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CLINICAL/ORIGINAL PAPERS
European Journal of
Echocardiography
Volume 9 No. 1 January 2008
Prediction of intrapulmonary right to left shunt with left atrial size in patients with liver cirrhosis 1
Mahmood Zamirian, Amir Aslani, and Mohamad Bagher Sharifkazemi
Contrast-enhanced tissue Doppler imaging of the left atrial appendage is a new quantitative measure of
spontaneous echocardiographic contrast in atrial fibrillation 5
Erwan Donal, John A. Sallach, R. Daniel Murray, Jeanne K. Drinko, Susan E. Jasper,
James D. Thomas, and Allan L. Klein
Segmental atrial contraction in patients restored to sinus rhythm after cardioversion for chronic atrial
fibrillation: a colour Doppler tissue imaging study 12
Anita C. Boyd, Nelson B. Schiller, David L. Ross, and Liza Thomas
Prognostic value of mitral regurgitation assessment during exercise echocardiography in patients with left
ventricular dysfunction: A follow-up study of 1.7 + 1.5 years 18
Jesús Peteiro, Isaac Bendayan, Javier Mariñas, Rosa Campos, Beatriz Bouzas, and Alfonso Castro-Beiras
Effects of surgery on ischaemic mitral regurgitation: a prospective multicentre registry (SIMRAM registry) 26
Patrizio Lancellotti, Erwan Donal, Bernard Cosyns, Guy Van Camp, Jean-Luc Monin, Eric Brochet, Alain Berrebi,
Philippe Pibarot, Christophe Chauvel, Christian Hassager, Gabriele Tumminello, Christophe Tribouilloy,
Stéphane Lafitte, Alan G. Fraser, Genevieve Derumeaux, George Athanassopoulos, Jeroen Bax,
and Luc A. Piérard
Echocardiographic predictors of pulmonary hypertension in patients with severe aortic stenosis 31
Nikhil Kapoor, Padmini Varadarajan, and Ramdas G. Pai
Tissue Doppler imaging describes diastolic function in men prone to develop hypertension
over twenty years 34
A. Strand, S.E. Kjeldsen, H. Gudmundsdottir, I. Os, G. Smith, and R. Bjørnerheim
Evaluation of global left ventricular function and mechanical dyssynchrony in patients with an
asymptomatic left bundle branch block: a real-time 3D echocardiography study 40
Jeroen van Dijk, Pieter A. Dijkmans, Marco J.W. Götte, Marieke D. Spreeuwenberg,
Cees A. Visser, and Otto Kamp
CASE REPORTS
Profound hypoxaemia corrected by PFO closure device in carcinoid heart disease 47
Philip M. Mottram, David J. McGaw, Ian T. Meredith, Roger E. Peverill, and Richard W. Harper
Right-sided vegetation unmasks aortic endocarditis 50
Gregoire Girod, Frank Renders, and Andres Jaussi
Cardiac hemangioma of the right atrium 52
Silméia Garcia Zanati, João Carlos Hueb, Ana Lúcia Cogni, Maria Gorete Teixeira de Morais, Luiz Eduardo de
Almeida Prado Franceschi, Maurício Morceli, Antonio Carlos Cicogna, and Beatriz Bojikian Matsubara
Echocardiographic evaluation of mitral tethering for ‘chordal cutting’ procedure 54
U. Da Col, I. Di Bella, G. Bardelli, A. Affronti, G. Koukoulis, S. Pasquino, and T. Ragni
Aortic intramural haematoma and chronic anticoagulation: role of transoesophageal echocardiography 56
Alberto Ruggiero, Teresa González-Alujas, José Rodríguez, Eduardo Bossone, and Arturo Evangelista

Spontaneous chordae rupture of tricuspid valve in patient with chronic renal failure 58
Hyungseop Kim, Yun-Kyeong Cho, Chang-Wook Nam, Seong-Wook Han, Seung-Ho Hur,
Yoon-Nyun Kim, and Kwon-Bae Kim
