Poster session 3The imaging examinationP646Simulator-based testing of skill in transthoracic echoP647Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of isolated left ventricular non-compactionP648Appropriate use criteria of transthoracic echocardiography and its clinical impact in an aged populationAnatomy and physiology of the heart and great vesselsP649Prevalence and determinants of exercise oscillatory ventilation in the EUROEX trial populationAssessment of diameters, volumes and massP650Left atrial remodeling after percutaneous left atrial appendage closureP651Global atrial performance with tyrosine kinase inhibitors in metastatic renal cell carcinomaP652Early right ventricular response to cardiac resynchronization therapy: impact on clinical outcomesP653Parameters of speckle-tracking echocardiography and biomechanical values of a dilative ascending aortaAssessments of haemodynamicsP654Right atrial hemodynamics in infants and children: observations from 3-dimensional echocardiography derived right atrial volumesAssessment of systolic functionP655One-point carotid wave intensity predicts cardiac mortality in patients with congestive heart failure and reduced ejection fractionP656Persistence of cardiac remodeling in adolescents with previous fetal growth restrictionP6572D speckle tracking-derived left ventricle global longitudinal strain and left ventricular dysfunction stages: a useful discriminator in moderate-to-severe aortic regurgitationP658Global longitudinal strain and strain rate in type two diabetes patients with chronic heart failure: relevance to circulating osteoprotegerinP659Analysis of left ventricular function in patients before and after surgical and interventional mitral valve therapyP660Left ventricular end-diastolic volume is complementary with global longitudinal strain for the prediction of left ventricular ejection fraction in echocardiographic daily practiceP661Left ventricular assist device, right ventricle function, and selection bias: theWinter, R; Fazlinezhad, A; Martins Fernandes, S; Pellegrino, M; Iriart, X; Moustafa, S; Stolfo, D; Bieseviciene, M; Patel, S; Vriz, O; Sarvari, S I; Santos, M; Berezin, A; Stoebe, S; Benyounes Iglesias, N; De Chiara, B; Soliman, A; Oni, O; Ricci, F; Tumasyan, LR; Kim, KH; Popa, B A; Yiangou, K; Olsen, R H; Cacicedo, A; Monti, L; Holte, E; Orlic, D; Trifunovic, D; Nucifora, G; Casalta, AC; Cavalcante, JL; Keramida, K; Calin, A; Almeida Morais, L; Bandera, F; Galli, E; Kamal, H M; Leite, L; Polte, CL; Martinez Santos, P; Jin, CN; Generati, G; Reali, M; Kalcik, M; Cacicedo, A; Nascimento, H; Ferreiro Quero, C; Kazum, S; Madeira, S; Villagra, JM; Muraru, D; Gobbo, M; Generati, G; D'andrea, A; Azevedo, O; Nucifora, G; Cruz, I; Lozano Granero, VC; Stampfli, S F; Marketou, M; Bento, D; Mohty, D; Hernandez Jimenez, V; Gascuena, R; Ingvarsson, A; Cameli, M; Werther Evaldsson, A; Greiner, S; Michelsen, MM; El Eraky, AZZA; Kamal, H M; D'ascenzi, F; Spinelli, L; Stojanovic, S; Mincu, RI; Vindis, D; Mantovani, F; Yi, JE; Styczynski, G; Battah, AHMED; O'driscoll, J; Generati, G; Velasco Del Castillo, S; Voilliot, D; Scali, MC; Garcia Campos, A; Opitz, B; Herold, IHF; Veiga, CESAR; Santos