Echo Research and Practice

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A high-impact, international open access journal from the British Society of #Echocardiography. #openaccess #FOAMed #FOAMus

Authors: Amer Barakat, Ali Khaddam, Ameen Alkhateeb, Rami Alsaadi and Ahmad Rasheed Alsaadi
“As AI continues to evolve, this position statement represents an important milestone in the evolving application of artificial intelligence within echocardiography. It provides a robust framework to support evidence-informed implementation while recognising that continued evaluation, workforce development, and collaborative research will be essential as AI technologies mature.” - Mathuri Partheban
Authors: Sadie Bennett, Christopher Wild, Maria F Paton, Kelly Victor, Sitara Khan, John Kirkham, George Gaye, Claire Peacock, Shaun Robinson, Charlotte Manisty, Denisa Muraru, Paul Leeson, Partho P Sengupta and Daniel X Augustine
Authors: Jordan B. Strom, Nicholas Spetko, Constance E. M. Angell-James, Madeline A. Cassidy, Jessica L. Stout, Morgan L. Winburn, Rebecca Lee, Alecia Bradley, Kevin Moreau, Venkateshwar Polsani & Cosby A. Stone Jr.
Authors: Jordan B. Strom, Nicholas Spetko, Constance E. M. Angell-James, Madeline A. Cassidy, Jessica L. Stout, Morgan L. Winburn, Rebecca Lee, Alecia Bradley, Kevin Moreau, Venkateshwar Polsani & Cosby A. Stone Jr.
“I am delighted that the growing recognition of Echo Research and Practice, as a trusted source of information for guidelines and innovation, is now reflected in its position in the top quartile of cited academic journals. Echocardiography is at the core of cardiology practice and we hope Echo Research and Practice continues to be a leading voice in the field.” - Paul Leeson
Authors: Yi Wu, Qiu-Qin Xu, Wei Liu, Cui Hou, Hui Wang, Jie Shen, Yao-Wen Sun, Pei-Pei Gu, Xue-Ying Si, Hai-Tao Lv, Ling Sun and Yue-Yue Ding
“The continued rise in the Echo Research and Practice impact factor is a testament to the quality of the articles published in the journal and the commitment of our authors, reviewers, and editorial board. This achievement would not have been possible without the exceptional dedication, professionalism, and hard work of Ms Jo Sopala and the Springer publishing team, whose efforts ensure that the journal continues to grow in quality, visibility, and impact. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this success.” - Shaun Robinson
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Authors: Hafiz Naderi, Kelly Victor, Lynne Williams, Pauline A Swift, Ian Wilkinson and Sanjeev Bhattacharyya
The impact factor is 4.4
Authors: Harry Magunia, Daniel X. Augustine, Attila Kovács, Alina Nicoara, Marius Keller, Dick Thijssen, Rebecca T. Hahn, Denisa Muraru, Lawrence Rudski, Karima Addetia, Monica Mukherjee, Arie van Dijk, André Denault, Elena Surkova, Francois Haddad and David Oxborough
Authors: Sarandeep K. Marwaha, Joyee Basu, Raghav Bhatia, Hamish Maclachlan, Saad Fyyaz, Maria Teresa Tome Esteban, Elijah R. Behr, Gherardo Finocchiaro, Aneil Malhotra, Sanjay Prasad, Sabiha Gati, Michael Papadakis and Sanjay Sharma
Authors: Harry Magunia, Daniel X. Augustine, Attila Kovács, Alina Nicoara, Marius Keller, Dick Thijssen, Rebecca T. Hahn, Denisa Muraru, Lawrence Rudski, Karima Addetia, Monica Mukherjee, Arie van Dijk, André Denault, Elena Surkova, Francois Haddad and David Oxborough
Authors: Shadi P. Bagherzadeh, Kartik S. Malunjkar, Neha M. Mantri, Bettia E. Celestin, Roham T. Zamanian, Paul Heidenreich, Ingela Schnittger, Michael Salerno, David Oxborough, Daniel Augustine, Raymond Benza, Everton J. Santana and Francois Haddad
Authors: Frida N. Hermansson, Bettia E. Celestin, Shadi P. Bagherzadeh, Gracia Fahed, Everton J. Santana, Neha Mantri, Roham T. Zamanian, Alison L. Marsden, Seraina A. Dual, Michael Salerno and Francois Haddad
Authors: Nina Karia, Daniel Murphy, Luke Howard, Martin Johnson, David G Kiely, James Lordan, Colm McCabe, Joanna Pepke-Zaba, Daniel Knight, Vivek Muthurangu and J Gerry Coghlan
Authors: Ahmad Daoud, Garrett Goldin, Lea Goren, Arindam Bagga, Hoda Mombeini, Ryan Osgueritchian, Vivek P. Jani, Steven Hsu, Fredrick M. Wigley, Matthew R. Lammi, Paul M. Hassoun, Ami A. Shah, Stephen C. Mathai, and Monica Mukherjee
Authors: CJB Wild, G Coghlan, A Charalampopoulos, A Hameed, J Suntharalingam, R Mackenzie Ross, D Knight, J Willis, J Page, A Gurung, M Johnson, N Karia, D Oxborough, O Peacock, D Thompson, and DX Augustine
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Authors: Bushra Rana, Shaun Robinson, Liam Ring, Dave Oxborough, Mark Belham, Jim Newton, Alfa Ali, Nilesh Sutaria, Nina Bual, Martin Swaans, Nina Wunderlich, Victoria Delgado, David Northridge, Dave Hildick-Smith, Neil Ruparelia, Mark Turner, Michael Mullen, Chris Baker, Brian Clapp, Mark Spence, Horst Sievert, Iqbal Malik, Roxy Senior and Anjana Siva
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Authors: Karel Medilek, Tomas Ondrus, Tomas Mraz, Josef Bis, Jaroslav Dusek, Martin Poloczek, Martin Mates, Rudolf Praus, Marek Ballon, Juraj Hrecko and Josef Stasek
You can gain two BSE points towards reaccreditation as the lead author of a publication in Echo Research and Practice
Authors: Stephen P Juraschek, Noelle Ojo, Janet Monroe, Jordan B Strom, Jessica Stout, Warren J Manning, Ruth-Alma N. Turkson-Ocran, Gabrielle Kolaci, Kaitlynn Geier, Carla Baptista, Araina Picanzo, Kenneth J Mukamal and Jason D Matos