Ventricular septal rupture following abciximab infusion 60
Jayanth R. Arnold, Jonathan Timperley, Andrew R.J. Mitchell, Stephen Westaby, and Oliver Ormerod
Discrete subaortic stenosis in elderly women 63
Pier Giorgio Masci, Francesca Rossi, and Francesco Chiarella
Retrieval of a leaflet escaped in a Tri-technologies bileaflet mechanical prosthetic valve 65
Tomás F. Cianciulli, Jorge A. Lax, María C. Saccheri, Robert Guidoin, César M. Salvado,
Adrián J. Fernández, and Horacio A. Prezioso
The ‘A-dip’ of diastolic mitral regurgitation: An unusual Doppler flow pattern in a patient with severe aortic
insufficiency and complete heart block 69
Rachel Levine Berger, Edward Katz, Paul Tunick, and Itzhak Kronzon
ELECTRONIC PAPERS
Myocardial bridge in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: imaging with color Doppler echocardiography 72
Mohamad Ali Ostovan and Amir Aslani
Quadricuspid aortic valve 74
Ali Reza Moaref and Amir Aslani
A bunch of grapes in the left ventricle 76
Mohamad Ali Ostovan and Amir Aslani
Assessment of coronary flow reserve by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in left
apical ballooning syndrome 78
Patrick Meimoun, Dorothée Malaquin, Tahar Benali, and Christophe Tribouilloy
A dancing thrombus in the right atrium going hand-in-hand with the electrocardiogram 80
J.M. van Opstal, S.C. Bekkers, and A.P.M. Gorgels
Mitral Omnicarbon monoleaflet valve dehiscence mapped by 3D echocardiography 82
Leyla Elif Sade, Melek Uluçam, and Haldun Müderrisog˘lu
Left ventricular myxoma originating from the interventricular septum and obstructing the
left ventricular outflow tract 84
Enrico Natale, Giovanni Minardi, Giovanni Casali, Giovanni Pulignano, and Francesco Musumeci
Acute heart failure and near-syncope associated with giant left atrial ball thrombus occluding left
ventricular inflow tract 86
Kenan Yalta, Ahmet Yilmaz, Okan Onur Turgut, Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz, Filiz Karadas,
Gokhan Bektasoglu, and Izzet Tandogan
Extensive dehiscence of a stentless bioprosthesis with only mild paravalvular regurgitation after
replacement of a degenerated bicuspid aortic valve 88
Dirk Poppe, Peter Blank, Uta Böge, Tatjana Kölzow, Jürgen Loh, and Bernhard Schwaab
Unexpected rupture of the left ventricular free wall in the echo-lab 92
Magnus Dencker, Gordana Tasevska, David Grubb, Martin Stagmo, and Ronny Gustafsson
Diagnosis of right atrial mass by perioperative transesophageal echocardiography 95
Cassiano Moro, Andrew Klein, Kumud Dhital, and Julian Gooi
Real-time imaging of dissection of the ascending aorta 97
Stefano Gasperini, Valerio Zacà, and Sergio Mondillo
Strongly neovascularized left atrial myxoma 99
Michael Handke, Michael Goepfrich, and Helmut Keller
Multicystic/cavitated giant left atrial myxomas: a matter of technology? 101
Juan Benezet-Mazuecos, Pedro Marcos-Alberca, Jeronimo Farre, Felix Manzarbeitia,
Rosa Rabago, and Manuel Rey
Severe mitral regurgitation due to perforation of the mitral anterior leaflet 103
Ilias Karabinos, Anastasios Papadopoulos, and Pavlos Toutouzas
Brain abscess caused by paradoxical embolisation in Ebstein’s anomaly 105
M.T. Lønnebakken, G. Greve, E. Leirgul, and E. Gerdts
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm 107