Furtado, M; Khan, UM; Leite, L; Leite, L; Leite, L; Keramida, K; Molnar, AA; Rio, P; Huang, MS; Papadopoulos, C; Venneri, L; Onut, R; Casas Rojo, E; Bayat, F; Aggeli, C; Ben Kahla, S; Abid, L; Choi, JH; Barreiro Perez, M; Lindqvist, P; Sheehan, F; Vojdanparast, M; Nezafati, P; Teixeira, R; Generati, G; Bandera, F; Labate, V; Alfonzetti, E; Guazzi, M; Dinet, ML; Jalal, Z; Cochet, H; Thambo, JB; Ho, TH; Shah, P; Murphy, K; Nelluri, BK; Lee, H; Wilansky, S; Mookadam, F; Tonet, E; Merlo, M; Barbati, G; Gigli, M; Pinamonti, B; Ramani, F; Zecchin, M; Sinagra, G; Vaskelyte, JJ; Mizariene, V; Lesauskaite, V; Verseckaite, R; Karaliute, R; Jonkaitiene, R; Li, L; Craft, M; Danford, D; Kutty, S; Pellegrinet, M; Zito, C; Carerj, S; Di Bello, V; Cittadini, A; Bossone, E; Antonini-Canterin, F; Rodriguez, M; Si · European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging · 2015

P544The importance of contractile reserve when assessing asymptomatic patients with aortic stenosisP545Determinants of secondary mitral regurgitation in patients with aortic stenosis and preserved ejection fractionP546Exercise physiology in patients with mitral annular calcificationP547Evaluation of left atrial strain in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosisP548Impact of mitral regurgitation on impaired alveolar-capillary membrane diffusion in heart failure with reduced ejection fractionP549Edge-to-edge-repair in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and secondary mitral regurgitation: acute effect on annular geometryP550Changes in the management of functional mitral regurgitation in the last 8 years in a tertiary referral hospitalP551Percutaneous closure of periprosthetic paravalvular leaks under echocardiographic guidance: establishing an alternative to reoperation?P552Clinical profile and predictors of mortality in infective endocarditis with neurologic complicationsP553TAVI, arterial stiffness and ventricular-arterial couplingP554Low contrast media CT angiography prior to transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedureP555Hemodynamic and prognostic impact of permanent pacemaker implantation following transcatheter aortic valve implantationP556Impact of transfemoral aortic valve implantation or surgical aortic valve replacement on right ventricular function in the early postprocedural phaseP557Effects of atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing mitral valve repair with the mitraclip system:one-year outcomes from the GRASP registryP558Who will not benefit from cardioversionP559Is there residual mechanical dysynchrony after initial IEGM optimization in cardiac resynchronization patients?P560Left ventricular reverse remodeling in dilated cardiomyopathy- maintained subclinical myocardial systolic and diastolic dysfunctionP561Improvement of left ventricular ejection fraction is correlated with serum markers of extracellular matrix fibrosis in dilated cardiomyopaVan Zalen, JJ.; Bantu-Bimbi, JM.; Pressman, G.; Castro, FA.; Fina, D.; Faber, L.; Ruiz Ortiz, M.; Azevedo, AI.; Braga, M.; Sciatti, E.; Annoni, A.; Drakopoulou, M.; Mas-Stachurska, A.; Caggegi, AM.; Leitman, M.; Ljubas