Index to abstract authors

Index to Abstract Authors

A

Abbas AE, Fortuin FD, Schiller NB, Moreno CA, Appleton CP,Lester SJ. Echocardiographic determination of mean pulmonaryartery pressure, 506

Abe H (see Hirooka et al), 532Abe Y (see Yamada et al), 494Abe Y (see Yamada et al), 522Abraham TP (see Takemoto et al), 493Adams MS (see Beeri et al), 537Adaniya ME (see Migliore et al), 531Addonizio LJ (see Prakash et al), 493Aeschlimann SE (see Fraizer et al), 509Afiune JY (see Leal et al), 538Agler D (see Donal et al), 504Agler D (see Donal et al), 505Agler D (see Firstenberg et al), 540Agler DA (see Kim et al), 540Agler DA (see Kwan et al), 544Agler DA (see Kwan et al), 544Agler DA (see Qin et al), 537Agler DA (see Yamada et al), 505Agler DA (see Yamada et al), 506Ahmad M, Xie T. Real-time volume rendered 3D dobutamine stress

echocardiography: further improvements in detection of coro-nary artery disease, 544

Ahmad M, Xie T, Daher I, Shah S, Champion C, Bionat S, LenihanDJ. Mitral inflow Doppler parameters in predicting death orheart transplant in patients with congestive heart failure, 505

Ahmad M (see Xie et al), 543Ahmed E (see Freed et al), 543Ahn C (see Loghin et al), 507Ahnve S (see Gaballa et al), 491Ahnve S (see Gaballa et al), 487Ahsan CH, Liu Z, Chaithiraphan V, Kuersten B, Puri T, Gupta-Bala

S, Karalis D, Ezekowitz M, Vannan M. Functional morphology ofpatent foramen ovale by 3-D echocardiography in patients withcryptogenic stroke, 543

Akasaka T (see Akiyama et al), 503Akasaka T (see Akiyama et al), 539Akasaka T (see Watanabe et al), 491Akasaka T (see Watanabe et al), 485Akel R, Ghumman W, Chamoun C, Mahenthiran J, Greene A, Gra-

dus-Pizlo I, Feigenbaum H, Sawada S. Pulsed tissue Doppler forassessment of regional right ventricular response to dobutaminestress, 514

Akel R, Ghumman W, Chamoun C, Mahenthiran J, Greene A, PizloIG, Feigenbaum H, Sawada S. Evaluation of regional diastolic ve-locities with dobutamine stress in normal volunteers, 510

Akins CW (see Beeri et al), 537Akiyama M, Akasaka T, Koyama Y, Watanabe N, Neishi Y, Kaji S,

Kamiyama N, Saitou Y, Suetsuna R, Yoshida K. The mechanismof characteristic phasic coronary blood flow pattern in no-re-flow phenomenon, 539

Akiyama M, Akasaka T, Tomita J, Koyama Y, Watanabe N, NeishiY, Kaji S, Saitou Y, Kamiyama N, Suetsuna R, Yoshida K. Effectof embolized sphere size in coronary artery on myocardial perfu-sion distribution—assessment by real-time myocardial contrastechocardiography (MCE), 503

Akiyama M (see Watanabe et al), 491Akiyama M (see Watanabe et al), 485Albornoz F (see Ni et al), 507Ali A (see Anthony et al), 490Ali A (see Kahlon et al), 539Ali A (see Kahlon et al), 539Ali A (see Rehan et al), 521Almeida-Filho OC (see Pazin-Filho et al), 525

Al Mukhaini M, Huynh T, Morin JF. Myocardial performance index,as predictor for adverse outcomes, following mitral valve sur-gery, 542

Anagnostopoulos P, Pislaru C, Dzeja P, Belohlavek M. Strain-ratemeasurements of post-systolic shortening during experimen-tally impaired cellular energetics may represent conserved elas-tance in viable tissue, 485

Anagnostopoulos PC (see Belohlavek et al), 524Anagnostopoulos PC (see Pislaru et al), 489Anagnostopoulos PC (see Pislaru et al), 484Ananthasubramaniam K (see Sallach et al), 536Anderson ME (see Ni et al), 507Anderson V (see Franklin et al), 517Andersson M (see Janerot-Sjoberg et al), 487Andrade JL (see Leal et al), 538Andrade JL (see Tsutsui et al), 513Anthony P, Chandraratna N, Miller J, Ali A. Detection of transient

wall motion abnormalities in patients with chest pain syn-dromes using a novel ultrasound transducer, 490

