Frank Flachskampf
Professor at Department of Medical Sciences; Clinical Physiology
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 425 07 25
- E-mail:
- frank.flachskampf@medsci.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset, ingång 40, 3 tr
- Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset, Ingång 40, 5 tr
751 85 UPPSALA
Publications
Recent publications
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Is This the Last Word of the Diastology Epic?
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 175-179, 2026
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Part of Journal of Hypertension, p. 346-353, 2026
- DOI for Systolic inter-arm blood pressure difference and subclinical atherosclerosis: a population-based cohort study of 29 921 individuals
- Download full text (pdf) of Systolic inter-arm blood pressure difference and subclinical atherosclerosis: a population-based cohort study of 29 921 individuals
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Part of American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice, 2025
- DOI for Aortic valve replacement in patients with significant aortic regurgitation: Comparing bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valve outcomes
- Download full text (pdf) of Aortic valve replacement in patients with significant aortic regurgitation: Comparing bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valve outcomes
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2025
- DOI for A prospective study on prognostic value of ventilatory efficiency in asymptomatic patients with severe primary mitral regurgitation.
- Download full text (pdf) of A prospective study on prognostic value of ventilatory efficiency in asymptomatic patients with severe primary mitral regurgitation.
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Atrial functional mitral regurgitation: definition, features, and unknowns.
Part of Clinical Research in Cardiology, 2025
All publications
Articles in journal
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Is This the Last Word of the Diastology Epic?
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 175-179, 2026
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Part of Journal of Hypertension, p. 346-353, 2026
- DOI for Systolic inter-arm blood pressure difference and subclinical atherosclerosis: a population-based cohort study of 29 921 individuals
- Download full text (pdf) of Systolic inter-arm blood pressure difference and subclinical atherosclerosis: a population-based cohort study of 29 921 individuals
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Part of American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice, 2025
- DOI for Aortic valve replacement in patients with significant aortic regurgitation: Comparing bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valve outcomes
- Download full text (pdf) of Aortic valve replacement in patients with significant aortic regurgitation: Comparing bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valve outcomes
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2025
- DOI for A prospective study on prognostic value of ventilatory efficiency in asymptomatic patients with severe primary mitral regurgitation.
- Download full text (pdf) of A prospective study on prognostic value of ventilatory efficiency in asymptomatic patients with severe primary mitral regurgitation.
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Atrial functional mitral regurgitation: definition, features, and unknowns.
Part of Clinical Research in Cardiology, 2025
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Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1699-1724, 2025
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Part of European Heart Journal, Supplement, 2025
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PASCAL Edge-to-Edge Repair in Atrial and Ventricular Secondary Mitral Regurgitation
Part of JACC, p. 2033-2035, 2025
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Predicting the diastolic left ventricular pressure curve non-invasively: how far can echo go?
Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1195-1198, 2025
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Part of European Heart Journal Open, 2025
- DOI for Intervention, improved prevention, imaging, inflammation, and innovation: the five I's cardiovascular highlights in EHJ Open 2024
- Download full text (pdf) of Intervention, improved prevention, imaging, inflammation, and innovation: the five I's cardiovascular highlights in EHJ Open 2024
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Part of Circulation, p. 288-298, 2025
- DOI for Conduction Disturbances and Outcome After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Bicuspid and Tricuspid Aortic Stenosis
- Download full text (pdf) of Conduction Disturbances and Outcome After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Bicuspid and Tricuspid Aortic Stenosis
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Assessing left atrial dysfunction in cardiac amyloidosis using LA-LV strain slope
Part of European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice, 2024
- DOI for Assessing left atrial dysfunction in cardiac amyloidosis using LA-LV strain slope
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Editors' highlight picks from 2023 in EHJ Open
Part of European Heart Journal Open, 2024
- DOI for Editors' highlight picks from 2023 in EHJ Open
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Part of European Heart Journal Open, 2024
- DOI for Left atrial dysfunction in bicuspid aortic valve patients with severe aortic stenosis is associated with post-operative atrial fibrillation following aortic valve replacement
- Download full text (pdf) of Left atrial dysfunction in bicuspid aortic valve patients with severe aortic stenosis is associated with post-operative atrial fibrillation following aortic valve replacement
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Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 325-334, 2024
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Obituary: Arthur E. Weyman, 1941-2024
Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1183-1185, 2024
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Quantitation of mitral regurgitation using positron emission tomography
Part of EJNMMI Research, 2024
- DOI for Quantitation of mitral regurgitation using positron emission tomography
- Download full text (pdf) of Quantitation of mitral regurgitation using positron emission tomography
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In Memoriam: Arthur E. Weyman, MD, FASE
Part of Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, p. 1017-1020, 2024
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Kommentar zu den Leitlinien 2023 der ESC zur infektiösen Endokarditis
Part of KARDIOLOGIE, p. 447-457, 2024
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Part of Journal of Nuclear Medicine, p. 645-651, 2023
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Part of Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research, p. 244-254, 2023
- DOI for Screening for Biomarkers Associated with Left Ventricular Function During Follow-up After Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Download full text (pdf) of Screening for Biomarkers Associated with Left Ventricular Function During Follow-up After Acute Coronary Syndrome
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Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, 2023
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New Echocardiographic Reference Values: Why They Are Welcome
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1532-1535, 2023
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Part of Clinical Research in Cardiology, p. 1463-1474, 2023
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The role of imaging in the selection of patients for HFpEF therapy
Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1343-1351, 2023
- DOI for The role of imaging in the selection of patients for HFpEF therapy
- Download full text (pdf) of The role of imaging in the selection of patients for HFpEF therapy
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A 33-year follow-up after valvular surgery for carcinoid heart disease
Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 524-531, 2022
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Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, 2022
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Myocardial Work and Work Index: Related But Different for Clinical Usage
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1521-1523, 2022
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Part of Circulation, p. 1310-1322, 2022
- DOI for Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis Demonstrate Adverse Left Ventricular Remodeling and Impaired Cardiac Function Before Surgery With Increased Risk of Postoperative Heart Failure
- Download full text (pdf) of Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis Demonstrate Adverse Left Ventricular Remodeling and Impaired Cardiac Function Before Surgery With Increased Risk of Postoperative Heart Failure
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"Cardiac Damage" Predicts Prognosis, But Can It Identify Modifiable Prognosis?
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1170-1173, 2022
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Part of IJC Heart & Vasculature, 2022
- DOI for A novel echocardiographic estimate of pulmonary vascular resistance employing the hydraulic analogy to Ohm's law
- Download full text (pdf) of A novel echocardiographic estimate of pulmonary vascular resistance employing the hydraulic analogy to Ohm's law
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Atrial functional mitral regurgitation: Insufficiently understood and recognized
Part of Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine, p. 1177-1181, 2022
- DOI for Atrial functional mitral regurgitation: Insufficiently understood and recognized
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Impact of common rhythm disturbances on echocardiographic measurements and interpretation
Part of Clinical Research in Cardiology, p. 1301-1312, 2022
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Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation: A JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging Expert Panel Viewpoint
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1870-1882, 2022
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Prognostic implications of left ventricular myocardial work indices in cardiac amyloidosis
Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 695-704, 2021
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Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 753-755, 2021
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Part of European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, p. 242-250, 2021
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Part of Cardiovascular Research, p. 1248-1256, 2021
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Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, 2021
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Cardiac Imaging in Carcinoid Heart Disease
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 2240-2253, 2021
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Beyond the Outer Edge: Are There 1, 3, 4, or 5 Grades of Tricuspid Regurgitation?
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1293-1295, 2021
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Manual zur Indikation und Durchführung spezieller echokardiographischer Anwendungen
Part of Der Kardiologe, p. 595-641, 2021
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Part of Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, p. 201, 2021
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Part of Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, 2021
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Imaging of the left atrium: pathophysiology insights and clinical utility.
Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 2-13, 2021
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Left atrial strain: evaluating left ventricular filling pressure from an upstream vantage point.
Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 71-73, 2021
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Right Ventricular Strain in Pulmonary Hypertension: Looking at the Small Print
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1487-1488, 2021
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Curriculum Kardiologie 2., aktualisierte Auflage
Part of KARDIOLOGE, p. 505-536, 2020
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Manual on indications and performance of echocardiography-Update 2020 of the German Cardiac Society
Part of KARDIOLOGE, p. 396-431, 2020
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Part of European Journal of Heart Failure, p. 1504-1524, 2020
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Cardiac Imaging in the Post-ISCHEMIA Trial Era: A Multisociety Viewpoint
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1815-1833, 2020
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Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 636-639, 2020
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Part of Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, p. 573-582, 2020
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Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1305-1319, 2020
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Myocardial Efficiency: A Fundamental Physiological Concept on the Verge of Clinical Impact
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1564-1576, 2020
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Diagnostic Accuracy of [11C]PIB Positron Emission Tomography for Detection of Cardiac Amyloidosis
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1337-1347, 2020
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Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1615-1626, 2020
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Part of Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, p. 114-127, 2019
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Part of Clinical Research in Cardiology, p. 355-365, 2019
- DOI for Test-retest reliability of new and conventional echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular systolic function
- Download full text (pdf) of Test-retest reliability of new and conventional echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular systolic function
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Part of JACC, p. 2485-2487, 2019
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Part of Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, 2019
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Part of European Heart Journal, p. 553-558, 2019
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Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1566-1567, 2019
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Diastolic Function Gets Personal
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 950-952, 2019
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Part of ECHO RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, p. 37-41, 2019
- DOI for Preoperative aortic annulus size assessment by transthoracic echocardiography compared to the size of surgically implanted aortic prostheses
- Download full text (pdf) of Preoperative aortic annulus size assessment by transthoracic echocardiography compared to the size of surgically implanted aortic prostheses
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Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 835-837, 2018
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Part of Journal of the American College of Cardiology, p. 254-255, 2018
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Part of The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 545-552, 2018
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Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 380-386, 2018
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Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1165-1173, 2018
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Part of European Journal of Heart Failure, p. 1615-1633, 2018
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Aortic Stenosis in Cancer Survivors After Chest Radiation
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1081-1083, 2018
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Automatic calculation of myocardial external efficiency using a single 11C-acetate PET scan.
Part of Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, p. 1937-1944, 2018
- DOI for Automatic calculation of myocardial external efficiency using a single 11C-acetate PET scan.
- Download full text (pdf) of Automatic calculation of myocardial external efficiency using a single 11C-acetate PET scan.
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Part of EJNMMI Physics, p. 26, 2017
- DOI for Calculation of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction from dynamic cardiac-gated 15O-water PET/CT: 5D-PET
- Download full text (pdf) of Calculation of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction from dynamic cardiac-gated 15O-water PET/CT: 5D-PET
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Echocardiographic Algorithms for Detecting Elevated Diastolic Pressures Reasonable, Not Perfect
Part of Journal of the American College of Cardiology, p. 1949-1951, 2017
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Part of Journal of the American College of Cardiology, p. 1973-1973, 2017
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Part of European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 2017
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Heart Rate Is an Important Consideration for Cardiac Imaging of Diastolic Function Reply
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 758-759, 2016
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Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 413-420, 2016
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Part of Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, p. 277-314, 2016
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Simultaneous 4-Chamber Strain More and Faster Analysis, But Is It Good Enough?
