| 1 | Chest sonography: a useful tool to differentiate acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema from acute respiratory distress syndrome | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2008 | 474 |
| 2 | Feasibility and reference values of left atrial longitudinal strain imaging by two-dimensional speckle tracking | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2009 | 333 |
| 3 | Echocardiographic quantification of myocardial function using tissue deformation imaging, a guide to image acquisition and analysis using tissue Doppler and speckle tracking | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2007 | 315 |
| 4 | How I do it: Lung ultrasound | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2014 | 313 |
| 5 | Lung ultrasound: a new tool for the cardiologist | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2011 | 268 |
| 6 | Left atrial longitudinal strain by speckle tracking echocardiography correlates well with left ventricular filling pressures in patients with heart failure | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2010 | 238 |
| 7 | Persistent left superior vena cava: a case report and review of literature | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2008 | 225 |
| 8 | Echocardiography practice, training and accreditation in the intensive care: document for the World Interactive Network Focused on Critical Ultrasound (WINFOCUS) | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2008 | 216 |
| 9 | Echocardiography-based left ventricular mass estimation. How should we define hypertrophy? | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2005 | 211 |
| 10 | Persistent pulmonary congestion before discharge predicts rehospitalization in heart failure: a lung ultrasound study | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2015 | 201 |
| 11 | Global longitudinal strain is a more reproducible measure of left ventricular function than ejection fraction regardless of echocardiographic training | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2019 | 201 |
| 12 | Evaluation of ultrasound lung comets by hand-held echocardiography | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2006 | 194 |
| 13 | The use of microbubbles to target drug delivery | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2004 | 181 |
| 14 | Mitral annular disjunction in myxomatous mitral valve disease: a relevant abnormality recognizable by transthoracic echocardiography | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2010 | 176 |
| 15 | The efficacy of sonographic measurement of inferior vena cava diameter as an estimate of central venous pressure | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2015 | 168 |
| 16 | The Radiation Issue in Cardiology: the time for action is now | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2011 | 143 |
| 17 | Improved cardiovascular diagnostic accuracy by pocket size imaging device in non-cardiologic outpatients: the NaUSiCa (Naples Ultrasound Stethoscope in Cardiology) study | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2010 | 126 |
| 18 | Novel echocardiographic techniques to assess left atrial size, anatomy and function | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2012 | 125 |
| 19 | Rapid evaluation by lung-cardiac-inferior vena cava (LCI) integrated ultrasound for differentiating heart failure from pulmonary disease as the cause of acute dyspnea in the emergency setting | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2012 | 122 |
| 20 | Normalization of flow-mediated dilation to shear stress area under the curve eliminates the impact of variable hyperemic stimulus | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2008 | 120 |
| 21 | Artificial intelligence in echocardiography: detection, functional evaluation, and disease diagnosis | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2021 | 120 |
| 22 | Coronary flow reserve in stress-echo lab. From pathophysiologic toy to diagnostic tool | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2005 | 119 |
| 23 | Left atrial volume measurement with automated border detection by 3-dimensional echocardiography: comparison with magnetic resonance imaging | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2009 | 119 |
| 24 | Functional measurements based on feature tracking of cine magnetic resonance images identify left ventricular segments with myocardial scar | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2009 | 118 |
| 25 | Right ventricular dyssynchrony in patients with pulmonary hypertension is associated with disease severity and functional class | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2005 | 117 |
| 26 | Diastolic dysfunction and diastolic heart failure: diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic aspects | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2005 | 115 |
| 27 | The diagnostic accuracy of pharmacological stress echocardiography for the assessment of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2008 | 114 |
| 28 | The role of Intravascular Ultrasound in the management of spontaneous coronary artery dissection | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2008 | 111 |
| 29 | Shear wave elastography imaging of carotid plaques: feasible, reproducible and of clinical potential | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2014 | 110 |
| 30 | Ozone and cardiovascular injury | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2009 | 109 |
| 31 | Cardiac magnetic resonance versus transthoracic echocardiography for the assessment of cardiac volumes and regional function after myocardial infarction: an intrasubject comparison using simultaneous intrasubject recordings | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2009 | 107 |
| 32 | Epidemiology and cardiovascular risk factors of aortic stenosis | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2006 | 103 |
| 33 | Doppler ultrasound in the measurement of pulse wave velocity: agreement with the Complior method | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2011 | 100 |
| 34 | Could the use of bedside lung ultrasound reduce the number of chest x-rays in the intensive care unit? | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2017 | 99 |
| 35 | Left ventricular outflow tract velocity time integral outperforms ejection fraction and Doppler-derived cardiac output for predicting outcomes in a select advanced heart failure cohort | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2017 | 98 |
| 36 | Current clinical applications of spectral tissue Doppler echocardiography (E/E' ratio) as a noninvasive surrogate for left ventricular diastolic pressures in the diagnosis of heart failure with preserved left ventricular systolic function | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2007 | 96 |
| 37 | Mitral Annulus Calcification is associated with valvular and cardiac structural abnormalities | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2007 | 92 |
| 38 | Stress echo 2020: the international stress echo study in ischemic and non-ischemic heart disease | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2017 | 90 |
| 39 | A new 2D-based method for myocardial velocity strain and strain rate quantification in a normal adult and paediatric population: assessment of reference values | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2009 | 86 |
| 40 | Economic and biological costs of cardiac imaging | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2005 | 85 |
| 41 | Structural and functional changes in maternal left ventricle during pregnancy: a three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography study | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2015 | 82 |
| 42 | Visually estimated ejection fraction by two dimensional and triplane echocardiography is closely correlated with quantitative ejection fraction by real-time three dimensional echocardiography | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2009 | 80 |
| 43 | Normal ranges of left ventricular strain in children: a meta-analysis | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2015 | 79 |
| 44 | Role of echocardiography in diagnosis and risk stratification in heart failure with left ventricular systolic dysfunction | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2007 | 74 |
| 45 | Prevalence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in European populations based on cross-validated diagnostic thresholds | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2012 | 74 |
| 46 | Strain echocardiography identifies impaired longitudinal systolic function in patients with septic shock and preserved ejection fraction | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2015 | 74 |
| 47 | The non-invasive documentation of coronary microcirculation impairment: role of transthoracic echocardiography | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2005 | 73 |
| 48 | Diastolic time – frequency relation in the stress echo lab: filling timing and flow at different heart rates | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2008 | 73 |
| 49 | Differences in brachial and femoral artery responses to prolonged sitting | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2014 | 73 |
| 50 | Causes of changes in carotid intima-media thickness: a literature review | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 2015 | 72 |
