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Accreditation

Historical trends in Intersocietal Accreditation Commission echocardiography accredited laboratories (Farrell et al), B88

Adipose tissue

Echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue thickness is a marker for the detection of vasospastic angina (Nishio et al), B16

Age factors

Age-related increase of left ventricular mechanical dispersion measured with two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in 254 healthy adults (Muraru et al), B66-7

The aorta in Turner syndrome—it’s not all about the size (Parthiban et al), B94

Association of cumulative exposure to blood pressure from early adulthood to middle age with left atrial and left ventricle structure and function by three-dimensional echocardiography: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (de Vasconcellos et al), B48-9

Healthy teens with preterm birth have increased LV twist parameters further exaggerated in more extreme prematurity, a mechanism of LV compensation to impaired diastolic performance (Ravi et al), B77

Left ventricular myocardial deformation capacity during exercise stress in healthy adults. A two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography study (Larsen et al), B75

Strain and rotational mechanics in children with single left ventricles vs. age-matched controls (Lopez et al), B23-4

Aged

Prediction of incident heart failure in obese elderly subjects: How should we index left ventricular mass? (Wang et al), B103

Algorithms

Accuracy of the 2016 ASE diastolic guidelines for estimating left ventricular filling pressure (Balaney et al), B82

Comparison of traditional manual and fully automated methods of LV strain analysis in tetralogy of Fallot (Shelby et al), B23

A comprehensive algorithm for identification of shunting with agitated saline contrast echocardiography: the importance of incorporating pattern and timing of left heart opacification (El Tallawi et al), B18-9

Differences in regional wall motion and quantitative ejection fraction measurements when using standard left ventricular opacification versus real time very low mechanical index algorithms (Darrah et al), B7

Most patients are not classifiable by current diastolic function guidelines (Gottbrecht and Aurigemma), B85

Three-dimensional echocardiographic acquisition and analysis of the left-heart chambers: comparison between an automated adaptive analytics algorithm and conventional technique (Medvedofsky et al), B46

Three-dimensional echocardiographic automated quantification of left-heart chambers using adaptive analytics algorithm: importance of experience (Weinert et al), B76

American Society of Echocardiography

Accuracy of the 2016 ASE diastolic guidelines for estimating left ventricular filling pressure (Balaney et al), B82

Impact of the 2016 American Society of Echocardiography guidelines on diastology evaluation and reporting in a community hospital (Gopalakrishnan et al), B66

Amyloidosis

Can echocardiographic parameters predict the burden of cardiac amyloidosis? (Mehta et al), B104-5

Comparing the variable effects of amyloidosis on the right and left ventricle (Jarori et al), B112

Anemia, sickle cell

Left ventricular function by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in children with sickle cell anemia (Bansal et al), B105

Angina pectoris

Echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue thickness is a marker for the detection of vasospastic angina (Nishio et al), B16

Shockwave therapy: a new approach for improving symptoms of patients with refractory angina pectoris (Duque et al), B17

Angiogenesis

The intracoronary ultrasound targeted microbubble destruction technique enhanced the angiogenesis effect in canine after acute myocardial infarction (Cao et al), B96

Angiotensin converting enzyme ; see Kininase II

Angiotensin receptors ; see Receptors, angiotensin

Animal models ; see Models, animal

Ankle

Ankle brachial index testing for early detection of peripheral arterial disease at routine cardiologist visit (Phillion et al), B94

Association of aortic stiffness assessed by cardio-ankle vascular index with left ventricular structure and function in hypertensive patients (Ohyama et al), B81

Antibiotics, anthracycline

Early trend of right ventricular dysfunction on patients with lymphoma received high dose of anthracycline therapy (Song et al), B81

Left ventricular dyssynchrony and real time 3D echocardiogram in children following chemotherapy (Kadiu and Aggarwal), B110

Less is not more for diagnosis of cardiotoxicity: single vs standard multiview assessment of global longitudinal strain (Negishi et al), B8

Predictor of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients malignant lymphoma after receiving anthracycline (Hatazawa et al), B78

Three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography identifies subclinical dysfunction of left ventricle on long-term lymphoma survivors: a case-control study (Zhang et al), B47-8

Using strain imaging to monitor cardiac function in survivors of childhood cancer on angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition or angiotensin receptor blockade (Harrington et al), B8-9

Anticoagulants

Impact of left ventricle vortex flow guided anticoagulation therapy for preventing apical thrombus formation in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The INNOVATION multicenter prospective randomized clinical trial (Son et al), B4

Aorta

Adventitial thickening in aortic atherosclerosis and stiffness: a controlled transesophageal echocardiographic study (Roldan et al), B95

The aorta in Turner syndrome—it’s not all about the size (Parthiban et al), B94

Assessing vascular characteristics of the fetal descending aorta (Evanoff et al), B35-6

Association between arterial stiffness and aortic root geometry (Kim et al), B91

Association of aortic stiffness assessed by cardio-ankle vascular index with left ventricular structure and function in hypertensive patients (Ohyama et al), B81

“Bovine” arch: demographic and clinical associations (VerHage et al), B34

The descending aortic Doppler provides a clue to the presence of a vascular ring (Srinivasan et al), B29

The diagnostic value of contrast transthoracic echocardiography in acute aortic dissection (Lv et al), B95

Fetal versus postnatal echocardiogram accuracy in the diagnosis of interrupted aortic arch (Larios et al), B35

Flow reversal in normal fetal aortic arch by echocardiography (Chen et al), B85-6

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is associated with dilated sinus of Valsalva: a case-control study (Husain et al), B94-5

Performance characteristics of echocardiography and computed tomography in detecting coronary and aortic atherosclerosis in patients referred for atrial fibrillation ablation (Rau et al), B98

Aortic coarctation

Echocardiographic predictors of significant coarctation gradient at catheterization (Christopher et al), B31

Predicting the need for surgical repair of prenatally diagnosed coarctation of the aorta (Morgan et al), B32-3

Revisiting the Bernoulli equation in coarctation following Norwood procedure (Hashemi et al), B21

Aortic valve

Diastolic dysfunction is a multivariable predictor of re-hospitalization following transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a PARTNER 2 SAPIEN 3 substudy (Ong et al), B3

Echocardiographic predictors of elevated gradients after transcatheter aortic valve replacement for failing bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (Richmond et al), B56

Importance of 3D structures and tissue characteristics of aortic annulus/valve apparatus for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Pu et al), B53-4

Lack of improvement in left atrial function at short-term follow-up in patients with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Fahim et al), B57

Strain echocardiography demonstrates acute transient deterioration in right ventricular systolic function after transapical transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Fahim et al), B58

Transthoracic echocardiography is adequate for intraprocedural assessment of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Jain et al), B51-2

Transthoracic versus transesophageal echocardiography guided transcatheter aortic valve implantation under moderate sedation (Sherifi et al), B40

Aortic valve insufficiency

Assessment of left ventricular function in patient with chronic aortic regurgitation by three dimensional strain imaging comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Xie et al), B54-5

Could an aortic regurgitation paradox be present in transcatheter aortic valve replacement? (Patel et al), B61

Global longitudinal strain predicts mortality in patients with severe aortic insufficiency and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (Narang et al), B52

In patients with left ventricular volume overload, left ventricular size and shape, more than pulmonary artery systolic pressure, may affect right ventricular geometry and function (Gawad et al), B58

Low-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography speckle-tracking imaging in evaluating the post-surgical prognosis of severe aortic valve insufficiency with significantly reduced left ventricular systolic function (Dong et al), B62

Paravalvular regurgitation evaluation after transarterial valve replacement by valve academic research consortium 2 criteria has a modest association with other semiquantitative methods (Alexandru et al), B59

Strict blood pressure control may be required post transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Veer et al), B59

Transthoracic versus transesophageal imaging in transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the incidence of paravalvular regurgitation (Shah et al), B39

Value of three dimensional strain imaging on assessing left ventricular systolic function and predicting short-term outcome in chronic aortic regurgitation undergoing valve replacement surgery (Yuan et al), B45

Aortic valve stenosis

A feasibility study on application of intravascular ultrasound for detection of valvular calcification (Morisawa et al), B51

Impact of renal function on valvular hemodynamics and clinical outcomes in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Chen et al), B60

Impact of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis and depressed left ventricular function (Chowdhury et al), B56

Left ventricular diastolic vortex formation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Subramanyam et al), B53

The myocardial contraction fraction predicts adverse events after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Madhavan et al), B68-9

Prognostic utility of strain and valvuloarterial impedance in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis and preserved systolic function undergoing treadmill stress echocardiography (Huded et al), B57

Strict blood pressure control may be required post transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Veer et al), B59

Survival after trans catheter aortic valve replacement in patients with contractile reserve on dobutamine stress echocardiography versus normal-gradient low ejection fraction patients (Okoh et al), B60

Valvuloarterial impedance and left ventricular geometrical characteristics before and after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Yamaguchi et al), B50

Appointments and schedules

Improvement in clinic and echocardiography lab efficiency via scheduled echocardiograms (Best et al), B23

Arrhythmia

Assessing of myocardial atrial deformations in CABG patients as predictor of perioperative cardiac arrhythmia (Hristova and Marinov), B99

Arteries

Association between arterial stiffness and aortic root geometry (Kim et al), B91

Left atrial dysfunction in patients with infarction of proximal left circumflex artery (Saijo et al), B96

Prognostic utility of strain and valvuloarterial impedance in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis and preserved systolic function undergoing treadmill stress echocardiography (Huded et al), B57

Ultrasound molecular imaging of endothelial activation and platelet adhesion in remote arteries after myocardial infarction: implications for reducing risk for remote recurrent atherosclerotic events (Moccetti et al), B3

Valvuloarterial impedance and left ventricular geometrical characteristics before and after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Yamaguchi et al), B50

Atherosclerosis

Adventitial thickening in aortic atherosclerosis and stiffness: a controlled transesophageal echocardiographic study (Roldan et al), B95

Assessment of carotid artery lesion and elasticity in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome children by ultrasound and e-tracking technique (Zheng et al), B93-4

Association between arterial stiffness and aortic root geometry (Kim et al), B91

Association of aortic stiffness assessed by cardio-ankle vascular index with left ventricular structure and function in hypertensive patients (Ohyama et al), B81

Carotid plaque composition by gray scale mapping is predictive of coronary artery disease and 5 year cardiovascular outcomes (Herr et al), B91

Carotid plaque rather than intima-media thickness as a predictor of recurrent vascular events in patients with acute ischemic stroke (Yoon et al), B92

Evaluation of carotid arterial elasticity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome by two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (You et al), B110-1

