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Jurcut C, Caraiola S, Nitescu D, Jurcut R, Giusca S, Baicus C, Popescu BA, Ginghina C, Tanasescu C. Subclinical vascular disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: The additive deleterious effect of the antiphospholipid syndrome. Joint Bone Spine. 2012 Mar 6.

Lancellotti P, Magne J, Donal E, Davin L, O'Connor K, Rosca M, Szymanski C, Cosyns B, Piérard LA. Clinical outcome in asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis: insights from the new proposed aortic stenosis grading classification. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012;59:235-43.

Rosca M, Lancellotti P, Popescu BA, Pierard LA. Left atrial function: pathophysiology, echocardiographic assessment, and clinical applications. Heart 2011;97:1982-9.

Rosca M, Magne J, Calin A, Popescu BA, Piérard LA, Lancellotti P. Impact of aortic stiffness on left ventricular function and B-type natriuretic peptide release in severe aortic stenosis. European Journal of Echocardiography 2011;12:850-6.

Donal E, Thebault C, O'Connor K, Veillard D, Rosca M, Pierard L, Lancellotti P. Impact of aortic stenosis on longitudinal myocardial deformation during exercise. European Journal of Echocardiography 2011;12:235-41.

Erven K, Jurcut R, Weltens C, Giusca S, Ector J, Wildiers H, Van den Bogaert W, Voigt JU. Acute radiation effects on cardiac function detected by strain rate imaging in breast cancer patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2011;79:1444-51.

Szulik M, Pappas CJ, Jurcut R, Magro M, Peeters E, Goetschalckx K, Rademakers F, Desmet W, Voigt JU. Clinical validation of a novel speckle-tracking-based ejection fraction assessment method. Journal of The American Society of Echocardiography 2011;24:1092-100.

Jurcut R, Giusca S, Ticulescu R, Popa E, Amzulescu MS, Ghiorghiu I, Coman IM, Popescu BA, Voigt JU, Ginghina C. Different Patterns of Adaptation of the Right Ventricle to Pressure Overload: A Comparison between Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Stenosis. Journal of The American Society of Echocardiography 2011;24:1109-17.

Ticulescu CR, Vriz O, Sparacino L, Popescu BA, Ginghina C, Nicolosi GL, Cervesato E, Panarello G, Carerj S, Antonini-Canterin F. Incremental value of arterial stiffness over traditional risk factors in predicting subclinical cardiovascular remodeling in patients with moderate chronic renal failure. Angiology 2011;62:662-8.

O'Connor K, Magne J, Rosca M, Piérard LA, Lancellotti P. Left atrial function and remodelling in aortic stenosis. European Journal of Echocardiography 2011;12:299-305.

Roşca M, Lancellotti P, Magne J, Piérard LA. Stress testing in valvular heart disease: clinical benefit of echocardiographic imaging. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2011;9:81-92.

O'Connor K, Magne J, Rosca M, Piérard LA, Lancellotti P. Impact of aortic valve stenosis on left atrial phasic function. American Journal of Cardiology 2010;106:1157-62.

Popescu BA, Lupescu I, Georgescu SA, Ginghina C. Giant left atrium with calcified walls and thrombus in a patient with an old, normally functioning ball-in-cage mitral valve prosthesis. Circulation 2010;122:e579-80.

Giusca S, Jurcut R, Ginghina C, Voigt JU. The right ventricle: anatomy, physiology and functional assessment. Acta Cardiol 2010;65:67-77.

Jurcut R, Giusca S, La Gerche A, Vasile S, Ginghina C, Voigt JU. The echocardiographic assessment of the right ventricle: what to do in 2010? European Journal of Echocardiography 2010;11:81-96.

Roşca M, Popescu BA, Beladan CC, Călin A, Muraru D, Popa EC, Lancellotti P, Enache R, Coman IM, Jurcuţ R, Ghionea M, Ginghină C. Left atrial dysfunction as a correlate of heart failure symptoms in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2010;23:1090-8.

Popescu BA, Muraru D, Beladan CC, Lacau IS, Ginghina C. Atrio-ventricular block in elderly: does echo hold the key? Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2011;57:219.

