An Engaged Membership is Essential for ASE’s Ambitious Program of Work
Sanjiv Kaul, MD, FASE I consider it a great honor and privilege to be your president. We live in exciting times, and there is much going on. I believe that…
Are All Ventricular Septal Defects Created Equal?
The authors report the occurrence of infective endocarditis in a 32-year-old man with a ventricular septal defect and a left ventricular–to–right-atrial shunt who adhered to the revised 2007 American Heart…
Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar
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…
Supravalvar Mitral Ring with Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect: A Case Report and Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Evaluation
Supravalvar mitral ring (SVMR) is a rare cause of congenital mitral stenosis. It can occur in isolation but often coexists with other cardiac anomalies, such as a ventricular septal defect…
2010–2011 Board of Directors
ASE Executive Committee President (term expires June 2011) Sanjiv Kaul, MD, FASE Oregon Health & Sciences University 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road Portland, OR 97239 Email: president@asecho.org President Elect…
Two-Dimensional Versus Transthoracic Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in the Evaluation of the Mechanisms and Sites of Atrioventricular Valve Regurgitation in a Congenital Heart Disease Population
Background Data are lacking on the utility of real-time three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography (RT3DE) in congenital abnormalities of the atrioventricular (AV) valves. The purpose of this study was to determine whether…
Seeing Our Way to Patient Safety
Ultrasound has become increasingly available in clinical settings due to the miniaturization of probes and technology. Machines no larger than laptop computers are both portable and versatile for use in…
ASE’s Support of the Sonographers: A Historical Perspective
This month’s column highlights a few of the key efforts made by the ASE on behalf of its sonographer members. The information was derived from meeting minutes the Sonographer Training…
Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Interatrial Septum Revisited
To the Editor: The term lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum (LHIS) was coined by Prior in 1964. Notwithstanding its entrenchment in the literature, pathologists find it objectionable for several…
Corrigendum
In the article entitled “Assessment of Myocardial Mechanics Using Speckle Tracking Echocardiography: Fundamentals and Clinical Applications” by Geyer et al (J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2010;23:351-69), there was an error on…
