A

Ablation, catheter ; see Catheter ablation

Academic medical centers

The value of quality improvement process in the detection and correction of common errors in echocardiographic hemodynamic parameters in a busy echocardiography laboratory (Fanari et al). B61

ACC ; see American College of Cardiology

Accuracy

Accuracy of vector velocity imaging for assessment of cardiac mechanics: validation against sonomicrometry (Hastie et al). B48

Automated evaluation of tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion from 2D echocardiographic images (Ramamurthy et al). B71

Comparison of correlation methods in right heart pressure estimation between echocardiography and catheterization (Tinnemore et al). B63

Cross-vendor speckle tracking comparison in a pediatric population (Landeck et al). B86

Do real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic images actually reflect what we directly visualize? (Cheng et al). B114

Does real-time review of images prior to outpatient discharge improve the completeness of outpatient pediatric echocardiograms? (Johnson et al). B90

Does transesophageal echocardiography accurately identify postoperative intramural ventricular septal defects? (Patel et al). B94

Efficacy and accuracy of novel automated mitral valve quantification: three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic study (Toki et al). B126

Efficacy to effectiveness: engaging sonographers to improve prenatal detection of congenital heart defects (Pinto et al). B89-90

Improving accuracy in the assessment of structural heart disease: a continuous quality initiative (Johnson et al). B83

Mechanical dyssynchrony and abnormal regional strain promote erroneous estimates of systolic function in pediatric heart transplant (Parthiban et al). B88

Mitral valve area quantification: comparison of RT-3D-TEE planimetry, pressure half-time and mean gradient (Wu et al). B124

Normal ranges of left ventricular strain measures in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Levy et al). B91

Palm-held mini-sized ultrasonocardiographic scanning can improve diagnostic accuracy of physical examination in patients of congenital heart disease (Lo et al). B103

Prospective evaluation of discrepancy detection tool in pediatric facilitated echocardiographic reporting (Weinberg et al). B87

Three-dimensional echocardiography-based assessment of left atrial size and deformation in healthy children (Ghelani et al). B124

3D echocardiography based evaluation of the area of a modeled ventricular septal defect (Tracy et al). B110

2D strain is a more precise measure of LV function than ejection fraction or fractional shortening in pediatric patients (Patel et al). B92

The value of quality improvement process in the detection and correction of common errors in echocardiographic hemodynamic parameters in a busy echocardiography laboratory (Fanari et al). B61

Variation in intraoperative and postoperative/pre-discharge echocardiographic findings in congenital cardiac surgery (Nathan et al). B91

Acoustic stimulation

Detection of myocardial perfusion with real time high mechanical index imaging of activated intravenous liquid phase nanodroplets: targeted acoustic activation (Porter et al). B9

Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative Workgroup

Structural heart disease and outcomes in incident hemodialysis patients: correlation with proposed echocardiographic criteria by the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative Workgroup (Negrotto et al). B17

Adenine nucleotides

Left ventricular morphology, systolic mechanics and diastolic function in patients with ANT1 cardiomyopathy (Chowdhury et al). B45-6

Adipose tissue

Association of epicardial adipose tissue with atherosclerosis of thoracic aorta: an echocardiographic study (Saurav et al). B117

Adolescence

Aortic root velocity vector imaging in children and young adults with Marfan syndrome (Strainic et al). B106

The early diastolic inertial and convective intraventricular pressure difference in children, adolescents and young adults (Takahashi et al). B39

Safety of cardiac ultrasound contrast in children and adolescents for resting and stress echocardiography (Kutty et al). B12

Age factors

Diagnostic yield of echocardiography during initial outpatient pediatric cardiology evaluation (Sachdeva et al). B101

Different characteristics of left ventricular mechanics between young and late onset apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Chung et al). B19

The early diastolic inertial and convective intraventricular pressure difference in children, adolescents and young adults (Takahashi et al). B39

The impact of age on the outcomes of low flow versus normal flow severe aortic stenosis with preserved left ventricular function (Fanari et al). B76

Layer-specific longitudinal and circumferential myocardial strains and their determinants in healthy subjects (Shi et al). B46-7

Left atrial-ventricular matching with age (Huang et al). B32

Left atrium in dynamic exercise: quantitation of flow rate changes by 4D volume in normal subjects (Hayami et al). B130

Left atrium longitudinal strain by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in healthy volunteers: reference values and analysis of their physiologic determinants (Badano et al). B131

The presbycardia phenotype: cardiac remodeling and valvular degeneration in the nonagenarians (Iskandar et al). B25

Temporal trends in utilization of echocardiography in outpatient pediatric cardiology over the last 15 years (Sachdeva et al). B102

The use of two-dimensional speckle-tracking strain in monitoring cardiotoxicity in older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (Cascino et al). B38

Aged

Gender difference in the impact of central aortic pulse pressure on left ventricular filling pressure in the elderly: invasive hemodynamic study (Kim et al). B56-7

Aged, 80 and over

The presbycardia phenotype: cardiac remodeling and valvular degeneration in the nonagenarians (Iskandar et al). B25

AHA ; see American Heart Association

Algorithms

Call for the development of a three-dimensional printing algorithm specific to echocardiography: an initial study with an in vitro validation (Pu et al). B123-4

Comparison of right ventricular volumes, ejection fraction, and mechanical indices derived automatically from 3D speckle tracking to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Gopal et al). B127-8

Quantification of air emboli in transesophageal echocardiograms using digital image processing algorithm (Javadikasgari et al). B116

Allograft ; see Transplantation, homologous

Ambulatory care facilities

Implementation of a quality improvement program improves wait time for patients in a busy pediatric echocardiography laboratory (Parthiban et al). B88-9

A randomized trial integrating pocket ultrasound with mHealth diagnostics in modern structural heart disease clinics (Bhavnani et al). B3

American College of Cardiology

Risk stratification and prognosis of low-intermediate and high (10-year) risk patients with diabetes based on ACC/AHA cardiovascular risk calculator and stress echocardiography (Yao et al). B50

American Heart Association

Risk stratification and prognosis of low-intermediate and high (10-year) risk patients with diabetes based on ACC/AHA cardiovascular risk calculator and stress echocardiography (Yao et al). B50

American Samoa ; see Western Samoa

American Society of Echocardiography

Determinants of productivity: survey analysis from the American Society of Echocardiography Committee on Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory Productivity (C-PELP) (Srivastava et al). B7

What is the daily impact of the new 2015 ASE guidelines on left atrial assessment in our echocardiography laboratories? (Rebaine et al). B72

Amyloidosis

The echocardiographic characteristics of cardiac involvement of mitochondrial disease, in comparison with the cardiac amyloidosis (Shiina et al). B24

Echocardiographic predictors of cardiac amyloidosis using cardiac MRI as the reference standard (Bhatti et al). B25

Myocardial strain of cardiac chambers after stem cell transplantation in patients with cardiac amyloidosis (Kumar et al). B29-30

Anatomical intelligence ; see Ultrasonography

Anemia, sickle cell

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound measures of skeletal muscle microvascular flow are increased in sickle cell disease (Sachdev et al). B13

Is diastolic function in sickle cell disease affected by left ventricular–aortic coupling? (Bollache et al). B16

Utility and reproducibility of speckle tracking strain imaging in the assessment of right and left ventricular function in children with sickle cell disease (Sharma et al). B20

Angiography

Utility of CTA in infants with coarctation of the aorta (Rose-Felker et al). B73

Annuloplasty

Percutaneous annuloplasty for mitral valve repair: multicentre trial result (Grayburn et al). B74

ANT1 cardiomyopathy ; see Adenine nucleotides ; Translocation

Antibiotics, anthracycline

Feasibility of echocardiographic techniques to detect subclinical cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction among high dose patients when compared to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Toro-Salazar et al). B73-4

Left ventricular global longitudinal strain predicts the reversibility of cardiotoxicity in patients with breast cancer treated with anthracyclines and trastuzumab (Fei et al). B27

Left ventricular global performance plot for prediction of subclinical cardiotoxicity in childhood cancer survivors after anthracycline therapy (Noto et al). B22

The use of two-dimensional speckle-tracking strain in monitoring cardiotoxicity in older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (Cascino et al). B38

What is the effect of trastuzumab in a non-anthracycline-based chemotherapy regimen on cardiac function assessed by strain imaging? (Kunchakarra et al). B22-3

Antiphospholipid syndrome

Cardiac valvular manifestations of antiphospholipid syndrome and surgical outcomes (Kupsky et al). B76

Aorta

Aortic annulus sizing using a novel automated method: can echo select the correct valve size? (Ngernsritrakul et al). B115

Aortic root velocity vector imaging in children and young adults with Marfan syndrome (Strainic et al). B106

Aorto-septal angle and its relation to aortic stiffness and cardiac function (Kim et al). B69

Association of aortic root diameter with myocardial remodeling and reduced function in middle-aged black and white adults: the CARDIA Study (Nwabuo et al). B27

Associations between the carotid and central aortic elastic properties in patients with ischemic stroke (Kim et al). B69

Circumferential strain assessment by velocity vector imaging and speckle tracking echocardiography—a validation study in an aortic phantom (Petrini et al). B68

Echocardiography of pediatric patients with osteogenesis imperfecta shows early changes of aortic dilatation (Rush et al). B67

Fetal cerebrovascular redistribution and ascending aorta diameter predict postnatal cerebral dysmaturation in neonates with congenital heart disease (Votava-Smith et al). B8

Gender difference in the impact of central aortic pulse pressure on left ventricular filling pressure in the elderly: invasive hemodynamic study (Kim et al). B56-7

Geometric changes in aortic annulus and left ventricular outflow tract and its impact on the incidence of prosthesis-patient mismatch after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: an intraprocedural three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography study (Utsunomiya et al). B117-8

Is diastolic function in sickle cell disease affected by left ventricular–aortic coupling? (Bollache et al). B16

Normalization to organ size and heart rate—the right measure to increase clinical utility of aortic and pulmonary velocity time integral in children? (Solinski et al). B53-4

Preoperative echocardiographic measures in interrupted aortic arch: which ones best predict surgical approach and outcome? (Abarbanell et al). B107

Preoperative echocardiographic predictors of left ventricular outflow tract reintervention following repair of interrupted aortic arch with ventricular septal defect (Cheng et al). B91

Relationship between aortic root to ascending aorta configuration and left ventricular diastolic function in patients without aortic valve disease (Chung et al). B39

Using the aortic wall thickness in transesophageal echocardiography as a risk marker for aortic dissection (Fanari et al). B118

Aorta, thoracic

Association of epicardial adipose tissue with atherosclerosis of thoracic aorta: an echocardiographic study (Saurav et al). B117

Aortic aneurysm, thoracic

Mechanisms of aortic regurgitation in type A thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection: real-time 3D transesophageal echocardiography observations (Gou et al). B128

Aortic coarctation

Atrial septal aneurysm: a benign association with left ventricle-to-right ventricle size discrepancy in the fetus (Urbinelli et al). B108

Echocardiographic predictors of reintervention after reverse subclavian flap repair of aortic arch hypoplasia and coarctation of the aorta (Tandon et al). B102-3

Evaluation of residual coarctation in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome after stage I palliation (Fundora et al). B100-1

Gestational age affects the predictive value of left and right heart morphometry comparisons in the fetus with suspected coarctation (Divanovic et al). B96

Utility of CTA in infants with coarctation of the aorta (Rose-Felker et al). B73

Aortic valve

The effect of chronic maternal hyperoxygenation on aortic and mitral valve annular dimensions in fetuses with left heart hyypoplasia (Lara et al). B8

Impact of adjustment of the Doppler aortic valve area for pressure recovery on classification of aortic stenosis severity in Asian population: Asian Valve Registry data (Jin et al). B67

Measurement of stroke volume and aortic valve area in patients with aortic stenosis: a comparison of Doppler-echocardiography versus cardiac magnetic resonance (Capoulade et al). B74

Relationship between aortic root to ascending aorta configuration and left ventricular diastolic function in patients without aortic valve disease (Chung et al). B39

Aortic valve insufficiency

Assessment of left ventricular function in patients with chronic aortic regurgitation by three-dimensional strain imaging: comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Xie et al). B39-40

Assessment of severity of aortic regurgitation by a novel M-mode echocardiography index (Choi et al). B75

Automatic quantification of aortic regurgitation using 3D full volume color Doppler echocardiography: a validation study with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Choi et al). B119

Mechanisms of aortic regurgitation in type A thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection: real-time 3D transesophageal echocardiography observations (Gou et al). B128

Novel parameters for grading aortic insufficiency severity in patients with left ventricular assist devices (Grinstein et al). B52-3

Three-dimensional assessment of features associated with transvalvular aortic regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography study (Shibayama et al). B75

Aortic valve stenosis

Acute improvements in global and apical strain following transcatheter aortic valve replacement: does the transapical approach alter left ventricular function? (Ando et al). B84

Added value of the dimensionless index and valvuloarterial impedance in the assessment of low flow, low gradient severe aortic stenosis with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (Okogbue et al). B77

Clinical implications of electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy with strain in patients with aortic stenosis and preserved ejection fraction (Kamijima et al). B77

Correlation between different echocardiographic parameters reporting on aortic stenosis (Samad et al). B78

Identifying precursors for the development of subaortic stenosis following surgical repair of atrioventricular septal defects (McRae et al). B99-100

