What Do You Belong To?
Neil J. Weissman, MD, FASE Are you a member of your church, temple, mosque, or community center? What about membership to Costco, Sam’s Club, or Price Club? Do you belong…
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…
Index to Subjects*
A Abstracts Abstracts. 2014;27:B2-B121 Adolescence Intracardiac echocardiography during atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale device closure in pediatric and adolescent patients (Medford et al). 2014;27:984-90 Prognostic implications of initial…
Index to Authors*
A Abate E, Hoogslag GE, Leong DP, Bertini M, Antoni ML, Nucifora G, Joyce E, Holman ER, Siebelink H-MJ, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ, Delgado V, Marsan NA. Association between multilayer…
Authors’ Reply
The writing group for the “Guidelines for the Cardiac Sonographer in the Performance of Contrast Echocardiography” recently published a focused update document in which we included the following statement: “the…
Safety of Ultrasound Contrast Agents in Patients With Intracardiac Shunts
We read with great interest the focused update on guidelines for the cardiac sonographer in the performance of contrast echocardiography by Porter et al . recently published in the Journal ….
Prenatal Diagnosis and Outcome of Right Aortic Arch without Significant Intracardiac Anomaly
Background Right aortic arch (RAA) is usually associated with the presence of a significant congenital heart disease, usually a conotruncal defect, which determines the postnatal outcome. In the absence of…
Longitudinal Assessment of Right Ventricular Myocardial Strain in Relation to Transplant-Free Survival in Children with Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension
Background Right ventricular (RV) function is an important determinant of mortality in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (iPAH). The aim of this study was to serially evaluate global and…
Left Ventricular Rotational Mechanics before and after Exercise in Children
Background In children, there is limited information regarding the relative contribution of left ventricular (LV) apical and basal rotation to increase LV pump function with exercise. The aim of this…
Role of Stress Echocardiography in Operated Fallot: Feasibility and Detection of Right Ventricular Response
Background Patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot often present residual hemodynamic abnormalities leading to right ventricular (RV) burden. Semisupine exercise echocardiography (Ex-Echo) is a validated method for diagnosis and prognosis…
