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Guidelines for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack
2014 Standout
2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease
2014 Standout
Early clinical course and long-term outcome of patients with infective endocarditis complicated by perivalvular abscess.
2002
Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
2015 Standout
Infective Endocarditis
2005 Standout
2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease
2014 Standout
2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary
2014
2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary
2014 Standout
Long-Term Outcome of Active Infective Endocarditis with Renal Insufficiency in Cardiac Surgery
2012
Infective Endocarditis in Adults: Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Management of Complications
2015 Standout
Endovascular Stent–Graft Placement for the Treatment of Acute Aortic Dissection
1999 Standout
Coronary microvascular dysfunction is highly prevalent in women with chest pain in the absence of coronary artery disease: Results from the NHLBI WISE study
2001
Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis
1998
Transesophageal versus transthoracic echocardiography for diagnosing mitral valve perforation
1992
Prosthetic Heart Valves
1996
Stroke Recurrence and its Prevention in Patients with Patent Foramen Ovale
2006
Persistent Fever in Association with Infective Endocarditis
1992
Surgical treatment of paravalvular abscess: long-term results
2006
Long-Term Estrogen Therapy Improves Vascular Function in Male to Female Transsexuals
1997
Infective Endocarditis in Adults
2001
Meta-Analysis of Transcatheter Closure Versus Medical Therapy for Patent Foramen Ovale in Prevention of Recurrent Neurological Events After Presumed Paradoxical Embolism
2012
Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of prosthetic valve function
2011
Perivalvular cavities in endocarditis: Abscesses versus pseudoaneurysms? A transesophageal Doppler echocardiographic study in 118 patients with endocarditis
1995
A Polymer-Based, Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
2004 Standout
Long-term results of operation for paravalvular abscess
1996
Intracerebral haemorrhage
2009 Standout
Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: evaluation of the role of transoesophageal echocardiography in identifying clinically unsuspected endocarditis
2013
Transesophageal echocardiography in right-sided endocarditis
1993
Extended aortic replacement for acute type a dissection with the tear in the descending aorta
1996
Secondary prevention after cryptogenic cerebrovascular events in patients with patent foramen ovale
2004
Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in Cryptogenic Embolism
2013 Standout
The timing of surgery influences mortality and morbidity in adults with severe complicated infective endocarditis: a propensity analysis
2009
Consensus statement on best practice management regarding the use of intravesical immunotherapy with BCG for bladder cancer
2015
Recurrent cerebrovascular events in patients with patent foramen ovale, atrial septal aneurysm, or both and cryptogenic stroke or transient ischemic attack
1995
2008 Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease
2008
Acute Infective Endocarditis
2009
New criteria for diagnosis of infective endocarditis: utilization of specific echocardiographic findings
1994 Standout
Diagnostic evaluation of left-sided prosthetic heart valve dysfunction
2011
Estrogen receptor α is a major mediator of 17β-estradiol’s atheroprotective effects on lesion size in Apoe–/– mice
2001 StandoutNobel
Recommendations for the practice of echocardiography in infective endocarditis
2010
Transesophageal echocardiography in patients with recent stroke and normal carotid arteries
2001
Echocardiography predicts embolic events in infective endocarditis
2001
Percutaneous Repair or Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation
2011 Standout
Guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis Executive Summary The Task Force on Infective Endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology
2004 Standout
The Protective Effects of Estrogen on the Cardiovascular System
1999 Standout
Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
2003 Standout
Quantitative Echocardiographic Determinants of Clinical Outcome in Asymptomatic Patients With Aortic Regurgitation
2008
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and endocarditis
2003
Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with cerebral ischemia
2002
ACCF/ACR/AHA/NASCI/SAIP/SCAI/SCCT 2010 Expert Consensus Document on Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography
2010
Current best practices and guidelines
2003
Suggested Modifications to the Duke Criteria for the Clinical Diagnosis of Native Valve and Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: Analysis of 118 Pathologically Proven Cases
1997
Comparison of medical treatment with percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with cryptogenic stroke
2004