Performance characteristics of echocardiography and computed tomography in detecting coronary and aortic atherosclerosis in patients referred for atrial fibrillation ablation (Rau et al), B98

Plaque and intima-media thickness, arterial stiffness and stress echocardiography for cardiovascular risk stratification (Van Woerkom et al), B93

Ultrasound molecular imaging of endothelial activation and platelet adhesion in remote arteries after myocardial infarction: implications for reducing risk for remote recurrent atherosclerotic events (Moccetti et al), B3

Vascular stiffness evaluated by strain of common carotid artery is deteriorated from the very early stage of hypertension in non-dippers (Park et al), B92

Atrial fibrillation

Assessing of myocardial atrial deformations in CABG patients as predictor of perioperative cardiac arrhythmia (Hristova and Marinov), B99

Echocardiographic characterization of a biventricular mock circulatory system and a fibrillating heart during mechanical actuation (Zhou et al), B64-5

Left atrial appendage ejection fraction assessed by three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography predicts cardiogenic embolization in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (Hashimoto et al), B43

Mitral peak A wave velocity immediately after radiofrequency catheter ablation to predict atrial fibrillation recurrence (Nam et al), B102

Performance characteristics of echocardiography and computed tomography in detecting coronary and aortic atherosclerosis in patients referred for atrial fibrillation ablation (Rau et al), B98

The predictive value of left atrial synchronization for recurrence after radio frequency catheter ablation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation patients by dual gate Doppler (Guo et al), B85

Preoperative left atrial volume index as a predictor of sinus node dysfunction after surgical atrial fibrillation ablation in patients undergoing concomitant mitral valve surgery (Kim et al), B102-3

Relationship between left atrial deformability and risk of stroke/TIA in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (Chen et al), B101

The role of left atrial and ventricular function in prediction of atrial fibrillation (Ramkumar et al), B70

A sensitive and specific echocardiographic scoring system to predict atrial fibrillation following cryptogenic strokes (Pathan et al), B100

Vortex characteristics of left atrial appendage in atrial fibrillation by transesophageal echocardiography and vector flow mapping (Chen et al), B38

Atrial function, left

Differential right and left ventricular remodeling post LVAD implantation (Medvedofsky et al), B72

Impaired left atrial systolic function and interatrial dyssyncrony contributed to symptoms of heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (Liu et al), B15-6

Inter- and intra-reader reproducibility assessment of left atrial function and phasic volumes by three- and two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (Vasconcellos et al), B101

Lack of improvement in left atrial function at short-term follow-up in patients with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Fahim et al), B57

Left atrial dysfunction in patients with infarction of proximal left circumflex artery (Saijo et al), B96

Left atrial strain has equivalent discriminating value as left ventricular global longitudinal strain in hospitalized patients due to heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (Saha et al), B79

Load dependency of left atrial strain in healthy volunteers (Singh et al), B100

Non-invasive assessment of left atrial pressure (Ranjan et al), B81-2

A novel echocardiographic hemodynamic classification of heart failure based on flow state and left atrial pressure (Abdulla et al), B71

The predictive value of left atrial synchronization for recurrence after radio frequency catheter ablation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation patients by dual gate Doppler (Guo et al), B85

Right atrial dysfunction in pediatric Kawasaki disease patients (Cassidy et al), B5

The role of left atrial and ventricular function in prediction of atrial fibrillation (Ramkumar et al), B70

Atrial function, right

Prognostic utility and clinical significance of right atrial mechanics in pulmonary arterial hypertension (Alenezi et al), B73

Atrial septal aneurysm ; see Heart aneurysm

Atrial septal defects ; see Heart septal defects, atrial

Atrioventricular valves ; see Heart valves

Automation

Comparison of traditional manual and fully automated methods of LV strain analysis in tetralogy of Fallot (Shelby et al), B23

Novel automated left heart chamber quantification software is useful for both beginners and experts: three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic study (Toki et al), B46

Quantification of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction in cancer patients using a novel fully automated 3D software program: exploring an alternative to 2D contrast echocardiography (Lamb et al), B48

Three-dimensional echocardiographic acquisition and analysis of the left-heart chambers: comparison between an automated adaptive analytics algorithm and conventional technique (Medvedofsky et al), B46

Three-dimensional echocardiographic automated quantification of left-heart chambers using adaptive analytics algorithm: importance of experience (Weinert et al), B76

Validity of automated measurement of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction using a 2DQ on the Philips EPIQ system for obese patients (Makkiya et al), B17

B

Bedside equipment ; see Equipment and supplies

Bernoulli equation ; see Binomial distribution

Beta-thalassemia

Longitudinal systolic strain and deformation gradient on 4 chamber 2-D speckle tracking in thalassemia major (Chowdhury et al), B76

Binomial distribution

Revisiting the Bernoulli equation in coarctation following Norwood procedure (Hashemi et al), B21

Bioprosthesis

Echocardiographic guidance and monitoring of transcatheter mitral valve replacement in severe mitral annular calcification and failing bioprostheses; mid-term follow-up data are encouraging (Harland et al), B52-3

Echocardiographic predictors of elevated gradients after transcatheter aortic valve replacement for failing bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (Richmond et al), B56

Blood

Agitated saline contrast opacification: a prospective comparison (Hepinstall et al), B16

Blood circulation

Echocardiographic characterization of a biventricular mock circulatory system and a fibrillating heart during mechanical actuation (Zhou et al), B64-5

Blood flow velocity

Abnormal features of vortex formation in single ventricle physiology (Uppu et al), B24

Comparative assessment of left ventricular and right ventricular blood flow energy loss characteristics using quantitative vector flow mapping (Sugahara et al), B73

The descending aortic Doppler provides a clue to the presence of a vascular ring (Srinivasan et al), B29

Developmental patterning of left ventricular vortex formation from infancy to adulthood (Srivastava et al), B22-3

Does high pulmonary venous forward-reverse VTI ratio predict postnatal morbidity related to pulmonary over-circulation in the fetus with hypoplastic left heart syndrome? (Posey et al), B36

Flow reversal in normal fetal aortic arch by echocardiography (Chen et al), B85-6

Impact of left ventricle vortex flow guided anticoagulation therapy for preventing apical thrombus formation in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The INNOVATION multicenter prospective randomized clinical trial (Son et al), B4

Impact of Mitral Clip implantation on left atrial appendage velocity (Jain et al), B39

Left ventricular blood flow imaging (LVeFlow) in assessment of left ventricular function: comparison with contrast echocardiography (Ahmad et al), B18

Mitral peak A wave velocity immediately after radiofrequency catheter ablation to predict atrial fibrillation recurrence (Nam et al), B102

A novel echocardiographic hemodynamic classification of heart failure based on flow state and left atrial pressure (Abdulla et al), B71

Right ventricular flow dynamics in dilated right ventricles: energy loss estimation by blood speckle tracking echocardiography in children (Mawad et al), B10

Vortex characteristics of left atrial appendage in atrial fibrillation by transesophageal echocardiography and vector flow mapping (Chen et al), B38

Blood platelets

Ultrasound molecular imaging of endothelial activation and platelet adhesion in remote arteries after myocardial infarction: implications for reducing risk for remote recurrent atherosclerotic events (Moccetti et al), B3

Blood pressure

Strict blood pressure control may be required post transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Veer et al), B59

Blood transfusion

Early detection of ventricular dysfunction by tissue Doppler echocardiography related to cardiac iron overload in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia (Silvilairat et al), B86

Longitudinal systolic strain and deformation gradient on 4 chamber 2-D speckle tracking in thalassemia major (Chowdhury et al), B76

Blood vessels

Significance of contrast-enhanced carotid ultrasonography for evaluation of vasa vasorum in patients long after Kawasaki disease (Noto et al), B16

Body mass index

Indexing left ventricular mass to lean body mass in a Hispanic population (Macias et al), B107-8

Body weight

Impact of overweight on left ventricular longitudinal function and diastolic function in diabetes mellitus (Suto et al), B108-9

Brachial artery

Ankle brachial index testing for early detection of peripheral arterial disease at routine cardiologist visit (Phillion et al), B94

Brachiocephalic veins

Brachiocephalic vein: a surrogate for estimating central venous pressure (Parwani et al), B84

Bradycardia

The incidence of hypotension with or without bradycardia in patients undergoing dobutamine stress echocardiogram: a quantitative systematic review of the literature (Salim et al), B109

Breast neoplasms

Conventional echocardiographic parameters in oncological patients undergoing a new radiotherapeutic treatment: proton beam versus photon radiotherapy (Bruno et al), B110

Subcostal strain measurements in patients with breast cancer: feasibility and potential novel clinical utility (Chuzi et al), B104

Bundle-branch block

Prevalence of right bundle branch block in patients with an atrial septal aneurysm (Yeung et al), B102

B

Bedside equipment ; see Equipment and supplies

Bernoulli equation ; see Binomial distribution

Beta-thalassemia

Longitudinal systolic strain and deformation gradient on 4 chamber 2-D speckle tracking in thalassemia major (Chowdhury et al), B76

Binomial distribution

Revisiting the Bernoulli equation in coarctation following Norwood procedure (Hashemi et al), B21

Bioprosthesis

Echocardiographic guidance and monitoring of transcatheter mitral valve replacement in severe mitral annular calcification and failing bioprostheses; mid-term follow-up data are encouraging (Harland et al), B52-3

Echocardiographic predictors of elevated gradients after transcatheter aortic valve replacement for failing bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (Richmond et al), B56

Blood

Agitated saline contrast opacification: a prospective comparison (Hepinstall et al), B16

Blood circulation

Echocardiographic characterization of a biventricular mock circulatory system and a fibrillating heart during mechanical actuation (Zhou et al), B64-5

Blood flow velocity

Abnormal features of vortex formation in single ventricle physiology (Uppu et al), B24

Comparative assessment of left ventricular and right ventricular blood flow energy loss characteristics using quantitative vector flow mapping (Sugahara et al), B73

The descending aortic Doppler provides a clue to the presence of a vascular ring (Srinivasan et al), B29

Developmental patterning of left ventricular vortex formation from infancy to adulthood (Srivastava et al), B22-3

Does high pulmonary venous forward-reverse VTI ratio predict postnatal morbidity related to pulmonary over-circulation in the fetus with hypoplastic left heart syndrome? (Posey et al), B36

Flow reversal in normal fetal aortic arch by echocardiography (Chen et al), B85-6

Impact of left ventricle vortex flow guided anticoagulation therapy for preventing apical thrombus formation in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The INNOVATION multicenter prospective randomized clinical trial (Son et al), B4

