P. Fioretti

2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

Loss of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Prolyl Hydroxylase Activity in Cardiomyocytes Phenocopies Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

How to diagnose diastolic heart failure: a consensus statement on the diagnosis of heart failure with normal left ventricular ejection fraction by the Heart Failure and Echocardiography Associations of the European Society of Cardiology

Long-Term Trends in the Incidence of and Survival with Heart Failure

How strong is the evidence for the use of perioperative β blockers in non-cardiac surgery? Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

MR‐compatible treadmill for exercise stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Contributions of Protein Kinase A Anchoring Proteins to Compartmentation of cAMP Signaling in the Heart

Elevated D-dimer level is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular death in out-patients with symptoms compatible with heart failure

Coronary-Artery Revascularization before Elective Major Vascular Surgery

Hibernating Myocardium

Rapid Quantification of Left Ventricular Function and Mass Using Transoesophageal Three-dimensional Echocardiography: Validation of a Method that uses Long-axis Cutplanes*

Regression of Coronary Artery Disease as a Result of Intensive Lipid-Lowering Therapy in Men with High Levels of Apolipoprotein B

Congestive heart failure after acute myocardial infarction in patients receiving antiarrhythmic agents for ventricular premature complexes (Cardiac Arrhythmia Pilot Study)

Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Cardiovascular Outcomes

The Failing Heart — An Engine Out of Fuel

Effect of Captopril on Mortality and Morbidity in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction after Myocardial Infarction

Prospects for Cardiovascular Research

The Use of Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Identify Reversible Myocardial Dysfunction

ERS/ESTS clinical guidelines on fitness for radical therapy in lung cancer patients (surgery and chemo-radiotherapy)

Inter-Society Consensus for the Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease (TASC II)

2008 Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

Detection of left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis in patients with left bundle branch block: exercise, adenosine or dobutamine imaging?

Prognostic implications of myocardial contractile reserve in patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction

Recommendations for Chamber Quantification: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography’s Guidelines and Standards Committee and the Chamber Quantification Writing Group, Developed in Conjunction with the European Association of Echocardiography, a Branch of the European Society of Cardiology

Exercise Standards for Testing and Training

Irregular coronary lesion morphology after thrombolysis predicts early clinical instability

Classification of Surgical Complications

Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy for the Prevention of Heart-Failure Events

Value of exercise echocardiography for predicting mortality in elderly patients

Effective Doses in Radiology and Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine: A Catalog

Predictors of outcome for aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic regurgitation and left ventricular dysfunction: A change in the measuring stick

CHRONIC AORTIC REGURGITATION

Chronic Aortic Regurgitation: Indications for Operation—1988

Prognostic significance of peak exercise capacity in patients with coronary artery disease

Stress echocardiography expert consensus statement: European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) (a registered branch of the ESC)

Tricuspid Valve Dysfunction Following Pacemaker or Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation

Evolution of Dobutamine Echocardiography Protocols and Indications: Safety and Side Effects in 3,011 Studies Over 5 Years

Efficacy and safety of enoxaparin versus unfractionated heparin during percutaneous coronary intervention: systematic review and meta-analysis

Myocardial infarction patients in the 1990s—their risk factors, stratification and survival in Canada: The Canadian assessment of myocardial infarction (CAMI) study

Atrial fibrillation in heart failure: High mortality risk even if ventricular function is preserved

Thyroid Hormone and the Cardiovascular System

Does the rest electrocardiogram after myocardial infarction determine the predictive value of exercise-induced st depression? A 2 year follow-up study in a veteran population

Quantitation of Right Ventricular Volumes and Ejection Fraction by Three‐Dimensional Echocardiography in Patients: Comparison with Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Radionuclide Ventriculography

Aerobic interval training versus continuous moderate exercise after coronary artery bypass surgery: A randomized study of cardiovascular effects and quality of life

Angiographic assessment of the infarct-related residual coronary stenosis after spontaneous or therapeutic thrombolysis

Stress Testing in the Elderly

Effect of Beta-Blocker Therapy on Survival in Patients With Severe Aortic Regurgitation

Early exercise testing after acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: Clinical evaluation and prognostic significance

Risk stratification by early exercise testing after an episode of unstable coronary artery disease

Fractional Flow Reserve versus Angiography for Guiding Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Mortality and Morbidity in Patients Receiving Encainide, Flecainide, or Placebo

Long-Term Vasodilator Therapy in Patients with Severe Aortic Regurgitation

Impact of No-to-Moderate Mitral Regurgitation on Late Results After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

A Randomized Study of the Prevention of Sudden Death in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

Platelet Activation and Atherothrombosis

Impact of treatment strategy on predischarge exercise test in the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) II trial

Preliminary reference levels in interventional cardiology

Comparison of single-dose nifedipine and captopril for chronic severe aortic regurgitation

Time course of events in acute coronary syndromes: implications for clinical practice from the GRACE registry

Mortality reductions in patients receiving exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation: how much can be attributed to cardiovascular risk factor improvements?