Giusca S, Jurcut R, Ticulescu R, Dumitru D, Vladaia A, Savu O, Voican A, Popescu BA, Ginghina C. Accuracy of hand-held echocardiography for bedside diagnostic evaluation in a tertiary cardiology centre - comparison with standard echocardiography. Echocardiography 2011;28:136-41.

Popescu BA, Muraru D, Beladan CC, Lacau IS, Ginghina C. Atrio-ventricular block in elderly: does echo hold the key? Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2010; In press.

Popescu BA, Calin A, Beladan CC, Muraru D, Rosca M, Deleanu D, Lancellotti P, Antonini-Canterin F, Nicolosi GL, Ginghina C. Left ventricular torsional dynamics in aortic stenosis: relationship between left ventricular untwisting and filling pressures. A two-dimensional speckle tracking study. European Journal of Echocardiography 2010;11:406-413.

Jurcut R, Savu O, Popescu BA, Florian A, Herlea V, Moldovan H, Ginghina C. Primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma: when valvular disease becomes a vascular surgical emergency. Circulation 2010;121:e415-418.

Antonini-Canterin F, Moura LM, Enache R, Leiballi E, Pavan D, Piazza R, Popescu BA, Ginghina C, Nicolosi GL, Rajamannan NM. Effect of Hydroxymethylglutaryl Coenzyme-A Reductase Inhibitors on the Long-Term Progression of Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease. Circulation 2010;121:2130-2136.

Enache R, Antonini-Canterin F, Piazza R, Popescu BA, Leiballi E, Marinigh R, Andriani C, Pecoraro R, Ginghina C, Nicolosi GL. Long-Term Outcome in Asymptomatic Patients with Severe Aortic Regurgitation, Normal Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction, and Severe Left Ventricular Dilatation. Echocardiography 2010; Jun 21. [Epub ahead of print]

Muraru D, Badano LP, Piccoli G, Gianfagna P, Del Mestre L, Ermacora D, Proclemer A. Validation of a novel automated border-detection algorithm for rapid and accurate quantitation of left ventricular volumes based on three-dimensional echocardiography. European Journal of Echocardiography 2010;11:359-68.

Badano LP, Muraru D, Rigo F, Del Mestre L, Ermacora D, Gianfagna P, Proclemer A. High volume-rate three-dimensional stress echocardiography to assess inducible myocardial ischemia: a feasibility study. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 2010;23:628-35.

Van Mieghem T, Giusca S, DeKoninck P, Gucciardo L, Doné E, Hindryckx A, D'Hooge J, Deprest J. Prospective assessment of fetal cardiac function with speckle tracking in healthy fetuses and recipient fetuses of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.

Lancellotti P, Tribouilloy C, Hagendorff A, Moura L, Popescu BA, Agricola E, Monin JL, Pierard LA, Badano L, Zamorano JL. European Association of Echocardiography recommendations for the assessment of valvular regurgitation. Part 1: aortic and pulmonary regurgitation (native valve disease). European Journal of Echocardiography 2010;11:223-244.

Lancellotti P, Moura L, Pierard LA, Agricola E, Popescu BA, Tribouilloy C, Hagendorff A, Monin JL, Badano L, Zamorano JL. European Association of Echocardiography recommendations for the assessment of valvular regurgitation. Part 2: mitral and tricuspid regurgitation (native valve disease). European Journal of Echocardiography 2010;11:307-332.

Jurcut R, Giusca S, La Gerche A, Vasile S, Ginghina C, Voigt JU. The echocardiographic assessment of the right ventricle: what do to in 2010?
European Journal of Echocardiography 2010;11:81-96.

Giusca S, Jurcut R, Ginghina C, Voigt JU. The right ventricle: anatomy, physiology and functional assessment. Acta Cardiologica 2010;65:67-77.

Popescu BA, Andrade MJ, Badano LP, Fox KF, Flachskampf FA, Lancellotti P, Varga A, Sicari R, Evangelista A, Nihoyannopoulos P, Zamorano JL. European Association of Echocardiography recommendations for training, competence and quality improvement in echocardiography. European Journal of Echocardiography 2009;10:893-905.

