Menarini Prize

The award-winners of the Menarini Prize 2009 for Echocardiography are

1st Prize: No 141
A. Rohner, M. Wachter, M. Katan, S. Muzzarelli, F. Fluri, A.M. Bernheim (Basel, CH)
The role of routine echocardiography for unselected patients with cerebrovascular ischaemic events – A one-year follow-up study

2nd Prize: No 107
G. Leibundgut, A. Rohner, A.M. Bernheim, A. Kessel, M.J. Zellweger, P. Buser, M. Handke (Basel, CH)
Real-time three-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of the right ventricle in comparison with magnetic resonance imaging

2rd Prize: No 139
R. Diamond, M. Pfyffer, R. Candinas, F.W. Amann, A. Fäh-Gunz, C. Scharf, W. Kiowski, C.H. Attenhofer Jost (Zürich, CH)
Left ventricular noncompaction: caveats of echocardiographic criteria and overlap with other cardiomyopathies

The award-winners of the Menarini Prize 2008 for Echocardiography are

1st Prize: No 44
S Toggweiler, M Zuber, R Kobza, F Cuculi, P Erne. Luzern
Prevalence of dyssynchrony in patients with normal QRS morphology, right bundle branch block, left bundle branch block and right ventricular pacing.

2nd Prize: No 131
T Rutz, et coll. Bern.
Absolute myocardial perfusion in the transplanted heart: a new method for the non-invasive detection of chronic rejection.

3rd Prize: No 45
AM Bernheim, K Kittipovanonth, CG Scott, RB McCully, TS Tsang, PA Pellika.
Basel and Rochester.
Prognostic implication of dyspnoea in patients referred for dobutamine stress echocardiography.

The award-winners of the Menarini Prize 2007 for Echocardiography are

1st Prize:
F. Praz, A. Wahl, T. Stuber, E. Delacrétaz, M. Schwerzmann, R. Hullin, N. Walpoth, S. Windecker, B. Meier, O.M. Hess, C. Seiler (Bern)
Assessment of right ventricular systolic function: comparison between MRI and pulsed wave tissue doppler imaging of the tricuspid annulus

2nd Prize:
A. Indermühle, R. Vogel, T. Rutz, C. Seiler (Bern)
Quantitative contrast echocardiography for the differentiation between hypertensive heart disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, athlete's heart and the normal myocardium

3rd Prize:
H. Burri, H. Müller, E. Fleury, I. Foulkes, I. Vieira, A. Righetti, T. Schindler, R. Lerch (Genève)
A head-to-head comparison of nuclear phase analysis and tissue Doppler imaging for assessing ventricular dyssynchrony in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction

The award-winners of the Menarini Prize 2006 for Echocardiography are

1st Prize: abstract No 185
P. Luthi et al. Zurich. Systolic and diastolic function in former professional cyclists after long-term deconditioning of more than 30 years.

2nd Prize: abstract No 188
C. Jansen et al. Basel. Children are more prone to pulmonary hypertension at high altitude.

3rd Prize: abstract No 3: 49
H. Burri, et al. Genève. Left atrial remodeling after pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation: evidence from real-time 3D echocardiography.

The award-winners of the Menarini Prize 2005 for Echocardiography are

1st Prize: abstract No 42
H. Burri, et al. Genève Measuring ventricular asynchrony using standard echocardiography or tissue Doppler imaging : do the results agree?

2nd Prize: abstract No 107
M. Studer, et al. Basel. Long term risk prediction by echocardiography versus clinical risk scoring in a prospectively recruited cohort.

3rd Prize: abstract No 3: 108
B.A. Kaufmann, et al. Basel, et al. Preliminary data on myocardial blood flow reserve in high-altitude pulmonary edema-susceptible mountaineers and healthy volunteers.

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