Freehand three-dimensional echocardiography for determination of left ventricular volume and mass in patients with abnormal ventricles: Comparison with magnetic resonance imaging

Improved Survival with an Implanted Defibrillator in Patients with Coronary Disease at High Risk for Ventricular Arrhythmia

Perioperative β blockers in patients having non-cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis

3D Echocardiographic Location of Implantable Device Leads and Mechanism of Associated Tricuspid Regurgitation

Myocardial Markers of Injury:Evolution and Insights

Bisoprolol reduces cardiac death and myocardial infarction in high-risk patients as long as 2 years after successful major vascular surgery

Left and Right Atrial Volume by Freehand Three-dimensional Echocardiography: In Vivo Validation Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

The Pathogenesis of Coronary Artery Disease and the Acute Coronary Syndromes

Testing of Low-Risk Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Chest Pain

Nifedipine in Asymptomatic Patients with Severe Aortic Regurgitation and Normal Left Ventricular Function

Risk stratification in patients with first non-q wave infarction: Limited value of the early low level exercise test after uncomplicated infarcts

Comparison between visual assessment and quantitative angiography versus fractional flow reserve for native coronary narrowings of moderate severity

Denosumab for Prevention of Fractures in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis

Home-based versus centre-based cardiac rehabilitation

Natural History and Left Ventricular Response in Chronic Aortic Regurgitation

American Society of Echocardiography Recommendations for Performance, Interpretation, and Application of Stress Echocardiography

Contrast Echocardiography: Current and Future Applications

GRADE guidelines 6. Rating the quality of evidence—imprecision

Clinical outcome of severe asymptomatic chronic aortic regurgitation: A long-term prospective follow-up study

The Impact of Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Blockade on Heart Failure Outcomes and Mortality in Patients Identified to Have Aortic Regurgitation

Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells, Vascular Function, and Cardiovascular Risk

Hemostatic alterations in cancer patients

Heart failure

Safety and feasibility of high-dose dobutamine-atropine stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance for diagnosis of myocardial ischaemia: experience in 1000 consecutive cases

Long-term benefit of early thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: 5 year follow-up of a trial conducted by the Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands

Coronary lesion morphology in acute myocardial infarction: Demonstration of early remodeling after streptokinase treatment

Control of Myocardial Contractile Function by the Level of β-Adrenergic Receptor Kinase 1 in Gene-targeted Mice

Physician perception of exercise electrocardiography as a prognostic test after acute myocardial infarction

Vasodilation with felodipine in chronic asymptomatic aortic regurgitation

Exercise-induced T-wave normalization predicts recovery of regional contractile function after anterior myocardial infarction

Aortic regurgitation complicated by extreme left ventricular dilation: Long-term outcome after surgical correction

The Pathogenesis of Coronary Artery Disease and the Acute Coronary Syndromes

Trends in Prevalence and Outcome of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Clinical Versus Actuarial Judgment

Outcomes and Adverse Events Among Patients With Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Autoantibodies against cardiac troponin I are responsible for dilated cardiomyopathy in PD-1-deficient mice

ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery

Vasoactive drugs in chronic regurgitant lesions of the mitral and aortic valves

ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation: The Task Force for the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Clinical Competence Statement on Echocardiography

Minimal operative mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass with significant left ventricular dysfunction by maximization of metabolic and mechanical support

Stress Echocardiography Expert Consensus Statement--Executive Summary: European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) (a registered branch of the ESC)

Optimizing Long-term Cardiac Management After Major Vascular Surgery<subtitle>Role of β-Blocker Therapy, Clinical Characteristics, and Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography to Optimize Long-term Cardiac Management After Major Vascular Surgery</subtitle>

Zebrafish heart regeneration occurs by cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation and proliferation

The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration

Long-Term Outcome of Surgically Treated Aortic Regurgitation

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

Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Short and long term prognosis of acute myocardial infarction since introduction of thrombolysis.

Contrast Enhancement and Image Quality Influence Two- and Three-dimensional Echocardiographic Determination of Left Ventricular Volumes: Comparison With Magnetic Resonance Imaging

American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Clinical Competence Statement on Stress Testing

A new electrocardiographic classification for post-myocardial infarction clinical trials

Diagnosis and Management of the Cardiac Amyloidoses

Tomographic Three-dimensional Echocardiographic Determination of Chamber Size and Systolic Function in Patients With Left Ventricular Aneurysm

Chronic aortic regurgitation: reassessment of the prognostic value of preoperative left ventricular end-systolic dimension and fractional shortening.