Impact of Mitral Clip implantation on left atrial appendage velocity (Jain et al), B39

Left ventricular blood flow imaging (LVeFlow) in assessment of left ventricular function: comparison with contrast echocardiography (Ahmad et al), B18

Mitral peak A wave velocity immediately after radiofrequency catheter ablation to predict atrial fibrillation recurrence (Nam et al), B102

A novel echocardiographic hemodynamic classification of heart failure based on flow state and left atrial pressure (Abdulla et al), B71

Right ventricular flow dynamics in dilated right ventricles: energy loss estimation by blood speckle tracking echocardiography in children (Mawad et al), B10

Vortex characteristics of left atrial appendage in atrial fibrillation by transesophageal echocardiography and vector flow mapping (Chen et al), B38

Blood platelets

Ultrasound molecular imaging of endothelial activation and platelet adhesion in remote arteries after myocardial infarction: implications for reducing risk for remote recurrent atherosclerotic events (Moccetti et al), B3

Blood pressure

Strict blood pressure control may be required post transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Veer et al), B59

Blood transfusion

Early detection of ventricular dysfunction by tissue Doppler echocardiography related to cardiac iron overload in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia (Silvilairat et al), B86

Longitudinal systolic strain and deformation gradient on 4 chamber 2-D speckle tracking in thalassemia major (Chowdhury et al), B76

Blood vessels

Significance of contrast-enhanced carotid ultrasonography for evaluation of vasa vasorum in patients long after Kawasaki disease (Noto et al), B16

Body mass index

Indexing left ventricular mass to lean body mass in a Hispanic population (Macias et al), B107-8

Body weight

Impact of overweight on left ventricular longitudinal function and diastolic function in diabetes mellitus (Suto et al), B108-9

Brachial artery

Ankle brachial index testing for early detection of peripheral arterial disease at routine cardiologist visit (Phillion et al), B94

Brachiocephalic veins

Brachiocephalic vein: a surrogate for estimating central venous pressure (Parwani et al), B84

Bradycardia

The incidence of hypotension with or without bradycardia in patients undergoing dobutamine stress echocardiogram: a quantitative systematic review of the literature (Salim et al), B109

Breast neoplasms

Conventional echocardiographic parameters in oncological patients undergoing a new radiotherapeutic treatment: proton beam versus photon radiotherapy (Bruno et al), B110

Subcostal strain measurements in patients with breast cancer: feasibility and potential novel clinical utility (Chuzi et al), B104

Bundle-branch block

Prevalence of right bundle branch block in patients with an atrial septal aneurysm (Yeung et al), B102

C

Calcium

Echocardiographic calcifications improve prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events beyond traditional Framingham risk score (Krishnamoorthy et al), B87

Echocardiographic guidance and monitoring of transcatheter mitral valve replacement in severe mitral annular calcification and failing bioprostheses; mid-term follow-up data are encouraging (Harland et al), B52-3

A feasibility study on application of intravascular ultrasound for detection of valvular calcification (Morisawa et al), B51

Cancer ; see Neoplasms

Cardiac diseases ; see Heart diseases

Cardiac function tests ; see Heart function tests

Cardiac output

Maternal diabetes and fetal cardiac output (Bhatia et al), B33-4

Postnatal renal size in children with single ventricles correlates to fetal cardiac output during the third trimester (Hahn et al), B30

The right ventricle is responsible for most of the hemodynamic compensation in fetuses with high cardiac output lesions (Soliman et al), B30

Cardiac pacing, artificial

Echocardiographic determinants of mitral regurgitation improvement in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy after inferior myocardial infarction (Mihos et al), B56-7

A rapid method of ECHO-optimization of CRT reduces 1-year mortality and heart failure hospitalizations (Niwaz et al), B88

Reduction in mitral regurgitation after cardiac resynchronization therapy has favorable prognostic impact regardless of baseline global longitudinal strain (Kagiyama et al), B52

Temporary withdrawal of cardiac resynchronization therapy in super-responders (Chen et al), B67

Cardiac volume

Assessment of right ventricular mechanics and volumes in the fetal heart using 3D echocardiography (Li et al), B5

Cardiac remodeling in myocardial infarction: novel prospective insights by multimodality ultrasound imaging (Barros-Gomes et al), B98

A clinical study of prognostic significance of left atrial volume index (LAVI) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (Nagula et al), B98-9

Determination of sources of error and correction of left ventricular mass measurement by echocardiography compared with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Siddiqi et al), B64

Evaluation of right ventricular volumes and functions in patients with heart failure by three-dimensional echocardiography and speckle tracking imaging (Li et al), B49

Evaluation of the right ventricular systolic function recovery and remodeling after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with inferior wall and right ventricular myocardial infarction (Yao et al), B99

In patients with left ventricular volume overload, left ventricular size and shape, more than pulmonary artery systolic pressure, may affect right ventricular geometry and function (Gawad et al), B58

The impact of fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion on left-sided cardiac dimensions and outcomes in fetuses with left-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia and comparison to matched controls (Dhillon et al), B32

Indexing left ventricular mass to lean body mass in a Hispanic population (Macias et al), B107-8

Inter- and intra-reader reproducibility assessment of left atrial function and phasic volumes by three- and two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (Vasconcellos et al), B101

Left atrium to right atrium ratio, an index for detecting left atrial enlargement (Arroyo et al), B103

Non-invasive assessment of left atrial pressure (Ranjan et al), B81-2

Novel automated left heart chamber quantification software is useful for both beginners and experts: three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic study (Toki et al), B46

Prediction of incident heart failure in obese elderly subjects: How should we index left ventricular mass? (Wang et al), B103

Preoperative left atrial volume index as a predictor of sinus node dysfunction after surgical atrial fibrillation ablation in patients undergoing concomitant mitral valve surgery (Kim et al), B102-3

Quantification of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction in cancer patients using a novel fully automated 3D software program: exploring an alternative to 2D contrast echocardiography (Lamb et al), B48

Right atrial area is associated with three-dimensional echocardiography volumetric and functional indices in children with pulmonary hypertension (Jone et al), B32

Right atrial volume and body size are the most consistent determinants of tricuspid annulus size in patients with functional tricuspid regurgitation due to various mechanisms (Muraru et al), B59-60

Right ventricular flow dynamics in dilated right ventricles: energy loss estimation by blood speckle tracking echocardiography in children (Mawad et al), B10

Right ventricular regional volume and systolic function evaluated by three-dimensional echocardiography in patients before and 6 months after percutaneous closure of atrial septal defect (Kong et al), B44

Three-dimensional echocardiographic acquisition and analysis of the left-heart chambers: comparison between an automated adaptive analytics algorithm and conventional technique (Medvedofsky et al), B46

Three-dimensional echocardiography right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction predict mortality in unselected patients with various cardiac diseases (Muraru et al), B43

3-Dimensional principal strain, novel parameter for cardiac mechanics, is not independent from acute preload changes (Park), B71

Validation and multicenter reference values for three dimensional echocardiographic right ventricular volumetry in children using 4D-RV-function 2 software with a modified workflow (Karabiyik et al), B45

Validity of automated measurement of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction using a 2DQ on the Philips EPIQ system for obese patients (Makkiya et al), B17

Cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic

Abnormalities of the mitral valve apparatus in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Calderon-Anyosa et al), B30-1

Can abnormalities of the mitral valve apparatus identify genotype-positive, phenotype-negative form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in children? (Calderon-Anyosa et al), B10-1

Discrepancy in left ventricular outflow tract gradients measured with transthoracic echocardiography and intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) (Elsayes et al), B38-9

E/e’ ratio and outcome prediction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the confounding influence of outflow tract obstruction (Lu), B82

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is associated with dilated sinus of Valsalva: a case-control study (Husain et al), B94-5

The many faces of Fabry’s cardiomyopathy: a case series (Jain et al), B111

Mitral leaflet sizing in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: impact of method and timing (Muraru et al), B41

Percutaneous transthoracic trans-apex intra-septal radiofrequency ablation treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: a novel mini-invasive treatment strategy for reduction of outflow tract obstruction (Liu et al), B18

Cardiomyopathy, Takotsubo

Evaluation of left ventricular global longitudinal strain as predictor of left ventricular ejection fraction recovery in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy patients: a single center experience (Rajesh et al), B68

Cardiorenal syndrome ; see Heart failure, congestive ; Kidney failure

Cardiotoxicity

Conventional echocardiographic parameters in oncological patients undergoing a new radiotherapeutic treatment: proton beam versus photon radiotherapy (Bruno et al), B110

Early trend of right ventricular dysfunction on patients with lymphoma received high dose of anthracycline therapy (Song et al), B81

Improving cardio-oncology evaluation in the echocardiography lab (Johnson et al), B104

Left ventricular dyssynchrony and real time 3D echocardiogram in children following chemotherapy (Kadiu and Aggarwal), B110

Less is not more for diagnosis of cardiotoxicity: single vs standard multiview assessment of global longitudinal strain (Negishi et al), B8

Three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography identifies subclinical dysfunction of left ventricle on long-term lymphoma survivors: a case-control study (Zhang et al), B47-8

Using strain imaging to monitor cardiac function in survivors of childhood cancer on angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition or angiotensin receptor blockade (Harrington et al), B8-9

Cardiovascular diseases

Cardiovascular abnormalities in children with obesity: a real-time 3-D speckle tracking imaging study (Zhang et al), B13

Carotid plaque composition by gray scale mapping is predictive of coronary artery disease and 5 year cardiovascular outcomes (Herr et al), B91

Echocardiographic calcifications improve prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events beyond traditional Framingham risk score (Krishnamoorthy et al), B87

Global longitudinal strain is associated with immune status in patients living with human immunodeficiency virus and normal left ventricle ejection fraction (Alenezi et al), B75

Global right ventricular strain is an independent predictor of cardiovascular events (Jarori et al), B72-3

How do intima loss and media clouding on carotid artery ultrasound relate to cardiovascular disease risk factors, carotid wall thickness and coronary artery disease? (Cohen et al), B93

Plaque and intima-media thickness, arterial stiffness and stress echocardiography for cardiovascular risk stratification (Van Woerkom et al), B93

Pulmonary artery acceleration time in young adulthood and cardiovascular outcomes later in life: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (Moreira et al), B88

Stage A heart failure: subclinical left ventricular function, exercise capacity and cardiovascular outcomes (Wang et al), B89-90

Tissue Doppler predicts cardiovascular death in patients on dialysis (Liang and Kuo), B73-4

Carotid arteries

Assessment of carotid artery lesion and elasticity in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome children by ultrasound and e-tracking technique (Zheng et al), B93-4