Impact of adjustment of the Doppler aortic valve area for pressure recovery on classification of aortic stenosis severity in Asian population: Asian Valve Registry data (Jin et al). B67

The impact of age on the outcomes of low flow versus normal flow severe aortic stenosis with preserved left ventricular function (Fanari et al). B76

Improving accuracy in the assessment of structural heart disease: a continuous quality initiative (Johnson et al). B83

Increased left ventricular hydraulic load in patients with severe stenosis aortic is associated with left ventricular strain dysfunction and increased mortality irrespective of mode of therapy: a speckle tracking study (Holmes et al). B78

The left atrial ejection force: a marker of left atrial involvement in patients with severe aortic stenosis (Ali et al). B132

Measurement of stroke volume and aortic valve area in patients with aortic stenosis: a comparison of Doppler-echocardiography versus cardiac magnetic resonance (Capoulade et al). B74

Multi-directional left ventricular myocardial strain in children with valvular aortic stenosis: diminished longitudinal strain and strain rate among the older children with moderate to severe aortic stenosis is evidence of sub endocardial ischemia (Reddy et al). B99

The natural history of paradoxical low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis in an inner city population (Carlson et al). B83

Postextrasystolic transaortic gradients in low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis correlate with dobutamine stress echocardiography and differentiates between “pseudo” and “true” severe aortic stenosis (Wiley et al). B82

Predictive factors of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after aortic surgery in patients with severe aortic stenosis (Hashimoto et al). B80

Right ventricular outflow to aortic valve velocity ratio: a relative dimensionless index for severe aortic stenosis (Jabbar et al). B57

The role of aortic valve gradient and stroke volume index in predicting the outcomes of severe aortic stenosis with preserved ejection fraction (Fanari et al). B76-7

Three-dimensional assessment of aortic valve annulus in severe aortic stenosis pre-TAVR using a novel automated method: can we trust the model? (McDade et al). B121

Utility of aortic stenosis severity classified by 3-dimensional echocardiography to predict cardiovascular events (Sato et al). B81

Appropriate use criteria

A critical assessment of inappropriate use of transesophageal echocardiography in infective endocarditis (Amuchastegui et al). B71

Diagnostic yield of echocardiography during initial outpatient pediatric cardiology evaluation (Sachdeva et al). B101

Echo or refer: impact of medical specialty on diagnostic yield of pediatric echocardiograms (Lang et al). B86

Evaluation of appropriate use of Doppler echocardiography and its relation to patient management in a Brazilian tertiary general hospital (Romano et al). B64

Gaps in the first pediatric appropriate use criteria for pediatric echocardiography (Sachdeva et al). B101-2

Growth and geographical variation in the use of echocardiography in Australia (Fonseca et al). B62-3

Impact of malpractice concerns on decisions to order echocardiography and stress tests (Kini et al). B62

Arterial switch ; see Transposition of great vessels

Arterial switch operation ; see Heart surgery

Arteries

The adverse effect of obesity on ventriculo-arterial coupling in children (Kulkarni et al). B17-8

Impact of arterial stiffness on long-axis performance of left ventricle (Kim et al). B67

Increased left ventricular hydraulic load in patients with severe stenosis aortic is associated with left ventricular strain dysfunction and increased mortality irrespective of mode of therapy: a speckle tracking study (Holmes et al). B78

Left atrio-ventricular and ventricular-arterial matching in patients with heart failure (Huang et al). B47

Relationship between arterial stiffness and left ventricular remodelling and function in women (Zhang et al). B31

Asian Valve Registry

Impact of adjustment of the Doppler aortic valve area for pressure recovery on classification of aortic stenosis severity in Asian population: Asian Valve Registry data (Jin et al). B67

Assist device, heart ; see Heart assist devices

Atherosclerosis

Aorto-septal angle and its relation to aortic stiffness and cardiac function (Kim et al). B69

Association of epicardial adipose tissue with atherosclerosis of thoracic aorta: an echocardiographic study (Saurav et al). B117

Associations between the carotid and central aortic elastic properties in patients with ischemic stroke (Kim et al). B69

Early detection of increased carotid artery stiffness in patients with metabolic syndrome using two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (Wang et al). B18

A family history of premature cardiovascular disease is independently associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness (Haluska et al). B73

Impact of arterial stiffness on long-axis performance of left ventricle (Kim et al). B67

Plaque score trumps Framingham risk score for predicting cardiovascular risk (Dillon et al). B4

Relationship between arterial stiffness and left ventricular remodelling and function in women (Zhang et al). B31

Athletes ; see Sports

Athletics

Left ventricular remodeling in young black athletes (Galanti et al). B36

Atrial fibrillation

Determinants of functional tricuspid regurgitation in patients with lone atrial fibrillation (Shin et al). B26

Determinants and prognostic implication of discordance between left atrial diameter and volume in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (Minami et al). B133-4

Echocardiographic assessment of device related thrombus in the PROTECT-AF (WATCHMAN left atrial appendage system for embolic protection in patients with atrial fibrillation) trial (Main et al). B115-6

Impact of atrial fibrillation on tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion in patients without organic cardiovascular disease (Torii et al). B131-2

Incremental value of left atrial global longitudinal strain for prediction of post stroke atrial fibrillation in patients with acute ischemic stroke (Kim et al). B129

Left atrial strain may predict new onset atrial fibrillation in patients with chronic heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (Maragiannis et al). B133

Left atrial strain predicts atrial fibrillation recurrence in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation and preserved ejection fraction treated with catheter ablation (Vrsalovic et al). B129

Neither left atrial appendage emptying flow velocity nor left atrial emptying fraction, but left atrial strain is independently associated with CHA2DS2-VASc score (Kurosawa et al). B132-3

Predictor of reversible tricuspid regurgitation in patients with functional severe tricuspid regurgitation and atrial fibrillation (Cho et al). B130

Sex differences in left atrial strain and its relationship to CHADS2 score in patients with atrial fibrillation (Yoshida). B131

Atrial function, left

Device closure of atrial septal defect affects left atrial function less than surgical closure in adults (Toyono et al). B93

Does non-invasive assessment of left atrial volume and function by 2D speckle tracking correlate with invasive assessment of atrial myopathy as measured by low left atrial endocardial voltage in those undergoing ablation for atrial fibrillation? (Siriwardena et al). B131

The left atrial ejection force: a marker of left atrial involvement in patients with severe aortic stenosis (Ali et al). B132

Left atrial function by speckle-tracking echocardiography in Fabry disease (Pichette et al). B58-9

Left atrial function in adult overweight patients (Podesta et al). B23

Left ventricular global longitudinal strain predicts early left atrial reverse remodeling after mitral valve surgery in patients with chronic severe mitral regurgitation (Chipeta et al). B82

Relation between left atrial deformation imaging in varying degrees of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (Singh et al). B128-9

Resting left atrial emptying rate predicts exercise capacity (METS) in healthy subjects: the Health eHeart Study (Mishra et al). B134

Sex differences in left atrial strain and its relationship to CHADS2 score in patients with atrial fibrillation (Yoshida). B131

Three-dimensional echocardiography-based assessment of left atrial size and deformation in healthy children (Ghelani et al). B124

What is the daily impact of the new 2015 ASE guidelines on left atrial assessment in our echocardiography laboratories? (Rebaine et al). B72

Atrial function, right

The association of resting right atrial size and function with exercise capacity in a healthy population (Sinha et al). B132

Right atrial mechanics provide useful insights in idiopathic pulmonary hypertension in children (Wang et al). B96

Atrial septal defect ; see Heart septal defects, atrial

Atrioventricular septal defect ; see Heart septal defects, atrial ; Heart septal defects, ventricular

Atrium ; see Heart atrium

Australia

Growth and geographical variation in the use of echocardiography in Australia (Fonseca et al). B62-3

Autoantibodies

Cost-effectiveness of screening and treatment of congenital complete heart block in mothers with positive SSA/Ro-SSB/La autoantibodies (Kropf et al). B105

Automation

Aortic annulus sizing using a novel automated method: can echo select the correct valve size? (Ngernsritrakul et al). B115

Assessment of right ventricular systolic performance using novel automated speckle tracking of tricuspid annular displacement in comparison with other echocardiographic methods (Gnanaraj et al). B39

Automated evaluation of tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion from 2D echocardiographic images (Ramamurthy et al). B71

Automated morphological and functional phenotyping of human heart with feature tracking of 2D echocardiographic images using machine learning algorithms (Narula et al). B2

Automatic quantification of aortic regurgitation using 3D full volume color Doppler echocardiography: a validation study with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Choi et al). B119

Comparison of a semi-automated system and manual evaluation of brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (Lawlor et al). B66

Efficacy and accuracy of novel automated mitral valve quantification: three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic study (Toki et al). B126

Prospective evaluation of discrepancy detection tool in pediatric facilitated echocardiographic reporting (Weinberg et al). B87

Semi-automated speckle tracking: is it time to replace biplane Simpson’s method? (Crandall et al). B121

Three-dimensional assessment of aortic valve annulus in severe aortic stenosis pre-TAVR using a novel automated method: can we trust the model? (McDade et al). B121

Using anatomical intelligence in 2-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography to evaluate left ventricular deformation (Lee et al). B26

B

Backscatter

The value of calibrated integrated backscatter in predicting left ventricular reverse remodeling in non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (Aloe et al). B22

Balloon dilatation

Comparison of long-term outcome after percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty versus mitral valve replacement in moderate to severe mitral stenosis with left ventricular dysfunction (Kim and Lim). B79

Effect of percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty on left atrial remodeling: importance of being in sinus rhythm (Soares et al). B123

Impact of percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty on left ventricular function assessed by 3D echocardiography in rheumatic mitral stenosis (Esteves et al). B123

Bed rest

Time course of remodeling: impact of exercise training and bed rest on left ventricular morphology and mechanics (Scott et al). B37

Bicycle exercise test ; see Exercise test

Birth weight

Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) in neonates: normal values and the effects of prenatal and maternal factors in 210 healthy newborns age 0 to 7 days (Zablah et al). B54

Blood flow velocity

Added value of the dimensionless index and valvuloarterial impedance in the assessment of low flow, low gradient severe aortic stenosis with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (Okogbue et al). B77

Association between pulmonary venous flow profile and invasive hemodynamics during percutaneous mitral valve repair for symptomatic mitral regurgitation (Parikh et al). B118

Blood-flow propagation in LA by Doppler echocardiography depend on decreased of left ventricular diastolic function and elevation of LA pressure (Ariyoshi et al). B55

Comparison of a semi-automated system and manual evaluation of brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (Lawlor et al). B66

Contrast agent-free volumetric echocardiographic particle image velocimetry (V-Echo-PIV) (Falahatpisheh et al). B10

Early diastolic mitral annular velocities improve following medical therapy of transient constrictive pericarditis: annulus reversus is reversed (Ayache et al). B20

The impact of age on the outcomes of low flow versus normal flow severe aortic stenosis with preserved left ventricular function (Fanari et al). B76

Incremental prognostic value of carotid artery end-diastolic velocity for future cardiovascular events in patients with risk factors (Chung et al). B65-6

The intraventricular flow assessment in patients with left ventricular assist device: early observations (Fujikura et al). B23-4

Left atrium in dynamic exercise: quantitation of flow rate changes by 4D volume in normal subjects (Hayami et al). B130

Neither left atrial appendage emptying flow velocity nor left atrial emptying fraction, but left atrial strain is independently associated with CHA2DS2-VASc score (Kurosawa et al). B132-3

Predicting post-operative outcomes in congenital heart disease using a novel velocity time integral-lactate score (Huang et al). B97

The quantitative echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary regurgitation after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot using the novel imaging modality, the vector-flow mapping (Nakano et al). B104

The relationship between ventricular filling and venous Doppler flow patterns in twin-twin transfusion syndrome (Yilmaz et al). B57

Right ventricular outflow to aortic valve velocity ratio: a relative dimensionless index for severe aortic stenosis (Jabbar et al). B57

Tissue motion annular displacement for assessment of global right ventricular performance (Hua et al). B5

Blood pressure

Effect of obesity with or without optimal blood pressure on global longitudinal strain (Arenas et al). B22

Influence of afterload on global and basal longitudinal strain: comparison of blood pressure and wall stress (Jarori et al). B31

Linear relationship between left ventricular wall stress and myocardial strain and its response to changes in blood pressure in normal subjects (Murai et al). B36

Blood transfusion

Evaluation of myocardial function using tilt-table echocardiography and MRI T2* in children with hemoglobinopathies (Zahari et al). B102

Body mass index

Left atrial function in adult overweight patients (Podesta et al). B23

Body surface area

Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) in neonates: normal values and the effects of prenatal and maternal factors in 210 healthy newborns age 0 to 7 days (Zablah et al). B54

Brachial artery

Comparison of a semi-automated system and manual evaluation of brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (Lawlor et al). B66

Brain natriuretic peptide

Attenuation of ventricular-arterial matching associated with elevated N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide and impaired cardiac performance in heart failure (Zhong et al). B42

Brazil

Evaluation of appropriate use of Doppler echocardiography and its relation to patient management in a Brazilian tertiary general hospital (Romano et al). B64

Breast neoplasms

Left ventricular global longitudinal strain predicts the reversibility of cardiotoxicity in patients with breast cancer treated with anthracyclines and trastuzumab (Fei et al). B27