Causes and Consequences of Heart Failure After Prophylactic Implantation of a Defibrillator in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial II

Outcomes After Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Aortic Regurgitation and Markedly Reduced Left Ventricular Function

Preoperative left ventricular function: Minimal requirement for successful late results of valve replacement for aortic regurgitation

Outcome and resource utilization in gastroenterological surgery

ACC/AHA guidelines for coronary angiography11“ACC/AHA Guidelines for Coronary Angiography” was approved by the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees in October 1998 and by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in December 1998.22When citing this document, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association request that the following format be used: Scanlon PJ, Faxon DP, Audet AM, Carabello B, Dehmer GJ, Eagle KA, Legako RD, Leon DF, Murray JA, Nissen SD, Pepine CJ, Watson RM. ACC/AHA guidelines for coronary angiography: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Coronary Angiography). J Am Coll Cardiol1999;33:1756–82433This document is available on the websites of the ACC (www.acc.org) and the AHA (www.americanheart.org). Reprints of this document (the complete guidelines) are available for $5 each by calling 800-253-4636 (US only) or writing the American College of Cardiology, Educational Services, 9111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-1699. Ask for reprint No. 71-0164. To obtain a reprint of the shorter version (executive summary and summary of recommendations) published in the May 4, 1999, issue of Circulation, ask for reprint No. 71-0163. To purchase additional reprints (specify version and reprint number): up to 999 copies, call 800-611-6083 (US only) or fax 413-665-2671; 1000 or more copies, call 214-706-1466, fax 214-691-6342, or e-mail pubauth@heart.org

Valve Replacement for Regurgitant Lesions of the Aortic or Mitral Valve in Advanced Left Ventricular Dysfunction

Noninvasive assessment of acute effects of nifedipine on rest and exercise hemodynamics and cardiac function in patients with aortic regurgitation

Protected Carotid-Artery Stenting versus Endarterectomy in High-Risk Patients

Incremental Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Contemporary Stress Echocardiography in a Chest Pain Unit

2014 ACC/AHA Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

Assessment of short-, medium-, and long-term variations in arterial dimensions from computer-assisted quantitation of coronary cineangiograms.

2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death

Exercise Standards for Testing and Training

Measurement of Fractional Flow Reserve to Assess the Functional Severity of Coronary-Artery Stenoses

A decision scheme for coronary angiography after acute myocardial infarction.

ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

Identification of a deletion in plakoglobin in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy with palmoplantar keratoderma and woolly hair (Naxos disease)

Survival and functional results after valve replacement for aortic regurgitation from 1976 to 1983: impact of preoperative left ventricular function.

Long-term serial changes in left ventricular function and reversal of ventricular dilatation after valve replacement for chronic aortic regurgitation.

Factors Influencing Regional Myocardial Contractile Response to Inotropic Stimulation

Exercise echocardiography predicts development of left ventricular dysfunction in medically and surgically treated patients with asymptomatic severe aortic regurgitation

Guidelines for perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery

Anesthetic Considerations in the Patient With Valvular Heart Disease Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

Phosphodiesterase 4D is required for β ₂ adrenoceptor subtype-specific signaling in cardiac myocytes

Risk Stratification for Postoperative Cardiovascular Events via Noninvasive Assessment of Endothelial Function

Surgery for Aortic Regurgitation in Women

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

Mortality reductions in patients receiving exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation: how much can be attributed to cardiovascular risk factor improvements?

Aromatic Sulfonyl Fluorides Covalently Kinetically Stabilize Transthyretin to Prevent Amyloidogenesis while Affording a Fluorescent Conjugate

2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation

Risk stratification for 1 year survival based on characteristics identified in the early hours of acute myocardial infarction. The Western Washington Intracoronary Streptokinase Trial.

Contributions of Nuclear Cardiology to Diagnosis and Prognosis of Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Progression of myocardial dysfunction in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic insufficiency

Heart Rate Variability

Mortality and Morbidity of Aortic Regurgitation in Clinical Practice

Clinical features and prognosis associated with a preserved left ventricular systolic function in a large cohort of congestive heart failure outpatients managed by cardiologists. Data from the Italian Network on Congestive Heart Failure.