Aoki M, Harada K, Yasuoka K, Toyono M, Tamura M. TransthoracicDoppler echocardiographic measurement of flow velocity re-serve in left anterior descending coronary artery in children withleft ventricular volume overload secondary to congenital heartdisease, 545

Apperson-Hansen C (see Jasper et al), 536Applebaum RM (see Kronzon et al), 482Appleton CP (see Abbas et al), 506Appleton CP (see Lee et al), 523Ardissino D (see Sozzi et al), 518Armstrong WF (see Li et al), 512Arnoult F (see de Zuttere et al), 509Arora R (see Sengupta et al), 525Arora R (see Sengupta et al), 526Arrington K (see El-Said et al), 481Arrowood JA, Stacklin CL, Fisher MR, Poole RP, Nixon JV. Assess-

ment of two measurement methods to determine endothelial-dependent vasodilation by vascular ultrasound, 508

Asanuma T (see Mild et al), 496Asanuma T (see Ohtani et al), 499Asher CR (see Drinko et al), 526Asher CR (see Gao et al), 541Asher CR (see Sun et al), 484Asher CR (see Vlassak et al), 504Ask P (see Bech-Hanssen et al), 542Assef JE (see Pontes et al), 506Atwood JE (see Heidenreich et al), 509Atwood JE (see Heidenreich et al), 524Aurigemma GP (see Tighe et al), 495Ayres NA (see Eapen et al), 546

B

Bailey KR (see Tsang et al), 527Bailey KR (see Tsang et al), 536Bailey KR (see Ujino et al), 508Balcells E (see Lepper et al), 499Ballarino P (see Nasser et al), 531Ballweg JA (see Frommelt et al), 480Banbury MK (see Gao et al), 541Banbury MK (see Sun et al), 523Banerjee A, Pinto IV, Rhodes J, Warner K, Pandian NG. Peak sys-

tolic strain rate accurately reflects changes in regional systolicfunction in the immature heart of lambs, 480

Barasch E (see Loghin et al), 507Baratta S, Izcovich E, Presti C, Daru V, Grasso E, Sendoya JC, Igle-

sias R. Has sildenafil any effect on coronary flow? Non invasiveassessment, 520

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Barbarash S, Cheung S, Goldstein D, Saunders C, Karanam R, Pren-dergast T, Sardari F, Chen C. Right ventricular dysfunction onpre-operative TEE is a predictor of poor outcomes of cardiac sur-gery, 483

Barbero-Marcial ML (see Leal et al), 538Barnes ME (see Tsang et al), 527Barnes ME (see Tsang et al), 536Barnes ME (see Ujino et al), 508Barranco M (see Migliore et al), 531Barretto RBM, McCully R, Seward J, Pellikka PA. Outcome of pa-

tients with false positive exercise echocardiograms, 518Barretto RBM (see Pontes et al), 506Bartel T (see Bruch et al), 538Barzilai B (see Nasser et al), 531Barzilai B (see Waggoner et al), 515Barzilai B (see Waggoner et al), 516Bauch TD (see Garrett et al), 487Bauch TD (see Huffer et al), 493Bauer F (see Kim et al), 540Bax JJ (see Sozzi et al), 518Becher H (see Veltmann et al), 500Bech-Hanssen O, Gjertsson P, Houltz E, Wranne B, Ask P, Loyd D,

Caidahl K. Net pressure gradients in aortic prosthetic valves canbe estimated by Doppler, 542

Bednarz JE, Mor-Avi V, Sugeng L, DeCara JM, Spencer KT, WeinertL, Korcarz CE, Lang RM. Contrast echocardiographic perfusionimaging as a tool to differentiate intracardiac thrombi from tu-mors, 503

Bednarz JE (see DeCara et al), 486Bednarz JE (see Mor-Avi et al), 501Bednarz JE (see Ward et al), 526Beeri R, Leavitt M, Morris E, Levine RA. Congestive symptoms with

normal systolic function: elevated LV mass versus body mass?534

Beeri R, Streckenbach SC, Isselbacher EM, Akins CW, Vlahakes GJ,Adams MS, Levine RA. The “crossed swords” sign: clue to bileaf-let involvement and need for repair in mitral valve prolapse, 537

Bekeredjian R (see Hansen et al), 500Belcik T (see Lepper et al), 499Belcik T (see Rinkevich et al), 498Bella J (see Gonzalez et al), 509Bella J (see Gonzalez et al), 519Bello D (see Seghatol et al), 517Belohlavek M, Anagnostopoulos PC, Pislaru C, Dzeja P, Seward JB.

