Background Although transthoracic echocardiography and two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) identify cardiac myxomas with high sensitivity, anatomic and morphologic information is often incomplete. Real-time three-dimensional (3D) TEE is increasingly being used…
Background Real-time three-dimensional (3D) transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was used to analyze atrial septal defect (ASD) with 4 goals: (1) to determine feasibility, (2) to analyze the accuracy of qualitative and…
James D. Thomas, MD, FASE, FACC, FAHA, FESC Do you recall the first time you encountered echocardiography? The first time you realized that sound could be used to make pictures…
ASE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President (term expires June 2012) James D. Thomas, MD, FASE Cleveland Clinic 9500 Euclid Ave., Desk J1-5 Cleveland, OH 44195 Email: president@asecho.org President-Elect (term expires June 2012)…
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…
Wendy L. Gross, MD, MHCM Douglas C. Shook, MD As the scope and complexity of percutaneous interventions for structural heart disease broadens, the need for precise, real-time adjunctive imaging becomes…
Amyloidosis is a clinical disorder caused by extracellular and or intracellular deposition of insoluble abnormal amyloid fibrils that alter the normal function of tissues. Amyloid A amyloidosis is the most…
Every other year, in June, the leadership and membership of the board of the Council of Cardiac and Vascular Sonography goes through a transition. This year, we have some new…
Objective Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) is an autosomal recessive condition due to a GAA triplet expansion in the FXN gene that causes increased left ventricular (LV) wall thickness and can progress…
Background Cardiosphere-derived stem cell (CDC) transplantation can improve global left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) after myocardial infarction (MI). The aim of this study was to examine the effects of CDC…