Tumors: Wounds That Do Not Heal

Prognostic value of predischarge dobutamine stress echocardiography in chest pain patients with a negative cardiac troponin T

2008 Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

Identification of Viable Myocardium

The use of echocardiography in acute cardiovascular care: Recommendations of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association

Ethical Issues in Stopping Randomized Trials Early Because of Apparent Benefit

Myocardial Viability and Long-Term Outcomes in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

Heart rate variability during the acute phase of myocardial infarction.

Expert consensus document on ?-adrenergic receptor blockersThe Task Force on Beta-Blockers of the European Society of Cardiology

Radiation Dose to Patients From Cardiac Diagnostic Imaging

Left atrial volume assessed by transthoracic three dimensional echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging: dynamic changes during the heart cycle in children

Cardiac Troponin I Predicts Short-Term Mortality in Vascular Surgery Patients

Incidence, Pathophysiology, and Treatment of Complications During Dobutamine-Atropine Stress Echocardiography

Plaque fissuring--the cause of acute myocardial infarction, sudden ischaemic death, and crescendo angina.

Standardized guidelines for the interpretation of dobutamine echocardiography reduce interinstitutional variance in interpretation

The assessment of the hemostasis system in patients with ovarian and cervical carcinoma

Limitations of a QRS scoring system to assess left ventricular function and prognosis at hospital discharge after myocardial infarction.

FDG SPECT in the assessment of myocardial viability: Comparison with dobutamine echo

Correlation of coronary stenosis by quantitative coronary arteriography with exercise echocardiography

Relation between contractile response of akinetic segments during dobutamine stress echocardiography and myocardial ischemia assessed by simultaneous thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography

The Effect of Bisoprolol on Perioperative Mortality and Myocardial Infarction in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Vascular Surgery

Simultaneous dobutamine stress echocardiography and technetium-99m isonitrile single-photon emission computed tomography in patients with suspected coronary artery disease

Time Course of Functional Recovery of Stunned and Hibernating Segments After Surgical Revascularization

Quantitative angiographic measurements of isolated left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis correlation with exercise echocardiography and technetium-99m 2-methoxy isobutyl isonitrile single-photon emission computed tomography

Enhanced sensitivity for detection of coronary artery disease by addition of atropine to dobutamine stress echocardiography

The comparative value of exercise echocardiography and 99m Tc MIBI single photon emission computed tomography in the diagnosis and localization of myocardial ischaemia

A New Locus for Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia on the Long Arm of Chromosome 14

Prevalence, clinical characteristics, quality of life, and prognosis of patients with congestive heart failure and isolated left ventricular diastolic dysfunction

Acute coronary syndromes complicated by symptomatic and asymptomatic heart failure: does current treatment comply with guidelines?

Pharmacological stress echocardiography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease and myocardial ischaemia: a comparison between dobutamine and dipyridamole

Which Cineangiographically Assessed Anatomic Variable Correlates Best With Functional Measurements of Stenosis Severity? A Comparison of Quantitative Analysis of the Coronary Cineangiogram with Measured Coronary Flow Reserve and Exercise/Redistribution Thallium-201 Scintigraphy

Should the diagnosis of coronary artery disease be based on the evaluation of myocardial function or perfusion?

Patient Dose Related to the Complexity of Interventional Cardiology Procedures

The apical long-axis rather than the two-chamber view should be used in combination with the four-chamber view for accurate assessment of left ventricular volumes and function

Prediction of Improvement of Contractile Function in Patients With Ischemic Ventricular Dysfunction After Revascularization by Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography

Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation Due to Entrapment of the Anterior Leaflet of the Valve by a Permanent Pacemaker Lead: Role of Real Time Three‐Dimensional Echocardiography

Improvement of left ventricular ejection fraction, heart failure symptoms and prognosis after revascularization in patients with chronic coronary artery disease and viable myocardium detected by dobutamine stress echocardiography

Dobutamine stress echocardiography: its role in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease

Optimal pharmacological stress testing for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: a probabilistic approach

Comparison of Early Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography and Exercise Electrocardiographic Testing for Management of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Chest Pain

T-Wave normalization during dobutamine echocardiography for diagnosis of viable myocardium

Improved identification of coronary artery disease in patients with left bundle branch block by use of dobutamine stress echocardiography and comparison with myocardial perfusion tomography

Relationship between exercise echocardiography and perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography in patients with single-vessel coronary artery disease

Noninvasive assessment of reperfusion and reocclusion after thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction

T wave normalization during dobutamine stress testing in patients with non-Q wave myocardial infarction. A marker of myocardial ischaemia?