What is the effect of trastuzumab in a non-anthracycline-based chemotherapy regimen on cardiac function assessed by strain imaging? (Kunchakarra et al). B22-3

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Pulmonary artery acceleration time is an early marker of abnormal pulmonary hemodynamics in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (Patel et al). B92

Quantitative echocardiographic parameters in screening for pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (Weismann et al). B16

BUDAPEST Twins Study

Inheritance of left ventricular deformation: the BUDAPEST Twins study (Kovacs et al). B30

Bundle-branch block

Left ventricular free wall longitudinal strain by speckle tracking echocardiography is additive to left bundle branch block in its association with response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (Tayal et al). B71-2

B

Backscatter

The value of calibrated integrated backscatter in predicting left ventricular reverse remodeling in non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (Aloe et al). B22

Balloon dilatation

Comparison of long-term outcome after percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty versus mitral valve replacement in moderate to severe mitral stenosis with left ventricular dysfunction (Kim and Lim). B79

Effect of percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty on left atrial remodeling: importance of being in sinus rhythm (Soares et al). B123

Impact of percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty on left ventricular function assessed by 3D echocardiography in rheumatic mitral stenosis (Esteves et al). B123

Bed rest

Time course of remodeling: impact of exercise training and bed rest on left ventricular morphology and mechanics (Scott et al). B37

Bicycle exercise test ; see Exercise test

Birth weight

Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) in neonates: normal values and the effects of prenatal and maternal factors in 210 healthy newborns age 0 to 7 days (Zablah et al). B54

Blood flow velocity

Added value of the dimensionless index and valvuloarterial impedance in the assessment of low flow, low gradient severe aortic stenosis with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (Okogbue et al). B77

Association between pulmonary venous flow profile and invasive hemodynamics during percutaneous mitral valve repair for symptomatic mitral regurgitation (Parikh et al). B118

Blood-flow propagation in LA by Doppler echocardiography depend on decreased of left ventricular diastolic function and elevation of LA pressure (Ariyoshi et al). B55

Comparison of a semi-automated system and manual evaluation of brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (Lawlor et al). B66

Contrast agent-free volumetric echocardiographic particle image velocimetry (V-Echo-PIV) (Falahatpisheh et al). B10

Early diastolic mitral annular velocities improve following medical therapy of transient constrictive pericarditis: annulus reversus is reversed (Ayache et al). B20

The impact of age on the outcomes of low flow versus normal flow severe aortic stenosis with preserved left ventricular function (Fanari et al). B76

Incremental prognostic value of carotid artery end-diastolic velocity for future cardiovascular events in patients with risk factors (Chung et al). B65-6

The intraventricular flow assessment in patients with left ventricular assist device: early observations (Fujikura et al). B23-4

Left atrium in dynamic exercise: quantitation of flow rate changes by 4D volume in normal subjects (Hayami et al). B130

Neither left atrial appendage emptying flow velocity nor left atrial emptying fraction, but left atrial strain is independently associated with CHA2DS2-VASc score (Kurosawa et al). B132-3

Predicting post-operative outcomes in congenital heart disease using a novel velocity time integral-lactate score (Huang et al). B97

The quantitative echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary regurgitation after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot using the novel imaging modality, the vector-flow mapping (Nakano et al). B104

The relationship between ventricular filling and venous Doppler flow patterns in twin-twin transfusion syndrome (Yilmaz et al). B57

Right ventricular outflow to aortic valve velocity ratio: a relative dimensionless index for severe aortic stenosis (Jabbar et al). B57

Tissue motion annular displacement for assessment of global right ventricular performance (Hua et al). B5

Blood pressure

Effect of obesity with or without optimal blood pressure on global longitudinal strain (Arenas et al). B22

Influence of afterload on global and basal longitudinal strain: comparison of blood pressure and wall stress (Jarori et al). B31

Linear relationship between left ventricular wall stress and myocardial strain and its response to changes in blood pressure in normal subjects (Murai et al). B36

Blood transfusion

Evaluation of myocardial function using tilt-table echocardiography and MRI T2* in children with hemoglobinopathies (Zahari et al). B102

Body mass index

Left atrial function in adult overweight patients (Podesta et al). B23

Body surface area

Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) in neonates: normal values and the effects of prenatal and maternal factors in 210 healthy newborns age 0 to 7 days (Zablah et al). B54

Brachial artery

Comparison of a semi-automated system and manual evaluation of brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (Lawlor et al). B66

Brain natriuretic peptide

Attenuation of ventricular-arterial matching associated with elevated N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide and impaired cardiac performance in heart failure (Zhong et al). B42

Brazil

Evaluation of appropriate use of Doppler echocardiography and its relation to patient management in a Brazilian tertiary general hospital (Romano et al). B64

Breast neoplasms

Left ventricular global longitudinal strain predicts the reversibility of cardiotoxicity in patients with breast cancer treated with anthracyclines and trastuzumab (Fei et al). B27

What is the effect of trastuzumab in a non-anthracycline-based chemotherapy regimen on cardiac function assessed by strain imaging? (Kunchakarra et al). B22-3

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Pulmonary artery acceleration time is an early marker of abnormal pulmonary hemodynamics in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (Patel et al). B92

Quantitative echocardiographic parameters in screening for pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (Weismann et al). B16

BUDAPEST Twins Study

Inheritance of left ventricular deformation: the BUDAPEST Twins study (Kovacs et al). B30

Bundle-branch block

Left ventricular free wall longitudinal strain by speckle tracking echocardiography is additive to left bundle branch block in its association with response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (Tayal et al). B71-2

C

Calcinosis

Effect of pericardial calcification on biventricular mechanics in constrictive pericarditis (Ayache et al). B20-1

Valve and annular calcification predicts all-cause mortality (Lu et al). B60

Cancer ; see Neoplasms

Cancer therapeutics ; see Drug therapy

Cannulation, heart ; see Heart catheterization

Capillaries

ePLAR: The echocardiographic pulmonary to left atrial ratio—conceptualizing a new parameter for the assessment of pulmonary hypertension. Foundation data from 16,356 normal echocardiograms (Scalia et al). B56

ePLAR—The echocardiographic pulmonary to left atrial ratio—a novel non-invasive parameter to differentiate pre-capillary and post-capillary pulmonary hypertension (Scalia et al). B53

CARDIA study

Association of aortic root diameter with myocardial remodeling and reduced function in middle-aged black and white adults: the CARDIA Study (Nwabuo et al). B27

Association of smoking and right ventricular function in middle age: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (Moreira et al). B41

Cardiac diseases ; see Heart diseases

Cardiac function tests ; see Heart function tests

Cardiac output

Normalization to organ size and heart rate—the right measure to increase clinical utility of aortic and pulmonary velocity time integral in children? (Solinski et al). B53-4

Cardiac pacing, artificial

Baseline echocardiographic features associated with improvement in significant mitral regurgitation after cardiac resynchronization therapy—START study sub-analysis (Onishi and Kawai). B84

Left ventricular free wall longitudinal strain by speckle tracking echocardiography is additive to left bundle branch block in its association with response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (Tayal et al). B71-2

Left ventricular mechanics: novel tools to evaluate function and dyssynchrony in controls and cardiac resynchronization therapy candidates (Galli et al). B42-3

Prognostic value of global left ventricular strain in heart failure patients with intermediate electrocardiographic criteria for cardiac resynchronization therapy (Delgado-Montero et al). B30

Cardiac valve prosthesis ; see Heart valve prosthesis

Cardiac volume

The association of resting right atrial size and function with exercise capacity in a healthy population (Sinha et al). B132

Comparison of right ventricular volumes, ejection fraction, and mechanical indices derived automatically from 3D speckle tracking to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Gopal et al). B127-8

Determinants and prognostic implication of discordance between left atrial diameter and volume in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (Minami et al). B133-4

Does non-invasive assessment of left atrial volume and function by 2D speckle tracking correlate with invasive assessment of atrial myopathy as measured by low left atrial endocardial voltage in those undergoing ablation for atrial fibrillation? (Siriwardena et al). B131

Effect of percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty on left atrial remodeling: importance of being in sinus rhythm (Soares et al). B123

Functional and anatomic responses of the left atrium to change in estimated left ventricular filling pressure (Huynh et al). B55

Normative study of left atrium phasic volumetric changes by three-dimensional echocardiography in 225 healthy volunteers (Miglioranza et al). B126

Novel approach to three-dimensional echocardiographic quantification of right ventricular volumes and function from focused views (Medvedofsky et al). B118-9

Quantitation of global and regional mitral valve strain from real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography in man: comparison of normal valves with organic mitral regurgitation (Zekry et al). B118

Radial strain determination from 4D echocardiographic volumes using 3D-wall motion tracking (Bleck et al). B128

Real-time 3D-echocardiography of the pediatric right ventricle—pediatric reference-values for right ventricular volumes using knowledge based reconstruction (Laser et al). B120

Reproducibility of left ventricular dimension vs. area vs. volume measurements in pediatric patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (Tierney et al). B93

Single-beat full-volume capture real-time three-dimensional echocardiography compared with two-dimensional echocardiography (Choi et al). B127

Utility of 3D echocardiography to determine optimal speed settings in left ventricular assist devices (Addetia et al). B58

Cardiomyopathy, congestive

Comparison of global longitudinal strain derived from the manual method and a vendor independent software in dilated cardiomyopathy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Kobayashi et al). B11

Patterns of mechanical inefficiency in pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy and their relation to left ventricular function and clinical outcomes (Forsha et al). B85

Prognostic value of diastolic function by Doppler echocardiography in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy (Delgado-Montero et al). B16

Reproducibility of left ventricular dimension vs. area vs. volume measurements in pediatric patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (Tierney et al). B93

Cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic

Comparison of global longitudinal strain derived from the manual method and a vendor independent software in dilated cardiomyopathy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Kobayashi et al). B11

Different characteristics of left ventricular mechanics between young and late onset apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Chung et al). B19

Distinguishing focal fibrotic lesions and non-fibrotic lesions of left ventricular endomyocardium confirmed on cardiac magnetic resonance in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using a novel multi-layer technique on 2D speckle tracking TTE (Ozawa et al). B46

Echocardiography-guided percutaneous per-ventricular laser ablation of ventricular septum: ex vivo and in vivo studies in a canine model (Sun et al). B115

4D-speckle tracking echocardiographic global and area strain determination in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Tam et al). B120

The prevalence of transient apical hypertrophy during recovery phase of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (Hashimoto et al). B17

Cardiomyopathy, restrictive

Diagnostic characteristics and clinical outcomes for children with idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy (Anderson et al). B111-2

Cardiopulmonary bypass

Utility of a standardized post-cardiopulmonary bypass epicardial echocardiography protocol for stage I Norwood palliation (Stern et al). B98

Cardiorespiratory fitness ; see Physical fitness

Cardiotoxicity

Cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction in a large clinical cohort undergoing chemo-therapy with trastuzumab (He et al). B12

Change in intraventricular pressure difference during early diastole is a useful marker of early cardiac toxicity due to cancer therapy in patients with childhood malignancies (Shigemitsu et al). B18

Is there a change in myocardial mechanical function in patients on vascular endothelial growth factor axis inhibitor therapy for genitourinary and gastrointestinal cancer? (Nhola et al). B41-2

Left ventricular global longitudinal strain predicts the reversibility of cardiotoxicity in patients with breast cancer treated with anthracyclines and trastuzumab (Fei et al). B27

Left ventricular global performance plot for prediction of subclinical cardiotoxicity in childhood cancer survivors after anthracycline therapy (Noto et al). B22

Temporal variability of global longitudinal strain with sequential echocardiographic imaging among patients undergoing chemotherapy (Koneru et al). B33

The use of two-dimensional speckle-tracking strain in monitoring cardiotoxicity in older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (Cascino et al). B38

Cardiovascular diseases

The adverse effect of obesity on ventriculo-arterial coupling in children (Kulkarni et al). B17-8

A family history of premature cardiovascular disease is independently associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness (Haluska et al). B73

Impact of atrial fibrillation on tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion in patients without organic cardiovascular disease (Torii et al). B131-2

Incremental prognostic value of carotid artery end-diastolic velocity for future cardiovascular events in patients with risk factors (Chung et al). B65-6

Plaque score trumps Framingham risk score for predicting cardiovascular risk (Dillon et al). B4

Point of care echocardiography in rural Vietnam clinics (Banchs et al). B60-1

Risk stratification and prognosis of low-intermediate and high (10-year) risk patients with diabetes based on ACC/AHA cardiovascular risk calculator and stress echocardiography (Yao et al). B50

Structural heart disease and outcomes in incident hemodialysis patients: correlation with proposed echocardiographic criteria by the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative Workgroup (Negrotto et al). B17

Subclinical left ventricular systolic longitudinal dysfunction and low serum insulin-like growth factor-I levels in neonates with intrauterine growth restriction: implication for fetal programming of adult onset cardiovascular disease (Akazawa et al). B88

Utility of aortic stenosis severity classified by 3-dimensional echocardiography to predict cardiovascular events (Sato et al). B81

Carotid arteries

Associations between the carotid and central aortic elastic properties in patients with ischemic stroke (Kim et al). B69

Early detection of increased carotid artery stiffness in patients with metabolic syndrome using two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (Wang et al). B18

A family history of premature cardiovascular disease is independently associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness (Haluska et al). B73