Popescu BA, Beladan CC, Calin A, Muraru D, Deleanu D, Rosca M, Ginghina C. Left ventricular remodeling and torsional dynamics in dilated cardiomyopathy: reversed apical rotation as a marker of disease severity. European Journal of Heart Failure 2009;11:945-951.

Ginghina C, Beladan CC, Iancu M, Calin A, Popescu BA. Respiratory maneuvers in echocardiography: a review of clinical applications. Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2009; 7:42.

Antonini-Canterin F, Enache R, Popescu BA, Popescu AC, Ginghina C, Leiballi E, Piazza R, Pavan D, Rubin D, Cappelletti P, Nicolosi GL. Prognostic value of ventricular-arterial coupling and B-type natriuretic peptide in patients after myocardial infarction. A five-year follow-up study. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2009; Sep 25 (Epub ahead of print)

Badano LP, Ginghina C, Easaw J, Muraru D, Grillo MT, Lancelotti P, Pinamonti B, Coghlan G, Perazzolo-Marra M, Popescu BA, De Vita S. Right ventricle in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Hemodynamics, structural changes, imaging and proposal of a study protocol aimed to assess remodeling and treatment effects. European Journal of Echocardiography 2009, Oct 7 (Epub ahead of print)

Tanasescu C, Jurcut C, Jurcut R, Ginghina C. Vascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis: from subclinical lesions to cardiovascular risk. European Journal of Internal Medicine 2009;20:348-54.

Antonini-Canterin F, Leiballi E, Enache R, Popescu BA, Roşca M, Cervesato E, Piazza R, Ginghină C, Nicolosi GL. Hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme-a reductase inhibitors delay the progression of rheumatic aortic valve stenosis a long-term echocardiographic study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2009;53(20):1874-1879.

Antonini-Canterin F, Roşca M, Beladan CC, Popescu BA, Piazza R, Leiballi E, Ginghină C, Nicolosi GL. Echo-Tracking Assessment of Carotid Artery Stiffness in Patients with Aortic Valve Stenosis. Echocardiography 2009 May 26. [Epub ahead of print]

Jurcut R, Pop I, Calin C, Coman IM, Ciudin R, Ginghina C. Utility of QRS width and echocardiography parameters in an integrative algorithm for selecting heart failure patients with cardiac dyssynchrony. European Journal of Internal Medicine 2009;20(2):213-220.

Jurcut R, Wildiers H, Ganame J, D'hooge J, De Backer J, Denys H, Paridaens R, Rademakers F, Voigt JU. Strain rate imaging detects early cardiac effects of pegylated liposomal Doxorubicin as adjuvant therapy in elderly patients with breast cancer. Journal of American Society of Echocardiography 2008;21(12):1283-1289.

Popescu BA, Jurcut R, Serban M, Parascan L, Ginghina C. Shone's syndrome diagnosed with echocardiography and confirmed at pathology. European Journal of Echocardiography 2008;9(6):865-867.

Ginghina C, Popescu BA, Enache R, Ungureanu C, Deleanu D, Platon P. Pulmonary artery dilatation: an overlooked mechanism for angina pectoris. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine 2008;9(7):747-750.

Antonini-Canterin F, Hirsu M, Popescu BA, Leiballi E, Piazza R, Pavan D, Ginghina C, Nicolosi GL. Stage-related effect of statin treatment on the progression of aortic valve sclerosis and stenosis. American Journal of Cardiology 2008;102(6):738-742.

Jurcut R, Pappas CJ, Masci PG, Herbots L, Szulik M, Bogaert J, Van de Werf F, Desmet
W, Rademakers F, Voigt JU, D'hooge J. Detection of regional myocardial dysfunction in patients with acute myocardial infarction using velocity vector imaging. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2008;21(8):879-886.

Antonini-Canterin F, Popescu BA, Popescu AC, Beladan CC, Korcova R, Piazza R, Cappelletti P, Rubin D, Cassin M, Faggiano P, Nicolosi GL. Heart failure in patients with aortic stenosis: clinical and prognostic significance of carbohydrate antigen 125 and brain natriuretic peptide measurement. International Journal of Cardiology 2008;128(3):406-412.

