Since the initial clinical description 50 years ago, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) still remains the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in young patients. Currently, 5 conventional risk markers (ie,…
Background The objective of this study was to define a simple method of measuring thoracic aortic pulse-wave velocity (PWV) using only an aortic length regression equation based on the subject’s…
A 78-year-old woman presented with progressive dyspnea and atrial flutter and was found to have a right atrial mass. Multimodality cardiac imaging was useful in further characterizing this mass, which…
Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) with dissection of the right ventricular free wall is an extremely rare complication after inferior myocardial infarction. Mortality is 100% without surgical treatment. The optimal surgical…
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…
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…
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 (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…
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…
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…
