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Ultrasound
Makoto Suzuki
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Open AccessA case of bicuspid aortic valve with two raphes
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Subvalvular aortic stenosis diagnosed by 3D transesophageal echocardiography
The patient was a 13-year-old male with chief complaints of exertional chest pain and dyspnea. Cardiac murmur was suspected in a medical checkup at 1 month old, at which time he was diagnosed with subvalvular ...
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Open AccessMidwall ejection fraction for assessing systolic performance of the hypertrophic left ventricle
In patients with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), LV midwall fractional shortening (FS) is used as a measure of LV systolic performance that is more physiologically appropriate than conventional FS. For eva...
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Gender differences of pulsed and tissue Doppler indexes of left ventricular diastolic function in healthy subjects
The purpose of this study is to determine the normative Doppler values and gender differences in left ventricular (LV) diastolic function in healthy subjects at each decade of life.
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Open AccessDistribution of ultrasonic radiofrequency signal amplitude detects lipids in atherosclerotic plaque of coronary arteries: an ex-vivo study
Accumulation of lipids within coronary plaques is an important process in disease progression. However, gray-scale intravascular ultrasound images cannot detect plaque lipids effectively. Radiofrequency signal...
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Diversification of the methodology for evaluating cardiac function
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Relationship between spontaneous echo contrast in the thoracic aorta and plasma von Willebrand factor
To clarify the relationships between spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) detected by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and coagulopathy, ultrasonographic findings that may correlate to biochemical coagulation...
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Arterial blood flow occlusion by high intensity focused ultrasound and histologic evaluation of its effect on arteries and surrounding tissues
High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has been used in a number of clinical studies. High intensity focused ultrasound could become the minimally invasive tumor therapy of choice if it could be used to occl...