Macek, J.; Amorim, S M R; Wisniowska-Smialek, S.; Santambrogio, G.; Dejgaard, LA.; Rosca, M.; Joseph, N.; Liu, D.; Gomes, AC.; Pop-Moldovan, AL.; Badiani, S.; Hart, L.; Marshall, A.; Patel, N.; Lloyd, G.; Jahjah, L.; Schulze, D.; Tran, T.; Pepersack, T.; Vandenbossche, JL.; Unger, P.; Topilsky, Y.; Donal, E.; Azevedo, O.; Lourenco, M.; Fernandes, M.; Oliveira, I.; Lourenco, A.; Santos, G.; Labate, V.; Gasperetti, A.; Laforgia, PL.; Bandera, F.; Alfonzetti, E.; Guazzi, M.; Scholtz, W.; Graw, A.; Bogunovic, N.; Dimitriadis, Z.; Scholtz, S.; Boergermann, J.; Gummert, J.; Horstkotte, D.; Mesa, D.; Delgado, M.; Gutierrez Ballesteros, G.; Aristizabal Duque, C.; Fernandez Cabeza, J.; Duran, E.; Ferreiro, C.; Sanchez Fernandez, J.; Suarez De Lezo, J.; Braga, P.; Rodrigues, A.; Santos, L.; Melica, B.; Ribeiro, J.; Sampaio, F.; Fontes-Carvalho, R.; Dias, A.; Gama Ribeiro, V.; Nascimento, H.; Flores, L.; Ribeiro, V.; Melao, F.; Sousa, C.; Macedo, F.; Dias, P.; Maciel, MJ.; Vizzardi, E.; Bonadei, I.; Platto, F.; Metra, M.; Formenti, A.; Mancini, ME.; Pontone, G.; Andreini, D.; Fusini, L.; Muratori, M.; Mushtaq, S.; Guglielmo, M.; Pepi, M.; Toutouzas, K.; Stathogiannis, K.; Michelongona, A.; Latsios, G.; Synetos, A.; Trantalis, G.; Sideris, S.; Lazaros, G.; Tousoulis, D.; Cladellas, M.; Ble, M.; Vaquerizo, B.; Farre, N.; Molina, L.; Gomez, M.; Millan, R.; Marti, J.; Scandura, S.; Capranzano, P.; Mangiafico, S.; Ronsivalle, G.; Chiaranda', M.; Giaquinta, S.; Popolo Rubbio, A.; Farruggio, S.; Buccheri, S.; Imme', S.; Castania, G.; Di Salvo, ME.; Capodanno, D.; Tamburino, C.; Tyomkin, V.; Peleg, E.; Fuchs, T.; Gabara, Z.; Vered, Z.; Reskovic Luksic, V.; Pasalic, M.; Pezo Nikolic, B.; Brestovac, M.; Separovic Hanzevacki, J.; Rodrigues, J.; Campelo, M.; Moura, B.; Mar · European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging · 2016

Clinical Case Poster session 4P1046An unexpected findingP1047Coronary artery ectasia in the setting of subacute Inferior STEMIP1048Diagnosis through the back door: the utility of the subscapular acoustic windowP1049A challenging case of paravalvular leakage closureP1050A life-threatning asymptomatic incidental findingP1051Acute heart failure due to intermittent aortic prosthesis regurgitation - case reportP1052Role of echocardiography in a patient with sequels after surgical treatment of infective endocarditis on a bicuspid aortic valveP1053MitraClip to treat systolic anterior motion-induced outflow tract obstruction in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathyP1054Acute heart failure by parvovirus B19P1055Multimodality assessment of myocardial involvement in female carriers of the Duchenne diseaseP1056Cardiovascular complications in hypereosinophilic syndrom-a case reportP1057Giant false left ventricle aneurysm in the myocardial infarction outcomeP1058From syncope to the diagnosis of systemic disease: the importance of a high index of suspicionP1059A total anomalous pulmonary venous return in 60-year-old patientP1060Atrial septal defect occluder fracture - diagnostic challenge in asymptomatic patientP1061Marfan syndrome in two newborn infantsP1062Isolated pulmonary valve regurgitation