Quantitative functional analysis of regionally inhibited myocar-dial energy metabolism by echocardiographic strain rate anal-ysis, 524

Belohlavek M (see Anagnostopoulos et al), 485Belohlavek M (see Pislaru et al), 489Belohlavek M (see Pislaru et al), 484Belohlavek M (see Takemoto et al), 493Benard N (see Coisne et al), 539Benard N (see Coisne et al), 541Bengur AR (see Romp et al), 547Beppu S (see Mild et al), 496Beppu S (see Ohtani et al), 499Berretta R (see McGinley et al), 495Berretta R (see McGinley et al), 535Bess RL (see Ogawa et al), 495Bezold LI (see Eapen et al), 546Bezold LI III (see El-Said et al), 481Bhatt P (see Trivedi et al), 483Bholasingh R, Cornel JH, Kamp O, van Straalen JP, Sanders GT,

Tijssen JGP, Umans VAW, Visser CA, De Winter RJ. Effective pre-discharge triage at the emergency room with dobutamine stressechocardiography and cardiac troponin T, 516

Bierig M (see Dolan et al), 502Bierig S, Valencia D, Herrmann SC, Dolan M, Labovitz AJ. Can tissue

Doppler imaging be an objective measurement during dobut-amine stress echocardiography in assessing normal and abnor-mal left ventricular function? 512

Bierig SM, Herrmann SC, Dolan M, Labovitz AJ. Feasibility of per-forming real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography duringdobutamine stress echocardiography, 513

Billy F (see Coisne et al), 539Billy F (see Coisne et al), 541Bin J-P, Leong-Poi H, Fisher NG, Le E, Christiansen J, Kaul S. Effect

of nitroglycerine on myocardial microcirculation: assessment bymyocardial contrast echocardiography, 500

Bionat S (see Ahmad et al), 505Blackshear J (see Gonzalez et al), 509Blackshear J (see Gonzalez et al), 519Boccalandro F (see Loghin et al), 507Bonow RO (see Seghatol et al), 517Border WL, Witt SA, Glascock BJ, Khoury P, Kimball TR, Daniels

SR. Left atrial volume is increased in children and adolescentswith essential hypertension, 481

Bouakaz A (see Ten Cate et al), 499Boucek MM (see Pauliks et al), 484Boyd SYN (see Garrett et al), 487Boyd SYN (see Huffer et al), 493Boyd SYN (see Merced et al), 524Boyer JK, Thanigaraj S, Loslo S, Schechtman K, Perez JE. Diastolic

dysfunction in asymptomatic normotensive diabetic patients;improved diagnosis of diabetic cardiomyopathy by tissue Dopp-ler imaging, 493

Bradley TJ, Potts JE, De Souza A, Potts MT, Hishitani T, Sandor GGS.Echo-Doppler assessment of the biophysical properties of theaorta in young patients with Marfan syndrome, 484

Bratinov G (see McGinley et al), 495Bratinov G (see McGinley et al), 535Breburda CSM, Varghese T, Zagzebski JA, Rahko P. Echo elastogra-

phy: a novel method for quantitative real-time two-dimensionalcardiac strain imaging, 486

Brodin L (see Gaballa et al), 491Brodin L-Å Saha SK, Lind B, Storaa C. Parametric cardiac imaging

in the form of curved M-mode tissue tracking improves bothtemporal and spatial resolution in one single image, 491

Brodin L-Å (see Gaballa et al), 487Brodin L-Å (see Govind et al), 532Brodin L-Å (see Lind et al), 488Brodin L-Å (see Saha et al), 515Brodin L-Å (see Saha et al), 520Brodin L-Å (see Saha et al), 528Broillet A (see Hansen et al), 500Bruce CJ (see Pislaru et al), 484Bruch C, Bartel T, Schmermund A, Erbel R. Echocardiography in

critically ill patients in operative intensive care units: diagnosticusefulness and impact on management, 538