Streptococcus pneumoniae Endocarditis in Adults: A Multicenter Study in France in the Era of Penicillin Resistance (1991-1998)
2000
Bioprosthetic Valve Thrombosis
2017
Intravenous thrombolytic treatment of mechanical prosthetic valve thrombosis: a study using serial transesophageal echocardiography
2000
Aspirin plus Clopidogrel as Secondary Prevention after Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
2014 Standout
Predictors of outcome for aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic regurgitation and left ventricular dysfunction: A change in the measuring stick
1987
Chronic Aortic Regurgitation: Indications for Operation—1988
1988
Clinical course and predictors of death in prosthetic valve endocarditis over a 20-year period
2009
Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Paravalvular Abscess: A Surgical Challenge. An 11-Year Single Center Experience
2010
Fungal Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis in 16 Patients An 11-Year Experience in a Tertiary Care Hospital
1997
A Prospective Natural-History Study of Coronary Atherosclerosis
2011 Standout
Comparison of clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of Streptococcus bovis endocarditis with that caused by other pathogens
2001
Periannular extension of infective endocarditis
2002
Brucellosis
2005 Standout
Nonsurgical Reconstruction of Thoracic Aortic Dissection by Stent–Graft Placement
1999 Standout
Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy for Ischemic Stroke
2004
Guidelines for Performing a Comprehensive Transesophageal Echocardiographic Examination: Recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists
2013
Pathology of the Vulnerable Plaque
2006 Standout
Negative Blood Culture Infective Endocarditis in the Elderly: Long-Term Follow-Up
2007
Profile of infective endocarditis at a tertiary care center in Brazil during a seven-year period: prognostic factors and in-hospital outcome
2009
Sex and gender: modifiers of health, disease, and medicine
2020 Standout
Platelet Activation and Atherothrombosis
2007 Standout
Surgical treatment of endocarditis
1997
Unique Features of Infective Endocarditis in Childhood
2002
Acute effects of conjugated estrogens on coronary blood flow response to acetylcholine in men
1997
Pseudoaneurysms of the mitral—aortic intervalvular fibrosa: Dynamic characterization using transesophageal echocardiographic and Doppler techniques
1995
Recurrent Cerebrovascular Events Associated with Patent Foramen Ovale, Atrial Septal Aneurysm, or Both
2001 Standout
Surgical treatment of active infective aortic valve endocarditis with associated periannular abscess—11 year results
2000
Echocardiography in infective endocarditis
2004
Bladder cancer
2016 Standout
Swedish guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis
2007
Are all echocardiographic findings equally predictive for diagnosis in prosthetic endocarditis?
2004
Evaluation of new clinical criteria for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis
1994
Infective endocarditis
1995
Perivalvular abscesses associated with endocarditis Clinical features and prognostic factors of overall survival in a series of 233 cases
1999
Role of cine-fluoroscopy, transthoracic, and transesophageal echocardiography in patients with suspected prosthetic heart valve thrombosis
2000
Pulmonary Valve Endocarditis: Improved Diagnosis with Biplane Transesophageal Echocardiography
1992
Endocarditis-Associated Paravalvular Abscesses
1995
Clinical Outcome and Long-Term Prognosis of Late Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: A 20-Year Experience
1997
Perivalvular Abscesses Associated With Endocarditis
1993
Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with presumed paradoxical embolism: Periprocedural results and midterm risk of recurrent neurologic events
2008
Contemporary Clinical Profile and Outcome of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis
2007
Pathology of the unstable plaque
2002
Burden of valvular heart diseases: a population-based study
2006 Standout
Periprocedural quantitative coronary angiography after Palmaz-Schatz stent implantation predicts the restenosis rate at six months
1999
Nocturnal ischemic events in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and ischemic heart disease
1999
The Dissected Aorta: Percutaneous Treatment of Ischemic Complications—Principles and Results
1997
Clinical outcome of severe asymptomatic chronic aortic regurgitation: A long-term prospective follow-up study
1995
The Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Aortic Perivalvular Abscesses
2001
The ability of vegetation size on echocardiography to predict clinical complications: A meta-analysis
1997
Managing Asymptomatic Patients With Chronic Aortic Regurgitation
1997
Cardiogenic and Aortogenic Brain Embolism
2008
Comparison Between Adult Endocarditis Due to β-Hemolytic Streptococci (Serogroups A, B, C, and G) and Streptococcus milleri<subtitle>A Multicenter Study in France</subtitle>
2002
Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: Current Approach and Therapeutic Options
2007
ECG-gated computed tomography: a new role for patients with suspected aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis
2012
Inflammation in atherosclerosis
2002 StandoutNature
Patent Foramen Ovale and the Risk of Ischemic Stroke in a Multiethnic Population
2007
Multislice Computed Tomography in Infective Endocarditis
2009
Clinical information determines the impact of transesophageal echocardiography on the diagnosis of infective endocarditis by the Duke criteria
2000
Statin-Associated Myopathy
2003
Progress and challenges in translating the biology of atherosclerosis
2011 StandoutNature
Effects of Reconstituted High-Density Lipoprotein Infusions on Coronary Atherosclerosis<SUBTITLE>A Randomized Controlled Trial</SUBTITLE>
2007
Aortic regurgitation complicated by extreme left ventricular dilation: Long-term outcome after surgical correction
1996
Closure or Medical Therapy for Cryptogenic Stroke with Patent Foramen Ovale
2012
Usefulness of Phenprocoumon for the Treatment of Obstructing Thrombus in Bioprostheses in the Aortic Valve Position
2011
Classification of Infective Endocarditis by Duke's Criteria and Transesophageal Echocardiography: A 1–Year Retrospective Analysis
1996
Atherosclerosis
2000 StandoutNature
Role of Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography in Right-Sided Endocarditis: One Echocardiographic Modality Does Not Fit All
2012
Cost-Effectiveness of Transesophageal Echocardiography To Determine the Duration of Therapy for Intravascular Catheter-Associated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
1999
Transesophageal Echocardiography in Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis
1994
Comparison of the von Reyn and Duke Criteria for the Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis: A Critical Analysis of 161 Episodes
1996
Preoperative use and safety of coronary angiography for acute aortic valve infective endocarditis
2010
Brucella Endocarditis: Clinical, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Approach
2003
Recommendations for Evaluation of Prosthetic Valves With Echocardiography and Doppler Ultrasound
2009
Implication of negative results on a monoplane transesophageal echocardiographic study in patients with suspected infective endocarditis
1993
Impact of cerebrovascular complications on mortality and neurologic outcome during infective endocarditis: a prospective multicentre study
2007
Role of Echocardiography in Evaluation of Patients With Staphylococcus aureusBacteremia: Experience in 103 Patients
1997
Interactions between endothelial nitric oxide synthase and sex hormones in vascular protection in mice
2002 StandoutNobel
A negative transthoracic echocardiogram obviates the need for transesophageal echocardiography in patients with suspected native valve active infective endocarditis
1996
Treatment of Infections Associated with Surgical Implants
2004 Standout
Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy for Ischemic Stroke
1998 Standout
Randomized clinical trial comparing percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) using the Amplatzer PFO Occluder with medical treatment in patients with cryptogenic embolism (PC-Trial): rationale and design
2011
Active Native Valve Endocarditis: Determinants of Operative Death and Late Mortality
1997
Anatomical definition of aortic root abscesses by transesophageal echocardiography: Planning a surgical strategy using homograft valves
1995
Staphylococcus aureusInfections
1998 Standout
Infective endocarditis and cardiac surgery in intravenous drug abusers and HIV-1 infected patients
2003
The Value of Live/Real Time Three‐Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Assessment of Valvular Vegetations
2009
Ten-year clinical laboratory follow-up after application of a symptom-based therapeutic strategy to patients with severe chronic aortic regurgitation of predominant rheumatic etiology
2003
Optimizing Timing of Surgical Correction in Patients With Severe Aortic Regurgitation: Role of Symptoms
1997
Incremental value of biplane and multiplane transesophageal echocardiography for the assessment of active infective endocarditis
1995
Surgical Treatment of Active Aortic Endocarditis: Homografts Are Not the Cornerstone of Outcome
2007
Valvular perforation in left-sided infective endocarditis: A prospective echocardiographic evaluation and clinical outcome
1997
Value and limitations of the duke criteria for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis
1999
The association between the diameter of a patent foramen ovale and the risk of embolic cerebrovascular events
2000
Diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the aorta
1997
Patient Selection Criteria and Management Guidelines for Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy for Native Valve Infective Endocarditis
2001
Effect of Recombinant ApoA-I Milano on Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
2003
The changing unnatural history of valvular regurgitation
1992
Endocarditis in an Urban Hospital in the 1990s
1996
Recurrent cerebral ischemia in medically treated patent foramen ovale
2009
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and endocarditis. New diagnostic and therapeutic concepts.
