Communication in the Cardiac Operating Room: A Surgeon’s Perspective
Jennifer D. Walker, MD, FACS In an era when patients are more complex and procedures and technology are more advanced, a new paradigm is evolving. The cardiac and general surgical…
ASE Sonographer’s Research Brings Distinctive Recognition in Aerospace Medicine
Kathleen Rosendahl-Garcia, BS, FASE, RDCS, RVT The spring and summer of 2009 were very busy on the International Space Station (ISS). There were international crews of astronauts and cosmonauts on…
ASE Has a World View
Sanjiv Kaul, MD, FASE Over 2000 members of ASE, or 14% of our membership, are from 116 countries outside the USA. Of these about a fourth are from Canada, and…
Utility of Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography: Anatomy, Mechanism, and Severity of Regurgitation in a Patient with an Isolated Cleft Posterior Mitral Valve
Echocardiographic assessment of a 72-year-old woman revealed a posterior mitral valve prolapse with an unusual central regurgitation jet. The use of three-dimensional (3D) transesophageal echocardiography elucidated the mismatch between morphologic…
Left Atrial Dysfunction as a Correlate of Heart Failure Symptoms in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) represents a generalized myopathic process affecting both ventricular and atrial myocardium. We aimed to assess left atrial (LA) function by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography and its…
Electrical Dissociation within the Left Atrium and Left Atrial Appendage Diagnosed with Transesophageal Echocardiography
The authors describe the case of a 79-year-old man with prior mitral valve repair and a maze procedure who developed recurrent atrial fibrillation, in whom transesophageal echocardiography revealed an accessory…
Composite Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma of the Mitral and Aortic Valves
A 58-year-old man with a remote history of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), status post chemotherapy, radiation, and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, presented with splenic nodular sclerosis classical Hodgkin…
Oxygen Supplementation Is Helpful for the Echocardiographic Detection of Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery
Background The echocardiographic diagnosis of anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) can be challenging. The aim of this study was to assess the hypothesis that diagnosis can…
Hypertrophy Pattern and Regional Myocardial Mechanics Are Related in Septal and Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is associated with considerable phenotypic heterogeneity. Previous studies have shown a relationship between the degree and location of hypertrophy and the prognosis of patients. The aim…
Objective Interpretation of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography by Diastolic Dyssynchrony Imaging: A Practical Approach
Background Postsystolic shortening is a sensitive maker of myocardial ischemia. The aim of this study was to investigate whether diastolic dyssynchrony imaging is useful for the objective interpretation of dobutamine…