Bruch C, Herrmann B, Ferdin N, Erbel R. Impact of disease activityon left ventricular performance in patients with acromegaly,527

Bulgrin JR (see Garrett et al), 487Bulgrin JR (see Huffer et al), 493Burger K (see Elhendy et al), 515Burkhoff D (see El-Khoury Coffin et al), 543Burns P (see Trivedi et al), 483Burrell LM (see Srivastava et al), 533

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Cabreriza SE (see LaCorte et al), 494Caiani EG, Caslini S, Lang RM, Collins KA, Korcarz CE, Cerutti S,

Mor-Avi V. Feasibility of automated, translation-free analysis ofmyocardial contrast enhancement, 501

Caiani EG (see Mor-Avi et al), 501Caidahl K (see Bech-Hanssen et al), 542Cain P (see Govind et al), 532Cain P (see Lind et al), 488Calafiore P (see Srivastava et al), 533Capalbo A (see Galanti et al), 528Cappelli B (see Galanti et al), 528

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Cardon LA (see Popovic et al), 524Cardon LA (see Popovic et al), 528Carlier S (see Haluska et al), 519Carneiro MAD, Wang K, Odabashian J, Geraci M, Jasper S, Popovic

Z, Thomas JD, Klein AL. Improvement in myocardial reperfusionwith a new thrombolytic strategy using antagonists of the plate-let P2T receptor. A real-time myocardial contrast echocardiogra-phy study in the canine coronary thrombosis model, 498

Cartoni D (see De Castro et al), 525Case C (see Franklin et al), 517Case C (see Marwick et al), 514Caslini S (see Caiani et al), 501Castello R (see Gonzalez et al), 509Castello R (see Gonzalez et al), 519Cataldo G (see Moreo et al), 530Cauduro SA (see Ujino et al), 508Cerutti S (see Caiani et al), 501Cestari IA (see Salemi et al), 530Cestari IN (see Salemi et al), 530Chae J-S (see Jung et al), 521Chaithiraphan V (see Ahsan et al), 543Chamoun C (see Akel et al), 510Chamoun C (see Akel et al), 514Champion C (see Ahmad et al), 505Chandraratna N (see Anthony et al), 490Chandrasekar B (see Erikson et al), 497Chandrasekaran K (see Modesto et al), 517Chatelain PF (see Horton et al), 507Chatelain PF (see Khodaverdian et al), 508Chaudhry FA (see Mahenthiran et al), 529Chaudhry FA (see Singh et al), 511Chaudhry FA (see Yao et al), 514Chen C (see Barbarash et al), 483Chen C (see Trivedi et al), 483Cheng G (see Sun et al), 508Cherry JC (see Ni et al), 507Chesebro J (see Gonzalez et al), 509Chesebro J (see Gonzalez et al), 519Cheung S (see Barbarash et al), 483Chin W (see Hirooka et al), 532Chinali M, de Simone G, Roman MJ, Devereux RB. Left ventricular

outflow velocity differs between 5- and 3-chamber view: impli-cations for stroke volume Doppler measurement, 530

Chindroy E (see Popovic et al), 522Cho E-J, Youn H-J, Park C-S, Jung H-O, Jeon H-K, Oh Y-S, Chung

W-S, Kim J-H, Choi K-B, Hong S-J. Demonstration of penetratingintramyocardial coronary arteries using high frequency trans-thoracic color Doppler echocardiography predicts viability indyssynergic myocardium, 486

Cho E-J (see Jung et al), 521Cho E-J (see Park et al), 519Choi K-B (see Cho et al), 486Choi K-B (see Jung et al), 521Choi K-B (see Park et al), 519Christiansen J (see Bin et al), 500Christiansen JP (see Fisher et al), 479Christiansen JP (see Leong-Poi et al), 497Chung T (see Pignatelli et al), 526Chung T (see Su et al), 481Chung W-S (see Cho et al), 486Chung W-S (see Jung et al), 521Chung W-S (see Park et al), 519Ciliberto GR (see Moreo et al), 530Coggins MP (see Leong-Poi et al), 480Coisne D, Billy F, Benard N, Perrault R. 3D characterization of pul-

satile flow behaviour in the convergent region in a realistic invitro model of mitral prolapse. A particular velocity imagingstudy, 541