Part of Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, 2016
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How Exactly Do You Measure That Aorta?: Lessons From Multimodality Imaging
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 227-229, 2016
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Part of European Heart Journal, p. 1239-1239, 2016
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Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1321-1360, 2016
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Part of European Heart Journal, p. 937-937, 2015
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Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 233-271, 2015
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Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 119-146, 2015
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Part of Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, p. 1-U170, 2015
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Cardiac Imaging to Evaluate Left Ventricular Diastolic Function
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1071-1093, 2015
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Part of European Heart Journal, p. 3-5, 2015
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Part of Echo research and practice, 2015
- DOI for Assessment of right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction by echocardiography: from geometric approximations to realistic shapes
- Download full text (pdf) of Assessment of right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction by echocardiography: from geometric approximations to realistic shapes
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Stenotic Aortic Valve Area Should it Be Calculated From CT Instead of Echocardiographic Data?
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 258-260, 2015
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Part of Pediatric Blood & Cancer, p. 143-147, 2015
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Part of Journal of the American College of Cardiology, p. 2806-2807, 2014
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Part of Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, p. 767-774, 2014
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How should tissue Doppler tracings be measured?
Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 828-829, 2014
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A patient with ischaemic cardiomyopathy
Part of European Heart Journal, p. 41-41, 2014
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Leaning Heavily on PET Myocardial Perfusion for Prognosis
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 288-291, 2014
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Recommendations for transoesophageal echocardiography: EACVI update 2014
Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 353-365, 2014
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Part of Journal of the American College of Cardiology, p. 1799-1808, 2013
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Part of International Journal of Cardiology, p. 236-241, 2013
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Part of Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports, p. 523-533, 2013
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Part of Amyloid, p. 27-33, 2013
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Diagnosis of "Paradoxical" Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis Patients Reply
Part of Journal of the American College of Cardiology, p. 2346-2347, 2013
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CV Imaging: What Was New in 2012?
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 714-734, 2013
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The most important publications of the past year in echocardiography
Part of Herz, p. 10-17, 2013
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Reply: Invasive Hemodynamic Assessment of "Paradoxical" Low-Flow Severe Aortic Stenosis
Part of Journal of the American College of Cardiology, p. 1493-1494, 2013
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Part of Clinical Cardiology, p. 414-421, 2013
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Emergency echocardiography: the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging recommendations
Part of European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1-11, 2013
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A carpenter with tricuspid regurgitation.
Part of European Heart Journal, p. 2945, 2012
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Part of European Heart Journal, p. 1222-1222, 2012
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Part of Journal of the American College of Cardiology, p. 244-245, 2012
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Aortic Stenosis New Classification: Reply
Part of Journal of the American College of Cardiology, p. 2123-2124, 2012
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Reimbursement and the practice of cardiology
Part of Journal of the American College of Cardiology, p. 1561-1565, 2012
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Cardiac imaging after myocardial infarction
Part of European Heart Journal, p. 272-283, 2011
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Diagnosing Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction by Echocardiography: Reverend Bayes Lends a Hand
Part of Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, p. 162-163, 2010
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Echocardiography in aortic diseases: EAE recommendations for clinical practice
Part of European Journal of Echocardiography, p. 645-658, 2010
- DOI for Echocardiography in aortic diseases: EAE recommendations for clinical practice
- Download full text (pdf) of Echocardiography in aortic diseases: EAE recommendations for clinical practice
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Cardiac imaging in the patient with chest pain: echocardiography
Part of Heart, p. 1063-1072, 2010
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Part of Revista Española de Cardiología, p. 1009-1012, 2010
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Transradial approach: a modified puncture technique for arterial access
Part of EuroIntervention, p. 280-282, 2010
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Part of American Journal of Cardiology, p. 569-574, 2010
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Echocardiographic follow-up after heart valve replacement
Part of Heart, p. 75-85, 2010
