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Volume 2 (2005), Issue 1 (January)

1. Design, baseline characteristics and carotid intima-media thickness reproducibility in the PARC study.
   Cerebrovasc Dis, 19(1): 57-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Accuracy of echocardiography in low birth weight infants with congenital heart disease.
   Pediatrics, 115(1): 102-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Seven-year follow-up after dobutamine stress echocardiography: impact of gender on prognosis.
   J Am Coll Cardiol, 45(1): 93-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Non-invasive assessment of cerebral perfusion pressure in brain injured patients with moderate intracranial hypertension.
   Br J Anaesth, 94(2): 216-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Pulsed wave tissue Doppler-derived myocardial performance index for the assessment of left ventricular thrombus formation risk after acute myocardial infarction.
   Am Heart J, 148(6): 1102-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Hand-held echocardiographic examination of patients with symptoms of acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department: the 30-day outcome associated with normal left ventricular wall motion.
   Am Heart J, 148(6): 1096-101. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography in assessing atrial and ventricular septal defects: an echocardiographic-surgical correlative study.
   Am Heart J, 148(6): 1091-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Pulsed-wave tissue Doppler quantification of systolic and diastolic function of viable and nonviable myocardium in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy.
   Am Heart J, 148(6): 1079-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Chemical modifications of bile acids under high-intensity ultrasound or microwave irradiation.
   Steroids, 70(2): 77-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Intraoral ultrasound in the diagnosis and treatment of suspected peritonsillar abscess in the emergency department.
    Acad Emerg Med, 12(1): 85-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Diastolic stress echocardiography: a novel noninvasive diagnostic test for diastolic dysfunction using supine bicycle exercise Doppler echocardiography.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 18(1): 63-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Long-term prognostic importance of transient left ventricular dilation during pharmacologic stress echocardiography.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 18(1): 57-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Significance of systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve during dobutamine stress echocardiography.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 18(1): 49-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Risk stratification of women with peripartum cardiomyopathy at initial presentation: a dobutamine stress echocardiography study.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 18(1): 45-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Doppler tissue analysis of atrial electromechanical coupling in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 18(1): 39-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Quantitative regional analysis of left atrial function by Doppler tissue imaging-derived parameters discriminates patients with posterior and anterior myocardial infarction.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 18(1): 32-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Noninvasive prediction of complications with anteroseptal acute myocardial infarction by left ventricular Tei index.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 18(1): 20-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Reduced coronary flow reserve in patients with congestive heart failure assessed by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 18(1): 15-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Myocardial function in severe aortic stenosis before and after aortic valve replacement: a Doppler tissue imaging study.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 18(1): 8-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. A real-time 3-dimensional digital Doppler method for measurement of flow rate and volume through mitral valve in children: a validation study compared with magnetic resonance imaging.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 18(1): 1-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Peroperative transcranial sonography for electrode placement into the targeted subthalamic nucleus of patients with Parkinson disease: technical note.
    Surg Neurol, 63(1): 66-9; discussion 69. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Use of ultrasonic vocalizations to assess olfactory detection in mouse pups treated with 3-methylindole.
    Behav Processes, 68(1): 13-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Endoscopic ultrasound in non-small cell lung cancer and negative mediastinum on computed tomography.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 171(2): 177-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Usefulness of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography for reliable measurement of cardiac output in patients with ischemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
    Am J Cardiol, 95(2): 308-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Is transesophageal echocardiography overused in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis?
    Am J Cardiol, 95(2): 295-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Colour M-mode velocity propagation: a glance at intra-ventricular pressure gradients and early diastolic ventricular performance.
    Eur J Heart Fail, 7(1): 19-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Postnatal decrease in substantia nigra echogenicity. Implications for the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease.
    J Neurol, 251(12): 1451-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Alterations of mesenteric blood flow after cardiopulmonary bypass: a Doppler sonographic study.
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 18(6): 731-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Diagnosis of patent foramen ovale with multiplane transesophageal echocardiography in adult cardiac surgical patients.
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 18(6): 725-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Assessment of the tricuspid valve: a comparison of four transesophageal echocardiographic windows.
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 18(6): 719-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. The use of the SonoSite ultrasound device for intraoperative evaluation of the aorta.
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 18(6): 715-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. High-intensity focused ultrasound for localized thyroid-tissue ablation: preliminary experimental animal study.
