choi Y-S (see Kim et al). 2007;20:45-53Choi Y-S (see Sohn et al). 2007;20:171-6Chomka EV (see Zhao et al). 2007;20:197.e1-e4 (Case rep.)Chou D (see Sun et al). 2007;20:498-504Chow JT (see Kumar et al). 2007;20:1413.e5-e7 (Case rep.)Choy-Shan A (see Perk et al). 2007;20:281-4Chuang H-H (see Sun et al). 2007;20:498-504Chuang ML. Accounting for systematic differences in end-systolic

volume: Depiction of endocardial borders or effective temporalresolution?. 2007;20:1420 (Letters to the editor)

Chukwu EO (see Gopal et al). 2007;20:445-55Chukwu EO (see Gopal et al). 2007;20:949-58Chung N (see Choi et al). 2007;20:738-43Chung T, Emmett L, Mansberg R, Peters M, Kritharides L. Natural

history of right ventricular dysfunction after acute pulmonaryembolism. 2007;20:885-94

Chung W-S (see Youn et al). 2007;20:113-8Cicoira M (see Conte et al). 2007;20:703-8Ciftci TU (see Tavil et al). 2007;20:366-72Cinteza M (see Vinereanu et al). 2007;20:54-62Claus P (see Dambrauskaite et al). 2007;20:1172-80Claus P (see Ganame et al). 2007;20:1351-8Clements S Jr., (see Liff et al). 2007;20:537.e7-e8 (Case rep.)Cohen G (see Abdulmalik and Cohen). 2007;20:1317.e5-e7 (Case

rep.)Cohn WE (see Daimon et al). 2007;20:381-8Colonna P (see de Luca et al). 2007;20:324-32Connolly HM (see Blauwet et al). 2007;20:1125-30Contaldi C (see Losi et al). 2007;20:1253-9Conte L, Rossi A, Cicoira M, Bonapace S, Amado EA, Golia G,

Zardini P, Vassanelli C. Aortic valve sclerosis: A marker ofsignificant obstructive coronary artery disease in patients withchest pain?. 2007;20:703-8

Cook RS (see Hao et al). 2007;20:1211-8Coon P (see Lodato et al). 2007;20:103-12Corretti M (see Wang et al). 2007;20:1058-64Couture P (see Haddad et al). 2007;20:1065-72Cross B, Nicolarsen J, Bullock J, Sugeng L, Bardo D, Lang R.

Cardiac sarcoidosis presenting as mitral regurgitation. 2007;20:906.e9-e13 (Case rep.)

Cui W (see Roberson and Cui). 2007;20:764-70Cui W (see Roberson et al). 2007;20:1276-84Cuneo BF (see Roberson et al). 2007;20:1276-84

DDabbah S (see Mutlak et al). 2007;20:405-8Daher IN (see Salinas et al). 2007;20:23-6Daimon M, Gillinov AM, Liddicoat JR, Saracino G, Fukuda S,

Koyama Y, Hayase M, Cohn WE, Ellis SG, Thomas JD, Shiota T.Dynamic change in mitral annular area and motion duringpercutaneous mitral annuloplasty for ischemic mitral regurgi-tation: Preliminary animal study with real-time 3-dimensionalechocardiography. 2007;20:381-8

Dalal D (see Wang et al). 2007;20:1058-64D’Alessandro G (see Losi et al). 2007;20:1253-9Dambrauskaite V, Delcroix M, Claus P, Herbots L, D’hooge J,

Bijnens B, Rademakers F, Sutherland GR. Regional right ven-tricular dysfunction in chronic pulmonary hypertension. 2007;20:1172-80

Dandel M, Knosalla C, Lehmkuhl H, Hetzer R. Non-dopplertwo-dimensional strain imaging-clinical applications. 2007;20:1019 (Letters to the editor)

Danilouchkine MG (see Voormolen and Danilouchkine). 2007;20:1421 (Letters to the editor)

Danzi GB (see Sozzi et al). 2007;20:257-61Daphnis E (see Patrianakos et al). 2007;20:314-23Dass S (see Leeson et al). 2007;20:537.e3-e5 (Case rep.)Dawood AA (see Elnoamany and Dawood). 2007;20:462-9de Almeida Filho OC (see Pazin-Filho et al). 2007;20:1338-43de Andrade JL (see Pinheiro et al). 2007;20:1141-8de Camargo Carvalho AC (see Pinheiro et al). 2007;20:1141-8de Diego JJG (see Perez-David et al). 2007;20:439.e1-e4 (Case

rep.)de Diego JJG (see Perez-David et al). 2007;20:1417.e9-e12 (Case

rep.)de Gregorio C. Left ventricular dynamic obstruction by atypical

papillary muscle morphology: Is this finding so unusual inclinical practice? 2007;20:100-1 (Letters to the editor)

