Echocardiography Laboratory: Publications

Publications arising from the DHMC Echo Lab or Echo Lab physicians during the last few years:

1. Garcia MJ, Palac RT, Malenka DJ, Terrell P, Plehn JF. Color m-mode doppler flow propagation velocity is a relatively preload independent index of left ventricular filling. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1999;12:129-137.

2. Lucas FL, Wennberg DE, Malenka DJ. Variation in the use of echocardiography. Effective Clinical Practice 1999;2:71-75.

3. O'Rourke DJ, Palac RT, Schindler JT, and Keim SG. The clinical utility of adenosine in difficult to diagnose tachyarrhythmias. Clin Cardiol 1999; 611-13.

4. Beaver TA, Robb JF, Teufel EJ, Malenka DJ, Palac RT. Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction in an older woman: Facilitated diagnosis with transesophageal-guided biopsy. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2000;13:622-625.

5. Beaver TA, Jansujwicz A, D'Sa A, Arbuckle BE, Palac RT. Integrated backscatter during harmonic and fundamental frequency imaging – effect of depth, mechanical index, and tissue anisotropy: implications for myocardial tissue characterization. Echocardiography. 2003;20: 337- 43.

6. Palac RT, Sumner G, Laird R, O'Rourke DJ. Reversible myocardial dysfunction after traumatic brain injury: mechanisms and implications for heart transplantation. Progress in Transplantation. 2003; 13: 42 -46.

7. Andrus BW, O'Rourke DJ, Dacey LJ, Palac RT. Stability of ascending aortic dilatation following aortic valve replacement. Circulation. 2003;108 (suppII): 295–299.

Abstracts:

A1. Malenka DJ, Wennberg D, Lucas FL, Palac RT. Does physician supply drive the use of echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiograph 2000;13:436.

A2. Malenka DJ, Lucas FL, Wennberg D, Palac RT. Regional variation in the use of echocardiography in 1996. J Am Soc Echocardiograph 2000;13:449.

A3. O'Rourke DJ, Palac RT, Malenka DJ, Marrin CA, Plehn JF. Predictors and natural history of trivial or mild paraprosthetic valvular regurgitation identified by intraoperative TEE. J Am Soc Echocardiograph 2000;13:449.

A4. Beaver TA, Jansujwicz A, Arbuckle BE, Palac RT. Second harmonic and fundamental frequency integrated backscatter measurement—effects of depth and tissue anisotropy. J Am Soc Echocardiograph 2000;13:483.

A5. Andrus BW, O'Rourke DJ, Dacey LJ, Palac RT. Clinically significant progression of ascending aortic dilatation occurs infrequently following aortic valve replacement. Circulation. 2002;106 (Suppl II): II- 674.

A6. Post MJ, Pawliuk R, Leboulch P, Arbuckle BE, Palac RT, Beaver TA, Simons M. Intramyocardial Slow Release PDGF-BB dose dependently improves perfusion and function in a pig model of cardiac ischemia. Circulation. 2002;106 (Suppl II): II-37.

A7. Moodie KL, Arbuckle BE, Palac RT, Pearlman J, Gao L, Tomaszewski JE, Lewis SA, de Munck E. Acute myocardial infarction in the investigation of autologous cell transplant to improve left ventricular function in swine. Presented 2003 National AALAS Meeting, Seattle Washington .

A8. Parihk D, O'Rourke DJ, Malenka DJ, Dacey LJ, Nugent W, Palac RT. Aortic valve patient-prosthesis mismatch does not delay improvement in postoperative ejection fraction and symptom status. Circulation. 2003;108 (Suppl IV): IV- 619.

A9. Chittenden T, de Muinck E, Moodie K, Lanahan A, Zhuang Z, Rhodes J, Southworth J, Palac RT, Gao L, Drinane M, Hall A, Xu Y, Tkachenko E, Shworak N, Dedkov E, Tomanek R, and Simons M. Synectin regulates myocardial coronary vascular branching. Presented, Spring 2004 Society for Experimental Biology, Washington , DC

A10. Costa SP, Young C, Palac RT. Are tissue Doppler indices of left ventricular diastolic function and filling pressure valid in the setting of significant mitral regurgitation? Presented, American Society of Echocardiography Meeting, June 2004.

A11. Baklanov D, de Muinck E, Arbuckle B, Moodie K, Thompson C, Simons M, Palac RT. Live 3D echo guidance of catheter-based endomyocardial injection. Accepted for presentation, TCT Meeting, September, 2004.

A12. HajMohammadi S, Southworth J, Litovsky S, Palac RT, Shworak NW. A novel mouse model of myxomatous valvular degeneration. Accepted for presentation, AHA Meeting, November, 2004.

A13. Costa SP, Young CE, Greenberg ML, Gama MA, Arbuckle BE, Palac RT. Tissue Doppler indices of dyssynchrony correlate with each other only in the absence of post systolic shortening—clinical implications for the identification of responders to cardiac resynchronization therapy. Accepted for presentation, AHA Meeting, November, 2004.

A14. Costa SP, Young CE, Gama MA, Arbuckle BE, Palac RT. Echocardiographic assessment of dyssynchrony in normal patients: current M-mode and tissue Doppler cut-off values may yield a high rate of false positives unless used in combination. Accepted for presentation, AHA Meeting, November, 2004.