    Thyroid, 14(12): 1072-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Echocardiographic parameters discriminating myocardial infarction with pulmonary congestion from myocardial infarction without congestion in the mouse.
    J Appl Physiol, 98(2): 680-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Changes in the parameters of left ventricular diastolic function according to age on tissue Doppler imaging.
    Arq Bras Cardiol, 83(6): 466-9; 461-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Use of intraoperative epiaortic ultrasonography to delineate aortic atheroma.
    Chest, 127(1): 60-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Advantages in using multifrequency excitation of contrast microbubbles for enhancing echo particle image velocimetry techniques: initial numerical studies using rectangular and triangular waves.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 31(1): 99-108. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Comparison of different mathematical models to analyze diminution kinetics of ultrasound contrast enhancement in a flow phantom.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 31(1): 93-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. On the potential of the Lagrangian speckle model estimator to characterize atherosclerotic plaques in endovascular elastography: in vitro experiments using an excised human carotid artery.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 31(1): 85-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Comparison of extended field of view and dual image ultrasound techniques: accuracy and reliability of distance measurements in phantom study.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 31(1): 79-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Curvature affects Doppler investigation of vessels: implications for clinical practice.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 31(1): 65-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Image-based cardiac gating for three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound imaging.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 31(1): 53-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Evaluation of cardiac function by tissue Doppler echocardiography: hemodynamic determinants and clinical application.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 31(1): 23-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Dynamic three-dimensional visualization of the left ventricle by intracardiac echocardiography.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 31(1): 15-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Fetal arrhythmias: natural history and management.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 31(1): 1-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. In utero transplantation of human hematopoetic stem cells into fetal goats under B-type ultrasonographic scan: an experimental model for the study of potential prenatal therapy.
    Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol, 118(2): 170-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Prenatal diagnosis and management of mild fetal pyelectasis: implications for neonatal outcome and follow-up.
    Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol, 118(2): 154-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Release of indomethacin from ultrasound dry granules containing lactose-based excipients.
    J Control Release, 102(1): 39-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Detection of embolic particles with the Doppler guide wire during coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction: efficacy of distal protection device.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 45(2): 212-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Intravascular ultrasound-guided treatment for angiographically indeterminate left main coronary artery disease: a long-term follow-up study.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 45(2): 204-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Language lateralization in young children assessed by functional transcranial Doppler sonography.
    Neuroimage, 24(3): 780-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. An efficient gene transfer method mediated by ultrasound and microbubbles into the kidney.
    J Gene Med, 7(1): 108-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Assessment of local stage in rectal cancer using endorectal ultrasonography (EUS).
    Tech Coloproctol, 8: s170-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Accuracy of endorectal ultrasonography in the preoperative staging of rectal cancer.
    Tech Coloproctol, 8: s14-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Successful endoscopic management of iatrogenic mediastinal infection and subsequent esophagomediastinal fistula, following endosonographically guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy.
    Endoscopy, 37(1): 88-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Endoscopic ultrasonography.
    Endoscopy, 37(1): 1-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Novel quantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion by harmonic power Doppler imaging during myocardial contrast echocardiography.
    Heart, 91(2): 183-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Evaluation of a hand carried cardiac ultrasound device in an outpatient cardiology clinic.
    Heart, 91(2): 171-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Pre-discharge stress echocardiography and exercise ECG for risk stratification after uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction: results of the COSTAMI-II (cost of strategies after myocardial infarction) trial.
    Heart, 91(2): 146-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Quantifying myocardial perfusion using contrast echocardiography.
    Heart, 91(2): 133-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Determinants of functional capacity in patients with chronic heart failure: role of filling pressure and systolic and diastolic function.
    Am Heart J, 149(1): 152-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Sonochemical reduction of the antioxidant activity of olive mill wastewater.
    Environ Int, 31(2): 281-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Extent of sonochemical degradation and change of toxicity of a pharmaceutical precursor (triphenylphosphine oxide) in water as a function of treatment conditions.
    Environ Int, 31(2): 207-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Assessment of myocardial viability with dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction.
    Echocardiography, 22(1): 71-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of aortic arch-left innominate vein fistula.
    Echocardiography, 22(1): 43-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Subaortic stenosis produced by an accessory mitral valve: the role of echocardiography.
    Echocardiography, 22(1): 39-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Histological characterization of microlesions induced by myocardial contrast echocardiography.
