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Manuscripts

Journal Name Date Title Authors
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2015 Validation of in-vivo 2D displacements from spiral cine DENSE at 3T Wehner GJ, Suever JD, Haggerty CM, Jing L, Powell DK, Hamlet SM, Grabau JD, Mojsejenko WD, Zhong X, Epstein FH, Fornwalt BK Read It
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2014 Simplified post processing of cine DENSE cardiovascular magnetic resonance for quantification of cardiac mechanics Suever JD, Wehner GJ, Haggerty CM, Jing L, Hamlet SM, Binkley CM, Kramer SP, Mattingly AC, Powell DK, Bilchick KC, Epstein FH, Fornwalt BK Read It
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2014 Patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot suffer from intra- and inter-ventricular cardiac dyssynchrony: a cardiac magnetic resonance study Jing L, Haggerty CM, Suever JD, Alhadad S, Prakash A, Cecchin F, Skrinjar O, Geva T, Powell AJ, Fornwalt BK Read It
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2013 Obesity Reduces Left Ventricular Strains, Torsion, and Synchrony in Mouse Models: a cine Displacement Encoding with Stimulated Echoes MRI Study 15. Kramer, SP, Powell, DK, Haggerty, CM, Binkley, CM, Mattingly, AC, Cassis, LA, Epstein, FH, Fornwalt BK Read It
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2013 Reproducibility of cine Displacement Encoding with Stimulated Echoes (DENSE) MRI for measuring left ventricular strains, torsion, and synchrony in mice Haggerty CM, Kramer SP, Binkley CM, Powell DK, Mattingly AC, Charnigo R, Epstein FH, Fornwalt BK Read It
J Magn Reson Imaging 2013 Quantification of left ventricular volumes, mass and ejection fraction using cine Displacement Encoding with Stimulated Echoes (DENSE) MRI Haggerty CM, Kramer SP, Skrinjar O, Binkley CM, Powell DK, Mattingly AC, Epstein FH, Fornwalt BK Read It
J Magn Reson Imaging 2013 A Method to Create Regional Mechanical Dyssynchrony Maps from Short-Axis Cine SSFP Images Suever JD, Fornwalt BK, Neumann LR, Delfino JG, Lloyd MS, Oshinski JN Read It
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2013 Measures of dyssynchrony in the left ventricle of healthy children and young patients with dilated cardiomyopathy Thomas VC, Cumbermack KM, Lamphier CK, Phillips CR, Fyfe DA, Fornwalt BK Read It
Acad Radiol 2012 Establishing a new radiology residency research track Costello JR, Mullins ME, Votaw JR, Karolyi DR, Kalb B, Gonzales P, Fornwalt BK, Meltzer CC Read It
Circulation 2011 Regarding article "relationship of echocardiographic dyssynchrony to long-term survival after cardiac resynchronization therapy."[Letter to the Editor] Fornwalt BK, León AR, Oshinski JN Read It
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2011 The dys-synchrony in predicting response to cardiac resynchronization therapy: a call for change. [Invited editorial] Fornwalt BK Read It
Circulation 2010 Agreement is poor among current criteria used to define response to cardiac resynchronization therapy. Fornwalt BK, Sprague WW, BeDell P, Suever JD, Gerritse B, Merlino JD, Fyfe DA, León AR, Oshinski JN Read It
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2009 It's time for a paradigm shift in the quantitative evaluation of left ventricular dyssynchrony. [Invited editorial] Fornwalt BK, Delfino JG, Sprague WW, Oshinski JN Read It
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2009 Variability in tissue Doppler echocardiographic measures of dyssynchrony is reduced with use of a larger region of interest. Fornwalt BK, Sprague WW, Carew JD, Merlino JD, Fyfe DA, León AR, Oshinski JN Read It
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2008 Effects of Region of Interest (ROI) Tracking on the Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony from Doppler Tissue Images. Fornwalt BK, Thomas JA, Bhasin M, Merlino JD, León AR, Fyfe DA, Oshinski JN Read It
J Magn Reson Imag 2008 Quantification of left ventricular internal flow from cardiac magnetic resonance images in patients with dyssynchronous heart failure. Fornwalt BK, Gonzales PC, Delfino JG, Eisner R, León AR, Oshinski JN Read It
J Magn Reson Imag 2008 Cross-correlation delay to quantify cardiac dyssynchrony from Phase Contrast Magnetic Resonance (PCMR) velocity data Delfino JG, Fornwalt BK, Eisner R, León AR, Oshinski JN Read It
J Magn Reson Imag 2008 A new method for the determination of aortic pulse wave velocity using cross correlation on 2D PCMR velocity data Fielden SW, Fornwalt BK, Jerosch-Herold M, Eisner RL, Stillman AE, Oshinski JN Read It
J Magn Reson Imag 2008 Determination of transmural, endocardial and epicardial radial strain and strain rate from phase contrast MR velocity data Delfino JG, Fornwalt BK, Eisner R, León AR, Oshinski JN Read It
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2008 Acute pacing-induced dyssynchronous activation of the left ventricle creates systolic dyssynchrony with preserved diastolic synchrony Fornwalt BK, Cummings RM, Arita T, Delfino JG, Fyfe DA, Campbell RM, Strieper MJ, Oshinski JN, Frias PA Read It
Echocardiography 2008 Role of MRI in patient selection for cardiac resynchronization therapy Delfino JG, Fornwalt BK, Oshinski JN, Lerakis S Read It
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2007 Cross-correlation quantification of dyssynchrony: a new method for quantifying the synchrony of contraction and relaxation in the heart. Fornwalt BK, Arita T, Bhasin M, Voulgaris G, Merlino JD, León AR, Fyfe DA, Oshinski JN Read It
Congenit Heart Dis 2007 Resynchronization and strain recovery following reimplantation of anomalous coronary artery: a Tissue Doppler and three-dimensional echocardiographic study Fornwalt BK, Mahle WT, Fyfe DA Read It
Science 2003 Phosphorus limitation of coastal ecosystem processes Sundareshwar PV, Morris JT, Koepfler EK, Fornwalt BK Read It

Patents

Date Title Authors
United States of America Patent 2007 Systems and methods for quantifying cardiac dyssynchrony Fornwalt BK, Fyfe DA, Oshinski JN

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