Immediate PTCA after successful thrombolysis with intracoronary streptokinase, three years follow-up

Safety of dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography in patients with suspected or proven coronary artery disease

Prognostic Value of Dipyridamole Sestamibi Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography and Dipyridamole Stress Echocardiography for New Cardiac Events After an Uncomplicated Myocardial Infarction

Methodology, Feasibility, Safety and Diagnostic Accuracy of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography

Coagulation indicators in chronic stable effort angina and unstable angina: relationship with acute phase reactants and clinical outcome

Assessment of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting by dobutamine stress echocardiography

Quantitative coronary angiography in the estimation of the functional significance of coronary stenosis: Correlations with dobutamine-atropine stress test

Improved cardiac risk stratification in major vascular surgery with dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography

Comparison of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography and 99m-Technetium Sestamibi SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy for Predicting Extent of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Healed Myocardial Infarction

Akinesis Becoming Dyskinesis During Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography

Quality criteria for cardiac images in diagnostic and interventional cardiology

Clinical and technical determinants of the complexity of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty procedures: Analysis in relation to radiation exposure parameters

Akinesis becoming dyskinesis during high-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography: A marker of myocardial ischemia or a mechanical phenomenon?

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging findings in patients with right ventricular outflow tract premature contractions

Analysis of interinstitutional observer agreement in interpretation of dobutamine stress echocardiograms

Chrome congestive heart failure

Prognostic Significance of Systolic Blood Pressure Changes During Dobutamine-Atropine Stress Technetium-99m Sestamibi Perfusion Scintigraphy in Patients With Chest Pain and Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

Accuracy of Currently Available Techniques for Prediction of Functional Recovery After Revascularization in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction Due to Chronic Coronary Artery Disease: Comparison of Pooled Data

Use of medical resources and quality of life of patients with chronic heart failure: a prospective survey in a large Italian community hospital

Long-Term Prognostic Value of Dobutamine-Atropine Stress Echocardiography in 1737 Patients With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

Outcome of urgent and elective percutaneous coronary interventions after pharmacologic reperfusion with tenecteplase combined with unfractionated heparin, enoxaparin, or abciximab

Prediction of 1-year outcome after complicated and uncomplicated myocardial infarction: Bayesian analysis of predischarge exercise test results in 300 patients

Cardiac Imaging for Risk Stratification With Dobutamine-Atropine Stress Testing in Patients With Chest Pain

Echocardiography in chronic aortic insufficiency. Is valve replacement too late when left ventricular end-systolic dimension reaches 55 mm?

Executive summary of the Position Paper of the Working Group on Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC): core components of cardiac rehabilitation in chronic heart failure

Physical activity for primary and secondary prevention. Position paper of the Working Group on Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology of the European Society of Cardiology

Afterload reduction with nifedipine in aortic insufficiency

Accuracy of dobutamine stress echocardiography for the diagnosis of coronary artery stenosis in patients with myocardial infarction: the impact of extent and severity of left ventricular dysfunction.

Relation between ST segment elevation during dobutamine stress test and myocardial viability after a recent myocardial infarction.

Amyloidosis of epicardial and intramural coronary arteries as an unusual cause of myocardial infarction and refractory angina pectoris.

Relative value of clinical variables, bicycle ergometry, rest radionuclide ventriculography and 24 hour ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring at discharge to predict 1 year survival after myocardial infarction

Accurate Measurement of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction by Three-dimensional Echocardiography

Prediction of mortality during the first year after acute myocardial infarction from clinical variables and stress test at hospital discharge

Postoperative regression of left ventricular dimensions in aortic insufficiency: A long-term echocardiographic study

Ineligibility for predischarge exercise testing after myocardial infarction in the elderly: Implications for prognosis

Is transluminal coronary angioplasty mandatory after successful thrombolysis? Quantitative coronary angiographic study.

Comparison of thallium-201 rest-redistribution SPECT and FDG SPECT in predicting functional recovery after revascularization

Predischarge stress test after myocardial infarction in the old age: Results and prognostic value

Dobutamine stress echocardiography for assessment of perioperative cardiac risk in patients undergoing major vascular surgery.

Acute hemodynamic effects of nifedipine at rest and during stress in severe aortic incompetence

Sustained Prognostic Value of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography for Late Cardiac Events After Major Noncardiac Vascular Surgery

Prediction of mortality in hospital survivors of myocardial infarction. Comparison of predischarge exercise testing and radionuclide ventriculography at rest.

Prediction of recovery of myocardial dysfunction after revascularization comparison of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose/thallium-201 SPECT, thallium-201 stress-reinjection SPECT and dobutamine echocardiography

Dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography and clinical data for predicting late cardiac events in patients with suspected coronary artery disease

Prediction of Improvement of Regional Left Ventricular Function After Surgical Revascularization