European Journal of
Echocardiography
Volume 9
No. 1
January 2008
CLINICAL/ORIGINAL PAPERS
Prediction of intrapulmonary right to left shunt with left atrial size in patients with liver cirrhosis
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
Erwan Donal, John A. Sallach, R. Daniel Murray, Jeanne K. Drinko, Susan E. Jasper,
James D. Thomas, and Allan L. Klein
1
5
12
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
Jesús Peteiro, Isaac Bendayan, Javier Mariñas, Rosa Campos, Beatriz Bouzas, and Alfonso Castro-Beiras
18
Effects of surgery on ischaemic mitral regurgitation: a prospective multicentre registry (SIMRAM registry)
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
26
Echocardiographic predictors of pulmonary hypertension in patients with severe aortic stenosis
Nikhil Kapoor, Padmini Varadarajan, and Ramdas G. Pai
31
Tissue Doppler imaging describes diastolic function in men prone to develop hypertension
over twenty years
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
Jeroen van Dijk, Pieter A. Dijkmans, Marco J.W. Götte, Marieke D. Spreeuwenberg,
Cees A. Visser, and Otto Kamp
34
40
CASE REPORTS
Profound hypoxaemia corrected by PFO closure device in carcinoid heart disease
Philip M. Mottram, David J. McGaw, Ian T. Meredith, Roger E. Peverill, and Richard W. Harper
47
Right-sided vegetation unmasks aortic endocarditis
Gregoire Girod, Frank Renders, and Andres Jaussi
50
Cardiac hemangioma of the right atrium
Silméia Garcia Zanati, João Carlos Hueb, Ana Lúcia Cogni, Maria Gorete Teixeira de Morais, Luiz Eduardo de
Almeida Prado Franceschi, Maurı́cio Morceli, Antonio Carlos Cicogna, and Beatriz Bojikian Matsubara
52
Echocardiographic evaluation of mitral tethering for ‘chordal cutting’ procedure
U. Da Col, I. Di Bella, G. Bardelli, A. Affronti, G. Koukoulis, S. Pasquino, and T. Ragni
54
Aortic intramural haematoma and chronic anticoagulation: role of transoesophageal echocardiography
Alberto Ruggiero, Teresa González-Alujas, José Rodrı́guez, Eduardo Bossone, and Arturo Evangelista
56
Downloaded from by guest on March 4, 2016
Segmental atrial contraction in patients restored to sinus rhythm after cardioversion for chronic atrial
fibrillation: a colour Doppler tissue imaging study
Anita C. Boyd, Nelson B. Schiller, David L. Ross, and Liza Thomas
Spontaneous chordae rupture of tricuspid valve in patient with chronic renal failure
Hyungseop Kim, Yun-Kyeong Cho, Chang-Wook Nam, Seong-Wook Han, Seung-Ho Hur,
Yoon-Nyun Kim, and Kwon-Bae Kim
58
Ventricular septal rupture following abciximab infusion
Jayanth R. Arnold, Jonathan Timperley, Andrew R.J. Mitchell, Stephen Westaby, and Oliver Ormerod
60
Discrete subaortic stenosis in elderly women
Pier Giorgio Masci, Francesca Rossi, and Francesco Chiarella
63
Retrieval of a leaflet escaped in a Tri-technologies bileaflet mechanical prosthetic valve
Tomás F. Cianciulli, Jorge A. Lax, Marı́a C. Saccheri, Robert Guidoin, César M. Salvado,
Adrián J. Fernández, and Horacio A. Prezioso
65
The ‘A-dip’ of diastolic mitral regurgitation: An unusual Doppler flow pattern in a patient with severe aortic
insufficiency and complete heart block
Rachel Levine Berger, Edward Katz, Paul Tunick, and Itzhak Kronzon
69
ELECTRONIC PAPERS
Myocardial bridge in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: imaging with color Doppler echocardiography
Mohamad Ali Ostovan and Amir Aslani
72
Quadricuspid aortic valve
Ali Reza Moaref and Amir Aslani
74
A bunch of grapes in the left ventricle
Mohamad Ali Ostovan and Amir Aslani
76
78
A dancing thrombus in the right atrium going hand-in-hand with the electrocardiogram
J.M. van Opstal, S.C. Bekkers, and A.P.M. Gorgels
80
Mitral Omnicarbon monoleaflet valve dehiscence mapped by 3D echocardiography
Leyla Elif Sade, Melek Uluçam, and Haldun Müderrisoğlu
82
Left ventricular myxoma originating from the interventricular septum and obstructing the
left ventricular outflow tract
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
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
Dirk Poppe, Peter Blank, Uta Böge, Tatjana Kölzow, Jürgen Loh, and Bernhard Schwaab
84
86
88
Unexpected rupture of the left ventricular free wall in the echo-lab
Magnus Dencker, Gordana Tasevska, David Grubb, Martin Stagmo, and Ronny Gustafsson
92
Diagnosis of right atrial mass by perioperative transesophageal echocardiography
Cassiano Moro, Andrew Klein, Kumud Dhital, and Julian Gooi
95
Real-time imaging of dissection of the ascending aorta
Stefano Gasperini, Valerio Zacà, and Sergio Mondillo
97
Strongly neovascularized left atrial myxoma
Michael Handke, Michael Goepfrich, and Helmut Keller
99
Multicystic/cavitated giant left atrial myxomas: a matter of technology?
