Ultrasound Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Ultrasound, including details on screening, diagnosis, pregnancy, detection.

Volume 3 (2006), Issue 4 (April)

1. Effect of coitus on recurrent preterm birth.
   Obstet Gynecol, 107(4): 793-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Assessment of diastolic function with Doppler tissue imaging after cardiac surgery: effect of the "postoperative septum" in on-pump and off-pump procedures.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(4): 464-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Echocardiographic indices of increased left ventricular filling pressure and dilation after acute myocardial infarction.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(4): 450-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Right heart function in systemic lupus erythematosus: insights from myocardial Doppler tissue imaging.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(4): 441-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Effect of percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty on left atrial appendage function: a Doppler tissue study.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(4): 434-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Transesophageal echocardiographic assessment of right atrial appendage anatomy and function: comparison with the left atrial appendage and implications for local thrombus formation.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(4): 429-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Effect of age and heart rate on atrial mechanical function assessed by Doppler tissue imaging in healthy individuals.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(4): 422-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Use of real-time 3-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in the evaluation of mitral valve disease.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(4): 413-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Noninvasive Doppler tissue measurement of pulmonary artery compliance in children with pulmonary hypertension.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(4): 403-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Three-dimensional tricuspid annular function provides insight into the mechanisms of tricuspid valve regurgitation in classic hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(4): 391-402. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Automated quantification of the spatial extent of perfusion defects and viability on myocardial contrast echocardiography.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(4): 379-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Relation between flow reserve capacity of penetrating intramyocardial coronary arteries and myocardial fibrosis in hypertension: study using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(4): 373-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Quantitative adenosine real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography for detection of angiographically significant coronary artery disease.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(4): 365-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Effects of modulation of left ventricular contractile state and loading conditions on tissue Doppler myocardial performance index.
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 290(5): H1952-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Time dependent validity in the diagnosis of brain death using transcranial Doppler sonography.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 77(5): 646-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Focused ultrasound and molecularly imprinted polymers: a new approach to organotin analysis in environmental samples.
    J Chromatogr A, 1114(1): 82-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Retrospective determination of the area at risk for reperfused acute myocardial infarction with T2-weighted cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: histopathological and displacement encoding with stimulated echoes (DENSE) functional validations.
    Circulation, 113(15): 1865-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Low-frequency sonophoresis: ultrastructural basis for stratum corneum permeability assessed using quantum dots.
    J Invest Dermatol, 126(5): 1095-101. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Ultrasound-accelerated tissue fixation/processing achieves superior morphology and macromolecule integrity with storage stability.
    J Histochem Cytochem, 54(5): 503-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Probabilistic reporting of EUS-FNA cytology: Toward improved communication and better clinical decisions.
    Cancer, 108(2): 93-101. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Association of the Ghrelin receptor gene region with left ventricular hypertrophy in the general population: results of the MONICA/KORA Augsburg Echocardiographic Substudy.
    Hypertension, 47(5): 920-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Proximal to middle left coronary artery flow velocity ratio, as assessed using color Doppler echocardiography, predicts coronary artery atherosclerosis in mice.
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 26(5): 1126-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Best evidence topic report. Ultrasound placement of needle in three-in-one nerve block.
    Emerg Med J, 23(5): 401-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Intravascular palpography for vulnerable plaque assessment.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 47(8): C86-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Precordial Doppler probe placement for optimal detection of venous air embolism during craniotomy.
    Anesth Analg, 102(5): 1543-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Cardiac function during intraperitoneal CO2 insufflation for aortic surgery: a transesophageal echocardiographic study.
    Anesth Analg, 102(5): 1304-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Grading of myocardial dysfunction by tissue Doppler echocardiography: a comparison between velocity, displacement, and strain imaging in acute ischemia.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 47(8): 1672-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Fabry's disease cardiomyopathy: echocardiographic detection of endomyocardial glycosphingolipid compartmentalization.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 47(8): 1663-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Prenatal diagnosis of hypochondroplasia: report of two cases.
    Am J Med Genet A, 140(9): 998-1003. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. An intravascular ultrasound analysis of the mechanisms of restenosis comparing drug-eluting stents with brachytherapy.
    Am J Cardiol, 97(9): 1292-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Repeatability and agreement of two A-scan ultrasonic biometers and IOLMaster in non-orthokeratology subjects and post-orthokeratology children.
    Clin Exp Optom, 89(3): 160-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Prognostic value of angiogenesis evaluated with high-frequency and colour Doppler sonography for preoperative assessment of primary cutaneous melanomas: correlation with recurrence after a 5 year follow-up period.
    Cancer Imaging, 6: 24-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Assessment of patent foramen ovale in carcinoid heart disease.
    Am Heart J, 151(5): 1129.e1-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. In vivo relationship between compositional and mechanical imaging of coronary arteries. Insights from intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis.
    Am Heart J, 151(5): 1025.e1-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Coronary plaque composition of nonculprit lesions, assessed by in vivo intracoronary ultrasound radio frequency data analysis, is related to clinical presentation.
    Am Heart J, 151(5): 1020-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Sirolimus-eluting coronary stents in small vessels.
    Am Heart J, 151(5): 1019.e1-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Intrafamilial variability of noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium.
    Am Heart J, 151(5): 1012.e7-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Esophageal dissection complicating transesophageal echocardiogram--the lesson to be learned: do not force the issue.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(5): 579.e5-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Perforated periaortic valve abscess presents as acute pericarditis and patient died in transesophageal echocardiographic study.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(5): 579.e1-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. A new window of opportunity in echocardiography.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(5): 569-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. In vivo echocardiographic imaging of transplanted human adult stem cells in the myocardium labeled with clinically applicable CliniMACS nanoparticles.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(5): 563-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. A novel echocardiographic Doppler method for estimation of pulmonary arterial pressures.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(5): 559-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Detection of residual infarct-related coronary artery stenosis and multivessel disease after thrombolysis: comparison between myocardial contrast echocardiography and single photon emission computed tomography.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(5): 546-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Feasibility of using a real-time 3-dimensional technique for contrast dobutamine stress echocardiography.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(5): 540-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Efficacy of ultrasound-assisted stress testing using a hand-carried ultrasound device for diagnosis of coronary artery disease.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(5): 536-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Risk stratification in chronic heart failure: independent and incremental prognostic value of echocardiography and brain natriuretic peptide and its N-terminal fragment.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(5): 522-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Impact of preload and afterload on global and regional right ventricular function and pressure: a quantitative echocardiography study.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(5): 515-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Right heart function in scleroderma: insights from myocardial Doppler tissue imaging.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(5): 507-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Transesophageal echocardiographic acquisition of mitral annulus motion during monitoring of left ventricular function in anesthetized patients.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(5): 499-506. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Traditional and color M-mode parameters of left ventricular diastolic function during low-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography: relations to contractility reserve.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(5): 483-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Effects of radial left ventricular dyssynchrony on cardiac performance using quantitative tissue Doppler radial strain imaging.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(5): 475-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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