Coisne D, Donal E, Sanchez L, Billy F, Benard N, Perrault R. De-termination of the optimal zone for flow rate calculation usingthe inter alias method. A fluid simulation study, 539

Collins KA (see Caiani et al), 501Collins KA (see Mor-Avi et al), 501Collins KA (see Mor-Avi et al), 501Colvin SB (see Kronzon et al), 482Conklin HM (see Huang et al), 527Connuck D (see Sun et al), 508Cooper M (see Ludomirsky et al), 490Copser S (see Michelfelder et al), 481Cornel JH (see Bholasingh et al), 516Correia EB (see Pontes et al), 506Corsi C (see Saracino et al), 545Cosgrove DM III (see Kim et al), 540Cotts WG (see Seghatol et al), 517Crawford TC, Smith WT, Velazquez EJ, Kisslo J, Jollis JG. Left ven-

tricular thrombus by echocardiography in dilated cardiomyop-athy: relationship to stroke and anticoagulation, 504

Cripe LH (see Michelfelder et al), 506Cripe LH (see Michelfelder et al), 481Crossin J (see Eriksson et al), 529Crouse L (see Wei et al), 498Crouse LJ (see Nanda et al), 502

D

Daher I (see Ahmad et al), 505Daimon M (see Toyoda et al), 521Daniel WC (see Main et al), 501Daniels SR (see Border et al), 481Daru V (see Baratta et al), 520Davies CH (see Huang et al), 527Davila-Roman VG (see Nasser et al), 531Davila-Roman VG (see Peterson et al), 533Davila-Roman VG (see Waggoner et al), 515Davila-Roman VG (see Waggoner et al), 516Davis T (see Kahlon et al), 539Dawson D (see Schnell et al), 504D’Cruz IA (see Shirwany et al), 533Deanfield JE (see Pauliks et al), 528DeCara JM, Mor-Avi V, Weinert L, Bednarz JE, Spencer KT, Lang

RM. Quantitative assessment of regional LV wall motion in pa-tients with poor acoustic windows using analysis of contrast-en-hanced color kinesis images, 486

DeCara JM (see Bednarz et al), 503DeCara JM (see Mor-Avi et al), 501DeCara JM (see Mor-Avi et al), 501DeCara JM (see Ward et al), 526De Castro S, Salandin V, Papetti F, Valfre C, Salvador L, Cartoni D,

Fedele F, Pandian NG. Early and late results of pericardial annulo-plasty in mitral valve repair: does pericardial annuloplasty main-tain mitral annulus function? A 4-year three-dimensional echo-cardiographic follow-up study, 525

DeGroff CG (see Pauliks et al), 484de Jong N (see Ten Cate et al), 499de las Fuentes L (see Nasser et al), 531de las Fuentes L (see Waggoner et al), 516Demarco T (see Nath et al), 534DeMaria A (see Wei et al), 498DeMaria AN (see Kunichika et al), 499DeMaria AN (see Yuan et al), 500de Simone G (see Chinali et al), 530De Souza A (see Bradley et al), 484Devereux RB (see Chinali et al), 530De Winter RJ (see Bholasingh et al), 516de Zuttere D, Giraudeau B, Arnoult F, Flahault A, Tellier P, Ravaud

P. Acquisition variability of left ventricular echocardiographicmeasurements in markedly obese and lean subjects, 509

Dickie S (see Pauliks et al), 528DiLuzio S (see Seghatol et al), 517Dinkuisen J (see Pontes et al), 506Dipchand AI, McCrindle BW, Smallhorn JF. The role of dobut-

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amine/atropine stress echocardiography in pediatric patients atrisk for myocardial ischemia, 514

Dittrich HC (see Nanda et al), 502Dixon WC IV (see Merced et al), 524Doddamani S (see Surabhi et al), 489Doi K (see Popovic et al), 528Dolan M (see Bierig et al), 512Dolan M (see Bierig et al), 513Dolan MS, Puri S, El-Shafei A, Bierig M, St. Vrain JA, Sheriff D,

