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…
Background Echocardiographic measurements of left ventricular (LV) mass, left atrial (LA) volume, and LV end-systolic volume (ESV) predict heart failure (HF) hospitalization and mortality. Indexing measurements by body size is…
Background The role of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in the treatment of calcific aortic stenosis is evolving. Immediate and long-term echocardiographic findings are poorly reported. Methods Eighty-eight patients in whom…
There is probably no more exciting time to be both an echocardiographer and an epidemiologist. Echocardiographic left ventricular (LV) mass (LVM) assessment occupies a unique place in cardiovascular risk assessment;…
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 (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…
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,…
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…
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…