    Echocardiography, 22(1): 25-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Assessment of the tricuspid valve morphology by transthoracic real-time-3D-echocardiography.
    Echocardiography, 22(1): 15-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Role of transthoracic Doppler pulmonary venous flow pattern in large atrial septal defects.
    Echocardiography, 22(1): 9-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Comparison of coronary flow velocities between patients with obstructive and nonobstructive type hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: noninvasive assessment by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography.
    Echocardiography, 22(1): 1-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Hand-held miniaturized cardiac ultrasound instruments for rapid and effective bedside diagnosis and patient screening.
    J Eval Clin Pract, 11(1): 67-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Improved diagnosis of vascular dissection by ultrasound B-flow: a comparison with color-coded Doppler and power Doppler sonography.
    Eur Radiol, 15(2): 342-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Florence-Sydney Breast Biopsy Study: sensitivity of ultrasound-guided versus freehand fine needle biopsy of palpable breast cancer.
    Breast Cancer Res Treat, 89(1): 55-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Functional diagnosis of coronary stenosis using tissue tracking provides best sensitivity and specificity for left circumflex disease: experience from the MYDISE (myocardial Doppler in stress echocardiography) study.
    Eur J Echocardiogr, 6(1): 54-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Reference values from M-mode and Doppler echocardiography for normal Syrian hamsters.
    Eur J Echocardiogr, 6(1): 41-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Real-time perfusion adenosine stress echocardiography in the coronary care unit: a feasible bedside tool for predicting coronary artery stenosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
    Eur J Echocardiogr, 6(1): 31-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. The feasibility and usefulness of contrast exercise echocardiography for the assessment of left ventricular function in master athletes.
    Eur J Echocardiogr, 6(1): 24-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Enhancing ultrasound images by morphology filter and eliminating ringing effect.
    Eur J Radiol, 53(2): 293-305. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Transabdominal pulse inversion harmonic imaging improves assessment of ovarian morphology in virgin patients with PCOS: comparison with conventional B-mode sonography.
    Eur J Radiol, 53(2): 280-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Advantages and disadvantages of hysterosonosalpingography in the assessment of the reproductive status of uterine cavity and fallopian tubes.
    Eur J Radiol, 53(2): 268-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Computer-assisted quantitative assessment of power Doppler US: effects of microbubble contrast agent in the differentiation of breast tumors.
    Eur J Radiol, 53(2): 238-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. The value of Doppler ultrasound in diagnosis in 25 cases of furunculoid myiasis.
    Int J Dermatol, 44(1): 34-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Comparison of digital and ultrasonographic examination of the cervix in predicting time interval from induction to delivery in women with a low Bishop score.
    BJOG, 112(2): 192-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Determinants and consequences of discrepancies in menstrual and ultrasonographic gestational age estimates.
    BJOG, 112(2): 145-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Accuracy of fetal echocardiography in the routine detection of congenital heart disease among unselected and low risk populations: a systematic review.
    BJOG, 112(1): 24-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Prediction of spontaneous onset of labor at term: the role of cervical length measurement and funneling of internal cervical os detected by transvaginal ultrasonography.
    Am J Perinatol, 22(1): 35-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. Painful cystic duct remnant diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound.
    Am J Gastroenterol, 100(2): 491-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. Measurement of the speed of sound in follicular fluid.
    Hum Reprod, 20(2): 497-500. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Endometrial and subendometrial blood flow measured by three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound in patients with small intramural uterine fibroids during IVF treatment.
    Hum Reprod, 20(2): 501-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Evaluation of penile perfusion by color-coded duplex sonography in the management of erectile dysfunction.
    World J Urol, 22(5): 361-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. Aberrant right subclavian artery as a new cardiac sign in second- and third-trimester fetuses with Down syndrome.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 192(1): 257-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. Prediction of growth discordance in twins with the use of abdominal circumference ratios.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 192(1): 247-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. Nuchal translucency and fetal cardiac defects: a pooled analysis of major fetal echocardiography centers.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 192(1): 89-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. An ethical critique of boutique fetal imaging:a case for the medicalization of fetal imaging.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 192(1): 31-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. Mid trimester sonographic findings for the prediction of Down syndrome in a sonographically screened population.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 192(1): 10-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. Delivery of systemic chemotherapeutic agent to tumors by using focused ultrasound: study in a murine model.