Havens E, Sklenar J, Witrey M, Labovitz AJ. Does real time perfu-sion during stress echocardiography increase the detection of vi-able myocardium in patients with resting wall motion abnormal-ities? 502

Dolan MS, Puri S, Huckin T, Kumar D, El-Shafei A, St. Vrain JA,Maniet A, Labovitz AJ. The incremental prognostic value of do-butamine stress echocardiography in chest pain unit patientswith negative troponin levels in predicting in hospital and shortterm cardiac events, 516

Donal E, Kim YJ, Popovic ZB, Shiota T, Thomas JD. Impact of atrio-ventricular compliance and valve structure on exercise capac-ity. Echocardiographic study about 35 women with mitral steno-sis, 540

Donal E, Yamada H, Kim YJ, Greenberg NL, Agler D, Zhuang S,Zhang Y, Wallick DW, Mazgalev TN, Thomas JD, Grimm RA.Ventricular rate slowing improves left atrial appendage functionin atrial fibrillation. Potential interest to vagal nerve stimulationto control atrio-ventricular conduction, 505

Donal E, Yamada H, Kim YJ, Zhang Y, Agler D, Grimm RL, MazgalevTN, Thomas JD. Demonstration of vagally controlled ventricularrate potential interest during AF in chronically instrumenteddogs. First experience, 504

Donal E (see Coisne et al), 539Donal E (see Popovic et al), 522Donal E (see Sun et al), 492Donal E (see Yamada et al), 505Donal E (see Yamada et al), 506Douglas PS (see Fraizer et al), 509Drinko JK, Odabashian JA, Nash PJ, Lever HM, Asher CR. Stress

echocardiography in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopa-thy: is it safe? 526

Drinko JK (see Greenberg et al), 547Drinko JK (see Morehead et al), 488Drinko JK (see Qin et al), 537Drinko JK (see Yang et al), 485Dzeja P (see Anagnostopoulos et al), 485Dzeja P (see Belohlavek et al), 524Dziekan L (see Li et al), 512

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Eapen RS, Nihill MR, Kung GC, Bezold LI, Ayres NA, Eidem BW.Effect of altered afterload on left ventricular myocardial perfor-mance index, 546

Eapen RS (see Pignatelli et al), 526Eberhart D (see Li et al), 512Edelman K (see Katz et al), 510Edelman K (see Sade et al), 485Ehlgen A (see Veltmann et al), 500Eidem BW (see Eapen et al), 546Elhendy A, Modesto K, Mahoney D, Burger K, Khandheria B,

Seward JB, Pellikka P. Echocardiographic predictors of mortalityin patients with left ventricular hypertrophy and suspected orknown coronary artery disease, 515

Elhendy A (see Sozzi et al), 518El-Khoury Coffin LF, King DL, Maurer MS. Non-compressibility of

myocardium during systole using freehand three-dimensionalechocardiography, 545

El-Khoury Coffin LF, Maurer MS, King DL, Burkhoff D. Non-invasive estimation of end systolic elastance (Ees) using the ratioof end systolic pressure of end systolic volume with 3DE: an ac-curate method in non-dilated hearts, 543

El-Said HG, McMahon CJ, Fraser CD, McKenzie D, Kung GC,Arrington K, Bezold LI III. Is cardiac catheterization a prereq-uisite in all patients undergoing a bidirectional cavopulmonaryanastomosis? 481

El-Shafei A (see Dolan et al), 502El-Shafei A (see Dolan et al), 516Enriquez-Sarano M (see Tsang et al), 527Ensing GJ (see Ludomirsky et al), 490Erbel R (see Bruch et al), 527Erbel R (see Bruch et al), 538Erikson JM, Freeman GL, Chandrasekar B. Ultrasound-targeted anti-

sense oligonucleotide attenuates ischemia/reperfusion-inducedmyocardial tumor necrosis factor-alpha, 497

Eriksson MJ, Crossin J, Woo A, Merchant N, Sloggett C, JamorskiM, Focsaneanu D, Wigle ED, Rakowski H. Contrast echocardiog-raphy is comparable to magnetic resonance imaging for left ven-tricular thickness in patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomy-opathy, 529

Etheridge SP (see Williams et al), 482Eto Y, Jones M, Shiota T, Qin JX, Khan GN, Kim Y-J, Zetts AD,