“Bovine” arch: demographic and clinical associations (VerHage et al), B34

Carotid plaque composition by gray scale mapping is predictive of coronary artery disease and 5 year cardiovascular outcomes (Herr et al), B91

Carotid plaque rather than intima-media thickness as a predictor of recurrent vascular events in patients with acute ischemic stroke (Yoon et al), B92

Evaluation of carotid arterial elasticity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome by two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (You et al), B110-1

How do intima loss and media clouding on carotid artery ultrasound relate to cardiovascular disease risk factors, carotid wall thickness and coronary artery disease? (Cohen et al), B93

Is radial intima/media thickness a better identifier of coronary artery disease than carotid intima-media thickness? A preliminary study in patients with coronary artery disease (Xu et al), B99

Significance of contrast-enhanced carotid ultrasonography for evaluation of vasa vasorum in patients long after Kawasaki disease (Noto et al), B16

Vascular stiffness evaluated by strain of common carotid artery is deteriorated from the very early stage of hypertension in non-dippers (Park et al), B92

Catheter ablation

Mitral peak A wave velocity immediately after radiofrequency catheter ablation to predict atrial fibrillation recurrence (Nam et al), B102

Percutaneous transthoracic trans-apex intra-septal radiofrequency ablation treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: a novel mini-invasive treatment strategy for reduction of outflow tract obstruction (Liu et al), B18

Performance characteristics of echocardiography and computed tomography in detecting coronary and aortic atherosclerosis in patients referred for atrial fibrillation ablation (Rau et al), B98

The predictive value of left atrial synchronization for recurrence after radio frequency catheter ablation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation patients by dual gate Doppler (Guo et al), B85

Preoperative left atrial volume index as a predictor of sinus node dysfunction after surgical atrial fibrillation ablation in patients undergoing concomitant mitral valve surgery (Kim et al), B102-3

Thromboembolic risk in patients with spontaneous echocardiographic contrast in left atrial appendage prior to catheter ablation (Bhandari et al), B102

Utilization trends of intracardiac echocardiography in the United States: insights from nationwide inpatient sample (Taduru and Ramakrishnan), B41

Catheterization heart ; see Heart catheterization

Cations

Mechanisms of endogenous stem cell homing improvement by cytoplasmic and nuclear membrane double targeted cationic microbubbles carrying SDF-1a gene combined with ultrasonic irradiation (Chen et al), B97

Central venous pressure

Brachiocephalic vein: a surrogate for estimating central venous pressure (Parwani et al), B84

Change in central venous pressure following passive leg raise does not correlate with transesophageal echocardiography–derived indices of right ventricular function (Steffner et al), B40-1

Cerebral ischemia, transient

Relationship between left atrial deformability and risk of stroke/TIA in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (Chen et al), B101

TTE for evaluation of TIA or stroke: appropriate but limited clinical utility (Bamira et al), B64

Cerebrovascular disorders

Are cerebral ECG T-waves in stroke patients a sign of associated transient cardiac dysfunction? (Stone et al), B92

Carotid plaque rather than intima-media thickness as a predictor of recurrent vascular events in patients with acute ischemic stroke (Yoon et al), B92

Relationship between left atrial deformability and risk of stroke/TIA in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (Chen et al), B101

A sensitive and specific echocardiographic scoring system to predict atrial fibrillation following cryptogenic strokes (Pathan et al), B100

TTE for evaluation of TIA or stroke: appropriate but limited clinical utility (Bamira et al), B64

Chagas disease

Assessment of left ventricular myocardial strain using speckle tracking echocardiography in an animal model of Chagas disease (Ribeiro et al), B112

Speckle tracking echocardiography identifies incipient cardiac damage in Chagas disease (Romano et al), B109

Chemotherapy ; see Drug therapy

Child

Appropriateness rates of initial outpatient pediatric echocardiography vary across practice sites (Kourtidou et al), B34-5

Biatrial phasic function after heart transplantation in children: a 3D echocardiography study (Craft et al), B47

“Bovine” arch: demographic and clinical associations (VerHage et al), B34

Comparison of traditional manual and fully automated methods of LV strain analysis in tetralogy of Fallot (Shelby et al), B23

Comparison of transthoracic 3D echo derived patient specific 3D printed valve models to 3D molded models for simulated repair of congenitally abnormal atrioventricular valves (Scanlan et al), B25-6

Diminished longitudinal deformation identifies subclinical right ventricular dysfunction in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (Colquitt et al), B28-9

Effect of presence of cancer in pre-chemotherapy stage in children on left ventricle function as assessed by speckle echocardiography (Venkata et al), B106

Knowledge of appropriate outpatient echocardiogram ordering among primary care physicians and trainees: are we reaching the masses? (Lang et al), B24-5

Left atrial strain and strain rate analysis in Kawasaki disease patients (Pinder et al), B35

Left ventricular dyssynchrony and real time 3D echocardiogram in children following chemotherapy (Kadiu and Aggarwal), B110

Left ventricular function by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in children with sickle cell anemia (Bansal et al), B105

Longitudinal assessment of quantitative measures of right ventricular function in hypoplastic left heart syndrome (Akintoye et al), B28

Natural history of echocardiographic abnormalities in mucopolysaccharidosis III (Wilhelm et al), B111

Novel echocardiographic markers of disease progression in pediatric pulmonary hypertension (Aggarwal et al), B79

Potts shunt improves right ventricular function in pediatric patients with suprasystemic pulmonary hypertension: evaluation by novel echocardiographic indices (Aggarwal et al), B74

Preoperative echocardiographic features in patients with intramural ventricular septal defects (Pornrattanarungsi et al), B36

Rate of decline in ejection fraction may predict the development of systolic dysfunction in childhood cancer survivors (Rose-Felker et al), B111-2

Right atrial area is associated with three-dimensional echocardiography volumetric and functional indices in children with pulmonary hypertension (Jone et al), B32

Right atrial dysfunction in pediatric Kawasaki disease patients (Cassidy et al), B5

Right ventricular dysfunction in asymptomatic preterm infants beyond infancy (Levy et al), B70

Right ventricular longitudinal strain: free wall versus 4-chamber strain analysis. A comparison in different conditions (Larios et al), B76

Right ventricular tissue Doppler myocardial performance index correlates with severity of pulmonary hypertension in children (Friesen et al), B27

Speckle tracking echocardiography following hybrid stage 1 procedure for infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (Kadiu and Aggarwal), B6

Strain and rotational mechanics in children with single left ventricles vs. age-matched controls (Lopez et al), B23-4

3D echocardiographic evidence of reduced right ventricular function 5 years after pediatric heart transplant (Joseph et al), B44-5

Tricuspid valve adaptation in hypoplastic left heart syndrome (Sidhu et al), B28

Validation and multicenter reference values for three dimensional echocardiographic right ventricular volumetry in children using 4D-RV-function 2 software with a modified workflow (Karabiyik et al), B45

Child echocardiography ; see Echocardiography, child

Clinical competence

A predictive model for assessing the diagnostic quality of echocardiographic images (McConnaughey et al), B21

Cluster analysis

Computational clustering to identify myocardial ischemia phenotypes to predict adverse events in patients referred for stress echocardiography (Latina et al), B97

Coarctation, aortic ; see Aortic coarctation

Community hospitals ; see Hospitals, community

Computer simulation

Comparison of transthoracic 3D echo derived patient specific 3D printed valve models to 3D molded models for simulated repair of congenitally abnormal atrioventricular valves (Scanlan et al), B25-6

Establishment and assessment of an LAA occlusion preoperative simulation system based on 3D printing of 3DTEE imaging (Song et al), B46

Hybrid 3D printing based on fusion of multi-modality imaging in simulation of catheter-based transapical mitral valve artificial chordae implantation (Zhao et al), B13

Introductory simulator course in bedside echocardiography for medical students (Elison et al), B20

Computers

Assessment of carotid artery lesion and elasticity in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome children by ultrasound and e-tracking technique (Zheng et al), B93-4

Congenital heart defects ; see Heart defects, congenital

Constrictive pericarditis ; see Pericarditis, constrictive

Continuous positive airway pressure

Effect of c ontinuous p ositive a irway p ressure therapy o n left ventricular di as tolic funct i on in patients with s evere obstructive sleep apnea (CPAP-OASIS) assessed by tissue Doppler, 2D speckle tracking and exercise hemodynamics: a randomized SHAM clinical trial (Kim et al), B4

Contractile reserve

Survival after trans catheter aortic valve replacement in patients with contractile reserve on dobutamine stress echocardiography versus normal-gradient low ejection fraction patients (Okoh et al), B60

Contrast echocardiography ; see Echocardiography, contrast

Contrast media

Myocardial infarct zone detection with delayed enhancement acoustic activation of intravenously administered Definity droplets (Choudhury et al), B12-3

Coronary artery bypass

Assessing of myocardial atrial deformations in CABG patients as predictor of perioperative cardiac arrhythmia (Hristova and Marinov), B99

Geometric change of mitral valve causes worsening of mitral regurgitation during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with ischemic heart disease (Iwai-Takano et al), B99

Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study

Association of cumulative exposure to blood pressure from early adulthood to middle age with left atrial and left ventricle structure and function by three-dimensional echocardiography: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (de Vasconcellos et al), B48-9

Inter- and intra-reader reproducibility assessment of left atrial function and phasic volumes by three- and two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (Vasconcellos et al), B101

Pulmonary artery acceleration time in young adulthood and cardiovascular outcomes later in life: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (Moreira et al), B88

Coronary circulation

H ₂ O ₂ -loaded acoustic phase-change nanoparticles enhancing coronary micro-circulation thrombolysis: an in vitro study by low intensity focused ultrasound irradiation (Guo et al), B15

Coronary disease

Carotid plaque composition by gray scale mapping is predictive of coronary artery disease and 5 year cardiovascular outcomes (Herr et al), B91

A clinical study of prognostic significance of left atrial volume index (LAVI) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (Nagula et al), B98-9

Diagnostic value of resting segmental longitudinal strain for predicting coronary artery disease in the absence of regional wall motion abnormality (Weiss et al), B96

Echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue thickness is a marker for the detection of vasospastic angina (Nishio et al), B16

Evaluation of the right ventricular systolic function recovery and remodeling after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with inferior wall and right ventricular myocardial infarction (Yao et al), B99

How do intima loss and media clouding on carotid artery ultrasound relate to cardiovascular disease risk factors, carotid wall thickness and coronary artery disease? (Cohen et al), B93

