Cardiovascular Imaging by Ultrasound

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Clinical application of the analysis of diastolic mitral inflow: differentiation of restriction and constriction....Pages 3-12
Noninvasive assessment of left ventricular systolic and diastolic function using Doppler mitral regurgitant velocity profile....Pages 13-22
What does pulmonary vein flow analysis add to the assessment of left ventricular hemodynamics?....Pages 23-36
Front Matter....Pages 37-37
Doppler echocardiographic assessment of mitral valve stenosis before and after balloon catheter valvuloplasty....Pages 39-50
Dynamics of the intraventricular diastolic flow velocity profile in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy....Pages 51-59
Is ultrasound of clinical value in the management of heart transplant patients?....Pages 61-70
Quantification of mitral regurgitation using amplitude-weighted mean velocity....Pages 71-78
Contrast color Doppler-echocardiography....Pages 79-87
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Three-dimensional reconstruction of the mitral valve....Pages 91-102
Determination of left ventricular volume by means of a transpulmonary echocardiographic contrast agent....Pages 103-107
Preliminary clinical experience with intracoronary Albunex R : a standardized echocontrast agent....Pages 109-120
Influence of ACE-Inhibition on diastolic LV-function in patients with CHD....Pages 121-127
Dobutamine or dipyridamole echocardiography: which test for which patient?....Pages 129-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Identification of viable myocardium: dobutamine echocardiography versus positron emission tomography....Pages 143-157
Ultrasonic backscatter imaging for characterization of cardiac structure and function....Pages 159-168
Role of transesophageal echocardiography in pulmonary embolism....Pages 169-178
Which role will ultrasound have with regard to NMR images?....Pages 179-186
Echo phase analysis for noninvasive localization of accessory pathways: an adjunct to endocardial mapping in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome....Pages 187-229
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Diseases of the aorta — critical evaluation of the role of transesophageal echocardiography....Pages 233-243
The added importance of transesophageal echocardiography in imaging regurgitation through prosthetic valves....Pages 245-251
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
The role of transesophageal echocardiography in adults with congenital heart disease....Pages 253-269
The Role of CW Doppler in Transesophageal Echocardiography....Pages 271-275
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Design considerations for a transesophageal probe....Pages 279-286
Annular array multiplanar TEE probe allowing 3D reconstruction of cineloops of the heart....Pages 287-296
The multiplane probe: extracting the full information from the transesophageal window. The Aachen experience....Pages 297-305
Multiplanar transesophageal echocardiography....Pages 307-310
Front Matter....Pages 311-311
Epicardial coronary arterial imaging by ultrasound: what have we learned?....Pages 313-323
Intravascular ultrasound: instrumentation, image interpretation, promises and pitfalls....Pages 325-341
New directions in intravascular ultrasound....Pages 343-353
Coronary intravascular ultrasound: rationale, technology, and initial clinical applications....Pages 355-374
The use of intracoronary ultrasound to assess post-intervention vessel wall responses....Pages 375-387
Quantitative coronary angiography plus intravascular ultrasound....Pages 389-395
Front Matter....Pages 397-397
Ultrasound angioplasty....Pages 399-410
In vitro analysis of a model of intracardiac jet: a laser Doppler anemometric study....Pages 411-423
Ultrasonic characterization of normal and diseased myocardium....Pages 425-434
The clinical impact of computer assisted evaluation of ultrasonic tissue and flow data....Pages 435-451
Transesophageal stress echocardiography: the combined use of transesophageal atrial pacing and transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiography....Pages 453-459
Transesophageal echo computer tomography: computational reconstruction of any desired view of the beating heart....Pages 461-468
Future directions in cardiovascular ultrasound....Pages 469-475
Back Matter....Pages 477-486