Sachdev V, Thomas JD. Left ventricular volume measurement us-ing an automated contour tracking method (ACT) in animalswith left ventricular aneurysm: comparison with real-time three-dimensional echocardiography, 489

Eto Y, Qin JX, Shiota T, Sitges M, Wang K, Zhou Z, Zhou X, HangX, Kim Y-J, Lincoff AM, Thomas JD. Anti-p-selectin prevent myo-cardial ischemia-reperfusion injury: a real-time 3D and 2D echo-cardiographic assessment, 511

Eto Y (see Kim et al), 522Eun LY (see Ludomirsky et al), 490Ewert GD (see Kean et al), 495Ezekowitz M (see Ahsan et al), 543

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Fauix MD (see Zucker et al), 537Fedele F (see De Castro et al), 525Feigenbaum H (see Akel et al), 510Feigenbaum H (see Akel et al), 514Feigenbaum H (see Katari et al), 512Feigenbaum H (see Wei et al), 498Ferdin N (see Bruch et al), 527Filipovic M (see Wang et al), 483Fincke R (see Mahenthiran et al), 529Fiore AC (see Singh et al), 547Firstenberg MS, Morehead AJ, Garcia MJ, Agler D, Shiota T, Thomas

JD. Improved activating clotting time rather than hemodynamicchanges account for decreases in paravalvular regurgitant jetsfollowing valve replacement, 540

Firstenberg MS (see Greenberg et al), 494Fisher MR (see Arrowood et al), 508Fisher NG, Christiansen JP, Klibanov A, Taylor RP, Kaul S, Lindner

JR. Shell surface charge influences the microvascular behaviorof microbubbles and the myocardial contrast effect, 479

Fisher NG (see Bin et al), 500Flahault A (see de Zuttere et al), 509Focsaneanu D (see Eriksson et al), 529Fogarty A (see Martin et al), 487Fogarty A (see Troughton et al), 494Fortuin FD (see Abbas et al), 506Foster E (see Nath et al), 534Fradley LG (see Sun et al), 508Fraizer MC, Douglas PS, Aeschlimann SE, Nelson-Worel J, Riley

WA, Stein JH. Improving prediction of cardiovascular risk: theimportance of ultrasound-determined vascular age, 509

Franklin J (see Park et al), 527Franklin K, Case C, Anderson V, Lim R, Marwick TH. Non-invasive

risk stratification in uncomplicated acute coronary syndromesis associated with less revascularization but equivalent out-comes to angiographic evaluation, 517

Fraser A (see Saha et al), 515


Fraser CD (see El-Said et al), 481Freed D, Tam JW, Moon M, Harding G, Ahmed E, Pascoe E. Are

small prosthetic aortic valves still acceptable today? 543Freeman GL (see Erikson et al), 497Freeman WK (see Tsang et al), 527Frommelt PC, Ballweg JA, Whitstone BN. RV DTI in Tetralogy of

Fallot s/p repair-evidence of systolic and diastolic dysfunction inasymptomatic children and young adults, 480

Fujii Y (see Sumida et al), 534Fukamachi K (see Popovic et al), 524Fukamachi K (see Popovic et al), 528Fukamachi K (see Popovic et al), 528Furgerson JL (see Huffer et al), 493Furgerson JL (see Merced et al), 524Furlong K (see Ward et al), 526Fyfe DA, Wu G, Mahle W, Vincent R, Ketchum D. Doppler tissue

velocity imaging (TVI) quantitates progressive right ventriculardysfunction after heart transplant (HT) in children, 488

Fyfe DA (see Mahle et al), 546

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Gaballa M, Brodin L, Hoffstedt J, Van der Linden J, Wennlund A,Ahnve S, Wahrenberg H. Doppler myocardial imaging DMI in hy-perthyroidism, 491

Gaballa M, Storaa C, Ahnve S, Van der Linden J, Brodin LÅ.Intra- and inter-observer variability in off-line extracted cardiactissue Doppler velocity measurements and derived variables,487

Galanti G, Manetti P, Rizzo M, Capalbo A, Pucci N, Vono R, ToncelliL, Cappelli B. Body composition and left ventricular hypertro-phy in athletes, 528

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