Incremental prognostic value of carotid artery end-diastolic velocity for future cardiovascular events in patients with risk factors (Chung et al). B65-6

Speckle tracking carotid artery strain in patients undergoing coronary angiography (Patton et al). B66

Catheter ablation

Does non-invasive assessment of left atrial volume and function by 2D speckle tracking correlate with invasive assessment of atrial myopathy as measured by low left atrial endocardial voltage in those undergoing ablation for atrial fibrillation? (Siriwardena et al). B131

Echocardiography-guided percutaneous per-ventricular laser ablation of ventricular septum: ex vivo and in vivo studies in a canine model (Sun et al). B115

Left atrial strain predicts atrial fibrillation recurrence in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation and preserved ejection fraction treated with catheter ablation (Vrsalovic et al). B129

Catheterization, heart ; see Heart catheterization

Cerebrovascular disorders

Associations between the carotid and central aortic elastic properties in patients with ischemic stroke (Kim et al). B69

Echocardiographic findings in patients with cryptogenic stroke: a case-control study (Peguero et al). B133

Fetal cerebrovascular redistribution and ascending aorta diameter predict postnatal cerebral dysmaturation in neonates with congenital heart disease (Votava-Smith et al). B8

Incremental value of left atrial global longitudinal strain for prediction of post stroke atrial fibrillation in patients with acute ischemic stroke (Kim et al). B129

Neither left atrial appendage emptying flow velocity nor left atrial emptying fraction, but left atrial strain is independently associated with CHA2DS2-VASc score (Kurosawa et al). B132-3

Prevalence of intrapulmonary shunting by contemporary contrast transthoracic echocardiography: implications for diagnosis in hepatopulmonary syndrome and etiology of cryptogenic stroke (Lai et al). B130

Sex differences in left atrial strain and its relationship to CHADS2 score in patients with atrial fibrillation (Yoshida). B131

Cerebrum

The effect of maternal hyperoxygenation on cerebral and placental vasoregulation in the fetus with left heart hypoplasia (Lara et al). B92

Fetal cerebrovascular redistribution and ascending aorta diameter predict postnatal cerebral dysmaturation in neonates with congenital heart disease (Votava-Smith et al). B8

Chagas cardiomyopathy

The utility of echocardiography in the assessment of right ventricle global systolic function in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (Moreira et al). B40-1

Chemotherapy ; see Drug therapy

Child

Abnormal myocardial recoil in cardiac allograft vasculopathy: an earlier predictor of diastolic dysfunction in children? (Colquitt et al). B95

Added value of live 3D TEE during procedures for treatment of Fontan patients (Roberson et al). B123

The adverse effect of obesity on ventriculo-arterial coupling in children (Kulkarni et al). B17-8

Aortic root velocity vector imaging in children and young adults with Marfan syndrome (Strainic et al). B106

The assessment of ventricular mechanics at rest and during peak exercise in a healthy pediatric population (Kailin et al). B34

Change in intraventricular pressure difference during early diastole is a useful marker of early cardiac toxicity due to cancer therapy in patients with childhood malignancies (Shigemitsu et al). B18

Changes in right ventricular function and deformation analysis in children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome before and after the hybrid procedure (Bugnitz et al). B94

Comparison of 2D and 3D global longitudinal strain in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease (Wisotzkey et al). B105

Comparison of echocardiographic and cardiac magnetic resonance parameters of ventricular strain in patients after the Fontan operation (Ghelani et al). B109

Comprehensive myocardial deformation assessment in patients with Kawasaki disease (Sanchez et al). B43

Contrast agent-free volumetric echocardiographic particle image velocimetry (V-Echo-PIV) (Falahatpisheh et al). B10

Correlation of 2D strain with invasive measurements for intraoperative assessment of right and left ventricular mechanics in juvenile pigs (Ramlogan et al). B90

Cross-vendor speckle tracking comparison in a pediatric population (Landeck et al). B86

Determinants of productivity: survey analysis from the American Society of Echocardiography Committee on Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory Productivity (C-PELP) (Srivastava et al). B7

Diagnostic characteristics and clinical outcomes for children with idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy (Anderson et al). B111-2

Diagnostic yield of echocardiography during initial outpatient pediatric cardiology evaluation (Sachdeva et al). B101

Diminished right ventricular strain rate in 27 children with cystic fibrosis—clinical correlation with lung function testing at 4.7 year follow-up (Pauliks et al). B104

Does real-time review of images prior to outpatient discharge improve the completeness of outpatient pediatric echocardiograms? (Johnson et al). B90

The early diastolic inertial and convective intraventricular pressure difference in children, adolescents and young adults (Takahashi et al). B39

Echo or refer: impact of medical specialty on diagnostic yield of pediatric echocardiograms (Lang et al). B86

Echocardiographic predictors of reintervention after reverse subclavian flap repair of aortic arch hypoplasia and coarctation of the aorta (Tandon et al). B102-3

Echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease in children in American Samoa (Huang et al). B97

Echocardiography of pediatric patients with osteogenesis imperfecta shows early changes of aortic dilatation (Rush et al). B67

Efficacy of chloral hydrate vs. phenobarbital in oral sedation for transthoracic echocardiography, a retrospective review (Baysa et al). B106

Evaluation of myocardial function using tilt-table echocardiography and MRI T2* in children with hemoglobinopathies (Zahari et al). B102

Evaluation of right ventricular function in pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension using myocardial performance index from tissue Doppler imaging (Cassidy et al). B106-7

Evolution of right ventricular speckle tracking derived 2-D strain parameters in extremely low gestational age newborns during the neonatal period (Czernik et al). B42

Evolutive assessment of myocardial function in pediatric patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot: persistent diastolic dysfunction and regional variation in ventricular deformation indexes (Pinheiro de Castro et al). B109-10

Gaps in the first pediatric appropriate use criteria for pediatric echocardiography (Sachdeva et al). B101-2

Global longitudinal strain imaging in pediatric heart transplant recipients (Wisotzkey et al). B104

Identifying precursors for the development of subaortic stenosis following surgical repair of atrioventricular septal defects (McRae et al). B99-100

Implementation of a quality improvement program improves wait time for patients in a busy pediatric echocardiography laboratory (Parthiban et al). B88-9

Inter-vendor feasibility and variability of speckle-tracking echocardiographic measures of right ventricular function in pediatric subjects (Goudar et al). B112

Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction secondary to adverse ventricular interdependence in children with pulmonary hypertension (Burkett et al). B6-7

Left ventricular global performance plot for prediction of subclinical cardiotoxicity in childhood cancer survivors after anthracycline therapy (Noto et al). B22

Left ventricular mass quantification by two dimensional echocardiography in the pediatric population: correlation with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Chu et al). B111

Left ventricular rotational mechanics in children after heart transplantation (Nawaytou et al). B100

Longitudinal assessment of right ventricular function by global longitudinal strain in patients with tetralogy of Fallot in the first 2 years following initial repair (DiLorenzo et al). B106

Mechanical dyssynchrony and abnormal regional strain promote erroneous estimates of systolic function in pediatric heart transplant (Parthiban et al). B88

Multi-directional left ventricular myocardial strain in children with valvular aortic stenosis: diminished longitudinal strain and strain rate among the older children with moderate to severe aortic stenosis is evidence of sub endocardial ischemia (Reddy et al). B99

Natural history of cardiac allograft status—echocardiographic and serologic biomarkers over two post-transplant years in rejection-free pediatric heart recipients (Lunze et al). B98-9

Normal ranges of left ventricular strain measures in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Levy et al). B91

Normalization to organ size and heart rate—the right measure to increase clinical utility of aortic and pulmonary velocity time integral in children? (Solinski et al). B53-4

Patterns of mechanical inefficiency in pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy and their relation to left ventricular function and clinical outcomes (Forsha et al). B85

Practice patterns in post-operative echocardiographic surveillance in children with congenital heart disease (Arunamata et al). B65

Procedural guidance using a fused fluoroscopic/three dimensional echocardiography imaging system in congenital heart disease (Jone et al). B117

Prospective evaluation of discrepancy detection tool in pediatric facilitated echocardiographic reporting (Weinberg et al). B87

Pulmonary artery acceleration time accurately predicts catheter measured pulmonary hemodynamics in children: a simultaneous catheter-Doppler correlative study (Levy et al). B6

The quantitative echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary regurgitation after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot using the novel imaging modality, the vector-flow mapping (Nakano et al). B104

Quantitative echocardiographic measures in the assessment of single ventricle function post Fontan: incorporation into routine clinical practice (Rios et al). B87

Real-time 3D-echocardiography of the pediatric right ventricle—pediatric reference-values for right ventricular volumes using knowledge based reconstruction (Laser et al). B120

Reconstituted oral chloral hydrate from crystals for echo sedation—as good as the old formulation? (Hill et al). B112

Reproducibility of left ventricular dimension vs. area vs. volume measurements in pediatric patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (Tierney et al). B93

Right atrial mechanics provide useful insights in idiopathic pulmonary hypertension in children (Wang et al). B96

Right ventricular myocardial reserve in children after arterial switch operation (Cifra et al). B27-8

Right ventricular strain predicts pulmonary hemodynamics in children with pulmonary hypertension (Levy et al). B30-1

Safety of cardiac ultrasound contrast in children and adolescents for resting and stress echocardiography (Kutty et al). B12

Specificity of the WHF criteria for the diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease: can a low-risk population help to distinguish between early disease and normal? (Clark et al). B113

Spectrum of echocardiographic findings associated with systemic fungal infections (Cresalia and Ensing). B113

Systolic and diastolic reserve in children after arterial switch operation (Cifra et al). B28

Temporal trends in utilization of echocardiography in outpatient pediatric cardiology over the last 15 years (Sachdeva et al). B102

Three-dimensional echocardiography-based assessment of left atrial size and deformation in healthy children (Ghelani et al). B124

Torsion in patients with single ventricle anatomy before and after Fontan surgery (Grattan et al). B97

2D strain is a more precise measure of LV function than ejection fraction or fractional shortening in pediatric patients (Patel et al). B92

Using improvement methodology to decrease inpatient echocardiography turn-around time in a pediatric lab (Statile et al). B113

Utility and reproducibility of speckle tracking strain imaging in the assessment of right and left ventricular function in children with sickle cell disease (Sharma et al). B20

Utility of a standardized post-cardiopulmonary bypass epicardial echocardiography protocol for stage I Norwood palliation (Stern et al). B98

Validation of non-invasive measures of contractility in children: a simultaneous echocardiography and conductance catheterization study (Chowdhury et al). B7-8

Variability across pediatric cardiologists in utilization of echocardiography in the outpatient setting (Sachdeva et al). B63

Chloral hydrate

Efficacy of chloral hydrate vs. phenobarbital in oral sedation for transthoracic echocardiography, a retrospective review (Baysa et al). B106

Reconstituted oral chloral hydrate from crystals for echo sedation—as good as the old formulation? (Hill et al). B112

Chordae tendineae

Elongation or shortening of primary chordae tendineae in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction (Obase et al). B82

Circadian rhythm

Circadian clock and myocardial deformation imaging—a speckle tracking study (Hristova et al). B45

Clinical medicine

Quantitative echocardiographic measures in the assessment of single ventricle function post Fontan: incorporation into routine clinical practice (Rios et al). B87

Clinics ; see Ambulatory care facilities

CMR ; see Magnetic resonance imaging

Coarctation of the aorta ; see Aortic coarctation

Colorectal neoplasms

The effect of vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor (VEGFI) therapy on myocardial function and perfusion: a contrast echocardiography study (Abdelmoneim et al). B13

Committee on Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory Productivity

Determinants of productivity: survey analysis from the American Society of Echocardiography Committee on Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory Productivity (C-PELP) (Srivastava et al). B7

Computed tomography ; see Tomography, x-ray computed

Computers

Quantification of air emboli in transesophageal echocardiograms using digital image processing algorithm (Javadikasgari et al). B116

Congenital heart defects ; see Heart defects, congenital

Connective tissue diseases

Prediction of future overt pulmonary hypertension by six-minute walk stress echocardiography in connective tissue disease (Kusunose et al). B15

Constrictive pericarditis ; see Pericarditis, constrictive

Contraction, myocardial ; see Myocardial contraction

Contrast echocardiography ; see Echocardiography, contrast

Contrast media

Contrast agent-free volumetric echocardiographic particle image velocimetry (V-Echo-PIV) (Falahatpisheh et al). B10

Coronary angiography

Correlation of global and territorial longitudinal strain with significant coronary artery lesions in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (Helmy et al). B60

Speckle tracking carotid artery strain in patients undergoing coronary angiography (Patton et al). B66

Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study

Association of left and right ventricular function in middle age: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (Moreira et al). B40

Coronary care units

Novel integrated echocardiographic and clinical data model predicts 3-year mortality in coronary care unit patients (Gaba et al). B61-2

Coronary circulation

Echocardiographic diagnosis of right ventricular-dependent coronary circulation in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (Peterson et al). B98

Prognostic value of coronary microvascular function in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a quantitative dobutamine stress myocardial perfusion echocardiography study (Huang et al). B10-1

Relationship between coronary flow reserve and diastolic dysfunction in patients with normal ejection fraction and epicardial perfusion (Greenberg et al). B15