Is radial intima/media thickness a better identifier of coronary artery disease than carotid intima-media thickness? A preliminary study in patients with coronary artery disease (Xu et al), B99

Performance characteristics of echocardiography and computed tomography in detecting coronary and aortic atherosclerosis in patients referred for atrial fibrillation ablation (Rau et al), B98

Shockwave therapy: a new approach for improving symptoms of patients with refractory angina pectoris (Duque et al), B17

Validation of current diastolic function guidelines in patients with acute coronary syndrome by invasive hemodynamic evaluation (Sanghai et al), B84

CT scan ; see Tomography, x-ray computed

Cytoplasm

Mechanisms of endogenous stem cell homing improvement by cytoplasmic and nuclear membrane double targeted cationic microbubbles carrying SDF-1a gene combined with ultrasonic irradiation (Chen et al), B97

D

Definity ; see Contrast media

Diabetes in pregnancy

Maternal diabetes and fetal cardiac output (Bhatia et al), B33-4

Diabetes mellitus

Impact of overweight on left ventricular longitudinal function and diastolic function in diabetes mellitus (Suto et al), B108-9

Diagnosis

Ankle brachial index testing for early detection of peripheral arterial disease at routine cardiologist visit (Phillion et al), B94

Appropriate use of echocardiograms in asymptomatic term neonates with heart murmur (Minocha et al), B62-3

Assessment of overall and regional right ventricular systolic function using differential echocardiographic parameters in patients with pulmonary hypertension of incremental stages identifies significant differences (Monroe et al), B71-2

The diagnostic value of contrast transthoracic echocardiography in acute aortic dissection (Lv et al), B95

Diagnostic value of resting segmental longitudinal strain for predicting coronary artery disease in the absence of regional wall motion abnormality (Weiss et al), B96

How focused can a focused cardiac ultrasound examination be in patients presenting with cardiac symptoms? (Jacobson et al), B21

Impact of the 2016 American Society of Echocardiography guidelines on diastology evaluation and reporting in a community hospital (Gopalakrishnan et al), B66

Less is not more for diagnosis of cardiotoxicity: single vs standard multiview assessment of global longitudinal strain (Negishi et al), B8

Optimization of echocardiographic grading of tricuspid regurgitation severity by simple quantitative parameters (Tsang et al), B61

A predictive model for assessing the diagnostic quality of echocardiographic images (McConnaughey et al), B21

Prognostic utility and clinical significance of right atrial mechanics in pulmonary arterial hypertension (Alenezi et al), B73

Reduction in probe to patient response time after implementation of twenty-four hour echocardiography coverage (Malone et al), B63

Teamwork is superior to addition of right ventricular strain in improving estimation of right ventricular ejection fraction (Xu et al), B77-8

Three-dimensional printing of prolapsed mitral valves from three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (Zhao et al), B61

Dialysis

Tissue Doppler predicts cardiovascular death in patients on dialysis (Liang and Kuo), B73-4

Diaphragmatic hernia ; see Hernia, diaphragmatic

Diastole

Abnormal features of vortex formation in single ventricle physiology (Uppu et al), B24

Accuracy of the 2016 ASE diastolic guidelines for estimating left ventricular filling pressure (Balaney et al), B82

Clustering of echocardiography variables for data-driven assessment of left ventricular diastolic function in patients with preserved ejection fraction (Omar et al), B65

Diastolic dysfunction is a multivariable predictor of re-hospitalization following transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a PARTNER 2 SAPIEN 3 substudy (Ong et al), B3

E/e’ ratio and outcome prediction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the confounding influence of outflow tract obstruction (Lu), B82

Effect of c ontinuous p ositive a irway p ressure therapy o n left ventricular di as tolic funct i on in patients with s evere obstructive sleep apnea (CPAP-OASIS) assessed by tissue Doppler, 2D speckle tracking and exercise hemodynamics: a randomized SHAM clinical trial (Kim et al), B4

Healthy teens with preterm birth have increased LV twist parameters further exaggerated in more extreme prematurity, a mechanism of LV compensation to impaired diastolic performance (Ravi et al), B77

Impact of overweight on left ventricular longitudinal function and diastolic function in diabetes mellitus (Suto et al), B108-9

Impact of the 2016 American Society of Echocardiography guidelines on diastology evaluation and reporting in a community hospital (Gopalakrishnan et al), B66

Inter-modality differences in mitral valve measurements during the cardiac cycle (Bratanoff et al), B47

Left ventricular diastolic vortex at rest and peak exercise in patients with systemic hypertension (Mahmoud et al), B14-5

Left ventricular diastolic vortex formation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Subramanyam et al), B53

Machine learning enabled ECG wavelet analysis as a gatekeeper for appropriate evaluation of diastolic function by echocardiography (Sengupta et al), B89

Mitral inflow pattern predicts outcome after cardiac surgery (Metkus et al), B86-7

Most patients are not classifiable by current diastolic function guidelines (Gottbrecht and Aurigemma), B85

Normal reference values of diastolic strain rate in healthy individuals: chronological trends and the comparison according to genders (Sun et al), B69

Relationship between the abnormal diastolic vortex structure and impaired left ventricle filling in patients with hyperthyroidism (Wang et al), B80

Sex difference in left ventricular afterload and diastolic function but not with systolic function (Sorimachi et al), B83

Validation of current diastolic function guidelines in patients with acute coronary syndrome by invasive hemodynamic evaluation (Sanghai et al), B84

Dilated heart ventricle ; see Cardiac volume

Dilation

Annular dilation and atrial mitral regurgitation—a real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography study (Nagaura et al), B100

Diuretics

Echocardiographic and clinical parameters for predicting improvement of renal function in patients with cardiorenal syndrome after diuretics treatment (Choi et al), B84

Dobutamine

The incidence of hypotension with or without bradycardia in patients undergoing dobutamine stress echocardiogram: a quantitative systematic review of the literature (Salim et al), B109

Low-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography speckle-tracking imaging in evaluating the post-surgical prognosis of severe aortic valve insufficiency with significantly reduced left ventricular systolic function (Dong et al), B62

Prevalence and predictors of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction among patients undergoing liver transplantation (Abdallah et al), B109-10

Survival after trans catheter aortic valve replacement in patients with contractile reserve on dobutamine stress echocardiography versus normal-gradient low ejection fraction patients (Okoh et al), B60

Doppler echocardiography ; see Echocardiography, Doppler

Doppler tissue imaging

Tissue Doppler predicts cardiovascular death in patients on dialysis (Liang and Kuo), B73-4

Dose-response relationship

Very low mechanical index 2D and 3D contrast-echocardiography: dosages at the discretion of sonographers (Choy et al), B13

Drug therapy

The biophysics of ultrasound-stimulated microbubbles for drug/gene delivery (Helfield et al), B9

Early trend of right ventricular dysfunction on patients with lymphoma received high dose of anthracycline therapy (Song et al), B81

Effect of presence of cancer in pre-chemotherapy stage in children on left ventricle function as assessed by speckle echocardiography (Venkata et al), B106

Improving cardio-oncology evaluation in the echocardiography lab (Johnson et al), B104

Left ventricular dyssynchrony and real time 3D echocardiogram in children following chemotherapy (Kadiu and Aggarwal), B110

Less is not more for diagnosis of cardiotoxicity: single vs standard multiview assessment of global longitudinal strain (Negishi et al), B8

Predictor of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients malignant lymphoma after receiving anthracycline (Hatazawa et al), B78

Three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography identifies subclinical dysfunction of left ventricle on long-term lymphoma survivors: a case-control study (Zhang et al), B47-8

E

e-Tracking ; see Computers

Ebstein’s anomaly

Evaluation of ventricular function in fetus with Ebstein’s anomaly by velocity vector imaging (Huang et al), B54

Echocardiography, child

Abnormal features of vortex formation in single ventricle physiology (Uppu et al), B24

Abnormalities of the mitral valve apparatus in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Calderon-Anyosa et al), B30-1

Appropriateness of outpatient transthoracic echocardiography orders following cessation of an active educational intervention (Anderson et al), B11

Appropriateness rates of initial outpatient pediatric echocardiography vary across practice sites (Kourtidou et al), B34-5

Biatrial phasic function after heart transplantation in children: a 3D echocardiography study (Craft et al), B47

“Bovine” arch: demographic and clinical associations (VerHage et al), B34

Can abnormalities of the mitral valve apparatus identify genotype-positive, phenotype-negative form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in children? (Calderon-Anyosa et al), B10-1

Cardiovascular abnormalities in children with obesity: a real-time 3-D speckle tracking imaging study (Zhang et al), B13

Cardiovascular profile of exercise performance in repaired tetralogy of Fallot using stress echocardiography (Bhatt et al), B27

Comparison of traditional manual and fully automated methods of LV strain analysis in tetralogy of Fallot (Shelby et al), B23

Comparison of transthoracic 3D echo derived patient specific 3D printed valve models to 3D molded models for simulated repair of congenitally abnormal atrioventricular valves (Scanlan et al), B25-6

Correlation of echocardiographic measurements to exercise parameters in Fontan children: a prospective, blinded study (Goudar et al), B12

Diminished longitudinal deformation identifies subclinical right ventricular dysfunction in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (Colquitt et al), B28-9

Echocardiographic predictors of significant coarctation gradient at catheterization (Christopher et al), B31

Effect of presence of cancer in pre-chemotherapy stage in children on left ventricle function as assessed by speckle echocardiography (Venkata et al), B106

Emerging echocardiographic markers of right ventricular performance in preterm infants with pulmonary hypertension (Levy et al), B72

Fetal versus postnatal echocardiogram accuracy in the diagnosis of interrupted aortic arch (Larios et al), B35

Improvement in clinic and echocardiography lab efficiency via scheduled echocardiograms (Best et al), B23

Knowledge of appropriate outpatient echocardiogram ordering among primary care physicians and trainees: are we reaching the masses? (Lang et al), B24-5

Left atrial strain and strain rate analysis in Kawasaki disease patients (Pinder et al), B35

Left ventricular dyssynchrony and real time 3D echocardiogram in children following chemotherapy (Kadiu and Aggarwal), B110

Left ventricular function by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in children with sickle cell anemia (Bansal et al), B105

Left ventricular mechanics in preterm infants with chronic lung disease (Lehman et al), B75

Longitudinal assessment of quantitative measures of right ventricular function in hypoplastic left heart syndrome (Akintoye et al), B28

Natural history of echocardiographic abnormalities in mucopolysaccharidosis III (Wilhelm et al), B111

Novel echocardiographic markers of disease progression in pediatric pulmonary hypertension (Aggarwal et al), B79

