Sonographer Travel Grants: Fueling Passion for Echocardiography
Patrick Coon, RCCS, RDCS, FASE ( left ) and Elizabeth McIlwain ( far right ) congratulate Kacy and Colleen. I vividly remember my first ASE Scientific Sessions. It was “several”…
American Society of Echocardiography Statement on Fetal Echocardiographic Screening
BACKGROUND: The ASE Council on Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease has reviewed the literature and science and has found that as many as 1% of infants born in the United…
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…
The Importance of Volunteering
Neil J. Weissman, MD, FASE On May 9, several districts of the US Postal Service conducted a food drive where people left a can or box of food at their mailbox….
Leftward Bulging of Atrial Septum Is Provoked by Nitroglycerin and by Sustained Valsalva Strain
Background The motion of the interatrial septum primum (septum) is dependent on the interatrial pressure relation, normally with slightly higher pressure in the left atrium and the septum bulging toward…
Beware of Life-Threatening Activation of Air Bubble Detector during Contrast Echocardiography in Patients on Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator Support
Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a temporizing therapy for patients with refractory cardiogenic shock, and it may also be a bridge to destination therapy or cardiac transplantation. Patients requiring…
Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy: Lessons from the Past to Explain a Diagnostic Conundrum
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. —Sir Winston Churchill Left ventricular (LV) noncompaction (LVNC) is a myocardial disorder characterized by pathognomonic morphologic anatomic features,…
Association between Doppler Flow of Atrial Fibrillatory Contraction and Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation after Electrical Cardioversion
Background Left atrial fibrillatory contraction (Afc) flow can be frequently observed interspersed between two successive mitral E waves in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim of this study was…
Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve during Pharmacologic Stress Echocardiography with Normal Contractility Adds Important Prognostic Value in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients
Background Coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) increases the diagnostic sensitivity of stress echocardiography. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of CFVR in patients without new…
Effects of Age and Gender on Right Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Function Using Two-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Strain
Background Accurate assessment of the right ventricle is increasingly important. Measures of right ventricular (RV) systolic function, including fractional area change, tissue Doppler (s′ velocity), and tricuspid annular plane systolic…
