Background The recent report that appropriately performed echocardiographic examinations result in active changes in management in only one third of patients has challenged the validity of current appropriate use criteria….
Roman Sniecinski, MD, FASE Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a key imaging procedure used during multiple interventions performed in both cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology laboratories. Its use in these settings has…
Margaret M. Park, BS, ACS, RVT, RDCS, FASE Happy Spring to all fellow sonographers! I was asked by Patrick Coon, Chair of ASE’s Council on Cardiovascular Sonography Steering Committee, to…
Susan E. Wiegers, MD, FASE, FACC Cardiovascular ultrasound and ultrasound imaging in general are undergoing a technologic and cultural upheaval. If you practice in an echo lab with a traditional…
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…
Simulation-based training has emerged as a valuable tool in the medical field for the development of technical skills. Recently, several studies have suggested that a transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) simulator would…
Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality and morbidity, particularly ischemic heart disease and cardiomyopathy. Newer echocardiographic techniques such as myocardial strain analysis provides the opportunity…
Background Sudden death is one of the characteristics of Chagas disease (ChD). With the development of strategies for the prevention of malignant arrhythmias, especially with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), there is…
Background Regional strain by speckle-tracking echocardiography can be used to detect occult right ventricular (RV) myocardial dysfunction. However, in patients with coronary artery disease, the impact of RV strain is…
Background Normative data for fetal myocardial deformation values have not been comprehensively described in a longitudinal cohort. The effect of gestational age on these values and on interobserver variability require…