as a cause of severe right heart dilatation in an adult patientP1063Multimodality imaging - how to find the missing leakIlhao Moreira, R.; Cambronero Cortinas, E.; Giannakopoulos, G.; Wong, CY.; Maria Joao Vieira, MJV; Neves Pestana, G.; Andjelkovic, K.; Pavon, AG.; Nunes, A.; Portero Portaz, JJ.; Stefan, C.; Namitokov, A.; Chivulescu, M.; Wojtkowska, A.; Gomes, AC.; Jurko, T.; Cazzoli, I.; Valente, F.; Moura Branco, L.; Coutinho Cruz, M.; Pinto Teixeira, P.; Almeida Morais, L.; Viveiros Monteiro, A.; Oliveira, M.; Ramos, R.; Agapito, A.; Cruz Ferreira, R.; Racugno, P.; Escribano, D.; Mendez, J.; Paya, A.; Bonanad, C.; Valle Munoz, A.; Corbi Pascual, MJ.; Chorro, FJ.; Bodi, V.; Mueller, H.; Catia Costa, CC.; Beatriz Saldanha Santos, BSS; Kevin Domingues, KD.; Nuno Craveiro, NC.; Maria Luz Pitta, MLP; Miguel Alves, MA.; Margarida Leal, ML.; Bernardo-Almeida, P.; Sousa, C.; Tavares-Silva, M.; Almeida, R.; Lima, R.; Amorim, MJ.; Almeida, J.; Macedo, F.; Maciel, MJ.; Kalimanovska Ostric, D.; Boricic Kostic, M.; Petrovic, O.; Petrovic, M.; Vujisic Tesic, B.; Mikic, A.; Kalangos, A.; Marini, C.; Rosa, I.; Stella, S.; Ancona, F.; Spartera, M.; Margonato, A.; Colombo, A.; Agricola, E.; Nascimento, H.; Maia Araujo, P.; Ferreira, A.; Pinho, T.; Andre Rodrigues, R.; Bernardo Almeida, P.; Campelo, M.; Dias, P.; Julia Maciel, M.; Tercero Martinez, A.; Corbi Pascual, MJ.; Prieto Mateos, D.; Urraca Espejel, C.; Calero Nunez, S.; Fuentes Manso, R.; Gallego Page, JC.; Garcia Lopez, JC.; Barambio Ruiz, MJ.; Iancovici, S.; Ianovici, E.; Zamfir, D.; Dorobantu, M.; Kizhvatova, N.; Kolodina, M.; Skaletsky, K.; Soroka, N.; Mayngart, S.; Kosmacheva, E.; Barbukhatti, K.; Porhanov, V.; Jurcut, C.; Enache, R.; Popescu, BA.; Ginghina, C.; Spirito, P.; Jurcut, R.; Tomaszewski, A.; Czekajska-Chehab, E.; Tomaszewski, M.; Stettner, D.; Wysokinski, A.; Fazendas, P.; Carvalho, J.; Ferreira, F.; Sousa, L.; Fiarresga, A.; Martins, JD.; Pereira, H.; Jurko, A.; Krsiakova, J.; Jurko, AJR; Matasova, K.; Zibolen, M.; Babu-Narayan, S.; Senior, R.; Gatzoulis, MA.; Li, W.; Maldonado, G.; Cuellar, H.; Marti, G.; Roque, A.; Tei · European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging · 2016

P981Lvot area measurement using gated ct data reclassifies aortic stenosis severity as graded by echocardiographyP982Paradoxical low-flow low-gradient aortic stenosis: an intermediate state between moderate and severe aortic stenosis?P983Can rheumatic significant mitral stenosis be a cause of paradoxical low gradient, low flow, in patients with severe aortic stenosis? an echocardiographic and outcome studyP984Clinical and hemodynamic comparison of isolated versus combined aortic and mitral stenosisP985Echocardiographic end-diastolic velocity in the proximal descending aorta should be interpreted with caution when the ascending aorta is dilated: insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonanceP987Prevalence of atrial mitral regurgitation in patients with severe mitral regurgitationP988Role of 2D/3D echocardiography in the risk stratification of endocardial lead-related tricuspid regurgitation: a single-centre study among?241 patientsP989When TEE is