Background The objective of this study was to test the feasibility, accuracy, and reproducibility of the assessment of right ventricular (RV) volumes and ejection fraction (EF) using real-time three-dimensional echocardiographic…
Background There are few data on adding left atrial volume index (LAVi) or pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PAP) to the ratio of early mitral inflow to mitral annular velocity (E/e′)…
Over the past decade, cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has changed the treatment of patients with end-stage heart failure. Currently, on the basis of the guidelines of the American Heart Association,…
This article reviews the main clinical aspects of patent foramen ovale (PFO), such as its prevalence in the population, the diagnostic techniques to detect its presence, its role as a…
Background The quantification of right ventricular (RV) size and function is of diagnostic and prognostic importance. Recently, new software for the analysis of RV geometry using three-dimensional (3D) echocardiographic images…
It is well known that the evaluation of right ventricular (RV) volume and function by two-dimensional echocardiography has long been hampered by the complex three-dimensional (3D) shape of this chamber,…
Background The aim of this study was to assess speckle tracking–derived fetal cardiac function in a normal population and in recipient fetuses of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS). Methods A case-control…
Background Many implantable ventricular assist devices (VADs) have no direct measurement of pump output. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that quantitative contrast echocardiography can be…
A patient presented with cardiogenic shock, and a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) was inserted. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated air in the left side of the heart whenever the patient coughed….
On March 26, 2010, ASE and the ASEF will celebrate a major milestone with the opening of the ASEF “hands-on” learning laboratory in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, just down…
