Cardiologia Croatica. 2013;8(5-6):149-232.

Naslovnica / Cover.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):149.

Sadržaj / Table of contents.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):150.

CroEcho2013

7th Croatian Echocardiography Meeting with International Participation
Working Group on Echocardiography and Cardiac Imaging Modalities, Croatian Cardiac Society

May 23rd – 25th, 2013
Hotel Valamar Lacroma, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Jadranka Šeparović Hanževački, Viktor Peršić.
CroEcho2013.

Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):151.

ZNANSTVENI PROGRAM / SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

IZABRANI SAŽETCI I / SELECTED ABSTRACTS I

Antun Car.
Athlete’s heart in Dubrovnik professional water polo players.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):152.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.152

Željko Baričević, Daniel Lovrić, Maja Čikeš, Jana Ljubas Maček, Vlatka Rešković Lukšić, Irena Ivanac Vranešić, Jadranka Šeparović Hanževački, Davor Miličić.
Global radial strain is reduced in healthy heart transplant patients.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):153.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.153

Zrinka Jurišić, Vedran Carević, Dušanka Martinović-Kaliterna, Daniela Marasović-Krstulović, Ivo Božić, Damir Fabijanić.
Early detection of cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis assessed by tissue-Doppler echocardiography.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):154.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.154

Aleksandar Trbović, Ksenija Kapov Sviličić, Robert Bernat.
Seven years results in percutaneous closure of atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale (single center experience).
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):155.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.155

Jana Ljubas Maček, Vlatka Rešković Lukšić, Richard Matasić, Željko Baričević, Maja Čikeš, Irena Ivanac Vranešić, Borka Pezo Nikolić, Ivan Aladrović, Jadranka Šeparović Hanževački.
Impact of left atrial volume in prediction of unfavorable response after cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):156-157.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.156

Kristina Selthofer-Relatić, Ivica Bošnjak, Vedrana Vizjak, Robert Steiner.
Transthoracic echocardiography: adiposity, epicardial adipose tissue and right heart.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):158.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.158

Daniel Lovrić, Claire Carmona, Cyrille Bergerot, Frederic Schnell, Helene Thibault, Martine Barthelet, Jacques Ninet, Didier Revel, Pierre Croisille, Genevieve A. Derumeaux.
Exercise pulmonary hypertension is associated with increased pulmonary artery dimension in systemic sclerosis.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):159.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.159

Alen Ružić, Tea Zaninović Jurjević, Željko Plazonić, Željka Diklić, Luka Zaputović, Ante Matana.
Papillary fibroelastomas: our case series and brief literature review.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):160.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.160

NAJBOLJE IZ REGIJE / BEST FROM THE REGION

Elnur Smajić. Zumreta Kušljugić.
Left ventricular diastolic function in acute myocardial infarction: advantages and limitations.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):152
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.161

IZABRANI SAŽETCI II / SELECTED ABSTRACTS II

Daniela Lončar, Boris Ilić, Denis Mršić, Mithat Tabaković, Esad Brkić, Đani Hadžović, Elnur Smajić.
Systolic and diastolic left ventricular function in patients on dialysis.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):162.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.162

Arbnora Batalli-Kipuska, Arlind Batalli, Gani Bajraktari.
Left ventricular thickness may be affected by higher arterial blood pressure and body-mass index in asymptomatic adolescents.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):163.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.163

Jadranka Breslieva, Lujza Doneva.
Echocardiography in diagnosis of children’s heart murmurs.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):164
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.164

Nikola Bulj, Hrvoje Pitarić, Mirella Sharma, Mislav Vrsalović, Vesna Degoricija.
Bedside echocardiography in right ventricular dysfunction assessment in hemodynamically stable patients with pulmonary embolism.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):152
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.165

Ante Anić, Albino Jović, Zoran Bakotić, Marin Bištirlić.
Intracardiac echocardiography validation in improving safety of transseptal puncture.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):166.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.166

Yvonne Vukušić-Janjić, Mario Ivanuša.
The most important echocardiographic characteristics in hypertensive outpatients.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):167.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.167

Albino Jović, Ante Anić, Zoran Bakotić, Marin Bištirlić.
Intracardiac echocardiography use during electrophysiology procedures to guide catheter ablations – single center experience from General Hospital Zadar.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):168.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.168