Coronary disease

Abnormal coronary tortuosity is associated with the degree of longitudinal myocardial shortening but not left ventricular mass (Oehler and Lindner). B68

Abnormal myocardial recoil in cardiac allograft vasculopathy: an earlier predictor of diastolic dysfunction in children? (Colquitt et al). B95

The analysis of baseline longitudinal strain does not predict echocardiography stress test outcome (Gastaldello et al). B14

Assessment of left ventricular systolic function by 3-dimensional speckle tracking imaging in coronary artery disease patients with normal wall motion (Yu and Lv). B51

Association of aortic root diameter with myocardial remodeling and reduced function in middle-aged black and white adults: the CARDIA Study (Nwabuo et al). B27

Association of left and right ventricular function in middle age: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (Moreira et al). B40

Association of smoking and right ventricular function in middle age: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (Moreira et al). B41

Correlation of global and territorial longitudinal strain with significant coronary artery lesions in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (Helmy et al). B60

Does ischemic burden on stress testing influence patient survival in subjects with known severe multi-vessel coronary artery disease? (Mukundan et al). B52

Echocardiographic diagnosis of right ventricular-dependent coronary circulation in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (Peterson et al). B98

Global longitudinal strain from resting echocardiogram better predicts long-term adverse cardiac outcomes in patients with normal ejection fraction (Yadlapati et al). B56

Incremental prognostic value of carotid artery end-diastolic velocity for future cardiovascular events in patients with risk factors (Chung et al). B65-6

Persistent ischemic mitral regurgitation after primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: predictive factors and prognostic implication (Nishino et al). B49

Prediction of left ventricular filling pressure by three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in patients with coronary artery disease (Ma et al). B124-5

Quantification of regional left ventricular function in patients with coronary artery disease by layer-specific strain (Chen et al). B50

Costs and cost analysis

Cost-effectiveness of screening and treatment of congenital complete heart block in mothers with positive SSA/Ro-SSB/La autoantibodies (Kropf et al). B105

Does real-time review of images prior to outpatient discharge improve the completeness of outpatient pediatric echocardiograms? (Johnson et al). B90

Critical illness

Echocardiographic and clinical predictors of mortality in septic shock patients (Mawri et al). B70

Raised Troponin in the ICU: can real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography improve recognition of acute ischemia in the critically ill? (Orde et al). B52

Cross vendor variability ; see Equipment and supplies

Cryptogenic stroke ; see Cerebrovascular disorders

CTA ; see Angiography ; Tomography, x-ray computed

Cystic fibrosis

Diminished right ventricular strain rate in 27 children with cystic fibrosis—clinical correlation with lung function testing at 4.7 year follow-up (Pauliks et al). B104

D

Death

High risk for impending death in patients with pericardial effusion and pulmonary hypertension (Eisenberg et al). B19

Risk of significant tricuspid regurgitation and death in patients with permanent pacemakers (Delling et al). B74-5

Decision support techniques

Automated morphological and functional phenotyping of human heart with feature tracking of 2D echocardiographic images using machine learning algorithms (Narula et al). B2

Impact of malpractice concerns on decisions to order echocardiography and stress tests (Kini et al). B62

Variability across pediatric cardiologists in utilization of echocardiography in the outpatient setting (Sachdeva et al). B63

Developing countries

Point of care echocardiography in rural Vietnam clinics (Banchs et al). B60-1

Diabetes mellitus

Risk stratification and prognosis of low-intermediate and high (10-year) risk patients with diabetes based on ACC/AHA cardiovascular risk calculator and stress echocardiography (Yao et al). B50

Diabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent

Association of pathophysiology with etiology of non-ischemic, preclinical heart failure (Yang et al). B15

Prognostic value of coronary microvascular function in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a quantitative dobutamine stress myocardial perfusion echocardiography study (Huang et al). B10-1

Diagnosis

Acceleration rate of E wave: a novel transmitral Doppler index for assessing diastolic function (Sattarzadeh et al). B48

Added value of the dimensionless index and valvuloarterial impedance in the assessment of low flow, low gradient severe aortic stenosis with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (Okogbue et al). B77

The application of a novel three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic technique for the assessment of left atrial appendage anatomy in transcatheter LAA closure (Zhou et al). B115

Assessment of severity of aortic regurgitation by a novel M-mode echocardiography index (Choi et al). B75

Diagnostic characteristics and clinical outcomes for children with idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy (Anderson et al). B111-2

Diagnostic yield of echocardiography during initial outpatient pediatric cardiology evaluation (Sachdeva et al). B101

Does transesophageal echocardiography accurately identify postoperative intramural ventricular septal defects? (Patel et al). B94

Echo or refer: impact of medical specialty on diagnostic yield of pediatric echocardiograms (Lang et al). B86

Echocardiographic diagnosis of right ventricular-dependent coronary circulation in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (Peterson et al). B98

Gestational age affects the predictive value of left and right heart morphometry comparisons in the fetus with suspected coarctation (Divanovic et al). B96

Improving on the diagnostic characteristics of echocardiography for predicting pulmonary hypertension (Broderick-Forsgren et al). B121-2

Inferior vena cava compression maneuver as a novel technique to detect patent foramen ovale: transesophageal echocardiographic study (Yamashita et al). B111

Palm-held mini-sized ultrasonocardiographic scanning can improve diagnostic accuracy of physical examination in patients of congenital heart disease (Lo et al). B103

Point of care echocardiography in rural Vietnam clinics (Banchs et al). B60-1

Practice patterns in post-operative echocardiographic surveillance in children with congenital heart disease (Arunamata et al). B65

Prediction of left ventricular filling pressure by three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in patients with coronary artery disease (Ma et al). B124-5

Prevalence of intrapulmonary shunting by contemporary contrast transthoracic echocardiography: implications for diagnosis in hepatopulmonary syndrome and etiology of cryptogenic stroke (Lai et al). B130

Progression of mitral valve prolapse: a follow-up investigation in the Framingham Heart Study (Delling et al). B74

Pulmonary artery acceleration time is an early marker of abnormal pulmonary hemodynamics in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (Patel et al). B92

A randomized trial integrating pocket ultrasound with mHealth diagnostics in modern structural heart disease clinics (Bhavnani et al). B3

Safety and feasibility of diagnostic ultrasound high mechanical index impulses in restoring epicardial flow in acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction in humans (Tavares et al). B2

Transesophageal echocardiographic examination in the evaluation of source of embolus: does it change clinical management? (Batra et al). B134

What is the daily impact of the new 2015 ASE guidelines on left atrial assessment in our echocardiography laboratories? (Rebaine et al). B72

Diagnosis, differential

ePLAR: The echocardiographic pulmonary to left atrial ratio—conceptualizing a new parameter for the assessment of pulmonary hypertension. Foundation data from 16,356 normal echocardiograms (Scalia et al). B56

ePLAR—The echocardiographic pulmonary to left atrial ratio—a novel non-invasive parameter to differentiate pre-capillary and post-capillary pulmonary hypertension (Scalia et al). B53

The incremental role of ePLAR (echocardiographic pulmonary to left atrial ratio) in the diagnosis of sub-massive acute pulmonary embolism (Scalia et al). B19

Normalization to organ size and heart rate—the right measure to increase clinical utility of aortic and pulmonary velocity time integral in children? (Solinski et al). B53-4

Postextrasystolic transaortic gradients in low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis correlate with dobutamine stress echocardiography and differentiates between “pseudo” and “true” severe aortic stenosis (Wiley et al). B82

Specificity of the WHF criteria for the diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease: can a low-risk population help to distinguish between early disease and normal? (Clark et al). B113

Diagnostic errors

Does real-time review of images prior to outpatient discharge improve the completeness of outpatient pediatric echocardiograms? (Johnson et al). B90

Diastole

Abnormal myocardial recoil in cardiac allograft vasculopathy: an earlier predictor of diastolic dysfunction in children? (Colquitt et al). B95

Acceleration rate of E wave: a novel transmitral Doppler index for assessing diastolic function (Sattarzadeh et al). B48

Adverse cardiac events and grade 1 diastolic dysfunction (Lavine and Albalbissi). B24

Alterations in left ventricular geometry in chronic pulmonary hypertension is unable to disrupt the relationship existing between mitral annular relaxation and ventricular filling in early diastole (Palm et al). B45

Assessment of early diastolic intraventricular pressure difference of left ventricle in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (Kobayashi et al). B94

Association between peripheral endothelial function and left ventricular diastolic function in patients with ischemic heart disease (Onishi and Kawai). B67-8

Blood-flow propagation in LA by Doppler echocardiography depend on decreased of left ventricular diastolic function and elevation of LA pressure (Ariyoshi et al). B55

Can diastolic intraventricular pressure gradient by color Doppler M-mode echocardiography be used to assess left ventricular untwisting? (Hodzic et al). B11-2

Change in intraventricular pressure difference during early diastole is a useful marker of early cardiac toxicity due to cancer therapy in patients with childhood malignancies (Shigemitsu et al). B18

Diastolic function predict cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with preserved ejection fraction (Jamiel). B44

Diastolic recovery is associated with mortality and adverse event in the patients with acute myocardial infarction (Yoon et al). B49

The early diastolic inertial and convective intraventricular pressure difference in children, adolescents and young adults (Takahashi et al). B39

Early diastolic mitral annular velocities improve following medical therapy of transient constrictive pericarditis: annulus reversus is reversed (Ayache et al). B20

Echocardiographic predictors of pulmonary edema in patients with diastolic dysfunction (Issa et al). B132

Evaluation of myocardial function according to early diastolic intraventricular pressure difference in fetuses (Yamamoto et al). B3

Evolutive assessment of myocardial function in pediatric patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot: persistent diastolic dysfunction and regional variation in ventricular deformation indexes (Pinheiro de Castro et al). B109-10

Incremental prognostic value of carotid artery end-diastolic velocity for future cardiovascular events in patients with risk factors (Chung et al). B65-6

Is diastolic function in sickle cell disease affected by left ventricular–aortic coupling? (Bollache et al). B16

Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction secondary to adverse ventricular interdependence in children with pulmonary hypertension (Burkett et al). B6-7

Left ventricular morphology, systolic mechanics and diastolic function in patients with ANT1 cardiomyopathy (Chowdhury et al). B45-6

M-mode pattern of left atrial slope as new parameters of left ventricular diastolic function (Ardini et al). B47

Prognostic value of diastolic function by Doppler echocardiography in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy (Delgado-Montero et al). B16

Relation between left atrial deformation imaging in varying degrees of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (Singh et al). B128-9

Relationship between aortic root to ascending aorta configuration and left ventricular diastolic function in patients without aortic valve disease (Chung et al). B39

Relationship between coronary flow reserve and diastolic dysfunction in patients with normal ejection fraction and epicardial perfusion (Greenberg et al). B15

Risk factors for HFpEF and HFrEF in patients with preclinical diastolic dysfunction (Zhang et al). B71

Speckle-tracking echocardiographic measures of right ventricular diastolic function correlate with reference-standard measures before and after preload alteration (Chowdhury et al). B85-6

Systolic and diastolic reserve in children after arterial switch operation (Cifra et al). B28

Ventricular Doppler inflow duration corrected by cycle length in fetuses with normal and abnormal diastolic function (Thakur et al). B61

Digital image processing ; see Computers

Dilatation

Echocardiography of pediatric patients with osteogenesis imperfecta shows early changes of aortic dilatation (Rush et al). B67

Impact of left atrial dilation on mitral annulus sphericity (Izumi et al). B126

Dilated cardiomyopathy ; see Cardiomyopathy, congestive

Disabled

The impact of spinal cord injury on exercise induced cardiac remodeling in elite para-cyclists (Kim et al). B44

Discharge, patient ; see Patient discharge

Dobutamine

Dynamic three dimensional strain during dobutamine stress echocardiography in detection of ischemia: comparison with two-dimensional strain (Ahmad et al). B122

Postextrasystolic transaortic gradients in low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis correlate with dobutamine stress echocardiography and differentiates between “pseudo” and “true” severe aortic stenosis (Wiley et al). B82

Prognostic value of coronary microvascular function in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a quantitative dobutamine stress myocardial perfusion echocardiography study (Huang et al). B10-1

Safety of dobutamine and exercise stress echocardiography in patients with abnormalities of serum potassium (Bird et al). B50-1

Doppler echocardiography ; see Echocardiography, Doppler

Doppler tissue imaging

Assessment of longitudinal left ventricular systolic function: tissue motion annular displacement vs global longitudinal strain (Fujioka et al). B35

The cardiac time intervals and the association with 2D-speckle tracking, tissue Doppler and conventional echocardiography—the Thousand & 1 Study (Biering-Sørensen et al). B11

Evaluation of right ventricular function in pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension using myocardial performance index from tissue Doppler imaging (Cassidy et al). B106-7

Myocardial function in the first week of life: tissue Doppler imaging reference values in 400 newborns age 0 to 7 days (Zablah et al). B54

Drug therapy

Cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction in a large clinical cohort undergoing chemo-therapy with trastuzumab (He et al). B12

Feasibility of echocardiographic techniques to detect subclinical cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction among high dose patients when compared to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Toro-Salazar et al). B73-4

Functional and fluid mechanics as early markers of myocardial function decrement in patients with hematological malignancies submitted to chemotherapy, pre and post stem cell transplant (Abduch et al). B33-4

Temporal variability of global longitudinal strain with sequential echocardiographic imaging among patients undergoing chemotherapy (Koneru et al). B33