1993
Long term follow up of prosthetic valve endocarditis: what characteristics identify patients who were treated successfully with antibiotics alone?
1999
Surgical Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in Cryptogenic Stroke Patients
1997
Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography for diagnosis of infected transvenous permanent pacemakers.
1994
Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Infective Endocarditis Involving Implantable Cardiac Devices
2012
The Role of Nitric Oxide in Coronary Vascular Effects of Estrogen in Postmenopausal Women
1997
Patent Foramen Ovale in Cryptogenic Stroke
2009
Conjugated Estrogens Acutely Abolish Abnormal Cold-Induced Coronary Vasoconstriction in Male Cardiac Allografts
1998
Sexually Dimorphic Response of the Balloon-Injured Rat Carotid Artery to Hormone Treatment
1997
Preoperative left ventricular function: Minimal requirement for successful late results of valve replacement for aortic regurgitation
1987
Interactions between endothelial nitric oxide synthase and sex hormones in vascular protection in mice
2002 StandoutNobel
Race-Ethnic Differences in Patent Foramen Ovale, Atrial Septal Aneurysm, and Right Atrial Anatomy Among Ischemic Stroke Patients
2003
Valve Replacement for Regurgitant Lesions of the Aortic or Mitral Valve in Advanced Left Ventricular Dysfunction
1995
Abnormal Vascular Function and Hypertension in Mice Deficient in Estrogen Receptor β
2002 StandoutScienceNobel
Practice Parameter: Recurrent stroke with patent foramen ovale and atrial septal aneurysm: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology
2004
Interatrial septal abnormalities and stroke
2000
The Effect of Dietary ω-3 Fatty Acids on Coronary Atherosclerosis
1999 Standout
Patent Foramen Ovale in Young Adults with Unexplained Stroke
2005
The Need to Quantify Right-to-Left Shunt in Acute Ischemic Stroke
1998
Recurrent stroke on imaging and presumed paradoxical embolism
2012
Clinical and Imaging Findings in Cryptogenic Stroke Patients With and Without Patent Foramen Ovale
2002
Early Predictors of In-Hospital Death in Infective Endocarditis
2004
Guidelines for Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack
2006 Standout
Morphological and Functional Characteristics of Patent Foramen Ovale and Their Embolic Implications
2000
Diagnosis and Management of Infective Endocarditis and Its Complications
1998
Prediction of Indications for Valve Replacement Among Asymptomatic or Minimally Symptomatic Patients With Chronic Aortic Regurgitation and Normal Left Ventricular Performance
1998
ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease
2006 Standout
Role of transoesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of aortic root abscess.