Postnatal renal size in children with single ventricles correlates to fetal cardiac output during the third trimester (Hahn et al), B30

Potts shunt improves right ventricular function in pediatric patients with suprasystemic pulmonary hypertension: evaluation by novel echocardiographic indices (Aggarwal et al), B74

Predicting the need for surgical repair of prenatally diagnosed coarctation of the aorta (Morgan et al), B32-3

Preoperative echocardiographic features in patients with intramural ventricular septal defects (Pornrattanarungsi et al), B36

A quality improvement effort to improve the efficiency of pediatric and congenital echocardiograms (Stern et al), B26

Rate of decline in ejection fraction may predict the development of systolic dysfunction in childhood cancer survivors (Rose-Felker et al), B111-2

Right atrial area is associated with three-dimensional echocardiography volumetric and functional indices in children with pulmonary hypertension (Jone et al), B32

Right atrial dysfunction in pediatric Kawasaki disease patients (Cassidy et al), B5

Right ventricular flow dynamics in dilated right ventricles: energy loss estimation by blood speckle tracking echocardiography in children (Mawad et al), B10

Right ventricular longitudinal strain: free wall versus 4-chamber strain analysis. A comparison in different conditions (Larios et al), B76

Right ventricular tissue Doppler myocardial performance index correlates with severity of pulmonary hypertension in children (Friesen et al), B27

Serial changes in right ventricular systolic function in rejection-free children after heart transplant (Harrington et al), B26

Serial echocardiographic indices associated with survival to stage 3 palliation in hypoplastic left heart syndrome (Kim et al), B29

Speckle tracking echocardiography following hybrid stage 1 procedure for infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (Kadiu and Aggarwal), B6

Strain and rotational mechanics in children with single left ventricles vs. age-matched controls (Lopez et al), B23-4

3D echocardiographic evidence of reduced right ventricular function 5 years after pediatric heart transplant (Joseph et al), B44-5

Tricuspid valve adaptation in hypoplastic left heart syndrome (Sidhu et al), B28

Using strain imaging to monitor cardiac function in survivors of childhood cancer on angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition or angiotensin receptor blockade (Harrington et al), B8-9

Utility of pulmonary artery acceleration time to estimate severity of pulmonary hypertension in neonates (Simones et al), B33

Validation and multicenter reference values for three dimensional echocardiographic right ventricular volumetry in children using 4D-RV-function 2 software with a modified workflow (Karabiyik et al), B45

Echocardiography, contrast

Agitated saline contrast opacification: a prospective comparison (Hepinstall et al), B16

A comprehensive algorithm for identification of shunting with agitated saline contrast echocardiography: the importance of incorporating pattern and timing of left heart opacification (El Tallawi et al), B18-9

Contrast echocardiography provides greatest impact in patients with reduced ejection fraction (Zhao et al), B19

The diagnostic value of contrast transthoracic echocardiography in acute aortic dissection (Lv et al), B95

Feasibility of global longitudinal strain measurements in contrast-enhanced echocardiographic images (Medvedofsky et al), B17

Left ventricular blood flow imaging (LVeFlow) in assessment of left ventricular function: comparison with contrast echocardiography (Ahmad et al), B18

Significance of contrast-enhanced carotid ultrasonography for evaluation of vasa vasorum in patients long after Kawasaki disease (Noto et al), B16

Thromboembolic risk in patients with spontaneous echocardiographic contrast in left atrial appendage prior to catheter ablation (Bhandari et al), B102

Very low mechanical index 2D and 3D contrast-echocardiography: dosages at the discretion of sonographers (Choy et al), B13

Echocardiography, Doppler

The descending aortic Doppler provides a clue to the presence of a vascular ring (Srinivasan et al), B29

Developmental patterning of left ventricular vortex formation from infancy to adulthood (Srivastava et al), B22-3

Dual gate versus single gate pulsed Doppler: feasibility and findings in assessing Myocardial Performance Index (Ahmad et al), B83

Early detection of ventricular dysfunction by tissue Doppler echocardiography related to cardiac iron overload in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia (Silvilairat et al), B86

Echocardiographic measures of pulmonary vascular compliance: novel prognostic markers for congenital diaphragmatic hernia? (Aggarwal and Natarajan), B11

Effect of c ontinuous p ositive a irway p ressure therapy o n left ventricular di as tolic funct i on in patients with s evere obstructive sleep apnea (CPAP-OASIS) assessed by tissue Doppler, 2D speckle tracking and exercise hemodynamics: a randomized SHAM clinical trial (Kim et al), B4

Non-invasive assessment of left atrial pressure (Ranjan et al), B81-2

Novel use of color Doppler for acoustic tip catheter navigation (Belohlavek and Katayama), B14

The predictive value of left atrial synchronization for recurrence after radio frequency catheter ablation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation patients by dual gate Doppler (Guo et al), B85

Right ventricular ejection Doppler flow profile characterizes PA hemodynamics in portopulmonary pulmonary hypertension (Kane et al), B82-3

Right ventricular tissue Doppler myocardial performance index correlates with severity of pulmonary hypertension in children (Friesen et al), B27

Echocardiography, fetal

Assessing vascular characteristics of the fetal descending aorta (Evanoff et al), B35-6

Assessment of right ventricular mechanics and volumes in the fetal heart using 3D echocardiography (Li et al), B5

Creating a risk stratification tool to standardize postnatal management of neonates with prenatally diagnosed congenital heart disease (Creighton et al), B31

Effect of maternal hyperoxygenation on fetal myocardial function as measured by strain and strain rate (Cox et al), B37

Fetal versus postnatal echocardiogram accuracy in the diagnosis of interrupted aortic arch (Larios et al), B35

Flow reversal in normal fetal aortic arch by echocardiography (Chen et al), B85-6

Hemodynamic adaptation to suboptimal fetal growth in patients with single ventricle physiology differs from normal controls (Alsaied et al), B22

The impact of fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion on left-sided cardiac dimensions and outcomes in fetuses with left-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia and comparison to matched controls (Dhillon et al), B32

Quantile score: a new reference system for fetal echocardiographic measurements by a multi-center study (Gu et al), B11-2

Echocardiography, intracardiac

Utilization trends of intracardiac echocardiography in the United States: insights from nationwide inpatient sample (Taduru and Ramakrishnan), B41

Echocardiography, intraoperative

Discrepancy in left ventricular outflow tract gradients measured with transthoracic echocardiography and intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) (Elsayes et al), B38-9

Echocardiography, preoperative

Preoperative echocardiographic features in patients with intramural ventricular septal defects (Pornrattanarungsi et al), B36

Echocardiography, stress

Cardiovascular profile of exercise performance in repaired tetralogy of Fallot using stress echocardiography (Bhatt et al), B27

Computational clustering to identify myocardial ischemia phenotypes to predict adverse events in patients referred for stress echocardiography (Latina et al), B97

The incidence of hypotension with or without bradycardia in patients undergoing dobutamine stress echocardiogram: a quantitative systematic review of the literature (Salim et al), B109

Left ventricular myocardial deformation capacity during exercise stress in healthy adults. A two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography study (Larsen et al), B75

Low-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography speckle-tracking imaging in evaluating the post-surgical prognosis of severe aortic valve insufficiency with significantly reduced left ventricular systolic function (Dong et al), B62

Plaque and intima-media thickness, arterial stiffness and stress echocardiography for cardiovascular risk stratification (Van Woerkom et al), B93

Prevalence and predictors of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction among patients undergoing liver transplantation (Abdallah et al), B109-10

Prognostic utility of strain and valvuloarterial impedance in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis and preserved systolic function undergoing treadmill stress echocardiography (Huded et al), B57

Survival after trans catheter aortic valve replacement in patients with contractile reserve on dobutamine stress echocardiography versus normal-gradient low ejection fraction patients (Okoh et al), B60

Echocardiography, three-dimensional

Acute ischemic mitral regurgitation can occur with mild mitral valve tenting: comparison with chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation by 2D/3D echocardiography (Nishino et al), B55

Annular dilation and atrial mitral regurgitation—a real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography study (Nagaura et al), B100

Assessment of left ventricular function in patient with chronic aortic regurgitation by three dimensional strain imaging comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Xie et al), B54-5

Association of cumulative exposure to blood pressure from early adulthood to middle age with left atrial and left ventricle structure and function by three-dimensional echocardiography: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (de Vasconcellos et al), B48-9

The clinical value of real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in percutaneous closure of left atrial appendage (Pan et al), B40

A comparative study of 3D reconstruction of left atrial appendage model based on ultrasound and CT 3D DICOM data (Zhou et al), B41

Establishment and assessment of an LAA occlusion preoperative simulation system based on 3D printing of 3DTEE imaging (Song et al), B46

Evaluation of right ventricular volumes and functions in patients with heart failure by three-dimensional echocardiography and speckle tracking imaging (Li et al), B49

Geometric and hemodynamic insights into the mechanism of acute ischemic mitral regurgitation: serial 3D echocardiographic assessment before and after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (Nishino et al), B42

Incremental prognostic value of left ventricular ejection fraction measured with three-dimensional echocardiography in a large cohort of patients with various cardiac diseases (Muraru et al), B41-2

Inter- and intra-reader reproducibility assessment of left atrial function and phasic volumes by three- and two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (Vasconcellos et al), B101

Inter-modality differences in mitral valve measurements during the cardiac cycle (Bratanoff et al), B47

Inter-vendor and inter-modality comparison of mitral valve analysis software (Bratanoff et al), B48

Is real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography necessary in transcatheter device closure of multiple atrial septal defects? (Jung et al), B36-7

Left atrial appendage ejection fraction assessed by three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography predicts cardiogenic embolization in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (Hashimoto et al), B43

Long- and short-term impacts of hemodialysis on right ventricle: assessment via real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (Sun et al), B42-3

Measurement of the distance between papillary tip and annulus in patients with tricuspid regurgitation by 3D transesophageal echocardiography (Obase et al), B37-8

Novel automated left heart chamber quantification software is useful for both beginners and experts: three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic study (Toki et al), B46

Optimization of echocardiographic grading of tricuspid regurgitation severity by simple quantitative parameters (Tsang et al), B61

Prognostic influence of three dimensional echocardiographic right ventricular remodeling and left ventricular stroke work index in patients with pulmonary hypertension (Sugahara et al), B43-4

Quantification of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction in cancer patients using a novel fully automated 3D software program: exploring an alternative to 2D contrast echocardiography (Lamb et al), B48

Right ventricular regional volume and systolic function evaluated by three-dimensional echocardiography in patients before and 6 months after percutaneous closure of atrial septal defect (Kong et al), B44