De Groot E (see Patrianakos et al). 2007;20:314-23

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de Jong N (see Voormolen et al). 2007;20:373-80de la Morena G (see Saura et al). 2007;20:906.e5-e8 (Case rep.)de Luca I, Colonna P, Sorino M, Del Salvatore B, De Luca L. New

monodimensional transthoracic echocardiographic sign of leftatrial appendage function. 2007;20:324-32

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El-ftesi S (see Yu et al). 2007;20:1315.e9-11 (Case rep.)Elhendy A (see Sozzi et al). 2007;20:257-61Elhendy AA (see Pellikka et al). 2007;20:1021-41 (Guidelines and

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Emi S (see Mizuguchi et al). 2007;20:806-12Emi S (see Tanaka et al). 2007;20:1294-9Emmett L (see Chung et al). 2007;20:885-94Engel DJ (see Otsuka et al). 2007;20:1400-6Enriquez-Sarano ML (see Michelena et al). 2007;20:771.e5-e6

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Cyclic intermittent aortic regurgitation of a mechanical bileaf-let aortic valve prosthesis: Diagnosis and clinical implications.2007;20:1315.e5-e8 (Case rep.)

Galloway JM (see Mishra et al). 2007;20:1300-6Ganame J, Claus P, Uyttebroeck A, Renard M, D’hooge J, Bijnens

B, Sutherland GR, Eyskens B, Mertens L. Myocardial dysfunc-tion late after low-Dose anthracycline treatment in asymptom-atic pediatric patients. 2007;20:1351-8

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An abbreviated carotid intima-media thickness scanning proto-

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Smith PK, Mathew JP, Shernan SK. Guidelines for the perfor-mance of a comprehensive intraoperative epiaortic ultrasono-graphic examination: Recommendations of the American Soci-ety of Echocardiography and the Society of CardiovascularAnesthesiologists; Endorsed by the Society of Thoracic Sur-geons. 2007;20:1227-35 (Guidelines and Standards)

Goebel B (see Poerner et al). 2007;20:1285-93Goldberg SL (see Sikdar et al). 2007;20:1386-92Golia G (see Conte et al). 2007;20:703-8Gollol-Raju N, Olearczyk B, Johnson R, Menzies DJ. Pseudo-

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Gopal AS, Chukwu EO, Mihalatos DG, Katz AS, Mathew ST,Lachmann JS, Toole RS, Schapiro W, Reichek N. Left ventricularstructure and function for postmyocardial infarction and heartfailure risk stratification by three-dimensional echocardiogra-phy. 2007;20:949-58

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Gutgesell HP (see Lim et al). 2007;20:1080-5

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Hartman GS (see Reeves et al). 2007;20:427-37 (ASE PositionPaper)

Hasan W (see Fadel et al). 2007;20:438.e5-e8 (Case rep.)Hashimoto S (see Ohara et al). 2007;20:439.e5-e10 (Case rep.)Hassager C (see Kjaergaard et al). 2007;20:27-35Haugen E (see Tang et al). 2007;20:731-7Hayase M (see Daimon et al). 2007;20:381-8Hayek ER, Haas AJ, Kamienski RW. Massive right atrial myxoma

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rep.)Holmin C, Messika-Zeitoun D, Mezalek AT, Brochet E, Himbert D,

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ventricular systolic function in constrictive pericarditis indi-cates myocardial involvement and persistent right ventriculardysfunction and symptoms after pericardiectomy. 2007;20:1417.e1-e7 (Case rep.)

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Adams DB, Thomas J, Vannan M, Ryan T. 3D echocardiography:A review of the current status and future directions. 2007;20:213-33 (ASE Position Paper)

Hurst RT, Ng DWC, Kendall C, Khandheria B. Clinical use ofcarotid intima-media thickness: Review of the literature. 2007;20:907-14 (Review article)

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JJaber WA, Nishimura RA, Ommen SR. Not all systolic velocities

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use the right units of measurement. 2007;20:783 (Letters to theeditor)

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real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography: Comparison withmagnetic resonance imaging. 2007;20:862-8

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