What is the effect of trastuzumab in a non-anthracycline-based chemotherapy regimen on cardiac function assessed by strain imaging? (Kunchakarra et al). B22-3

Dyspnea

Cardiac and pulmonary ultrasound correlates of exertional dyspnea in ambulatory heart failure patients (Merz et al). B32

E

Echocardiography, child

Comparison of echocardiographic and cardiac magnetic resonance parameters of ventricular strain in patients after the Fontan operation (Ghelani et al). B109

Contrast agent-free volumetric echocardiographic particle image velocimetry (V-Echo-PIV) (Falahatpisheh et al). B10

Diagnostic yield of echocardiography during initial outpatient pediatric cardiology evaluation (Sachdeva et al). B101

Does real-time review of images prior to outpatient discharge improve the completeness of outpatient pediatric echocardiograms? (Johnson et al). B90

Echo or refer: impact of medical specialty on diagnostic yield of pediatric echocardiograms (Lang et al). B86

Echocardiographic predictors of reintervention after reverse subclavian flap repair of aortic arch hypoplasia and coarctation of the aorta (Tandon et al). B102-3

Echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease in children in American Samoa (Huang et al). B97

Evaluation of myocardial function according to early diastolic intraventricular pressure difference in fetuses (Yamamoto et al). B3

Evaluation of myocardial function using tilt-table echocardiography and MRI T2* in children with hemoglobinopathies (Zahari et al). B102

Gaps in the first pediatric appropriate use criteria for pediatric echocardiography (Sachdeva et al). B101-2

Global longitudinal strain imaging in pediatric heart transplant recipients (Wisotzkey et al). B104

Natural history of cardiac allograft status—echocardiographic and serologic biomarkers over two post-transplant years in rejection-free pediatric heart recipients (Lunze et al). B98-9

Premature restriction and closure of foramen ovale in structurally normal hearts in fetuses: echocardiographic characteristics and outcomes (Gu et al). B97-8

Preoperative echocardiographic measures in interrupted aortic arch: which ones best predict surgical approach and outcome? (Abarbanell et al). B107

Prospective evaluation of discrepancy detection tool in pediatric facilitated echocardiographic reporting (Weinberg et al). B87

The quantitative echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary regurgitation after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot using the novel imaging modality, the vector-flow mapping (Nakano et al). B104

Quantitative echocardiographic parameters in screening for pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (Weismann et al). B16

Reconstituted oral chloral hydrate from crystals for echo sedation—as good as the old formulation? (Hill et al). B112

Safety of cardiac ultrasound contrast in children and adolescents for resting and stress echocardiography (Kutty et al). B12

Survival in single ventricle heterotaxy: do echocardiographic parameters inform outcome? (Abarbanell et al). B107-8

Utility of a standardized post-cardiopulmonary bypass epicardial echocardiography protocol for stage I Norwood palliation (Stern et al). B98

Validation of non-invasive measures of contractility in children: a simultaneous echocardiography and conductance catheterization study (Chowdhury et al). B7-8

Echocardiography, contrast

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound measures of skeletal muscle microvascular flow are increased in sickle cell disease (Sachdev et al). B13

The effect of vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor (VEGFI) therapy on myocardial function and perfusion: a contrast echocardiography study (Abdelmoneim et al). B13

Prevalence of intrapulmonary shunting by contemporary contrast transthoracic echocardiography: implications for diagnosis in hepatopulmonary syndrome and etiology of cryptogenic stroke (Lai et al). B130

Raised Troponin in the ICU: can real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography improve recognition of acute ischemia in the critically ill? (Orde et al). B52

A simple method to estimate global longitudinal strain from biplane contrast echocardiography: comparison with standard global longitudinal strain measurements (Alghamdi et al). B12-3

Echocardiography, Doppler

Acceleration rate of E wave: a novel transmitral Doppler index for assessing diastolic function (Sattarzadeh et al). B48

Automatic quantification of aortic regurgitation using 3D full volume color Doppler echocardiography: a validation study with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Choi et al). B119

Blood-flow propagation in LA by Doppler echocardiography depend on decreased of left ventricular diastolic function and elevation of LA pressure (Ariyoshi et al). B55

Can diastolic intraventricular pressure gradient by color Doppler M-mode echocardiography be used to assess left ventricular untwisting? (Hodzic et al). B11-2

The cardiac time intervals and the association with 2D-speckle tracking, tissue Doppler and conventional echocardiography—the Thousand & 1 Study (Biering-Sørensen et al). B11

Doppler echocardiographic assessment of the left ventricular assist device outflow cannula in the screening of cannula malfunction (Kruse et al). B5

Echocardiographic diagnosis of right ventricular-dependent coronary circulation in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (Peterson et al). B98

Echocardiographic findings in patients with cryptogenic stroke: a case-control study (Peguero et al). B133

ePLAR—The echocardiographic pulmonary to left atrial ratio—a novel non-invasive parameter to differentiate pre-capillary and post-capillary pulmonary hypertension (Scalia et al). B53

Evaluation of appropriate use of Doppler echocardiography and its relation to patient management in a Brazilian tertiary general hospital (Romano et al). B64

Impact of adjustment of the Doppler aortic valve area for pressure recovery on classification of aortic stenosis severity in Asian population: Asian Valve Registry data (Jin et al). B67

Is right ventricular outflow tract pacing superior to right ventricular apex pacing? Long-term echocardiographic follow-up results (Gong et al). B38

Measurement of stroke volume and aortic valve area in patients with aortic stenosis: a comparison of Doppler-echocardiography versus cardiac magnetic resonance (Capoulade et al). B74

The mechanism of mitral regurgitation influences the temporal dynamics of the vena contracta area as measured with color flow Doppler (Cobey et al). B114

Prognostic value of diastolic function by Doppler echocardiography in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy (Delgado-Montero et al). B16

The relationship between ventricular filling and venous Doppler flow patterns in twin-twin transfusion syndrome (Yilmaz et al). B57

Echocardiography, Doppler, child

Pulmonary artery acceleration time accurately predicts catheter measured pulmonary hemodynamics in children: a simultaneous catheter-Doppler correlative study (Levy et al). B6

Quantitative echocardiographic measures in the assessment of single ventricle function post Fontan: incorporation into routine clinical practice (Rios et al). B87

Ventricular Doppler inflow duration corrected by cycle length in fetuses with normal and abnormal diastolic function (Thakur et al). B61

Echocardiography, fetal

Successful use of fetal tele-echocardiography at a small regional hospital (Dunster and Holland). B95-6

Echocardiography, four-dimensional

Defining LV mechanics with 4D echocardiography (Mahmood et al). B40

4D-speckle tracking echocardiographic global and area strain determination in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Tam et al). B120

Left atrium in dynamic exercise: quantitation of flow rate changes by 4D volume in normal subjects (Hayami et al). B130

Radial strain determination from 4D echocardiographic volumes using 3D-wall motion tracking (Bleck et al). B128

Echocardiography, intraoperative

Correlation of 2D strain with invasive measurements for intraoperative assessment of right and left ventricular mechanics in juvenile pigs (Ramlogan et al). B90

Geometric changes in aortic annulus and left ventricular outflow tract and its impact on the incidence of prosthesis-patient mismatch after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: an intraprocedural three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography study (Utsunomiya et al). B117-8

Results of pectus excavatum repair surgery—just cosmetic or of structural and functional benefit? (Chao et al). B116-7

Variation in intraoperative and postoperative/pre-discharge echocardiographic findings in congenital cardiac surgery (Nathan et al). B91

Echocardiography, M-mode

Assessment of severity of aortic regurgitation by a novel M-mode echocardiography index (Choi et al). B75

Can diastolic intraventricular pressure gradient by color Doppler M-mode echocardiography be used to assess left ventricular untwisting? (Hodzic et al). B11-2

M-mode pattern of left atrial slope as new parameters of left ventricular diastolic function (Ardini et al). B47

Echocardiography, stress

Prognostic value of coronary microvascular function in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a quantitative dobutamine stress myocardial perfusion echocardiography study (Huang et al). B10-1

Echocardiography, three-dimensional

Added value of live 3D TEE during procedures for treatment of Fontan patients (Roberson et al). B123

Analysis of the tricuspid annulus from transthoracic 3D echocardiographic datasets provides insight into normal tricuspid valve dynamics (Addetia et al). B80

The application of a novel three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic technique for the assessment of left atrial appendage anatomy in transcatheter LAA closure (Zhou et al). B115

Assessing of left ventricular torsional mechanics using 2D and 3D speckle tracking imaging during pregnancy (Hristova et al). B125

Assessment of left ventricular function in patients with chronic aortic regurgitation by three-dimensional strain imaging: comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Xie et al). B39-40

Assessment of left ventricular systolic function by 3-dimensional speckle tracking imaging in coronary artery disease patients with normal wall motion (Yu and Lv). B51

Assessment of mitral leaflet stretch phenomenon by using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (Fukuda et al). B122

Assessment of right ventricular ejection fraction using newly developed 3-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: application for various disease including adult congenital heart diseases (Ishizu et al). B94-5

Automatic quantification of aortic regurgitation using 3D full volume color Doppler echocardiography: a validation study with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Choi et al). B119

Call for the development of a three-dimensional printing algorithm specific to echocardiography: an initial study with an in vitro validation (Pu et al). B123-4

Clinical feasibility of a novel three-dimensional speckle tracking imaging system specialized for the right ventricle (Seo et al). B125

Comparison of right ventricular volumes, ejection fraction, and mechanical indices derived automatically from 3D speckle tracking to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Gopal et al). B127-8

Comparison of three-dimensional echocardiography and multidetector computed tomography in sizing the ‘d-shaped’ mitral annulus (Mak et al). B126-7

Comprehensive 2D echocardiographic interrogation of the tricuspid valve using knowledge derived from 3D echocardiography (Yamat et al). B4

Do real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic images actually reflect what we directly visualize? (Cheng et al). B114

Dynamic three dimensional strain during dobutamine stress echocardiography in detection of ischemia: comparison with two-dimensional strain (Ahmad et al). B122

Effect of percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty on left atrial remodeling: importance of being in sinus rhythm (Soares et al). B123

Efficacy and accuracy of novel automated mitral valve quantification: three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic study (Toki et al). B126

Geometric changes in aortic annulus and left ventricular outflow tract and its impact on the incidence of prosthesis-patient mismatch after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: an intraprocedural three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography study (Utsunomiya et al). B117-8

Impact of percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty on left ventricular function assessed by 3D echocardiography in rheumatic mitral stenosis (Esteves et al). B123

The impact on Vfunction after percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation—one-year followed up by three-dimensional echocardiography (Pan et al). B84-5

Measurement of inter-trigonal distance by 3D transesophageal echocardiography for prediction of ring size for mitral valve repair (Obase et al). B121

Mechanisms of aortic regurgitation in type A thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection: real-time 3D transesophageal echocardiography observations (Gou et al). B128

Mitral valve area quantification: comparison of RT-3D-TEE planimetry, pressure half-time and mean gradient (Wu et al). B124

Mitral valve orifice area determined by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography predicts high transmitral pressure gradient after MitraClip therapy (Itabashi et al). B79

Normative study of left atrium phasic volumetric changes by three-dimensional echocardiography in 225 healthy volunteers (Miglioranza et al). B126

Novel approach to three-dimensional echocardiographic quantification of right ventricular volumes and function from focused views (Medvedofsky et al). B118-9

Prediction of left ventricular filling pressure by three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in patients with coronary artery disease (Ma et al). B124-5

Quantitation of global and regional mitral valve strain from real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography in man: comparison of normal valves with organic mitral regurgitation (Zekry et al). B118

Regional mapping of left ventricular hypertrophy patterns: insights from 3D echocardiography (Park et al). B120

Regional strain and area determination by three-dimensional echocardiography in left ventricular aneurysms (Tam et al). B103

Right ventricular function in patients with tricuspid insufficiency. Combined assessment by two-dimensional echocardiography, speckle tracking and three-dimensional echocardiography (Sierraalta et al). B47

Single-beat full-volume capture real-time three-dimensional echocardiography compared with two-dimensional echocardiography (Choi et al). B127

Subclinical impairment of left ventricular function in patients with end stage renal failure detected by three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (Sun et al). B127

Three-dimensional assessment of aortic valve annulus in severe aortic stenosis pre-TAVR using a novel automated method: can we trust the model? (McDade et al). B121

Three-dimensional assessment of features associated with transvalvular aortic regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography study (Shibayama et al). B75

3D echocardiography based evaluation of the area of a modeled ventricular septal defect (Tracy et al). B110

Three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography derived strain parameters could assess infarct transmurality and predict functional recovery in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (Sugano). B119-20

Utility of aortic stenosis severity classified by 3-dimensional echocardiography to predict cardiovascular events (Sato et al). B81

Utility of 3D echocardiography to determine optimal speed settings in left ventricular assist devices (Addetia et al). B58

Echocardiography, three-dimensional, child

Comparison of 2D and 3D global longitudinal strain in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease (Wisotzkey et al). B105

Mechanical dyssynchrony and abnormal regional strain promote erroneous estimates of systolic function in pediatric heart transplant (Parthiban et al). B88

Procedural guidance using a fused fluoroscopic/three dimensional echocardiography imaging system in congenital heart disease (Jone et al). B117