Role of left ventricular rotational mechanics in the optimization of residual native function in patients with left ventricular assist devices (Medvedofsky et al), B20

Should measurements of tricuspid annulus be performed using two-dimensional echocardiography? (Yamat et al), B55

Superiority of 3D over 2D analysis of right ventricular function in predicting mortality (Narang et al), B44

Three-dimensional echocardiographic acquisition and analysis of the left-heart chambers: comparison between an automated adaptive analytics algorithm and conventional technique (Medvedofsky et al), B46

Three-dimensional echocardiographic automated quantification of left-heart chambers using adaptive analytics algorithm: importance of experience (Weinert et al), B76

3D echocardiographic evaluation of the association between pulmonary hypertension and right ventricle function in patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis (Li et al), B47

Three-dimensional echocardiography right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction predict mortality in unselected patients with various cardiac diseases (Muraru et al), B43

3-Dimensional principal strain, novel parameter for cardiac mechanics, is not independent from acute preload changes (Park), B71

3D printed modeling of tricuspid valve for structural heart valve intervention (Vukicevic et al), B37

Three-dimensional printing of prolapsed mitral valves from three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (Zhao et al), B61

3D quantitative mapping of mitral valve tethering in secondary mitral regurgitation: impact of LV shape (Capoulade et al), B60-1

Three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography identifies subclinical dysfunction of left ventricle on long-term lymphoma survivors: a case-control study (Zhang et al), B47-8

2D and 3D echocardiography derived left ventricular function and shape indices: which one predicts mortality best? (Medvedofsky et al), B86

Use of fluoroscopy-echocardiography Fusion (Echonav®) guidance during the MitraClip® procedure reduces the time to septal puncture, subsequently reducing the time to first clip deployment and total radiation exposure (Burke et al), B42

Validation of three-dimensional echocardiographic principal strain analysis for assessing left ventricular systolic function (Lee et al), B65-6

Value of three dimensional strain imaging on assessing left ventricular systolic function and predicting short-term outcome in chronic aortic regurgitation undergoing valve replacement surgery (Yuan et al), B45

Very low mechanical index 2D and 3D contrast-echocardiography: dosages at the discretion of sonographers (Choy et al), B13

Echocardiography, three-dimensional, child

Assessment of right ventricular mechanics and volumes in the fetal heart using 3D echocardiography (Li et al), B5

Biatrial phasic function after heart transplantation in children: a 3D echocardiography study (Craft et al), B47

Cardiovascular abnormalities in children with obesity: a real-time 3-D speckle tracking imaging study (Zhang et al), B13

Comparison of transthoracic 3D echo derived patient specific 3D printed valve models to 3D molded models for simulated repair of congenitally abnormal atrioventricular valves (Scanlan et al), B25-6

Left ventricular dyssynchrony and real time 3D echocardiogram in children following chemotherapy (Kadiu and Aggarwal), B110

Right atrial area is associated with three-dimensional echocardiography volumetric and functional indices in children with pulmonary hypertension (Jone et al), B32

3D echocardiographic evidence of reduced right ventricular function 5 years after pediatric heart transplant (Joseph et al), B44-5

Validation and multicenter reference values for three dimensional echocardiographic right ventricular volumetry in children using 4D-RV-function 2 software with a modified workflow (Karabiyik et al), B45

Echocardiography, transesophageal

Adventitial thickening in aortic atherosclerosis and stiffness: a controlled transesophageal echocardiographic study (Roldan et al), B95

Annular dilation and atrial mitral regurgitation—a real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography study (Nagaura et al), B100

Change in central venous pressure following passive leg raise does not correlate with transesophageal echocardiography–derived indices of right ventricular function (Steffner et al), B40-1

The clinical value of real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in percutaneous closure of left atrial appendage (Pan et al), B40

Discrepancy in left ventricular outflow tract gradients measured with transthoracic echocardiography and intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) (Elsayes et al), B38-9

Establishment and assessment of an LAA occlusion preoperative simulation system based on 3D printing of 3DTEE imaging (Song et al), B46

Impact of Mitral Clip implantation on left atrial appendage velocity (Jain et al), B39

Is real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography necessary in transcatheter device closure of multiple atrial septal defects? (Jung et al), B36-7

Left atrial appendage ejection fraction assessed by three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography predicts cardiogenic embolization in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (Hashimoto et al), B43

Measurement of the distance between papillary tip and annulus in patients with tricuspid regurgitation by 3D transesophageal echocardiography (Obase et al), B37-8

Should measurements of tricuspid annulus be performed using two-dimensional echocardiography? (Yamat et al), B55

Three-dimensional printing of prolapsed mitral valves from three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (Zhao et al), B61

3D quantitative mapping of mitral valve tethering in secondary mitral regurgitation: impact of LV shape (Capoulade et al), B60-1

Transthoracic echocardiography is adequate for intraprocedural assessment of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Jain et al), B51-2

Transthoracic versus transesophageal echocardiography guided transcatheter aortic valve implantation under moderate sedation (Sherifi et al), B40

Transthoracic versus transesophageal imaging in transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the incidence of paravalvular regurgitation (Shah et al), B39

Use of fluoroscopy-echocardiography Fusion (Echonav®) guidance during the MitraClip® procedure reduces the time to septal puncture, subsequently reducing the time to first clip deployment and total radiation exposure (Burke et al), B42

Vortex characteristics of left atrial appendage in atrial fibrillation by transesophageal echocardiography and vector flow mapping (Chen et al), B38

Echocardiography, transthoracic

Contrast echocardiography provides greatest impact in patients with reduced ejection fraction (Zhao et al), B19

Conventional echocardiographic parameters in oncological patients undergoing a new radiotherapeutic treatment: proton beam versus photon radiotherapy (Bruno et al), B110

The diagnostic value of contrast transthoracic echocardiography in acute aortic dissection (Lv et al), B95

Discrepancy in left ventricular outflow tract gradients measured with transthoracic echocardiography and intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) (Elsayes et al), B38-9

Disparities in echocardiographic surveillance of mitral regurgitation (Tanguturi et al), B90

Echocardiographic quantification of systolic function in the single systemic right ventricle: correlation with magnetic resonance imaging derived ejection fraction (Kelle et al), B34

High prevalence of clinically important echocardiographic abnormalities in patients with a normal ECG (Stone et al), B63

Impact of ventriculotomy on the systemic right ventricle in hypoplastic left heart syndrome (Kelle et al), B9

Noninvasive estimation of pulmonary artery distensibility in systemic sclerosis with and without pulmonary hypertension (Mercurio et al), B78-9

Novel automated left heart chamber quantification software is useful for both beginners and experts: three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic study (Toki et al), B46

Optimization of echocardiographic grading of tricuspid regurgitation severity by simple quantitative parameters (Tsang et al), B61

A quality improvement study of resource utilization in urgent echocardiography (Issa et al), B64

Transthoracic echocardiography is adequate for intraprocedural assessment of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Jain et al), B51-2

TTE for evaluation of TIA or stroke: appropriate but limited clinical utility (Bamira et al), B64

Transthoracic versus transesophageal echocardiography guided transcatheter aortic valve implantation under moderate sedation (Sherifi et al), B40

Transthoracic versus transesophageal imaging in transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the incidence of paravalvular regurgitation (Shah et al), B39

Echocardiography, transthoracic, child

Appropriateness of outpatient transthoracic echocardiography orders following cessation of an active educational intervention (Anderson et al), B11

Appropriateness rates of initial outpatient pediatric echocardiography vary across practice sites (Kourtidou et al), B34-5

Comparison of transthoracic 3D echo derived patient specific 3D printed valve models to 3D molded models for simulated repair of congenitally abnormal atrioventricular valves (Scanlan et al), B25-6

Echocardiography, two-dimensional

Acute ischemic mitral regurgitation can occur with mild mitral valve tenting: comparison with chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation by 2D/3D echocardiography (Nishino et al), B55

Age-related increase of left ventricular mechanical dispersion measured with two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in 254 healthy adults (Muraru et al), B66-7

Assessment of left ventricular myocardial strain using speckle tracking echocardiography in an animal model of Chagas disease (Ribeiro et al), B112

The association of preeclampsia with early right heart dysfunction utilizing speckle derived strain (Kovell et al), B108

Differential right and left ventricular remodeling post LVAD implantation (Medvedofsky et al), B72

Echocardiographic characterization of a biventricular mock circulatory system and a fibrillating heart during mechanical actuation (Zhou et al), B64-5

Echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue thickness is a marker for the detection of vasospastic angina (Nishio et al), B16

Effect of c ontinuous p ositive a irway p ressure therapy o n left ventricular di as tolic funct i on in patients with s evere obstructive sleep apnea (CPAP-OASIS) assessed by tissue Doppler, 2D speckle tracking and exercise hemodynamics: a randomized SHAM clinical trial (Kim et al), B4

Evaluation of carotid arterial elasticity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome by two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (You et al), B110-1

Feasibility, reference intervals and reproducibility for left ventricular ejection fraction and myocardial strain by speckle tracking echocardiography in adult Syrian hamsters (Filho et al), B80

Global right ventricular strain is an independent predictor of cardiovascular events (Jarori et al), B72-3

Inter- and intra-reader reproducibility assessment of left atrial function and phasic volumes by three- and two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (Vasconcellos et al), B101

Left ventricular function by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in children with sickle cell anemia (Bansal et al), B105

Left ventricular myocardial deformation capacity during exercise stress in healthy adults. A two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography study (Larsen et al), B75

Longitudinal systolic strain and deformation gradient on 4 chamber 2-D speckle tracking in thalassemia major (Chowdhury et al), B76

Myocardial mechanics in recreational marathon runners (Sengupta et al), B74

Novel use of color Doppler for acoustic tip catheter navigation (Belohlavek and Katayama), B14

Prediction for improvement and remodeling in first-onset myocardial infarction by speckle tracking echocardiography: Is global or regional selection better? (Hu et al), B89

Prediction of clinical outcome by longitudinal strain in patients with valve replacement: a short-term follow-up study (Guo et al), B89

Prognostic value of echocardiographic parameters for right ventricular function in patients with acute non-massive pulmonary embolism (Lee et al), B67-8

Right ventricular strain as a new marker of neuro-cardiac injury in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (Kagiyama et al), B20

Should measurements of tricuspid annulus be performed using two-dimensional echocardiography? (Yamat et al), B55

Speckle tracking echocardiography identifies incipient cardiac damage in Chagas disease (Romano et al), B109

Superiority of 3D over 2D analysis of right ventricular function in predicting mortality (Narang et al), B44