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“I’m excited to be joining Echo Research and Practice (ERP) as a Social Media Editor. I look forward to supporting the dissemination of high-quality research, highlighting emerging trends in echocardiography and helping to foster engagement and discussion within the cardiovascular imaging community. It is a valuable opportunity to contribute to academic discussion and promote research that can positively influence clinical practice and patient care.” - Mathuri Partheban
Authors: Thomas Meredith, David Roy, Farhan Mohammed, Amy Pomeroy, Michael P. Feneley, David W. M. Muller, Christopher Hayward and Mayooran Namasivayam
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Authors: Joseph Okafor, Alessia Azzu, Raheel Ahmed, Kshama Wechalekar, Athol Wells, A John Baksi, Rakesh Sharma, Peter Collins, Nilesh Sutaria, Petros Nihoyannopolos, Roxy Senior, Vasileios Kouranos and Rajdeep Khattar
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Authors: Joseph Okafor, Alessia Azzu, Raheel Ahmed, Kshama Wechalekar, Athol Wells, A John Baksi, Rakesh Sharma, Peter Collins, Nilesh Sutaria, Petros Nihoyannopolos, Roxy Senior, Vasileios Kouranos and Rajdeep S Khattar
Authors: Joshua Lushington, Abhinav Kandala, Jose Bingcang, Ana Ferreira, Alex Byrne, Alex Sirker, Sanjeev Bhattacharyya, Jonathan Lambert, Victoria Grandage, Rachael Windsor, Robin Chung, Alison Macklin, J Malcolm Walker and Arjun K Ghosh
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"By uniting echocardiography data from patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy treated with cardiac myosin inhibitors across the UK, this national database will reveal real world treatment effects, aim to improve patient care, and highlight the practical challenges and benefits for both patients and clinicians." - Emily King
Authors: Jonathan Sen, Agus Salim, Dulari Hakamuwa Lekamlage, Sudhir Wahi and Thomas H Marwick
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Authors: Jinzhi Lai, Xiaohan Qin, Dingding Zhang, Jiaqi Wang, Jiaqi Yu, Keyue Sun, Deyan Yang, Jingbo Fan, Lihua Zhang, Zhongwei Cheng, Kangan Cheng, Peng Gao, Hua Deng, Ligang Fang, Taibo Chen, Quan Fang and Yongtai Liu
"Left ventricular cavity dilatation during stress echocardiography is an infrequent but clinically relevant finding. While it has been described in treadmill and pharmacological stress testing, its significance during supine bicycle stress echocardiography has not been well established. In this study, we show that cavity dilatation occurs in a small proportion of patients undergoing supine exercise testing and identifies a distinct clinical subgroup. Approximately half of patients with exercise-induced cavity dilatation had significant underlying coronary artery disease. Notably, the remaining patients did not have obstructive coronary disease and instead exhibited features of an exaggerated haemodynamic response to exercise, including a hypertensive response and myocardial workload. These observations suggest that cavity dilatation during supine bicycle stress may arise through both ischaemic and non-ischaemic mechanisms. By clarifying the prevalence and potential physiological drivers of this finding, our study provides practical guidance for interpreting cavity dilatation during supine exercise stress echocardiography and highlights its relevance for clinical risk assessment. " Ms Bethany Elliott, Lead Author
Authors: Bethany Elliott, Joseph Flynn, Anita Macnab, Martin Stout, Keith Pearce, and Laura Dobson
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"This paper establishes practical reference ranges for supine bicycle stress echocardiography (SBSE), an area where normative data has been limited despite growing clinical use. By analysing patients with normal SBSE, we provide benchmarks for blood pressure response, workload, exercise time, and rate–pressure product (RPP). The study demonstrated that although exercise time declines with age, peak RPP remains stable, suggesting RPP may be a more reliable indicator of physiological effort than duration alone. The study also highlighted meaningful sex differences." Joseph Flynn
Authors: Haris Zilic, Hannes Holm, Linda S. Johnson, Amra Jujic and Martin Magnusson
Authors: Joseph Flynn, Bethany Elliott, Anita Macnab, Keith Pearce, Martin Stout and Laura Dobson
Authors: Jonathan Cook, Jin Jiang, Ayisha Khan-Kheil & Thomas E. Ingram
“The role of cardiac physiologists and clinical scientists is evolving with a continually growing number of services now providing specialist clinics that are solely run by physiology and scientist teams. However, a guide to developing these services does not exist for departments wishing to implement new scientist/physiologist led clinics (SLC). In this special edition, experts from across the UK echocardiography workforce describe the delivery of SLC in: heart valve disease, congenital heart disease, heart failure diagnosis, and stress echocardiography. The authors provide expert insight from their experience in developing these key services and present the significant cost and time-saving benefits alongside highly positive patient satisfaction surveys. These articles are an essential read for anyone wanting to establish a new SLC, or for those wishing to review and audit existing SLC models.”
Authors: Mostafa Rafea, Ramy Kishk and Ramy Salmoun