Real-time 3D-echocardiography of the pediatric right ventricle—pediatric reference-values for right ventricular volumes using knowledge based reconstruction (Laser et al). B120

Three-dimensional echocardiography-based assessment of left atrial size and deformation in healthy children (Ghelani et al). B124

Utility of CTA in infants with coarctation of the aorta (Rose-Felker et al). B73

Echocardiography, transesophageal

Added value of live 3D TEE during procedures for treatment of Fontan patients (Roberson et al). B123

Aortic annulus sizing using a novel automated method: can echo select the correct valve size? (Ngernsritrakul et al). B115

The application of a novel three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic technique for the assessment of left atrial appendage anatomy in transcatheter LAA closure (Zhou et al). B115

Association of epicardial adipose tissue with atherosclerosis of thoracic aorta: an echocardiographic study (Saurav et al). B117

Circumferential strain assessment by velocity vector imaging and speckle tracking echocardiography—a validation study in an aortic phantom (Petrini et al). B68

A critical assessment of inappropriate use of transesophageal echocardiography in infective endocarditis (Amuchastegui et al). B71

Do real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic images actually reflect what we directly visualize? (Cheng et al). B114

Does transesophageal echocardiography accurately identify postoperative intramural ventricular septal defects? (Patel et al). B94

Echocardiographic assessment of device related thrombus in the PROTECT-AF (WATCHMAN left atrial appendage system for embolic protection in patients with atrial fibrillation) trial (Main et al). B115-6

Efficacy and accuracy of novel automated mitral valve quantification: three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic study (Toki et al). B126

Geometric changes in aortic annulus and left ventricular outflow tract and its impact on the incidence of prosthesis-patient mismatch after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: an intraprocedural three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography study (Utsunomiya et al). B117-8

Inferior vena cava compression maneuver as a novel technique to detect patent foramen ovale: transesophageal echocardiographic study (Yamashita et al). B111

Measurement of inter-trigonal distance by 3D transesophageal echocardiography for prediction of ring size for mitral valve repair (Obase et al). B121

Mechanisms of aortic regurgitation in type A thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection: real-time 3D transesophageal echocardiography observations (Gou et al). B128

Mitral valve area quantification: comparison of RT-3D-TEE planimetry, pressure half-time and mean gradient (Wu et al). B124

Mitral valve orifice area determined by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography predicts high transmitral pressure gradient after MitraClip therapy (Itabashi et al). B79

Quantification of air emboli in transesophageal echocardiograms using digital image processing algorithm (Javadikasgari et al). B116

Results of pectus excavatum repair surgery—just cosmetic or of structural and functional benefit? (Chao et al). B116-7

Three-dimensional assessment of features associated with transvalvular aortic regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography study (Shibayama et al). B75

Transesophageal echocardiographic examination in the evaluation of source of embolus: does it change clinical management? (Batra et al). B134

Using the aortic wall thickness in transesophageal echocardiography as a risk marker for aortic dissection (Fanari et al). B118

Echocardiography, transthoracic

Analysis of the tricuspid annulus from transthoracic 3D echocardiographic datasets provides insight into normal tricuspid valve dynamics (Addetia et al). B80

Association of epicardial adipose tissue with atherosclerosis of thoracic aorta: an echocardiographic study (Saurav et al). B117

Comprehensive 2D echocardiographic interrogation of the tricuspid valve using knowledge derived from 3D echocardiography (Yamat et al). B4

Detection of myocardial perfusion with real time high mechanical index imaging of activated intravenous liquid phase nanodroplets: targeted acoustic activation (Porter et al). B9

Distinguishing focal fibrotic lesions and non-fibrotic lesions of left ventricular endomyocardium confirmed on cardiac magnetic resonance in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using a novel multi-layer technique on 2D speckle tracking TTE (Ozawa et al). B46

Echocardiographic and clinical predictors of mortality in septic shock patients (Mawri et al). B70

Echocardiographic assessment of acute hemodynamic effect after pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (Imai et al). B58

Echocardiographic predictors of pulmonary edema in patients with diastolic dysfunction (Issa et al). B132

Efficacy of chloral hydrate vs. phenobarbital in oral sedation for transthoracic echocardiography, a retrospective review (Baysa et al). B106

Growth and geographical variation in the use of echocardiography in Australia (Fonseca et al). B62-3

Presentation and outcomes of patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage and findings of classical Takotsubo cardiomyopathy on echocardiogram: a single center experience and systematic review (Elgendy et al). B69

Prevalence of intrapulmonary shunting by contemporary contrast transthoracic echocardiography: implications for diagnosis in hepatopulmonary syndrome and etiology of cryptogenic stroke (Lai et al). B130

The role of aortic valve gradient and stroke volume index in predicting the outcomes of severe aortic stenosis with preserved ejection fraction (Fanari et al). B76-7

The usefulness of right ventricular systolic function indexes measured by transthoracic echocardiography in pulmonary diseases; relationships with severity of interstitial pneumonia (Amano et al). B45

The value of quality improvement process in the detection and correction of common errors in echocardiographic hemodynamic parameters in a busy echocardiography laboratory (Fanari et al). B61

What is the daily impact of the new 2015 ASE guidelines on left atrial assessment in our echocardiography laboratories? (Rebaine et al). B72

Echocardiography, two-dimensional

The application of a novel three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic technique for the assessment of left atrial appendage anatomy in transcatheter LAA closure (Zhou et al). B115

Assessing of left ventricular torsional mechanics using 2D and 3D speckle tracking imaging during pregnancy (Hristova et al). B125

The assessment of atrial function in single ventricle circulation after Fontan operation using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (Takigiku et al). B14

Assessment of longitudinal strain properties in patients with right ventricular myocardial infarction by 2-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (Guo et al). B52

Assessment of right ventricular systolic performance using novel automated speckle tracking of tricuspid annular displacement in comparison with other echocardiographic methods (Gnanaraj et al). B39

Assessment of variability in longitudinal strain with speckle tracking echocardiography (Teoh et al). B37

Automated evaluation of tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion from 2D echocardiographic images (Ramamurthy et al). B71

Automated morphological and functional phenotyping of human heart with feature tracking of 2D echocardiographic images using machine learning algorithms (Narula et al). B2

Can speckle tracking echocardiography predict post-mitral valve repair outcomes in patients with normal preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction? (Luis et al). B75-6

The cardiac time intervals and the association with 2D-speckle tracking, tissue Doppler and conventional echocardiography—the Thousand & 1 Study (Biering-Sørensen et al). B11

Circadian clock and myocardial deformation imaging—a speckle tracking study (Hristova et al). B45

Circumferential strain assessment by velocity vector imaging and speckle tracking echocardiography—a validation study in an aortic phantom (Petrini et al). B68

Comprehensive 2D echocardiographic interrogation of the tricuspid valve using knowledge derived from 3D echocardiography (Yamat et al). B4

Correlation of 2D strain with invasive measurements for intraoperative assessment of right and left ventricular mechanics in juvenile pigs (Ramlogan et al). B90

Distinguishing focal fibrotic lesions and non-fibrotic lesions of left ventricular endomyocardium confirmed on cardiac magnetic resonance in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using a novel multi-layer technique on 2D speckle tracking TTE (Ozawa et al). B46

Does non-invasive assessment of left atrial volume and function by 2D speckle tracking correlate with invasive assessment of atrial myopathy as measured by low left atrial endocardial voltage in those undergoing ablation for atrial fibrillation? (Siriwardena et al). B131

Dynamic three dimensional strain during dobutamine stress echocardiography in detection of ischemia: comparison with two-dimensional strain (Ahmad et al). B122

Early detection of increased carotid artery stiffness in patients with metabolic syndrome using two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (Wang et al). B18

Efficacy of speckle-tracking analysis in evaluating underlying myocardial function of patients with left ventricular assist device (Fujikura et al). B23

How robust is the apical 4-chamber for RV assessment? A CMR based study of echocardiographic parameters (Dong et al). B36-7

Impaired two-dimensional global longitudinal strain of left ventricle predicts adverse long-term clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (Park et al). B49

Increased left ventricular hydraulic load in patients with severe stenosis aortic is associated with left ventricular strain dysfunction and increased mortality irrespective of mode of therapy: a speckle tracking study (Holmes et al). B78

Layer-specific longitudinal and circumferential myocardial strains and their determinants in healthy subjects (Shi et al). B46-7

Left atrial function by speckle-tracking echocardiography in Fabry disease (Pichette et al). B58-9

Left atrium longitudinal strain by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in healthy volunteers: reference values and analysis of their physiologic determinants (Badano et al). B131

Left ventricular free wall longitudinal strain by speckle tracking echocardiography is additive to left bundle branch block in its association with response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (Tayal et al). B71-2

Left ventricular twist and untwist mechanism in uncomplicated pregnancy woman: a 2-dimensional ultrasound speckle tracking echocardiography study (Han et al). B31

A preliminary study of left ventricular systolic function in patients with hyperthyroidism heart disease by three-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (Quan and Xie). B127

Quantification of regional left ventricular function in patients with coronary artery disease by layer-specific strain (Chen et al). B50

Quantitative echocardiographic measures in the assessment of single ventricle function post Fontan: incorporation into routine clinical practice (Rios et al). B87

Right ventricular function in patients with tricuspid insufficiency. Combined assessment by two-dimensional echocardiography, speckle tracking and three-dimensional echocardiography (Sierraalta et al). B47

Right ventricular global longitudinal strain in repaired tetralogy of Fallot (Buddhe et al). B87

Risk prediction of cardiac events and cardiac death after acute myocardial infarction by speckle tracking imaging: a long-term follow-up study (Hu et al). B72-3

Semi-automated speckle tracking: is it time to replace biplane Simpson’s method? (Crandall et al). B121

A simple method to estimate global longitudinal strain from biplane contrast echocardiography: comparison with standard global longitudinal strain measurements (Alghamdi et al). B12-3

Single-beat full-volume capture real-time three-dimensional echocardiography compared with two-dimensional echocardiography (Choi et al). B127

Speckle tracking carotid artery strain in patients undergoing coronary angiography (Patton et al). B66

Speckle-tracking echocardiographic measures of right ventricular diastolic function correlate with reference-standard measures before and after preload alteration (Chowdhury et al). B85-6

Speckled tracking echocardiogram for non-invasive prediction of heart transplant rejection (Madan et al). B59

Systolic dyssynchrony in right ventricular free wall assessed by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography is a predictor of pulmonary hypertension (Kojima et al). B48

Three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography derived strain parameters could assess infarct transmurality and predict functional recovery in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (Sugano). B119-20

The use of two-dimensional speckle-tracking strain in monitoring cardiotoxicity in older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (Cascino et al). B38

Using anatomical intelligence in 2-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography to evaluate left ventricular deformation (Lee et al). B26

Echocardiography, two-dimensional, child

Assessment of left ventricular systolic function in neonatal sepsis by using two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (Tao). B110

Comparison of 2D and 3D global longitudinal strain in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease (Wisotzkey et al). B105

Cross-vendor speckle tracking comparison in a pediatric population (Landeck et al). B86

Evolution of right ventricular speckle tracking derived 2-D strain parameters in extremely low gestational age newborns during the neonatal period (Czernik et al). B42

Inter-vendor feasibility and variability of speckle-tracking echocardiographic measures of right ventricular function in pediatric subjects (Goudar et al). B112

Left ventricular mass quantification by two dimensional echocardiography in the pediatric population: correlation with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Chu et al). B111

Mechanical dyssynchrony and abnormal regional strain promote erroneous estimates of systolic function in pediatric heart transplant (Parthiban et al). B88

Normal ranges of left ventricular strain measures in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Levy et al). B91

2D strain is a more precise measure of LV function than ejection fraction or fractional shortening in pediatric patients (Patel et al). B92

Utility and reproducibility of speckle tracking strain imaging in the assessment of right and left ventricular function in children with sickle cell disease (Sharma et al). B20

Echocardiography, utilization

The analysis of baseline longitudinal strain does not predict echocardiography stress test outcome (Gastaldello et al). B14

Assessment of right ventricular systolic performance using novel automated speckle tracking of tricuspid annular displacement in comparison with other echocardiographic methods (Gnanaraj et al). B39

Baseline echocardiographic features associated with improvement in significant mitral regurgitation after cardiac resynchronization therapy—START study sub-analysis (Onishi and Kawai). B84

Comparison of correlation methods in right heart pressure estimation between echocardiography and catheterization (Tinnemore et al). B63

A comprehensive echocardiogram study in Ehler Danlos syndrome (Ashangari et al). B18

Correlation between different echocardiographic parameters reporting on aortic stenosis (Samad et al). B78

Critical review of current approaches for echocardiographic reproducibility and reliability assessment in clinical research (Crowley et al). B64

Do real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic images actually reflect what we directly visualize? (Cheng et al). B114

The echocardiographic characteristics of cardiac involvement of mitochondrial disease, in comparison with the cardiac amyloidosis (Shiina et al). B24

Echocardiographic evaluation in Tako-Tsubo syndrome: long-term follow-up from a multicenter study (Matabuena-Gomez-Limon et al). B33

Echocardiographic evaluation of right ventricular function in patients with McConnell’s sign: the added benefits of right ventricular free wall strain (Mediratta et al). B24