Ivo Darko Gabrić, Ljubica Vazdar, Danijel Planinc, Ozren Vinter, Matias Trbušić, Nikola Bulj, Hrvoje Pintarić.
Echocardiography parameters before therapy cannot predict cardiotoxicity caused by Trastuzumab.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):152
Chttp://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.169

PUT DO DIJAGNOZE – NAJZANIMLJIVIJI SLUČAJEVI IZ KLINIČKE PRAKSE /
ROAD TO DIAGNOSIS – MOST INTERESTING CASES FROM CLINICAL PRACTICE

Josip Vincelj, Stanko Biočić, Diana Rudan, Mario Udovičić, Sanda Sokol, Ivana Šakić.
Three-dimensional echocardiography in unicuspid mitral valve.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):170.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.170

Janez Poklukar, Mitja Lainscak, David Zizek, Jernej Markes, Nadja Ruzic Medvescek, Robert Marcun, Marko Sluga, Pavel Berden.
Assessment of quadricuspid aortic valve with real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):171-172
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.172

Vesna Pehar Pejčinović, Dragan Javoran, Željko Mađar, Rajko Miškulin, Marko Boban, Viktor Peršić.
Development of dyspnea on young female patient with D transposition of great arteries operated by Senning procedure.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):173.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.173

Fatmir Ferati.
The effects of rhythm changes on function and the ejection fraction of the left ventricle: the need for their conversion.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):152
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.174

Mislav Klobučić, Maja Hrabak Paar, Ranka Štern Padovan, Josip Vincelj.
Imaging in carcinoid heart disease.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):175.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.175

Jasna Cmrečnjak, Branko Ostrički, Andrej Pal, Tanja Marčec, Marina Gradišer.
A case of transient constrictive pericarditis in a 42-year old patient.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):176.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.176

Marko Boban, Vesna Pehar Pejčinović, Krešimir Štambuk, Viktor Peršić, Davorka Žagar, Robert Bernat.
Persistent left superior vena cava with almost complete anomalous pulmonary venous conection and atrial septal defect mimicking Eisenmenger’s syndrome in an adult symptomatic female patient.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):177.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.177

Ksenija Kapov Sviličić.
One possible way to treat a 76-years old patient with congenital heart disease and coronary artery disease.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):179.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.178

OKRUGLI STOL: PROCJENA ISHEMIJSKE BOLESTI SRCA /
ROUND TABLE: EVALUATION OF ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE

Vjeran Nikolić Heitzler.
Role of echocardiography in “delayed” percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):180.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.180

Viktor Peršić, Marko Boban, Vesna Pehar Pejčinović.
Magnetic resonance imaging in ischemic heart disease: beyond structural analysis.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):181.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.181

TEČAJ OSNOVA EHOKARDIOGRAFIJE / BASIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY COURSE

Alen Ružić, Tea Zaninović-Jurjević.
2D and M-mode echocardiography.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):182.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.182

Viktor Peršić.
Dilatative cardiomyopathy.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):183.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.183

Davorka Žagar, Viktor Peršić, Vesna Pehar Pejčinović, Dragan Javoran, Željko Mađar.
Cardiac tumors.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):184.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.184

POSTERI / POSTERS

RITMOLOGIJA / RHYTHMOLOGY

Ante Anić, Zoran Bakotić, Marin Bištirlić, Krešimir Librenjak, Iva Pavić, Mladen Harapin, Damir Kasap, Albino Jović.
Common pulmonary veins anatomic variants assesed by routine preprocedural multislice computed tomography angiography and its impact on success of atrial fibrillation ablation — single center experience in 75 cases.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):185.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.185

Gani Bajraktari, Folke Rönn, Pranvera Ibrahimi, Fisnik Jashari, Steen M. Jensen SM, Michael Y. Henein.
Total isovolumic time, a marker of global left ventricular dyssynchrony, optimizes patient’s selection for cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):186.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):186. Poster 186.

Gani Bajraktari, Folke Rönn, Pranvera Ibrahimi, Fisnik Jashari, Steen M. Jensen SM, Michael Y. Henein.
Total isovolumic time, a marker of global left ventricular dyssynchrony, predicts response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):187.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.187 Poster 187.

Gani Bajraktari, Per Lindqvist, Michael Y. Henein.
Total isovolumic time, a marker of left ventricular global dyssynchrony, is prolonged with age.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):188.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.188 Poster 188.

