European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging European Heart

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging Volume 16 No. 4 April 2015

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Cardiac computed tomography core syllabus of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) Koen Nieman, Stephan Achenbach, Francesca Pugliese, Bernard Cosyns, Patrizio Lancellotti, and Anastasia Kitsiou

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The multi-modality cardiac imaging approach to the Athlete’s heart: an expert consensus of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Maurizio Galderisi, Nuno Cardim, Antonello D’Andrea, Oliver Bruder, Bernard Cosyns, Laurent Davin, Erwan Donal, Thor Edvardsen, Antonio Freitas, Gilbert Habib, Anastasia Kitsiou, Sven Plein, Steffen E. Petersen, Bogdan A. Popescu, Stephen Schroeder, Christof Burgstahler, and Patrizio Lancellotti

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EDITORIALS Evolve or perish for coronary calcium imaging Koen Nieman

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Value of left atrial strain: a highly promising field of investigation Erwan Donal, Albin Behagel, and Damien Feneon

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES Low- vs. standard-dose coronary artery calcium scanning Harvey S. Hecht, Maria Eduarda Menezes de Siqueira, Matthew Cham, Rowena Yip, Jagat Narula, Claudia Henschke, and David Yankelevitz

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Normal values and clinical relevance of left atrial myocardial function analysed by speckle-tracking echocardiography: multicentre study ¨hncke, Tarek Bekfani, Tim Carstensen, Daniel A. Morris, Masaaki Takeuchi, Maximilian Krisper, Clemens Ko Sabine Hassfeld, Marc Dorenkamp, Kyoko Otani, Kiyohiro Takigiku, Chisato Izumi, Satoshi Yuda, Konomi Sakata, ¨hnle, Hans-Dirk Du ¨ngen, Satoshi Nakatani, Nobuyuki Ohte, Kazuaki Tanabe, Engin Osmanoglou, York Ku Yutaka Otsuji, Wilhelm Haverkamp, and Leif-Hendrik Boldt

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Atherosclerotic plaque characterization by CT angiography for identification of high-risk coronary artery lesions: a comparison to optical coherence tomography Ryo Nakazato, Hiromasa Otake, Akihide Konishi, Masamichi Iwasaki, Bon-Kwon Koo, Hiroyuki Fukuya, Toshiro Shinke, Ken-ichi Hirata, Jonathon Leipsic, Daniel S. Berman, and James K. Min

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Quantitative assessment of systolic right ventricular function using myocardial deformation in patients with a systemic right ventricle Jannet A. Eindhoven, Myrthe E. Menting, Annemien E. van den Bosch, Jackie S. McGhie, Maarten Witsenburg, Judith A. A. E. Cuypers, Eric Boersma, and Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink

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Nuclear Cardiology Core Syllabus of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) Alessia Gimelli, Danilo Neglia, Thomas H. Schindler, Bernard Cosyns, Patrizio Lancellotti, and Anastasia Kitsiou

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Response of myocardial oxygenation to breathing manoeuvres and adenosine infusion Kady Fischer, Dominik P. Guensch, and Matthias G. Friedrich

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Visual assessment vs. strain imaging for the detection of critical stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery in patients without a history of myocardial infarction Ivan Stankovic, Biljana Putnikovic, Radosava Cvjetan, Predrag Milicevic, Milos Panic, Tijana Kalezic-Radmili, Tijana Mandaric, Radosav Vidakovic, Vojkan Cvorovic, and Aleksandar N. Neskovic

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Normal reference values of left ventricular strain using three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: results from a multicentre study Sebastiaan A. Kleijn, Natesa G. Pandian, James D. Thomas, Leopoldo Perez de Isla, Otto Kamp, Michel Zuber, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Tamas Forster, Hans-Joachim Nesser, Annette Geibel, Willem Gorissen, and Jose L. Zamorano

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Chronic adaptation of atrial structure and function in elite male athletes Gavin McClean, Keith George, Rachel Lord, Victor Utomi, Nigel Jones, John Somauroo, Sarah Fletcher, and David Oxborough

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Exercise echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to predict outcome in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ´ndez, ´s Peteiro, Xusto Fernandez, Alberto Bouzas-Mosquera, Lorenzo Monserrat, Cristina Me Jesu Esther Rodriguez-Garcia, Rafaela Soler, David Couto, and Alfonso Castro-Beiras

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Intra-coronary thrombus evolution during acute coronary syndrome: regression assessment by serial optical coherence tomography analyses N. Amabile, S. Hammas, S. Fradi, G. Souteyrand, A. Veugeois, L. Belle, P. Motreff, and C. Caussin

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A comparison of cardiac computerized tomography and exercise stress electrocardiogram test for the investigation of stable chest pain: the clinical results of the CAPP randomized prospective trial P. McKavanagh, L. Lusk, P.A. Ball, R.M. Verghis, A.M. Agus, T.R. Trinick, E. Duly, G.M. Walls, M. Stevenson, B. James, A. Hamilton, M.T. Harbinson, and P.M. Donnelly

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Effect of spinal cord stimulation on myocardial perfusion reserve in patients with refractory angina pectoris Antti Saraste, Heikki Ukkonen, Antti Varis, Tuija Vasankari, Satu Tunturi, Markku Taittonen, Pirkka Rautakorpi, Matti Luotolahti, K.E. Juhani Airaksinen, and Juhani Knuuti

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IMAGE FOCUS Video-assisted transmitral resection of primary cardiac lipoma originated from the left ventricular apex Yoshihiro Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Yoshimuta, Masakazu Yamagishi, and Kenji Sakata

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Incidental finding of an univentricular heart on echocardiogram in an adult patient Neeraja Yedlapati and Nassim R. Krim

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Idiopathic pseudoaneurysm of mitral —aortic intervalvular fibrosa with rupture into the left atrium Girish R. Sabnis, Milind S. Phadke, Devendra V. Patil, Charan P. Lanjewar, and Prafulla G. Kerkar

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Cardiac MRI of a contained ascending aortic rupture extending into the pericardium Chirag Agarwal, Sunny Goel, Adam Jacobi, Veronica Fernandes, and Javier Sanz

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Subvalvular pannus formation causing aortic stenosis in patient with a normal prosthetic aortic valve: computed tomography finding Mi Sun Chung, Dong Hyun Yang, Dae-Hee Kim, Joon-Won Kang, and Tae-Hwan Lim

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Pulmonary vein stenosis after radiofrequency ablation: in vivo optical coherence tomography insights ´ L. Merino ´l Moreno, and Jose Angel Sanchez-Recalde, Rau

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Transoesophageal echocardiography of aortic atherosclerosis: the additive value of three-dimensional over two-dimensional imaging Adaya Weissler-Snir, Gaby Greenberg, Yaron Shapira, Daniel Weisenberg, Daniel Monakier, Roman Nevzorov, Alexander Sagie, and Mordehay Vaturi

Leukaemic myocardial infiltration presenting as acute heart failure Gustavo Lima da Silva, Sara Valle, Fausto J. Pinto, and Ana G. Almeida

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Why it is important to use the correct dose of the non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants B. Jacobs, R. Willems, and C. Garweg

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