Echo, the Cardiac Operating Room, and Intraoperative Echocardiography
Bradley S. Taylor, MD, MPH Mary Beth Brady, MD, FASE Confucius is credited with saying “To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.”…
Echocardiographic Chamber Quantification in the Era of Multimodality Imaging: Beware of Unintended Consequences
An upgrade of the guidelines for chamber quantification recently has been published. The primary purpose of this guideline document is to set standard measurements, labels, and orientations so that there…
Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar
The American Society of Echocardiography is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. ASE recognizes courses as supplements to formal training…
A New Strategic Plan for a Thriving Organization
Susan E. Wiegers, MD, FASE, FACC As I assume the Presidency of the ASE, I have to acknowledge how surprised the echocardiography fellow would have been to know that 27…
Authors’ Reply
There are very few people in the world of echocardiography for whom we have more respect than Dr Feigenbaum. In fact, it is quite difficult to argue with someone of…
The Effect of Thrombolytic Use and Mechanical Ventilation on Echocardiographic Parameters of Survival after Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Sanfilippo et al . raise two important concerns pertaining to our article in JASE . In our study, we found that the ratio of right ventricular to left ventricular end-diastolic diameter,…
Influence of Thrombolysis and Mechanical Ventilation on Echocardiographic Predictors of Survival after Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Khemasuwan et al . retrospectively evaluated a cohort of 211 patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). The investigators examined the correlation between echocardiographic parameters and…
Left Ventricular Rotational Mechanics in Preterm Infants Less Than 29 Weeks’ Gestation over the First Week after Birth
Background There is a paucity of data on left ventricular (LV) rotational physiology, twist, and torsional mechanics in preterm infants. The principal aims of the present study were to assess…
Pressure Overload Creates Right Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in a Mouse Model: Assessment by Echocardiography
Background Noninvasive diagnostic tools for right ventricular (RV) dysfunction measurements are increasingly being used, although their association with the pathologic mechanisms of dysfunction is poorly understood. Although investigations have focused…
Usefulness of Speckle-Tracking Imaging for Right Ventricular Assessment after Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Echocardiographic Comparison within the Relation between Aldosterone and Cardiac Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction Study
Background Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is frequent and associated with poor prognosis. The complex anatomy of the right ventricle makes its echocardiographic assessment challenging. Quantification…