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Part of Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, p. 1016-1019, 2010
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Obstructive endocardial thrombosis in endomyocardial fibrosis
Part of Heart, p. 1686-1687, 2010
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Mitral Regurgitation Is Incompletely Characterized at Rest
Part of Journal of the American College of Cardiology, p. 310-313, 2010
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Recommendations for transoesophageal echocardiography: update 2010
Part of European Journal of Echocardiography, p. 557-576, 2010
- DOI for Recommendations for transoesophageal echocardiography: update 2010
- Download full text (pdf) of Recommendations for transoesophageal echocardiography: update 2010
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Part of European Journal of Echocardiography, p. 461-476, 2010
- DOI for Recommendations for echocardiography use in the diagnosis and management of cardiac sources of embolism
- Download full text (pdf) of Recommendations for echocardiography use in the diagnosis and management of cardiac sources of embolism
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Recommendations for reporting perioperative transoesophageal echo studies
Part of European Journal of Echocardiography, p. 387-393, 2010
- DOI for Recommendations for reporting perioperative transoesophageal echo studies
- Download full text (pdf) of Recommendations for reporting perioperative transoesophageal echo studies
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Part of European Journal of Echocardiography, p. 584-589, 2010
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Part of European Journal of Echocardiography, p. 807-807, 2010
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Part of Revista Española de Cardiología, p. 1009-1012, 2010
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Part of American Journal of Cardiology, p. 1561-1567, 2009
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Recommendations for the evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function by echocardiography
Part of European Journal of Echocardiography, p. 165-193, 2009
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Recommendations for the evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function by echocardiography
Part of Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, p. 107-133, 2009
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Part of Clinical Cardiology, p. 87-93, 2009
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Part of European Heart Journal, p. 959-968, 2009
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Part of Clinical Research in Cardiology, p. 709-715, 2009
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Part of European Journal of Echocardiography, p. 893-905, 2009
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Part of Circulation, 2009
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Part of Journal of the American College of Cardiology, p. 1991-1992, 2009
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Computed tomography to analyze mitral valve: an answer in search of a question
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 566-568, 2009
Articles, review/survey
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Part of Kardiologie, p. 213-220, 2024
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Part of European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2024
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The Role of Novel Cardiac Imaging for Contemporary Management of Heart Failure
Part of Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022
- DOI for The Role of Novel Cardiac Imaging for Contemporary Management of Heart Failure
- Download full text (pdf) of The Role of Novel Cardiac Imaging for Contemporary Management of Heart Failure
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Heart failure and cardiac imaging: Choosing wisely in the era of multimodality imaging
Part of ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, p. 204-208, 2020
- DOI for Heart failure and cardiac imaging: Choosing wisely in the era of multimodality imaging
- Download full text (pdf) of Heart failure and cardiac imaging: Choosing wisely in the era of multimodality imaging
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Focused Cardiac Ultrasonography
Part of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1244-1253, 2019
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Our obsession with normal values
Part of ECHO RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, 2018
- DOI for Our obsession with normal values
- Download full text (pdf) of Our obsession with normal values
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Early diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome
Part of European Heart Journal, p. 3049-3055, 2017
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Part of European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, p. 1191-1204, 2017
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Combined aortic and mitral regurgitation: A scenario difficult to manage
Part of Journal of Cardiovascular Echography, p. 140-145, 2012
Books
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Thieme-Verlag, 2010
Chapters in book
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Part of Emergency Echocardiography, CRC Press, 2023
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Echocardiography in acute aortic dissection
Part of Emergency Echocardiography, p. 81-89, CRC Press, 2023
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Echocardiography in acute mitral regurgitation
Part of Emergency Echocardiography, p. 132-140, CRC Press, 2023
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Emergency echocardiography in patients with prosthetic valves
Part of Emergency Echocardiography, p. 148-160, CRC Press, 2023
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Part of Diastology, p. 268-275, Elsevier, 2021
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Training in stress echocardiography
Part of Stress echocardiography, Informa Healthcare, 2010
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Landmark articles with short comments
Part of Stress Echocardiography, Informa Healthcare, 2010
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Part of The European Society of Cardiology Textbook of Cardiovascular Imaging, Oxford University Press, 2010
Collections (editor)
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CRC Press, 2023
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Informa, 2010