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2004, 'Effects of pravastatin compared with placebo initiated within 24 hours of onset of acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina: The Pravastatin in Acute Coronary Treatment (PACT) trial', American Heart Journal, 148, pp. e2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2003.10.052
,2004, 'Patient tolerance and resource utilization associated with an arterial closure versus an external compression device after percutaneous coronary intervention', Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 63, pp. 166 - 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccd.20161
,2004, 'Percutaneous coronary intervention using six or seven French catheters. Results of a prospective randomised trial', Heart Lung and Circulation, 13 S2, pp. 44 (S) - 45 (S)
,2004, 'Quantitative myocardial contrast echocardiography for prediction of Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction flow in acute myocardial infarction', American Journal of Cardiology, 93, pp. 1212 - 1217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.02.010
,2004, 'The utiliti of the quantitative point of care test for the detection of serum cardiac Troponin T', Heart Lung and Circulation, 13, pp. 41 (S) - 41 (S)
,2003, 'Defining stent thrombosis: whose definition to use?', J Am Coll Cardiol, 41, pp. 1420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(03)00155-4
,2003, 'Calculating the absolute value of the mean left atrial maximal and minimal volume [2] (multiple letters)', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 41, pp. 1420 - 1421, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00155-4
,2003, 'Changes in regional left atrial function with aging: Evaluation by doppler tissue imaging', European Journal of Echocardiography, 4, pp. 92 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/euje.2002.0622
,2003, 'An unusual cause of hemolysis in a patient with aortic valved conduit replacement', Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 16, pp. 188 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1067/mje.2003.25
,2003, 'Changes in regional left atrial function with aging: Evaluation by Dopker Tissue Imaging', European Journal of Echocardiography, 4, pp. 92 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/euje.4.2.92
,2003, 'Diastolic heart failure: Can we afford to be in diastole?', Heart Lung and Circulation, 12, pp. 119 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1444-2892.2003.00213.x
,2003, 'Doppler tissue velocity of atrial contraction can estimate atrial function', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 12, pp. A30 - A30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1443-9506.2003.01430.x
,2003, 'Exercise training reverses left ventricular remodelling in patients with ventricular dysfunction and functional mitral regurgitation', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 12, pp. A63 - A64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1443-9506.2003.0254x.x
,2003, 'Low utilisation of functional tests prior to coronary angiography in patients with low to moderate pretest probability of coronary disease', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 12, pp. A72 - A72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1443-9506.2003.02800.x
,2003, 'No evidence for left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in asymptomatic carriers of Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 12, pp. A81 - A82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1443-9506.2003.03131.x
,2003, 'Post-exercise left ventricular end systolic volume is correlated with end systolic elastance and preload recruitable stroke work relationship in mitral regurgitation', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 12, pp. A79 - A79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1443-9506.2003.03064.x
,2003, 'Reply', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 41, pp. 1424 - 1424, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(03)00154-2
,2003, 'Traditional Chinese Medicine and heart disease: what does Western Medicine and Nursing Science know about it?', European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2, pp. 171 - 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-5151(03)00057-4
,2002, 'An unusual case of partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage', JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, 15, pp. 997 - 999, http://dx.doi.org/10.1067/mje.2002.124642
,2002, 'Compensatory changes in atrial function with aging', JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 39, pp. 195A - 195A, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000174106700869&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2002, 'An unusual case of partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage', Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 15, pp. 997 - 999, http://dx.doi.org/10.1067/mje.2002.124642
,2002, 'Compensatory volumetric atrial changes with normal aging: is atrial enlargement inevitable?', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 40, pp. 1630 - 1635, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02371-9
,2001, 'Who refers negative coronary angiograms?', JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 37, pp. 375A - 375A, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000166914401721&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,1999, 'Effects of age and physiologic variables on right ventricular filling dynamics in 115 normal subjects', American Journal of Cardiology, 84, pp. 440 - 448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00330-6