Antonini-Canterin F, Beladan CC, Popescu BA, Ginghina C, Popescu AC, Piazza R, Leiballi E, Zingone B, Nicolosi GL. Left atrial remodelling early after mitral valve repair for degenerative mitral regurgitation. Heart 2008;94(6):759-764.

Wildiers H, Jurcut R, Ganame J, Herbots L, Neven P, De Backer J, Denys H, Cocquyt V, Rademakers F, Voigt JU, Paridaens R. A pilot study to investigate the feasibility and cardiac effects of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PL-DOX) as adjuvant therapy in medically fit elderly breast cancer patients. Critical reviews in oncology/hematology 2008;67(2):133-138.

Jurcut R, Wildiers H, Ganame J, D'hooge J, Paridaens R, Voigt JU. Detection and monitoring of cardiotoxicity - what does modern cardiology offer? Supportive care in cancer 2008;16(5):437-445.

Ginghina C, Serban M, Enache R, Ungureanu C, Deleanu D, Platon P. Stenting of the left main coronary artery stenosis due to extrinsic compression. European Heart Journal 2007;28(2):165.

Jurcut R, Ector J, Erven K, Choi HF, Voigt JU. Radiotherapy effects on systolic myocardial function detected by strain rate imaging in a left-breast cancer patient. European Heart Journal 2007;28(24):2966.

Ginghina, C. The Coandă effect in cardiology. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine 2007;8(6):411-413.

Coman IM. The bright minds beyond our machines: Henry Coandă and his ideas. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine 2007;8(4):251-252.

Popescu BA, Radulescu B, Ginghina C. Free-floating left atrial thrombus formed in a few weeks in a patient with a normal mitral prosthesis. Heart 2007;93(2):246.

Popescu BA, Popescu AC, Antonini-Canterin F, Rubin D, Cappelletti P, Piazza R, Ginghina C, Dimulescu D, Beladan CC, Nicolosi GL. Prognostic role of left atrial volume in elderly patients with symptomatic stable chronic heart failure: comparison with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and B-type natriuretic peptide. Echocardiography 2007;24(10):1035-1043.

Revnic CR, Popa C, Nica AS, Ginghina C, Revnic F. The evaluation of carotid stenosis as risk factor for stroke in hypertensive diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Archives of Gerontololy and Geriatrics 2007;44 Suppl 1:331-334.

Revnic CR, Popa C, Nica AS, Ginghina C, Revnic F. Comparative carotid echo-Doppler study in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with atherosclerotic carotid macroangiopathy. Archives of Gerontololy and Geriatrics 2007;44 Suppl 1:327-330.

Cozma D, Popescu BA, Lighezan D, Lucian P, Mornos C, Luca CT, Ginghină C, Dragulescu SI. Relationship between global myocardial index and automatic left ventricular border detection pattern to identify biventricular pacing candidates. Pacing and clinical electrophysiology (PACE) 2007;30 Suppl 1:S54-57.

Cozma D, Popescu BA, Lighezan D, Lucian P, Mornos C, Ginghina C, Dragulescu SI. Left atrial remodeling: assessment of size and shape to detect vulnerability to atrial fibrillation. Pacing and clinical electrophysiology (PACE) 2007;30 Suppl 1:S147-150.

Fox KF, Popescu BA, Janiszewski S, Nihoyannopoulos P, Fraser AG, Pinto FJ. European Association of Echocardiography Accreditation Assessment Committee. Report on the European Association of Echocardiography accreditations in echocardiography: December 2003-September 2006. European Journal of Echocardiography 2007;8(1):74-79.

Serban M, Ghiorghiu I, Craciunescu I, Calin C, Platon P, Apetrei E, Ginghina C. Spontaneous echo contrast of unexpected etiology. European Journal of Echocardiography 2006;7(3):257-259.

Antonini-Canterin F, Corrado G, Faggiano P, Popescu BA, Carerj S, La Carrubba S, Zuppiroli A, Nicolosi GL. A medical therapy for aortic valve sclerosis and aortic valve stenosis? Rationale of the ASSIST study (Asymptomatic aortic Sclerosis/Stenosis: Influence of STatins): a large, observational, prospective, multicenter study of the Italian Society of Cardiovascular Echography. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine 2006;7(7):464-469.