PROCJENA SRČANE FUNKCIJE / EVALUATION OF CARDIAC FUNCTION

Arlind Batalli, Gani Bajraktari, Ilir Kurtishi, Nehat Rexhepaj, Rina Tafarshiku, Pranvera Ibrahimi, Fisnik Jashari, Rrezarta Alihajdari, Afrim Poniku, Shpend Elezi, Michael Y Henein.
Total isovolumic time predict limited exercise capacity in male patients with heart failure, but not in female.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):189.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.189 Poster 189.

Pranvera Ibrahimi, Gani Bajraktari, Afrim Poniku, Violeta Hysenaj, Artan Ahmeti, Fisnik Jashari, Edmond Haliti, Michael Y Henein.
Right ventricular dysfunction predict limited exercise capacity in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):190.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.190 Poster 190.

Nina Jakuš, George R. Sutherland, Maja Čikeš, Peter Haemers, Jens-Uwe Voigt, Frank Rademakers, Jan D’hooge, Piet Claus.
How rapidly can diastolic function alter with acute afterloading: insights from a closed chest/closed pericardium acute afterload porcine model.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):191.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):191 Poster 191.

Nina Jakuš, George R. Sutherland, Maja Čikeš, Peter Haemers, Jens-Uwe Voigt, Frank Rademakers, Jan D’hooge, Piet Claus.
Acute cardiac remodeling in short term acute afterload increase – the effect of pericardial constraint.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):192-193.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.192Poster 192-193.

Daniel Lovrić, Davor Miličić, Jure Samardžić, Vlatka Rešković Lukšić, Željko Baričević, Maja Čikeš, Boško Skorić, Ivan Škorak, Jana Ljubas Maček, Irena Ivanac Vranešić, Jadranka Šeparović Hanževački.
Evaluation of early left-ventricular remodeling six months after heart transplantation.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):194-195.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.194 Poster 194-195.

Vladan Perić, Petar Otašević.
Presence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy with and without preserved left ventricular contractile reserve.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):196.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.196

Ana Fabris, Mila Jakovljević.
Speckle tracking exercise stress echocardiography.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):197.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.197

VALVULARNE BOLESTI / VALVULAR DISEASES

Enver Idoski, Tanja Angusheva, Zan Mitrev.
Reverse left ventricular remodelling after surgical correction of ischaemic mitral regurgitation.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):152
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.198 Poster 198.

Dunja Klepo, Jure Mirat.
Valvuloarterial impedance – parameter of overall load in aortic stenosis and hypertension.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):199.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.199 Poster 199.

Sandra Makarović, Zorin Makarović, Marija Maras, Andrea Džumhur, Dragan Novosel.
Incidence of tricuspid regurgitation and the total number of tricuspid valve surgery in patients with mitral valve disease at Clinical Hospital Center Osijek.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):200.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.200 Poster 200.

Ivo Planinc, Željko Baričević, Vlatka Rešković Lukšić, Daniel Lovrić, Sandra Večerić, Jadranka Šeparović Haneževački.
Three-dimensional echocardiography in classification of Ebstein’s anomaly: a case report on agenesis of the tricuspid valve posterior leaflet.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):201-202.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.201 Poster 201-202.

DRUGE METODE OSLIKAVANJA SRCA / OTHER CARDIAC IMAGING MODALITIES

Irena Peovska, Elizabeta Srbinovska-Kostovska, Magdalena Otljanska, Frosina Arnaudova, Marija Vavlukis, Nela Kostova, Emilija Hristova.
Myocardial gated SPECT imaging in asymptomatic diabetic patients: clinical decision and optimal therapeutic approach.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):203.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.203.

Daniel Lovrić, Franck Thuny, Claire Carmona, Frederic Schnell, Laura Ernande, Helene Thibault, Cyrille Bergerot, Jacques Ninet, Pierre Croisille, Genevieve A. Derumeaux.
Quantification of myocardial extracellular volume fraction by cardiac magnetic resonance for early detection of the left ventricle involvement in systemic sclerosis.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):204.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.204. Poster 204.

Franck Thuny, Claire Carmona, Daniel Lovrić, Frédéric Schnell, Leila Potton, Cyrille Bergerot, Martine Barthelet, Sophie Thivolet, Cécile Lacote-Roiron, Laurent Boyer, Vincent Cottin, Jean-François Cordier, Arnaud Hot, Jacques Ninet, Laura Ernande, Hélène Thibault, Pierre Croisille, Geneviève Derumeaux.
Detecting early myocardial involvement in systemic sclerosis using cardiac magnetic resonance T1 mapping and speckle tracking echocardiography in correlation with plasma concentration of C-terminal pro-endothelin-1.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):205.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.205 Poster 205-206.