,1999, 'Latent left ventricular dysfunction in patients with mitral regurgitation: Feasibility of measuring diminished contractile reserve from a simplified model of non-invasively derived left ventricular pressure - volume loops', American Heart Journal, 137, pp. 427 - 434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70487-4
,1998, 'Exercise echo predicts outcome in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic regurgitation.', CIRCULATION, 98, pp. 91 - 91, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000076594400504&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,1998, 'The use of stress echocardiography in women with known or suspected coronary artery disease', Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports, 19, pp. 16 - 24
,1998, 'Application of color Doppler flow mapping to calculate orifice area of St Jude mitral valve', Circulation, 98, pp. 1205 - 1211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.98.12.1205
,1998, 'Right ventricular perforation with cardiac tamponade associated with use of a temporary pacing wire and abciximab during complex coronary angiogplasty', Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 48, pp. 388 - 389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199912)48:43.0.CO;2-K
,1998, 'The use of exercise echocardiography in women with suspected or known coronary artery disease.', Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports, 19, pp. 16 - 24
,1998, 'Using exercise echocardiography to improve prognostic accuracy for women', Cardiology Review, 15, pp. 40 - 44
,1997, 'Predicting left ventricular dysfunction after valve repair for chronic mitral regurgitation', Cardiology Review, 14, pp. 43 - 46
,1997, 'Cardioversion guided by transesophageal echocardiography: The ACUTE Pilot Study: A randomized, controlled trial', Annals of Internal Medicine, 126, pp. 200 - 209, http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-126-3-199702010-00004
,1997, 'Qualitative or quantitative assessment of spontaneous echo contrast? [2]', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 29, pp. 222 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(97)87151-3
,1997, 'Accuracy and cost-effectiveness of exercise echocardiography for detection of coronary artery disease in patients with mitral valve prolapse', American Heart Journal, 134, pp. 1052 - 1057, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0002-8703(97)70025-5
,1997, 'Cardioversion guided by transesophageal echocardiography: the ACUTE Pilot Study. A randomized, controlled trial. Assessment of Cardioversion Using Transesophageal Echocardiography', Annals of Internal Medicine, 126, pp. 200 - 209
,1997, 'Determinants of functional capacity in chronic mitral regurgitation unaccompanied by coronary artery disease or left ventricular dysfunction', American Journal of Cardiology, 79, pp. 914 - 920, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00014-3
,1997, 'Prediction of left ventricular dysfunction after mitral valve repair', Cardiology Board Review, 14, pp. 43 - 46
,1997, 'Prognostic implications of stress echocardiography in women with known or suspected coronary artery disease', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 30, pp. 414 - 420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00167-8
,1997, 'Stress Echocardiography in Valvular Heart Disease', Cardiology in Review, 5, pp. 5 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00045415-199701000-00007
,1997, 'The role of exercise echocardiography in valvular heart disease', Cardiology in Review, January
,1997, 'Thromboembolic risks of left atrial thrombus detected by transesophageal echocardiogram', American Journal of Cardiology, 79, pp. 626 - 629, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00828-4
,1996, 'Accuracy of biplane transesophageal echocardiography in detecting left atrial thrombus', American Journal of Cardiology, 77, pp. 321 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89406-4
,1996, 'Diagnostic accuracy of biplane transesophageal echocardiography for left atrial thrombus', , 77, pp. 321 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89406-4
,1996, 'Diminished contractile reserve in latent left ventricular dysfunction in mitral regurgitation: Evidence from a simplified model of pressure-volume loop', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 27, pp. 143 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(96)80795-9
,1996, 'Integrated backscatter for quantification of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 28, pp. 222 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0735-1097(96)00131-3
,1996, 'Late recovery of left ventricular dysfunction after mitral repair: Predictive value of preoperative exercise echocardiography', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 27, pp. 142 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(96)80790-x
,1996, 'Left ventricular function after mitral valve repair for chronic mitral regurgitation: predictive value of preoperative assessment of contractile reserve by exercise echocardiography', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 28, pp. 1198 - 1205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00281-1
,1996, 'Transesophageal echocardiography-guided approach to cardioversion of atrial fibrillation', Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 39, pp. 21 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0033-0620(96)80038-7
,1995, 'QUANTIFICATION OF MITRAL REGURGITATION BY THE PROXIMAL CONVERGENCE METHOD USING TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY - CLINICAL VALIDATION OF A GEOMETRIC CORRECTION FOR PROXIMAL FLOW CONSTRAINT', CIRCULATION, 92, pp. 2169 - 2177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.92.8.2169
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