Jiun Tuan, Farhad Kaivani, and Hilary Fewins

Three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic evaluation of cor triatriatum 110
Eldad Einav, Gila Perk, and Itzhak Kronzon
Cardiac metastasis due to pulmonary metastasis from a transitional cell carcinoma 113
Dorota Sobczyk, Marcin Nosal, Jacek Myc, Grzegorz Trybowski, Izabela Gorkiewicz-Kot,
Piotr Olejniczak, and Jerzy Sadowski
Right atrial tear associated with a tumour in the right atrium after blunt chest trauma 116
Geraud Souteyrand, Stéphane Combes, Claire Dauphin, Etienne Geoffroy, Pascal Motreff,
Hervé Joly, Jean Cassagnes, and Jean René Lusson
Detection of flail tricuspid valve many years after blunt chest trauma 119
Okan Gulel, Serdar Demir, and Mehmet Kamil Gol
Coronary artery to left ventricular fistula demonstrated by transthoracic echocardiography 121
Nurcan Arat, Ozgul Malcok Gurel, Funda Senay Biyikoglu, and Erdal Duru
Complete resection of a leiomyosarcoma of the left atrium invading the mitral anterior leaflet and
obstructing the mitral orifice 123
Erdem Türkyılmaz, Fatih Yılmaz, Alper Özkan, Nurs¸en Keles¸, Mustafa Sag˘lam, Osman Karakaya,
Cevat Yakut, and Cihangir Kaymaz
Left ventricular noncompaction: case of a heart transplant 126
Kursat Tigen, Tansu Karaahmet, Gokhan Kahveci, Bülent Mutlu, and Yelda Basaran
Massive right atrial myxoma causing exertional dyspnoea 130
R.S. Bilku, M. Loubani, M. Been, and R.L. Patel
A case of pulmonary vein obstruction: evaluation using newer echocardiographic imaging techniques 133
Ignatios Ikonomidis, Maria Nikolaou, Ioannis Paraskevaidis, John Lekakis, and Dimitrios Th. Kremastinos
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (left ventricular ballooning syndrome) induced during dobutamine stress
echocardiography 136
John Silberbauer, Paul Hong, and Guy W. Lloyd
Type A aortic dissection with partial ostial occlusion of left main coronary artery 139
Narayanan Namboodiri and K.M. Krishnamoorthy
Cardiac arrest in a patient with a mobile right atrial thrombus in transit and amyloidosis 141
A. D’Aloia, E. Vizzardi, E. Chiari, P. Faggiano, A. Squeri, F. Ugo, and L. Dei Cas
Soft tissue neoplasm invading the heart with associated thrombus in a 74-year-old man 143
John O’Sullivan, David Kerins, Peter McEneaney, and Carl Vaughan
Giant Eustachian valve and left ventricular systolic dysfunction in a patient with non-dilated
amyloid cardiomyopathy 145
Sandeep Arora, Madhavi Kadiyala, and LeRoy Moore
Images in cardiovascular medicine: prosthetic aortic valve and conduit dehiscence with large periconduit
cavity, ascending aortic aneurysm and severe mitral regurgitation 148
Emma L. Ivens, Christopher R. Thompson, Robert R. Moss, Bradley I. Munt, and Hilton Ling
Congenital aneurysm of the left atrial appendage 152
A. Munárriz, E. Escribano, A. Urchaga, F. Olaz, M. Beunza, A. de La Fuente, S. Cantabrana, and T. Sola
A dumbbell thrombus entrapped in patent foramen ovale 155
Kamran Aghasadeghi and Reza Mollazadeh
Comprehensive contrast and 3-dimensional echocardiographic imaging of left ventricular noncompaction
cardiomyopathy 156
Jose Baez-Escudero, Manu Pillai, Vijay Nambi, and Hisham Dokainish
Eustachian valve interfering with transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale 158
Philip Roelandt and Werner Budts