Popescu BA, Ghiorghiu I, Apetrei E, Ginghina C. Subaortic stenosis produced by an accessory mitral valve: The role of echocardiography. Echocardiography 2005; 22(1):39-41.

Popescu BA, Antonini-Canterin F, Temporelli PL, Giannuzzi P, Bosimini E, Gentile F, Maggioni AP, Tavazzi L, Piazza R, Ascione L, Stoian I, Cervesato E, Popescu AC, Nicolosi GL. Right ventricular functional recovery after acute myocardial infarction: relation with left ventricular function and interventricular septum motion. GISSI-3 Echo Substudy. Heart 2005;91(4):484-488.

Schwammenthal E, Popescu BA, Popescu AC, Di Segni E, Guetta V, Rath S, Eldar M, Feinberg MS. Association of left ventricular filling parameters assessed by pulsed wave Doppler and color M-mode Doppler echocardiography with left ventricular pathology, pulmonary congestion, and left ventricular end-diastolic pressure. American Journal of Cardiology 2004;94(4):488-491.

Popescu BA, Macor F, Antonini-Canterin F, Giannuzzi P, Temporelli PL, Bosimini E, Gentile F, Maggioni AP, Tavazzi L, Piazza R, Ascione L, Stoian I, Cervesato E, Nicolosi GL. Left atrium remodeling after acute myocardial infarction (results of the GISSI-3 Echo Substudy). American Journal of Cardiology 2004;93(9):1156-1159.

Antonini-Canterin F, Zuppiroli A, Popescu BA, Granata G, Cervesato E, Piazza R, Pavan D, Nicolosi GL. Effect of statins on the progression of bioprosthetic aortic valve degeneration. American Journal of Cardiology 2003;92(12):1479-1482.

Schwammenthal E, Popescu AC, Popescu BA, Freimark D, Hod H, Eldar M, Feinberg MS. Mechanism of mitral regurgitation in inferior wall acute myocardial infarction. American Journal of Cardiology 2002;90(3):306-309 .

Feinberg MS, Popescu BA, Popescu AC, Di Segni E, Jonas M, Rabinowitz B, Kaplinsky E, Schwammenthal E. Assessment of pseudohypertrophy as a measure of left ventricular compression in patients with cardiac tamponade. Cardiology 2000;94 (4):213-219.

Schwammenthal E, Popescu BA, Popescu AC, Di Segni E, Kaplinsky E, Rabinowitz B, Guetta V, Rath S, Feinberg MS. Noninvasive assessment of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure by the response of the transmitral A-wave velocity to a standardized Valsalva maneuver. American Journal of Cardiology 2000;86(2):169-174.

Calin A, Mateescu AD, Popescu BA. Considerations of hypertensive status in treating aortic stenosis. Interv Cardiol 2015;7:217–20.

Călin A, Mateescu AD, Roşca M, Beladan CC, Enache R, Varga P, Călin DC, Ginghină C, Popescu BA. Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of the flow-gradient patterns in patients with severe aortic stenosis and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2015; 16 (suppl 2): S1-S3

Mateescu AD, Calin A, Rosca M, Beladan CC, Enache R, Gurzun MM, Varga P, Calin C, Ginghina C, Popescu BA. Left atrial function as a correlate of heart failure symptoms in patients with severe aortic stenosis and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2015; 16 (suppl 2): S1-S3

Mateescu AD, Călin A, Roşca M, Beladan CC, Enache R, Gurzun MM, Călin C, Ginghină C, Popescu BA. Disfuncția atrială stângă ca factor de predicție al apariției simptomelor de insuficiență cardiacă la pacienții cu stenoză aortică strânsă și fracție de ejecție ventriculară stângă păstrată. Revista Română de Cardiologie 2015; 25(supplement):265. ISSN: 2392–6910. Cod CNCSIS 379 (Categoria B+)

Calin A, Mateescu AD, Popescu BA. Considerations of hypertensive status in treating aortic stenosis. Interv Cardiol 2015;7:217–20.