Nihad Mešanović, Elnur Smajić.
Future possibilities in advanced cardiac image analysis.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):207.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.207

PRIKAZI KLINIČKIH SLUČAJEVA / CLINICAL CASES PRESENTATIONS

Matija Marković, Njetočka Gredelj Šimec, Tomislav Letilović, Ana Planinc-Peraica, Slobodanka Ostojić Kolonić.
Left ventricular mycotic mass and diffuse mycotic myocarditis in a patient with hemophagocytic syndrome – case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):208.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.208 Poster 208.

Stanko Biočić, Diana Rudan, Željko Đurašević, Josip Vincelj.
Fibroelastoma or atheromatous plaque: a case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):209.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.209 Poster 209.

Nikša Drinković Jr, Nikša Drinković, Jadranka Šeparović Hanževački, Sanja Ceković, Vlatka Rešković Lukšić, Kristina Marić Bešić.
Right heart echo case selection – possible pitfalls.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):210-211-
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.210 Poster 210-211.

Andrea Džumhur, Lana Maričić, Krešimir Jelić, Sandra Makarović.
Case report – pulmonary embolism and necessity of echocardiography use in Emergency Department.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):212.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.212 Poster 212.

Blanka Glavaš Konja, Maja Strozzi, Darko Anić, Sandra Večerić, Sanja Ceković, Jadranka Šeparović Hanževački.
Pulmonary regurgitation and pulmonary branch kinking: long-term complication in adults with repaired tetrallogy of Fallot.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):213-214.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.213 Poster 213-214.

Slavica Jordanova, Aco Nikolov.
Myxoma in the right atrium – case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):215.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.215 Poster 215.

Irena Peovska, Elizabeta Srbinovska-Kostovska, Marijan Bosevski.
Urgent bedside echocardiography in diagnosis of acute massive pulmonary embolism presenting with cardiogenic shock – case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):216.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.216.

Margarita Brida, Irena Ivanac Vranešić, Vice Nakić, Jadranka Šeparović-Hanževački, Anton Šmalcelj, Eduard Margetić, Petra Angebrandt.
Accidental discovery of the left ventricular diverticulum.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):217.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.217. Poster 217.

Ivana Petrović Juren, Vlasta Soukup Podravec, Andreja Čleković-Kovačić, Mislav Klobučić, Kristina Milevoj Križić.
Suppurative cystadenoma of ovary with left ventricular thrombus: a case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):218.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.218. Poster 218.

Manuela Balaban Kumpare, Damir Raljević, Krešimir Milas, Daglas Dodić, Nediljko Jukić, Viktor Peršić.
Right atrial myxoma associated with atrial flutter rhythm.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):219.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.219 Poster 219.

Vlatka Rešković Lukšić, Kristina Marić Bešić, Nikša Drinković Jr, Maja Strozzi, Borislav Belev, Bojan Biočina, Jadranka Šeparović Hanževački, Nikša Drinković.
Right atrial metastatic endometrial adenocarcinoma – case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):220.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.220 Poster 220-221.

Vlatka Rešković Lukšić, Kristina Marić Bešić, Nikša Drinković Jr, Nikša Drinkovič, Jadranka Šeparović Hanževčki.
Paravalvular aortic abscess – the role of echocardiography.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):222-223.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.222 Poster 222-223.

Diana Rudan, Stanko Biočić, Željko Đurašević, Josip Vincelj.
Ruptured aneurysm of the noncoronary sinus of Valsalva into the right atrium.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):224.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.222 Poster 224.

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Keith Fox.
Što novoga donosi kongres Europskog kardiološkog društva 2013. godine? Amsterdam, 30. kolovoza – 4. rujna 2013.
What’s new for ESC Congress 2013? Amsterdam 30th August – 4th September 2013.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):227-228.

SPONZORIRANI ČLANAK / SPONSOR’S ARTICLE

Veronika Ljevar, Polona Knavs-Vrhunec, Breda Barbić-Žagar.
Postizanje ciljnih vrijednosti arterijskog tlaka kombinacijom perindoprila s amlodipinom.
Achieving blood pressure targets with the perindopril/amlodipine combination.
Cardiol Croat. 2013;8(5-6):229-231.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar.2013.229