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 4 (2007), Issue 9 (September)

1. Assessment of culprit lesion morphology in acute myocardial infarction: ability of optical coherence tomography compared with intravascular ultrasound and coronary angioscopy.
   J Am Coll Cardiol, 50(10): 933-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Outcomes of pregnancies with fetal gastroschisis.
   Obstet Gynecol, 110(3): 663-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. The risk of recurrence of holoprosencephaly in euploid fetuses.
   Obstet Gynecol, 110(3): 658-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. First- and second-trimester screening: detection of aneuploidies other than Down syndrome.
   Obstet Gynecol, 110(3): 651-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Transesophageal echocardiographic guidance for surgical repair of aortic insufficiency in congenital heart disease.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 20(9): 1080-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Real-time 3-dimensional color Doppler flow of mitral and tricuspid regurgitation: feasibility and initial quantitative comparison with 2-dimensional methods.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 20(9): 1050-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Right ventricular myocardial performance index predicts perioperative mortality or circulatory failure in high-risk valvular surgery.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 20(9): 1065-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Evaluation of left ventricular contractile function using noninvasively determined single-beat end-systolic elastance in mitral regurgitation: experimental validation and clinical application.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 20(9): 1086-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Head-to-head comparison of dobutamine and adenosine stress real-time myocardial perfusion echocardiography for the detection of coronary artery disease.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 20(9): 1109-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Quantification of left ventricular volumes and function in patients with cardiomyopathies by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography: a head-to-head comparison between two different semiautomated endocardial border detection algorithms.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 20(9): 1042-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Impaired longitudinal myocardial velocities in patients with growth hormone deficiency improves after hormone replacement therapy.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 20(9): 1093-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Comparison of novel echocardiographic parameters of right ventricular function with ejection fraction by cardiac magnetic resonance.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 20(9): 1058-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Manganese dipyridoxyl-diphosphate (MnDPDP) as a viability marker in patients with myocardial infarction.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 26(3): 720-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Utility of stress echocardiography in identifying significant coronary artery disease in patients with left bundle-branch block.
    Crit Pathw Cardiol, 6(3): 127-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Uses of different D-dimer levels can reduce the need for venous duplex scanning to rule out deep vein thrombosis in patients with symptomatic pulmonary embolism.
    J Vasc Surg, 46(3): 526-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Duplex scan surveillance after carotid angioplasty and stenting: a rational definition of stent stenosis.
    J Vasc Surg, 46(3): 460-5; discussion 465-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Ultrasound induces cyclooxygenase-2 expression through integrin, integrin-linked kinase, Akt, NF-kappaB and p300 pathway in human chondrocytes.
    Cell Signal, 19(11): 2317-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Echocardiography in patients with symptomatic intracranial stenosis.
    J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis, 16(5): 216-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Functional anatomy of aortic regurgitation: accuracy, prediction of surgical repairability, and outcome implications of transesophageal echocardiography.
    Circulation, 116(11): I264-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. In vivo characterization of murine myocardial perfusion with myocardial contrast echocardiography: validation and application in nitric oxide synthase 3 deficient mice.
    Circulation, 116(11): 1250-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Ultrasound-guided training in the performance of brachial plexus block by the posterior approach: an observational study.
    Anaesthesia, 62(10): 1024-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Transperineal ultrasound for measurement of prostate volume: validation against transrectal ultrasound.
    J Urol, 178(4): 1375-9; discussion 1379-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Radiographic changes following excisional tapering and reimplantation of megaureters in childhood: long-term outcome in 46 renal units.
    J Urol, 178(4): 1474-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Endoscopic ultrasound for the evaluation of Nissen fundoplication integrity: a blinded comparison with conventional testing.
    Surg Endosc, 21(10): 1719-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Sonoporation mediated transduction of pDNA/siRNA into joint synovium in vivo.
    J Orthop Res, 25(10): 1308-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Exercise echocardiography reveals subclinical cardiac dysfunction in young adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer, 49(6): 835-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Mitral valve implantation using off-pump closed beating intracardiac surgery: a feasibility study.
    Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 6(5): 603-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Sonography of benign conditions of the anal canal: an update.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 189(4): 765-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Sonographically guided intratendinous injection of hyperosmolar dextrose to treat chronic tendinosis of the Achilles tendon: a pilot study.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 189(4): W215-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Comparison of early dobutamine stress echocardiography and exercise electrocardiographic testing for management of patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain.
    Am J Cardiol, 100(7): 1068-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Role of left atrial size in risk stratification and prognosis of patients undergoing stress echocardiography.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 50(13): 1254-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Ultrasound-guided transrectal implantation of gold markers for prostate localization during external beam radiotherapy: complication rate and risk factors.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 69(3): 671-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Accuracy of cerebral monitoring in detecting cerebral ischemia during carotid endarterectomy: a comparison of transcranial Doppler sonography, near-infrared spectroscopy, stump pressure, and somatosensory evoked potentials.
    Anesthesiology, 107(4): 563-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Evaluation of cardiac function of the fetus by inferior vena cava diameter pulse waveform.
    Am Heart J, 154(4): 789-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Comparison of angiographically guided direct stenting technique with direct stenting and optimal balloon angioplasty guided with intravascular ultrasound. The multicenter, randomized trial results.
    Am Heart J, 154(4): 669-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Enhanced detection of thromboemboli with the use of targeted microbubbles.
    Stroke, 38(10): 2726-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Detection of carotid adventitial vasa vasorum and plaque vascularization with ultrasound cadence contrast pulse sequencing technique and echo-contrast agent.
    Stroke, 38(10): 2841-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Can activity within the external abdominal oblique be measured using real-time ultrasound imaging?
    Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon), 22(9): 972-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Proximal isovelocity surface area should be routinely measured in evaluating mitral regurgitation: a core review.
    Anesth Analg, 105(4): 940-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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