Juan Benezet-Mazuecos, Pedro Marcos-Alberca, Jeronimo Farre, Felix Manzarbeitia,
Rosa Rabago, and Manuel Rey
101
Severe mitral regurgitation due to perforation of the mitral anterior leaflet
Ilias Karabinos, Anastasios Papadopoulos, and Pavlos Toutouzas
103
Brain abscess caused by paradoxical embolisation in Ebstein’s anomaly
M.T. Lønnebakken, G. Greve, E. Leirgul, and E. Gerdts
105
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm
Jiun Tuan, Farhad Kaivani, and Hilary Fewins
107
Downloaded from by guest on March 4, 2016
Assessment of coronary flow reserve by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in left
apical ballooning syndrome
Patrick Meimoun, Dorothée Malaquin, Tahar Benali, and Christophe Tribouilloy
Three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic evaluation of cor triatriatum
Eldad Einav, Gila Perk, and Itzhak Kronzon
110
Cardiac metastasis due to pulmonary metastasis from a transitional cell carcinoma
Dorota Sobczyk, Marcin Nosal, Jacek Myc, Grzegorz Trybowski, Izabela Gorkiewicz-Kot,
Piotr Olejniczak, and Jerzy Sadowski
113
Right atrial tear associated with a tumour in the right atrium after blunt chest trauma
Geraud Souteyrand, Stéphane Combes, Claire Dauphin, Etienne Geoffroy, Pascal Motreff,
Hervé Joly, Jean Cassagnes, and Jean René Lusson
116
Detection of flail tricuspid valve many years after blunt chest trauma
Okan Gulel, Serdar Demir, and Mehmet Kamil Gol
119
Coronary artery to left ventricular fistula demonstrated by transthoracic echocardiography
Nurcan Arat, Ozgul Malcok Gurel, Funda Senay Biyikoglu, and Erdal Duru
121
Complete resection of a leiomyosarcoma of the left atrium invading the mitral anterior leaflet and
obstructing the mitral orifice
Erdem Türkyılmaz, Fatih Yılmaz, Alper Özkan, Nurşen Keleş, Mustafa Sağlam, Osman Karakaya,
Cevat Yakut, and Cihangir Kaymaz
123
Left ventricular noncompaction: case of a heart transplant
Kursat Tigen, Tansu Karaahmet, Gokhan Kahveci, Bülent Mutlu, and Yelda Basaran
126
Massive right atrial myxoma causing exertional dyspnoea
R.S. Bilku, M. Loubani, M. Been, and R.L. Patel
130
A case of pulmonary vein obstruction: evaluation using newer echocardiographic imaging techniques
Ignatios Ikonomidis, Maria Nikolaou, Ioannis Paraskevaidis, John Lekakis, and Dimitrios Th. Kremastinos
133
136
Type A aortic dissection with partial ostial occlusion of left main coronary artery
Narayanan Namboodiri and K.M. Krishnamoorthy
139
Cardiac arrest in a patient with a mobile right atrial thrombus in transit and amyloidosis
A. D’Aloia, E. Vizzardi, E. Chiari, P. Faggiano, A. Squeri, F. Ugo, and L. Dei Cas
141
Soft tissue neoplasm invading the heart with associated thrombus in a 74-year-old man
John O’Sullivan, David Kerins, Peter McEneaney, and Carl Vaughan
143
Giant Eustachian valve and left ventricular systolic dysfunction in a patient with non-dilated
amyloid cardiomyopathy
Sandeep Arora, Madhavi Kadiyala, and LeRoy Moore
145
Images in cardiovascular medicine: prosthetic aortic valve and conduit dehiscence with large periconduit
cavity, ascending aortic aneurysm and severe mitral regurgitation
Emma L. Ivens, Christopher R. Thompson, Robert R. Moss, Bradley I. Munt, and Hilton Ling
148
Congenital aneurysm of the left atrial appendage
A. Munárriz, E. Escribano, A. Urchaga, F. Olaz, M. Beunza, A. de La Fuente, S. Cantabrana, and T. Sola
152
A dumbbell thrombus entrapped in patent foramen ovale
Kamran Aghasadeghi and Reza Mollazadeh
155
Comprehensive contrast and 3-dimensional echocardiographic imaging of left ventricular noncompaction
cardiomyopathy
Jose Baez-Escudero, Manu Pillai, Vijay Nambi, and Hisham Dokainish
Eustachian valve interfering with transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale
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
Antonio D’Aloia, Enrico Vizzardi, Ermanna Chiari, Francesco Fracassi, Gregoriana Zanini,
Pompilio Faggiano, and Livio Dei Cas
156
158
160
Venous graft perforation leading to cardiac tamponade
J.M. van Opstal, G. Geskes, F. Eerens, S. Aydin, and J. Vainer
162
Giant septal cavity due to coronary artery fistula and ventricular septal dissection after cardiac surgery
Luı́sa M. Branco, Joana Feliciano, Duarte Cacela, Ana Galrinho, Rita M. Fernandes, Carlos S. Salomão,
