Background The influence of regional right ventricular (RV) dysfunction on the accuracy of Doppler tissue imaging (DTI) assessment of global RV function is unknown. The objective of this study was…
Background The accurate evaluation of intrinsic myocardial contractility in children with or without congenital heart disease (CHD) has turned out to be a challenge. Two-dimensional strain echocardiographic (2DSTE) imaging or…
Extraordinary advances in technology have made possible percutaneous catheter-based treatment of a wide spectrum of specific pediatric and adult “structural” heart diseases. Many of these percutaneous interventional procedures require access…
Background Although transthoracic echocardiography and two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) identify cardiac myxomas with high sensitivity, anatomic and morphologic information is often incomplete. Real-time three-dimensional (3D) TEE is increasingly being used…
Background Real-time three-dimensional (3D) transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was used to analyze atrial septal defect (ASD) with 4 goals: (1) to determine feasibility, (2) to analyze the accuracy of qualitative and…
James D. Thomas, MD, FASE, FACC, FAHA, FESC Do you recall the first time you encountered echocardiography? The first time you realized that sound could be used to make pictures…
ASE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President (term expires June 2012) James D. Thomas, MD, FASE Cleveland Clinic 9500 Euclid Ave., Desk J1-5 Cleveland, OH 44195 Email: president@asecho.org President-Elect (term expires June 2012)…
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…
Wendy L. Gross, MD, MHCM Douglas C. Shook, MD As the scope and complexity of percutaneous interventions for structural heart disease broadens, the need for precise, real-time adjunctive imaging becomes…
Amyloidosis is a clinical disorder caused by extracellular and or intracellular deposition of insoluble abnormal amyloid fibrils that alter the normal function of tissues. Amyloid A amyloidosis is the most…
