"Echocardiography" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues. The standard approach is transthoracic.
| Descriptor ID |
D004452
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.350.130.750 E01.370.350.850.220 E01.370.370.380.220
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| Concept/Terms |
Echocardiography- Echocardiography
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
- Echocardiography, Transthoracic
2D Echocardiography- 2D Echocardiography
- Echocardiography, Two-Dimensional
- Echocardiography, Two Dimensional
- Echocardiography, 2D
- Echocardiography, 2-D
- Echocardiography, 2 D
- Two-Dimensional Echocardiography
- Two Dimensional Echocardiography
- 2-D Echocardiography
- 2 D Echocardiography
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Echocardiography" by people in this website by year, and whether "Echocardiography" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1997 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 1998 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 1999 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2000 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2001 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 2002 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2003 | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| 2004 | 3 | 16 | 19 |
| 2005 | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| 2006 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2007 | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| 2008 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2009 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2010 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 2011 | 6 | 20 | 26 |
| 2012 | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| 2013 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 2014 | 5 | 16 | 21 |
| 2015 | 15 | 24 | 39 |
| 2016 | 18 | 23 | 41 |
| 2017 | 16 | 28 | 44 |
| 2018 | 17 | 27 | 44 |
| 2019 | 12 | 33 | 45 |
| 2020 | 11 | 33 | 44 |
| 2021 | 7 | 26 | 33 |
| 2022 | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| 2023 | 9 | 19 | 28 |
| 2024 | 11 | 18 | 29 |
| 2025 | 11 | 19 | 30 |
| 2026 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Echocardiography" by people in Profiles.
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Acute Rheumatic Fever Diagnostic Network (ARC Network) clinical recruitment protocol. BMJ Open. 2026 Mar 25; 16(3):e114968.
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Left ventricular quantification in repaired tetralogy of Fallot: two-dimensional echocardiography versus cardiovascular magnetic resonance. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2026 Jul; 42(7):1359-1367.
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The added value of cardiac MRI in paediatric rheumatologic disorders: a preliminary single-centre experience. Cardiol Young. 2026 Feb; 36(2):386-388.
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Absent ductus arteriosus in Tetralogy of Fallot: early outcomes from a matched fetal cohort study. Cardiol Young. 2025 Dec; 35(12):2486-2493.
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Left Atrial Strain in Pediatric Cardiology: Evidence to Date and Future Directions. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2026 Apr; 39(4):410-421.
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Multimodal Cardiac Imaging of Immune-Mediated Complications Post Heart Transplantation: A Contemporary Review. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 03 17; 15(6):e044160.
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Aficamten in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Multidomain, Patient-Level Analysis of the MAPLE-HCM Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2026 Mar 03; 87(8):1029-1042.
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Intervendor agreement for left atrial strain via speckle tracking echocardiography in pediatrics. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2025 Dec; 41(12):2457-2467.
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A Phase 4, Open-Label, Non-Randomized, Multicenter Study to Evaluate Efficacy (and Safety) of Intravenous Administration of Optison for Contrast-Enhanced Echocardiography in Pediatric Patients. Pediatr Cardiol. 2026 Jun; 47(5):2052-2066.
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Survival to Hospital Discharge in the Fetus With Moderate to Severe Mitral Regurgitation Either in Isolation or in Combination With Aortic Valve Stenosis or?Atresia, a Fetal Heart Society Collaborative Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 08 05; 14(15):e041677.