Echocardiographic predictors of cardiac amyloidosis using cardiac MRI as the reference standard (Bhatti et al). B25

Echocardiography-guided percutaneous per-ventricular laser ablation of ventricular septum: ex vivo and in vivo studies in a canine model (Sun et al). B115

Echocardiography of pediatric patients with osteogenesis imperfecta shows early changes of aortic dilatation (Rush et al). B67

Feasibility of echocardiographic techniques to detect subclinical cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction among high dose patients when compared to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Toro-Salazar et al). B73-4

Growth and geographical variation in the use of echocardiography in Australia (Fonseca et al). B62-3

Impact of malpractice concerns on decisions to order echocardiography and stress tests (Kini et al). B62

Improving on the diagnostic characteristics of echocardiography for predicting pulmonary hypertension (Broderick-Forsgren et al). B121-2

Incidence, predictors and prognostic impact of initial echocardiographic presentations in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (Kagiyama et al). B70-1

The incremental role of ePLAR (echocardiographic pulmonary to left atrial ratio) in the diagnosis of sub-massive acute pulmonary embolism (Scalia et al). B19

Longitudinal echocardiographic follow up for right ventricular outflow obstruction after arterial switch (Ng et al). B110

A new dynamic cardiac phantom model for research and quality control in echocardiography (Tournoux et al). B28

Novel integrated echocardiographic and clinical data model predicts 3-year mortality in coronary care unit patients (Gaba et al). B61-2

Preoperative echocardiographic predictors of left ventricular outflow tract reintervention following repair of interrupted aortic arch with ventricular septal defect (Cheng et al). B91

Prognostic value of biventricular remodeling by echocardiography in patients with pulmonary hypertension (Goda et al). B70

Pulmonary hypertension in the setting of Sjøgren’s syndrome (Lyle et al). B21-2

Pulmonary vascular resistance by echocardiography is predictive of symptoms in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (Julien et al). B57

Structural heart disease and outcomes in incident hemodialysis patients: correlation with proposed echocardiographic criteria by the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative Workgroup (Negrotto et al). B17

Temporal variability of global longitudinal strain with sequential echocardiographic imaging among patients undergoing chemotherapy (Koneru et al). B33

The utility of echocardiography in the assessment of right ventricle global systolic function in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (Moreira et al). B40-1

Echocardiography, utilization, child

Spectrum of echocardiographic findings associated with systemic fungal infections (Cresalia and Ensing). B113

Temporal trends in utilization of echocardiography in outpatient pediatric cardiology over the last 15 years (Sachdeva et al). B102

Using improvement methodology to decrease inpatient echocardiography turn-around time in a pediatric lab (Statile et al). B113

Variability across pediatric cardiologists in utilization of echocardiography in the outpatient setting (Sachdeva et al). B63

Education, medical

Increased prenatal detection of congenital heart disease through improved regional referral services and education (Swanson and Erickson). B105

Efficiency

Determinants of productivity: survey analysis from the American Society of Echocardiography Committee on Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory Productivity (C-PELP) (Srivastava et al). B7

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

A comprehensive echocardiogram study in Ehler Danlos syndrome (Ashangari et al). B18

Ejection fraction

The added value of right ventricular free wall strain in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (Choi et al). B29

Added value of the dimensionless index and valvuloarterial impedance in the assessment of low flow, low gradient severe aortic stenosis with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (Okogbue et al). B77

Assessment of right ventricular ejection fraction using newly developed 3-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: application for various disease including adult congenital heart diseases (Ishizu et al). B94-5

Can speckle tracking echocardiography predict post-mitral valve repair outcomes in patients with normal preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction? (Luis et al). B75-6

Clinical implications of electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy with strain in patients with aortic stenosis and preserved ejection fraction (Kamijima et al). B77

Comparison of right ventricular volumes, ejection fraction, and mechanical indices derived automatically from 3D speckle tracking to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Gopal et al). B127-8

Diastolic function predict cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with preserved ejection fraction (Jamiel). B44

Global longitudinal strain from resting echocardiogram better predicts long-term adverse cardiac outcomes in patients with normal ejection fraction (Yadlapati et al). B56

Left atrial strain may predict new onset atrial fibrillation in patients with chronic heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (Maragiannis et al). B133

Left atrial strain predicts atrial fibrillation recurrence in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation and preserved ejection fraction treated with catheter ablation (Vrsalovic et al). B129

Pre-operative longitudinal strain is associated with length of stay after the Fontan procedure (Park et al). B89

Precision and validity in the strain learning curve: a hill, not a mountain (Negishi et al). B64

Predictors of exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (Cho et al). B54

Predictors and prognostic impact of secondary pulmonary hypertension in myocardial infarction with preserved ejection fraction (Okura et al). B53

Relationship between coronary flow reserve and diastolic dysfunction in patients with normal ejection fraction and epicardial perfusion (Greenberg et al). B15

Risk factors for HFpEF and HFrEF in patients with preclinical diastolic dysfunction (Zhang et al). B71

The role of aortic valve gradient and stroke volume index in predicting the outcomes of severe aortic stenosis with preserved ejection fraction (Fanari et al). B76-7

2D strain is a more precise measure of LV function than ejection fraction or fractional shortening in pediatric patients (Patel et al). B92

Elderly ; see Aged

Electrocardiography

Clinical implications of electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy with strain in patients with aortic stenosis and preserved ejection fraction (Kamijima et al). B77

Correlation of global and territorial longitudinal strain with significant coronary artery lesions in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (Helmy et al). B60

Determinants of false positive ST-segment depression in supine bicycle exercise echocardiographic test (Chung et al). B50

Female false positive ECG stress testing—fact or fiction? (Fitzgerald et al). B51

Prognostic value of global left ventricular strain in heart failure patients with intermediate electrocardiographic criteria for cardiac resynchronization therapy (Delgado-Montero et al). B30

Safety and feasibility of diagnostic ultrasound high mechanical index impulses in restoring epicardial flow in acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction in humans (Tavares et al). B2

Three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography derived strain parameters could assess infarct transmurality and predict functional recovery in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (Sugano). B119-20

Embolism

Echocardiographic assessment of device related thrombus in the PROTECT-AF (WATCHMAN left atrial appendage system for embolic protection in patients with atrial fibrillation) trial (Main et al). B115-6

Quantification of air emboli in transesophageal echocardiograms using digital image processing algorithm (Javadikasgari et al). B116

Transesophageal echocardiographic examination in the evaluation of source of embolus: does it change clinical management? (Batra et al). B134

End stage renal failure ; see Kidney failure, chronic

Endarterectomy

Echocardiographic assessment of acute hemodynamic effect after pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (Imai et al). B58

Endocarditis

Cardiac valvular manifestations of antiphospholipid syndrome and surgical outcomes (Kupsky et al). B76

A critical assessment of inappropriate use of transesophageal echocardiography in infective endocarditis (Amuchastegui et al). B71

Right ventricular systolic dysfunction: a novel predictor of mortality in tricuspid valve endocarditis (Mi et al). B85

Endocardium

Does non-invasive assessment of left atrial volume and function by 2D speckle tracking correlate with invasive assessment of atrial myopathy as measured by low left atrial endocardial voltage in those undergoing ablation for atrial fibrillation? (Siriwardena et al). B131

Multi-directional left ventricular myocardial strain in children with valvular aortic stenosis: diminished longitudinal strain and strain rate among the older children with moderate to severe aortic stenosis is evidence of sub endocardial ischemia (Reddy et al). B99

Endomyocardium

Distinguishing focal fibrotic lesions and non-fibrotic lesions of left ventricular endomyocardium confirmed on cardiac magnetic resonance in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using a novel multi-layer technique on 2D speckle tracking TTE (Ozawa et al). B46

Endothelial growth factors

The effect of vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor (VEGFI) therapy on myocardial function and perfusion: a contrast echocardiography study (Abdelmoneim et al). B13

Is there a change in myocardial mechanical function in patients on vascular endothelial growth factor axis inhibitor therapy for genitourinary and gastrointestinal cancer? (Nhola et al). B41-2

Endothelium

Association between peripheral endothelial function and left ventricular diastolic function in patients with ischemic heart disease (Onishi and Kawai). B67-8

Endothelium, vascular

The effect of vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor (VEGFI) therapy on myocardial function and perfusion: a contrast echocardiography study (Abdelmoneim et al). B13

Is there a change in myocardial mechanical function in patients on vascular endothelial growth factor axis inhibitor therapy for genitourinary and gastrointestinal cancer? (Nhola et al). B41-2

Enzymes

Left atrial function by speckle-tracking echocardiography in Fabry disease (Pichette et al). B58-9

Epicardium

Association of epicardial adipose tissue with atherosclerosis of thoracic aorta: an echocardiographic study (Saurav et al). B117

Relationship between coronary flow reserve and diastolic dysfunction in patients with normal ejection fraction and epicardial perfusion (Greenberg et al). B15

Safety and feasibility of diagnostic ultrasound high mechanical index impulses in restoring epicardial flow in acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction in humans (Tavares et al). B2

Utility of a standardized post-cardiopulmonary bypass epicardial echocardiography protocol for stage I Norwood palliation (Stern et al). B98

Equipment and supplies

Comprehensive assessment of cardiac function and ultrasound lung comets using a pocket-sized imaging device for home care patients (Kamiyama et al). B60

Cross-vendor speckle tracking comparison in a pediatric population (Landeck et al). B86

Device closure of atrial septal defect affects left atrial function less than surgical closure in adults (Toyono et al). B93

Echocardiographic assessment of device related thrombus in the PROTECT-AF (WATCHMAN left atrial appendage system for embolic protection in patients with atrial fibrillation) trial (Main et al). B115-6

Measurement of inter-trigonal distance by 3D transesophageal echocardiography for prediction of ring size for mitral valve repair (Obase et al). B121

Mitral valve orifice area determined by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography predicts high transmitral pressure gradient after MitraClip therapy (Itabashi et al). B79

Palm-held mini-sized ultrasonocardiographic scanning can improve diagnostic accuracy of physical examination in patients of congenital heart disease (Lo et al). B103

Percutaneous annuloplasty for mitral valve repair: multicentre trial result (Grayburn et al). B74

Screening for rheumatic heart disease: accuracy of non-physicians using handheld echocardiography (Ploutz et al). B59

Etiology

Association of pathophysiology with etiology of non-ischemic, preclinical heart failure (Yang et al). B15

Prevalence of intrapulmonary shunting by contemporary contrast transthoracic echocardiography: implications for diagnosis in hepatopulmonary syndrome and etiology of cryptogenic stroke (Lai et al). B130

Exercise

Left ventricular remodelling of athlete’s heart, irrespective of load training quality (Galanti et al). B48

Time course of remodeling: impact of exercise training and bed rest on left ventricular morphology and mechanics (Scott et al). B37

Exercise test

The assessment of ventricular mechanics at rest and during peak exercise in a healthy pediatric population (Kailin et al). B34

The association of resting right atrial size and function with exercise capacity in a healthy population (Sinha et al). B132

Determinants of false positive ST-segment depression in supine bicycle exercise echocardiographic test (Chung et al). B50

Determinants of hypertensive response during supine bicycle exercise: gender difference (Chung et al). B21

Diastolic function predict cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with preserved ejection fraction (Jamiel). B44

Does ischemic burden on stress testing influence patient survival in subjects with known severe multi-vessel coronary artery disease? (Mukundan et al). B52

Dynamic three dimensional strain during dobutamine stress echocardiography in detection of ischemia: comparison with two-dimensional strain (Ahmad et al). B122

Effects of low-intensity exercise on right ventricular mechanics in pulmonary arterial hypertension (Mitter et al). B35

Female false positive ECG stress testing—fact or fiction? (Fitzgerald et al). B51

Global longitudinal strain predicts exercise tolerance in otherwise healthy men (Arenas et al). B32

Impact of malpractice concerns on decisions to order echocardiography and stress tests (Kini et al). B62

The impact of spinal cord injury on exercise induced cardiac remodeling in elite para-cyclists (Kim et al). B44

Left atrium in dynamic exercise: quantitation of flow rate changes by 4D volume in normal subjects (Hayami et al). B130

Postextrasystolic transaortic gradients in low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis correlate with dobutamine stress echocardiography and differentiates between “pseudo” and “true” severe aortic stenosis (Wiley et al). B82

Prediction of future overt pulmonary hypertension by six-minute walk stress echocardiography in connective tissue disease (Kusunose et al). B15

Predictors of exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (Cho et al). B54

Prognostic value of exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension in patients with secondary mitral regurgitation (Izumo et al). B79-80

Resting left atrial emptying rate predicts exercise capacity (METS) in healthy subjects: the Health eHeart Study (Mishra et al). B134

Right ventricular myocardial reserve in children after arterial switch operation (Cifra et al). B27-8

Right ventricular structure and function during exercise in healthy subjects (Aneq et al). B125

Risk stratification and prognosis of low-intermediate and high (10-year) risk patients with diabetes based on ACC/AHA cardiovascular risk calculator and stress echocardiography (Yao et al). B50

Safety of dobutamine and exercise stress echocardiography in patients with abnormalities of serum potassium (Bird et al). B50-1

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Biventricular remodeling in scleroderma patients undergoing lung transplantation is predictive of primary graft failure requiring extracorporeal circulatory support (Goda et al). B32-3

Extremely low gestational age newborn ; see Infant, premature