needed in patients with staphylococcus aureus bacteremia for the assessment of risk profile of infective endocarditis?P990Appropriateness criteria to echocardiograms for suspected infective endocarditis: experience of a tertiary referral centerP991Independent predictors of outcome in infective endocarditisP992The role of transesophageal cardiography in clinical course and prognosis of complicated infective endocarditis in critically ill patients: our 15 years experienceP993Left bundle branch block atypical pattern as a prognostic determinant in patients taken to TAVIP994Efficacy of long-term ivabradine therapy in severe systolic chronic heart failure patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitusP995Relations between left ventricular reverse remodeling and serum markers of extracellular matrix fibrosis in dilated cardiomyopathyP996The healthy left ventricle accommodates an increasing vortex formation time for volume transfer in diastolic filling :Implications for heart failureP997Evolutionary changes of pulmonary arterModerato, L.; Di Nora, C.; Soufiani, A.; Soufiani, A.; Bech-Hanssen, O.; Johnson, K.; Hamadanchi, A.; Longobardo, L.; Casadei, F.; Ilhao Moreira, R.; Ahmad, F.; Parra Laca, B.; Tumasyan, LR.; Wisniowska-Smialek, S.; King, GJ.; Di Ruocco, MV.; Ciampi, Q.; Wang, J.; Cappelletto, C.; Igual Munoz, B.; Kosmala, W.; Almeida, A M G; Kostakou, P.; Zaremba, T.; Contaldi, C.; Palumbo, A.; Coli, S.; Orlandini, D.; Russo, G.; Gaibazzi, N.; Poli, S.; Vriz, O.; Zito, C.; Carerj, S.; Pavan, D.; Antonini-Canterin, F.; Ougnou, H.; Elhattab, FZ.; Bendagha, N.; Tribak, M.; Lahchab, FZ.; Mahfoudi, L.; Fadel, B.; Moughil, S.; Mohty, D.; Ougnou, H.; El Hattab, FZ.; Bendagha, N.; Mahfoudi, L.; Tribak, M.; Lahchab, FZ.; Aboyans, V.; Moughil, S.; Mohty, D.; Polte, CL.; Svensson, F.; Johnsson, ÅA; Lagerstrand, KM.; Gao, SA.; Abdel-Rahman, ST.; Dobson, L.; Gatenby, K.; Kidambi, A.; Schlosshan, D.; Moradi, B.; Asadi, Y.; Poerner, TC.; Doenst, T.; Schulze, PC.; Goebel, B.; Zito, C.; Trio, O.; Cusma'-Piccione, M.; Di Bella, G.; Khandheria, BK.; Carerj, S.; De Chiara, B.; Spano', F.; Bokor, D.; Quattrocchi, S.; Varrenti, M.; Vigano', E.; Rinaldi, I.; Giannattasio, C.; Moreo, A.; Coutinho Cruz, M.; Moura Branco, L.; Galrinho, A.; Coutinho Miranda, L.; Viveiros Monteiro, A.; Aguiar Rosa, S.; Rodrigues, I.; Fragata, J.; Cruz Ferreira, R.; Cox, S.; Chan, ST.; Abdul Rahman, E.; Zainal Abidin, I.; Sadiq, MA.; Islas, F.; De Agustin, A.; Nombela, L.; Marcos-Alberca, P.; Macaya, C.; Perez De Isla, L.; Olmos, C.; Adamyan, KG.; Rubis, P.; Khachatryan, L.; Karabinowska, A.; Faltyn, P.; Dziewiecka, E.; Biernacka-Fialkowska, B.; Hlawaty, M.; Kostkiewicz, M.; Podolec, P.; Coen, K.; Serseniuc, M.; Nolan, PG.; Clarke, JG.; Temporelli, PL.; Pistono, M.; Imparato, A.; Eleuteri, E.; Giannuzzi, P.; Cortigiani, L.; Tesic, M.; Beleslin, B.; Rigo, F.; Djorkievic-Dikic, A.; Picano, E.; Zuo, L.; Ta, SJ.; Kang, N.; Zhou, MY.; Guo, RQ.; Liu, L.; Stolfo, D.; De Luca, A.; Pinamonti, B.; Barbati, G.; Gobbo, G.; Pivetta, A.; B · European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging · 2016

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