1994
Coronary Artery Calcification: Pathophysiology, Epidemiology, Imaging Methods, and Clinical Implications
1996
Exercise echocardiography predicts development of left ventricular dysfunction in medically and surgically treated patients with asymptomatic severe aortic regurgitation
2000
Clinical Use of the Duke Criteria in Patients With Suspected Infective Endocarditis and Negative Transesophageal Echocardiograms
2012
Transcatheter Closure versus Medical Therapy of Patent Foramen Ovale and Presumed Paradoxical Thromboemboli
2003
Surgery for Aortic Regurgitation in Women
1996
Percutaneous Device Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale for Secondary Stroke Prevention
2009
Patent Foramen Ovale Closure and Medical Treatments for Secondary Stroke Prevention
2011
2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines
2020 Standout
2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
2014 Standout
Significant Association of Atrial Vulnerability With Atrial Septal Abnormalities in Young Patients With Ischemic Stroke of Unknown Cause
2000
Recommendations for the surgical treatment of endocarditis
1998
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DETECTION OF CARDIAC VALVE VEGETATIONS AND PROGNOSTIC IMPLICATIONS
1993
Prosthetic valve endocarditis: state of the heart
2012
2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis
2015 Standout
Antibiotic treatment of infective endocarditis due to viridans streptococci, enterococci, and other streptococci
1998
Mortality and Morbidity of Aortic Regurgitation in Clinical Practice
1999
2008 Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease
2008 Standout
Vascular Calcification
2006 Standout
ESTROGENS AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS
1997
High-Dose Atorvastatin after Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack
2006 Standout
Diagnostic Value of Echocardiography in Suspected Endocarditis
1996
Physiological Concentrations of Estradiol Attenuate Endothelin 1–Induced Coronary Vasoconstriction In Vivo
1997
Effect of Medical Treatment in Stroke Patients With Patent Foramen Ovale
2002
DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
1993
Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis at a Community Teaching Hospital, 1980 to 1991
1994
Transesophageal echocardiographic recognition of subaortic complications in aortic valve endocarditis. Clinical and surgical implications.
1992
ACCF/ACR/AHA/NASCI/SAIP/SCAI/SCCT 2010 Expert Consensus Document on Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography
2010
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS BACTEREMIA AND ENDOCARDITIS
1993
Predictors of Death and Impact of Surgery in Staphylococcus aureus Infective Endocarditis
2007
Premature Coronary Artery Disease Associated With a Disruptive Mutation in the Estrogen Receptor Gene in a Man
1997
Patent foramen ovale and brain infarct. Echocardiographic predictors, recurrence, and prevention.
1994
Efficacy and safety of cholesterol-lowering treatment: prospective meta-analysis of data from 90 056 participants in 14 randomised trials of statins
2005 Standout
Infective endocarditis: diagnosis and management
2006
Estrogen inhibits the vascular injury response in estrogen receptor β-deficient female mice
1999 StandoutNobel
Works of Dirk Hausmann being referenced
Detection of intralesional calcium by intracoronary ultrasound depends on the histologic pattern
1994
Diagnosis of patent foramen ovale by transesophageal echocardiography and association with cerebral and peripheral embolic events
1992
Mechanisms of estrogen-induced vasodilation: In vivo studies in canine coronary conductance and resistance arteries
1995
Value of Transesophageal Color Doppler Echocardiography for Detection of Different Types of Atrial Septal Defect in Adults
1992
Improvement in the Diagnosis of Abscesses Associated with Endocarditis by Transesophageal Echocardiography
1991 Standout
Sustained risk of recurrent thromboembolic events in patients with patent foramen ovale and paradoxical embolism: long-term follow-up over more than 15 years
2011
Comparison of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography for detection of abnormalities of prosthetic and bioprosthetic valves in the mitral and aortic positions
1993
Identification of patent foramen ovale permitting paradoxic embolism
1995
Comparative in-vitro validation of eight first- and second-generation quantitative coronary angiography systems
1997
Circadian distribution of the characteristics of ischemic episodes in patients with stable coronary artery disease
1990
Risk of Bacteremia Induced by Transesophageal Echocardiography: Analysis of 100 Consecutive Procedures
1992
Chronic aortic regurgitation: reassessment of the prognostic value of preoperative left ventricular end-systolic dimension and fractional shortening.
1985
Intravascular Ultrasound–Guided Percutaneous Fenestration of the Intimal Flap in the Dissected Aorta
1997
Effect of medical and surgical therapy on aortic dissection evaluated by transesophageal echocardiography. Implications for prognosis and therapy. The European Cooperative Study Group on Echocardiography.
1993
Atrial Septal Aneurysm in Adult Patients
1995
Use of Intravascular Ultrasound to Compare Effects of Different Strategies of Lipid-Lowering Therapy on Plaque Volume and Composition in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
2001