Infectious Endocarditis: Still a Menace
My Cardiologist explained that the infection in the Aorta was so advanced it took all of the surgeon’s skills just to be able to attach the valve in place. —Lewis…
Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Implantation—A First Line Treatment for Aortic Valve Disease?
Transcutaneous aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is rapidly gaining acceptance as a viable alternative to open-heart surgery aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in high-risk surgical candidates with aortic stenosis. To date, there…
Corrigendum
We would like to apologize for an error that appeared in our article published in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography in May 2009 (Haddad F, Zamanian R,…
Assessment of Myocardial Mechanics Using Speckle Tracking Echocardiography: Fundamentals and Clinical Applications
The authors summarize the recent developments in speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE), a relatively new technique that can be used in conjunction with two-dimensional or three-dimensional echocardiography for resolving the multidirectional components…
Molecular Imaging of Vascular Phenotype in Cardiovascular Disease: New Diagnostic Opportunities on the Horizon
Accreditation Statement: The American Society of Echocardiography is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Society of Echocardiography designates…
Echocardiographic Features of Double-Outlet Right Atrium and Straddling Tricuspid Valve with Intact Ventricular Septum: A Rare Cardiac Anomaly Associated with Pulmonary Atresia and Single Coronary Artery Ostium
Double-outlet right atrium is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly previously described in association with atrioventricular canal defect. Straddling tricuspid valve is another uncommon anomaly that is almost always associated with…