Systemic hypertension and the scleroderma heart: a speckle tracking echocardiographic study (Mercurio et al), B106-7

2D and 3D echocardiography derived left ventricular function and shape indices: which one predicts mortality best? (Medvedofsky et al), B86

Validation of speckle-tracking echocardiography with conductance catheter pressure-volume loop analysis in a sheep model of pulmonary hypertension–induced right ventricle dysfunction (Li et al), B82

Very low mechanical index 2D and 3D contrast-echocardiography: dosages at the discretion of sonographers (Choy et al), B13

Echocardiography, two-dimensional, child

Effect of presence of cancer in pre-chemotherapy stage in children on left ventricle function as assessed by speckle echocardiography (Venkata et al), B106

Maturational changes in right ventricular strain mechanics from the fetus to the young infant: analysis of longitudinal 2D speckle tracking data from 450 examinations (Erickson et al), B67

Right ventricular flow dynamics in dilated right ventricles: energy loss estimation by blood speckle tracking echocardiography in children (Mawad et al), B10

Right ventricular longitudinal strain: free wall versus 4-chamber strain analysis. A comparison in different conditions (Larios et al), B76

Speckle tracking echocardiography following hybrid stage 1 procedure for infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (Kadiu and Aggarwal), B6

Echocardiography, utilization

Appropriate use of echocardiograms in asymptomatic term neonates with heart murmur (Minocha et al), B62-3

Can echocardiographic parameters predict the burden of cardiac amyloidosis? (Mehta et al), B104-5

Cardiac myxomas: echocardiographic findings and clinical correlation (Cianciulli et al), B103

Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of embolectomy versus thrombolysis for pulmonary embolism (Vaidya et al), B91

Clustering of echocardiography variables for data-driven assessment of left ventricular diastolic function in patients with preserved ejection fraction (Omar et al), B65

Correlation of echocardiographic measurements to exercise parameters in Fontan children: a prospective, blinded study (Goudar et al), B12

Defining echocardiographic characteristics of stenosis in patients with degenerative mitral stenosis (Khan et al), B54

Determination of sources of error and correction of left ventricular mass measurement by echocardiography compared with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Siddiqi et al), B64

Echocardiographic and clinical parameters for predicting improvement of renal function in patients with cardiorenal syndrome after diuretics treatment (Choi et al), B84

Echocardiographic calcifications improve prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events beyond traditional Framingham risk score (Krishnamoorthy et al), B87

Echocardiographic determinants of mitral regurgitation improvement in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy after inferior myocardial infarction (Mihos et al), B56-7

Echocardiographic guidance and monitoring of transcatheter mitral valve replacement in severe mitral annular calcification and failing bioprostheses; mid-term follow-up data are encouraging (Harland et al), B52-3

Echocardiographic predictive factors for acute kidney injury after acute myocardial infarction (Iwakura et al), B98

Echocardiographic predictors of elevated gradients after transcatheter aortic valve replacement for failing bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (Richmond et al), B56

Incremental utility of right ventricular strain compared to conventional echo quantification for assessment of cardiac MRI evidenced right ventricular dysfunction (Di Franco et al), B7

Introductory simulator course in bedside echocardiography for medical students (Elison et al), B20

Performance characteristics of echocardiography and computed tomography in detecting coronary and aortic atherosclerosis in patients referred for atrial fibrillation ablation (Rau et al), B98

A predictive model for assessing the diagnostic quality of echocardiographic images (McConnaughey et al), B21

A rapid method of ECHO-optimization of CRT reduces 1-year mortality and heart failure hospitalizations (Niwaz et al), B88

Reduction in probe to patient response time after implementation of twenty-four hour echocardiography coverage (Malone et al), B63

A sensitive and specific echocardiographic scoring system to predict atrial fibrillation following cryptogenic strokes (Pathan et al), B100

Subcostal strain measurements in patients with breast cancer: feasibility and potential novel clinical utility (Chuzi et al), B104

The systemic atrio-ventricular index: a novel prognostic ECHO parameter in patients with restrictive filling patterns (Hosn et al), B77

TTE for evaluation of TIA or stroke: appropriate but limited clinical utility (Bamira et al), B64

Education, medical

Introductory simulator course in bedside echocardiography for medical students (Elison et al), B20

Knowledge of appropriate outpatient echocardiogram ordering among primary care physicians and trainees: are we reaching the masses? (Lang et al), B24-5

Ejection fraction

Clustering of echocardiography variables for data-driven assessment of left ventricular diastolic function in patients with preserved ejection fraction (Omar et al), B65

Contrast echocardiography provides greatest impact in patients with reduced ejection fraction (Zhao et al), B19

Differences in regional wall motion and quantitative ejection fraction measurements when using standard left ventricular opacification versus real time very low mechanical index algorithms (Darrah et al), B7

Echocardiographic quantification of systolic function in the single systemic right ventricle: correlation with magnetic resonance imaging derived ejection fraction (Kelle et al), B34

Evaluation of left ventricular global longitudinal strain as predictor of left ventricular ejection fraction recovery in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy patients: a single center experience (Rajesh et al), B68

Feasibility, reference intervals and reproducibility for left ventricular ejection fraction and myocardial strain by speckle tracking echocardiography in adult Syrian hamsters (Filho et al), B80

Functional mitral regurgitation predicts prognosis in myocardial infarction with preserved ejection fraction (Okura et al), B55

Global longitudinal strain in post-heart transplant patients with normal left ventricular ejection fraction is associated with coronary allograft vasculopathy (Narang et al), B9-10

Global longitudinal strain is associated with immune status in patients living with human immunodeficiency virus and normal left ventricle ejection fraction (Alenezi et al), B75

Global longitudinal strain predicts mortality in patients with severe aortic insufficiency and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (Narang et al), B52

Impaired left atrial systolic function and interatrial dyssyncrony contributed to symptoms of heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (Liu et al), B15-6

Improving cardio-oncology evaluation in the echocardiography lab (Johnson et al), B104

Incremental prognostic value of left ventricular ejection fraction measured with three-dimensional echocardiography in a large cohort of patients with various cardiac diseases (Muraru et al), B41-2

Left atrial appendage ejection fraction assessed by three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography predicts cardiogenic embolization in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (Hashimoto et al), B43

Left atrial strain has equivalent discriminating value as left ventricular global longitudinal strain in hospitalized patients due to heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (Saha et al), B79

Quantification of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction in cancer patients using a novel fully automated 3D software program: exploring an alternative to 2D contrast echocardiography (Lamb et al), B48

Rate of decline in ejection fraction may predict the development of systolic dysfunction in childhood cancer survivors (Rose-Felker et al), B111-2

Reduced global longitudinal strain is associated with in-hospital mortality in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage and preserved ejection fraction (Kagiyama et al), B87

Right ventricular ejection Doppler flow profile characterizes PA hemodynamics in portopulmonary pulmonary hypertension (Kane et al), B82-3

Survival after trans catheter aortic valve replacement in patients with contractile reserve on dobutamine stress echocardiography versus normal-gradient low ejection fraction patients (Okoh et al), B60

Teamwork is superior to addition of right ventricular strain in improving estimation of right ventricular ejection fraction (Xu et al), B77-8

Three-dimensional echocardiography right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction predict mortality in unselected patients with various cardiac diseases (Muraru et al), B43

Validity of automated measurement of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction using a 2DQ on the Philips EPIQ system for obese patients (Makkiya et al), B17

Elderly ; see Aged

Electrocardiography

Are cerebral ECG T-waves in stroke patients a sign of associated transient cardiac dysfunction? (Stone et al), B92

High prevalence of clinically important echocardiographic abnormalities in patients with a normal ECG (Stone et al), B63

Incidence of left ventricular thrombus in patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (Mao et al), B95

Machine learning enabled ECG wavelet analysis as a gatekeeper for appropriate evaluation of diastolic function by echocardiography (Sengupta et al), B89

Embolectomy

Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of embolectomy versus thrombolysis for pulmonary embolism (Vaidya et al), B91

Embolization, therapeutic

Left atrial appendage ejection fraction assessed by three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography predicts cardiogenic embolization in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (Hashimoto et al), B43

Endocarditis

Not just veggies: subtle myocardial changes in patients with fungal infection (Cresalia et al), B107

Endoscopy

The impact of fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion on left-sided cardiac dimensions and outcomes in fetuses with left-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia and comparison to matched controls (Dhillon et al), B32

Endothelium

Ultrasound molecular imaging of endothelial activation and platelet adhesion in remote arteries after myocardial infarction: implications for reducing risk for remote recurrent atherosclerotic events (Moccetti et al), B3

Energy metabolism

Comparative assessment of left ventricular and right ventricular blood flow energy loss characteristics using quantitative vector flow mapping (Sugahara et al), B73

Right ventricular flow dynamics in dilated right ventricles: energy loss estimation by blood speckle tracking echocardiography in children (Mawad et al), B10

Epicardium

Echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue thickness is a marker for the detection of vasospastic angina (Nishio et al), B16

Equipment and supplies

Introductory simulator course in bedside echocardiography for medical students (Elison et al), B20

Machine learning enabled ECG wavelet analysis as a gatekeeper for appropriate evaluation of diastolic function by echocardiography (Sengupta et al), B89

Exercise

The impact of exercise detraining in American-style football players: persistence of global longitudinal strain impairment (Weiner et al), B77

Exercise test

Cardiovascular profile of exercise performance in repaired tetralogy of Fallot using stress echocardiography (Bhatt et al), B27

Correlation of echocardiographic measurements to exercise parameters in Fontan children: a prospective, blinded study (Goudar et al), B12

Effect of c ontinuous p ositive a irway p ressure therapy o n left ventricular di as tolic funct i on in patients with s evere obstructive sleep apnea (CPAP-OASIS) assessed by tissue Doppler, 2D speckle tracking and exercise hemodynamics: a randomized SHAM clinical trial (Kim et al), B4

Exercise capacity predicts outcomes in severe but asymptomatic organic mitral regurgitation (Cheema et al), B49-50

Left ventricular diastolic vortex at rest and peak exercise in patients with systemic hypertension (Mahmoud et al), B14-5

Left ventricular myocardial deformation capacity during exercise stress in healthy adults. A two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography study (Larsen et al), B75

Prognostic utility of strain and valvuloarterial impedance in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis and preserved systolic function undergoing treadmill stress echocardiography (Huded et al), B57

Right ventricular myocardial strain during preload augmentation is associated with exercise capacity (Kusunose et al), B71

Stage A heart failure: subclinical left ventricular function, exercise capacity and cardiovascular outcomes (Wang et al), B89-90