José M. Gonçalves, and Rui C. Ferreira
163
Downloaded from by guest on March 4, 2016
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (left ventricular ballooning syndrome) induced during dobutamine stress
echocardiography
John Silberbauer, Paul Hong, and Guy W. Lloyd
A case of 75-year-old survivor of unrepaired tetralogy of Fallot and quadricuspid aortic valve
Cristina Maria Stanescu and Kyriaki Branidou
167
‘Giant fleshy leaflet myxoma’
Ali Reza Moaref, Reza Mollazadeh, Ahmad Ali Amirghofran, Bita Geramizadeh, and Salma Sefidbakht
171
Giant ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: diagnosis on echocardiography
Suneil Kumar Aggarwal, Ramachandra Barik, Jai Kumar Agarwal, Vijay Sai, and V. Ramnath Iyer
173
Transesophageal guided left atrial positioning of a percutaneous ventricular assist device
Mohammad Kooshkabadi, Andreas Kalogeropoulos, Vasilis C. Babaliaros, and Stamatios Lerakis
175
Massive thrombus in the aortic arch: a 59-year-old lady with an unknown familial predisposition to
vascular thrombosis
John O’Sullivan, David Kerins, and Carl Vaughan
178
181
Lymphoma presenting as an ejection systolic murmur
D.B. McKenzie, V. Khanna, R.D. Proctor, and J.P. Boullin
184
Rupture of an aneurysm of the noncoronary sinus of Valsalva into the right atrium
Felix Guenther, Constantin von zur Muhlen, Jens Lohrmann, Christoph Bode, and Annette Geibel
186
Acute myocardial infarction complicated by LV free wall rupture: the benefits of echocardiography
Paul W. Stoodley, Robert J. Costa, David A.B. Richards, and Liza Thomas
188
Acquired accessory left atrium
Mohammad Bagher Sharifkazemi, Reza Mollazadeh, Mahmood Zamirian, and Ali Reza Moaref
190
Libman—Sacks endocarditis and cerebral embolization in antiphospholipid syndrome
Mai Tone Lønnebakken, and Eva Gerdts
192
Left atrial appendage can still cause clinical events after ligation
Cem Koz, Oben Baysan, Mehmet Yokuşoğlu, Mehmet Uzun, and Celal Genc
194
Recurrent systemic embolism caused by thrombosis in a stenotic bicuspid aortic valve
Ricardo J. Méndez, Tomás F. Cianciulli, Coloma E. Parisi, Horacio A. Prezioso, and Luis A. Vidal
196
Uncommon intraventricular thrombus formation between the posterior mitral leaflet and the lateral left
ventricular wall
Thomas Butz, Lothar Faber, Christoph Langer, Hermann Esdorn, Jan Körfer,
Marcus Wiemer, and Dieter Horstkotte
199
An unusual cause of pacemaker-induced severe tricuspid regurgitation
A. Loupy, D. Messika-Zeitoun, A. Cachier, D. Himbert, E. Brochet, B. Lung, and A. Vahanian
201
What to do with an atrial thrombus?
Rocı́o Carda, Carlos Almerı́a, Vera Lennie, Viviana Serra, and José Luis Zamorano
204
Publisher’s announcement
Oxford Open is the optional open access publishing model offered by Oxford Journals which gives authors of accepted papers,
the option of paying a publication fee to immediately make their paper freely available online via the journal website.
By adopting this model the ESC is giving European Journal of Echocardiography authors the choice to publish their articles
under open access conditions. For example, if an author is required by their funding body or institution to deposit a copy
of their article into PubMedCentral or an institutional repository within 12 months of publication, then they can choose to
pay the publication fee and publish their article under Oxford Open. Authors who do not opt for Oxford Open will not be
charged the publication fee and their papers will be published as normal and will only be available to subscribers for the
first 12 months of publication. They will also not be able to deposit a copy of their final published article into
PubMedCentral (or institutional repository).
Authors will be asked to decide whether they want to opt for Oxford Open (and are therefore willing and able to pay the
publication fees) once their article has been accepted. For further information see the Instructions to Authors.
www.ejechocard.oxfordjournals.org
Downloaded from by guest on March 4, 2016
Mitral valve myxomas: an unusual entity
Ricardo Gil Oliveira, Luı́sa Branco, Liliana Dias, Ana Teresa Timóteo, Lino Patrı́cio, Ana Agapito, Filipe Robalo,
João Mendes, Eugénia Pinto, and Rui Cruz Ferreira