In October 2009, Madhav Swaminathan, MD and Linda Shore Lesserson, MD wrote an excellent update on the certification process in perioperative transesophageal echocardiography (PTEE). In that update, reference was made…
Background Left ventricular dyssynchrony and myocardial fibrosis are common findings in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NDCM). The aim of this study was to investigate the association between myocardial fibrosis…
To the Editor: We thank Dr. Fayssoil for his interest in and important comments about our article. Our study was designed to investigate parameters that can predict adverse outcomes in…
To the Editor: I read with great interest the report by Yang et al on the value of the left atrial (LA) volume index for predicting adverse outcome in patients…
Many readers of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography will recognize the name Michael Crichton. Crichton was a prolific, exceptionally successful, and multi-awarded writer and filmmaker. Ever heard…
Background Speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) can be used to quantify wall strain in 3 dimensions and thus has the potential to improve the identification of hypokinetic but viable myocardium on dobutamine…
Background The aim of this study was to investigate the changes and time course of recovery of regional myocardial function within the first week following successful primary coronary intervention in…
Background It has been previously demonstrated that a new index of aortic stenosis (AS) severity derived from dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE), the projected aortic valve area (AVA) at a normal…
Background The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) to detect vegetations and the relationship between blood cultures and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). Methods Five…
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate if left ventricular (LV) systolic function by tissue Doppler echocardiography at rest and during exercise preoperatively could predict postoperative LV function…