Dynamic mild subaortic left ventricular obstruction caused by an accessory mitral valve attached to the
anterior mitral valve in a young pregnant woman 160
Antonio D’Aloia, Enrico Vizzardi, Ermanna Chiari, Francesco Fracassi, Gregoriana Zanini,
Pompilio Faggiano, and Livio Dei Cas
Venous graft perforation leading to cardiac tamponade 162
J.M. van Opstal, G. Geskes, F. Eerens, S. Aydin, and J. Vainer
Giant septal cavity due to coronary artery fistula and ventricular septal dissection after cardiac surgery 163
Luísa M. Branco, Joana Feliciano, Duarte Cacela, Ana Galrinho, Rita M. Fernandes, Carlos S. Salomão,
José M. Gonçalves, and Rui C. Ferreira

A case of 75-year-old survivor of unrepaired tetralogy of Fallot and quadricuspid aortic valve 167
Cristina Maria Stanescu and Kyriaki Branidou
‘Giant fleshy leaflet myxoma’ 171
Ali Reza Moaref, Reza Mollazadeh, Ahmad Ali Amirghofran, Bita Geramizadeh, and Salma Sefidbakht
Giant ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: diagnosis on echocardiography 173
Suneil Kumar Aggarwal, Ramachandra Barik, Jai Kumar Agarwal, Vijay Sai, and V. Ramnath Iyer
Transesophageal guided left atrial positioning of a percutaneous ventricular assist device 175
Mohammad Kooshkabadi, Andreas Kalogeropoulos, Vasilis C. Babaliaros, and Stamatios Lerakis
Massive thrombus in the aortic arch: a 59-year-old lady with an unknown familial predisposition to
vascular thrombosis 178
John O’Sullivan, David Kerins, and Carl Vaughan
Mitral valve myxomas: an unusual entity 181
Ricardo Gil Oliveira, Luísa Branco, Liliana Dias, Ana Teresa Timóteo, Lino Patrício, Ana Agapito, Filipe Robalo,
João Mendes, Eugénia Pinto, and Rui Cruz Ferreira
Lymphoma presenting as an ejection systolic murmur 184
D.B. McKenzie, V. Khanna, R.D. Proctor, and J.P. Boullin
Rupture of an aneurysm of the noncoronary sinus of Valsalva into the right atrium 186
Felix Guenther, Constantin von zur Muhlen, Jens Lohrmann, Christoph Bode, and Annette Geibel
Acute myocardial infarction complicated by LV free wall rupture: the benefits of echocardiography 188
Paul W. Stoodley, Robert J. Costa, David A.B. Richards, and Liza Thomas
Acquired accessory left atrium 190
Mohammad Bagher Sharifkazemi, Reza Mollazadeh, Mahmood Zamirian, and Ali Reza Moaref
Libman—Sacks endocarditis and cerebral embolization in antiphospholipid syndrome 192
Mai Tone Lønnebakken, and Eva Gerdts
Left atrial appendage can still cause clinical events after ligation 194
Cem Koz, Oben Baysan, Mehmet Yokus¸og˘lu, Mehmet Uzun, and Celal Genc
Recurrent systemic embolism caused by thrombosis in a stenotic bicuspid aortic valve 196
Ricardo J. Méndez, Tomás F. Cianciulli, Coloma E. Parisi, Horacio A. Prezioso, and Luis A. Vidal
Uncommon intraventricular thrombus formation between the posterior mitral leaflet and the lateral left
ventricular wall 199
Thomas Butz, Lothar Faber, Christoph Langer, Hermann Esdorn, Jan Körfer,
Marcus Wiemer, and Dieter Horstkotte
An unusual cause of pacemaker-induced severe tricuspid regurgitation 201
A. Loupy, D. Messika-Zeitoun, A. Cachier, D. Himbert, E. Brochet, B. Lung, and A. Vahanian
What to do with an atrial thrombus? 204
Rocío Carda, Carlos Almería, Vera Lennie, Viviana Serra, and José Luis Zamorano
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