    Radiology, 234(2): 431-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Carotid angioplasty and stent placement: comparison of transcranial Doppler US data and clinical outcome with and without filtering cerebral protection devices in 509 patients.
    Radiology, 234(2): 493-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. Power Doppler sonography of invasive breast carcinoma: does tumor vascularization contribute to prediction of axillary status?
    Radiology, 234(2): 374-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. High-flow priapism: colour-Doppler ultrasound-guided supraselective embolization therapy.
    World J Urol, 22(5): 368-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. Color Doppler ultrasound investigation of varicocele.
    World J Urol, 22(5): 378-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. Detection of early systolic dysfunction with strain rate imaging in a patient with light chain cardiomyopathy.
     Z Kardiol, 94(2): 133-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
101. Pups call, mothers rush: does maternal responsiveness affect the amount of ultrasonic vocalizations in mouse pups?
     Behav Genet, 35(1): 103-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
102. Neonatal ethanol exposure but not neonatal cocaine selectively reduces specific isolation-induced vocalization waveforms in rats.
     Behav Genet, 35(1): 93-102. [Abstract] [Full-text]
103. Principles of rat communication: quantitative parameters of ultrasonic calls in rats.
     Behav Genet, 35(1): 85-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
104. Genetic and developmental influences on infant mouse ultrasonic calling. III. Patterns of inheritance in the calls of mice 3-9 days of age.
     Behav Genet, 35(1): 73-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
105. Selective breeding for an infant phenotype: rat pup ultrasonic vocalization (USV).
     Behav Genet, 35(1): 53-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
106. A review of the methods of studies on infant ultrasound production and maternal retrieval in small rodents.
     Behav Genet, 35(1): 31-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
107. The effects of intraabdominally insufflated carbon dioxide on hepatic blood flow during laparoscopic surgery assessed by transesophageal echocardiography.
     Anesth Analg, 100(2): 340-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
108. Cerebral monitoring with transcranial Doppler ultrasonography improves neurologic outcome during repairs of acute type A aortic dissection.
     J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 129(2): 277-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
109. Specific targeting of ultrasound contrast agent (USCA) for diagnostic application: an in vitro feasibility study based on SAW biosensor.
     Biosens Bioelectron, 20(9): 1829-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
110. Left internal thoracic artery graft assessed by means of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.
     Ann Thorac Surg, 79(2): 580-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
111. Transthoracic endosonography for the intraoperative localization of lung nodules.
     Ann Thorac Surg, 79(2): 443-9; discussion 443-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
112. The use of live three-dimensional Doppler echocardiography in the measurement of cardiac output: an in vivo animal study.
     J Am Coll Cardiol, 45(3): 433-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
113. Multislice computed tomography versus intracardiac echocardiography to evaluate the pulmonary veins before radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: a head-to-head comparison.
     J Am Coll Cardiol, 45(3): 343-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
114. Intraoperative landmarking of vascular anatomy by integration of duplex and Doppler ultrasonography in image-guided surgery. Technical note.
     Surg Neurol, 63(2): 133-41; discussion 141-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
115. Estimation of central venous pressure by ultrasound.
     Resuscitation, 64(2): 193-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
116. Diagnosis and outcome of fetal lower urinary tract obstruction in the northern region of England.
     Prenat Diagn, 25(1): 7-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
117. Prenatal diagnosis of Fanconi anemia (Group C) subsequent to abnormal sonographic findings.
     Prenat Diagn, 25(1): 20-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
118. Split notochord syndrome variant: prenatal findings and neonatal management.
     Prenat Diagn, 25(1): 23-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
119. Increased nuchal translucency and split-hand/foot malformation in a fetus with an interstitial deletion of chromosome 2q that removes the SHFM5 locus.
     Prenat Diagn, 25(1): 39-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
120. Sonographic markers of exencephaly below 10 weeks' gestation.
     Prenat Diagn, 25(1): 31-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
121. Correlation between biomagnetic and Doppler findings of the uterine artery in normal and preeclamptic pregnancies.
     Prenat Diagn, 25(1): 51-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
122. Accepting or declining the offer of prenatal screening for congenital defects: test uptake and women's reasons.
     Prenat Diagn, 25(1): 84-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
123. Prenatal diagnosis of Aicardi-Goutières syndrome.
     Prenat Diagn, 25(1): 28-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
124. Sonographic atypical vascular coiling of the umbilical cord.
     Prenat Diagn, 25(1): 1-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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