Lest we forget the patients!
Patient safety is such an important topic that when I received an e-mail from James Teixeira, a sonographer from Tennessee, asking to submit an editorial on the topic; I honestly…
Governmental Regulation and Impact on Reimbursement for Vascular Imaging: A Need for Active Participation
Robert T. Eberhardt, MD As major debates continue regarding local and national health care legislation, including the Affordable Health Care for America Act, several issues affecting vascular imaging have arisen….
Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar
The American Society of Echocardiography recognizes courses as supplements to formal training in an established echocardiographic laboratory. For more information about a course, please call the number listed. To list…
Corrigendum
An error occurred in Figure 4 (D), in “Diastolic dysfunction and its histopathological correlation in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in children and adolescents” by Menon SC, Eidem BW, Dearani JA, Ommen SR,…
JASE 2010— A Progress Report
While it will be February 2010 by the time that you read this Editor’s Page , I am writing it as 2009 winds down. It seems fitting to me, as…
Myocardial Contractile Inefficiency and Dyssynchrony in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction and Narrow QRS Complex
Background Using speckle-tracking imaging (STI), the aims of this study were to assess dyssynchrony and quantify the myocardial energy wasted by contractility in delayed segments by determining the longitudinal strain…
Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment of Right Ventricular Volume and Function in Adult Patients With Congenital Heart Disease: Comparison With Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound compared with the standard magnetic resonance imaging method in determining right ventricular (RV) volumes and…
Right Ventricular Pacing from the Septum Avoids the Acute Exacerbation in Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony and Torsional Behavior Seen with Pacing from the Apex
Objective The study objective was to compare the left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony and torsional behavior between right ventricular apical (RVA) and right ventricular septal (RVS) pacing. Methods Forty-six patients with…
Myocardial Contractile Function in the Region of the Left Ventricular Pacing Lead Predicts the Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Assessed by Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Echocardiography
Background The aim of this study was to test the impact of posterolateral myocardial systolic function on response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Methods Forty patients were studied before and…
The “Myth” of the False Positive Stress Echo
It has been more than 25 years since the first reports of the use of echocardiographic imaging in conjunction with stress testing for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Since…
