An echocardiographic quantitative evaluation of the cardiac and vascular structures is often of critical importance for the diagnosis and management of congenital heart diseases. The authors reviewed the accuracy and…
Extracorporeal life support can be viewed as a spectrum of modalities based on modifications of a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit to provide cardiac and respiratory support, which can be used for…
Ken Horton RCS, RDCS, FASE Do you remember the day when you would pick up the phone and learn that there was a stat echo in the cath lab? You…
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…
James D. Thomas, MD, FASE Do you know what keeps me up at night? Beyond the sad state of Cleveland sports, I fear that over time, echocardiography may be reduced…
Benjamin Eidem, MD, FASE In this communication, I wanted to highlight a recent publication from our council. Recently, there has been an increasing demand for training and utilization of focused…
We thank Dr. Sinha and colleagues for their interest in our recently published recommendations on targeted neonatal echocardiography (TNE). The authors nicely explain the way they developed a TNE service…
It has been more than a decade since the initial interest was expressed by neonatologists in acquiring basic skills in performing echocardiography. Their plea for a formalized training program has…
Background The Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) randomized trial was designed to identify an optimal management strategy for patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Baseline echocardiographic examinations were required for…
Background Pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) is frequently measured noninvasively using transthoracic echocardiography. Normal values of PASP are based on studies performed in heterogeneous populations. The normal values of PASP…
