Background Acute myocarditis is a significant cause of sudden death in young adults, and accurate screening for subclinical disease is needed. The aim of this study was to test the…
Background Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging has demonstrated that the aortic root may be dilated in a dimension that two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) is not able to interrogate. In the standard parasternal…
Background Acute pulmonary vasodilator testing is important for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, but little is known about the predictors of response to such testing. Methods Forty-eight patients (mean age,…
Background The accuracy of echocardiographic parameters of right ventricular (RV) function has not been sufficiently validated in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). The aim of this study was to evaluate…
Background The significance of reduced right ventricular (RV) deformation reported in endurance athletes (EAs) is unclear, highlighting the ambiguities between physiologic RV remodeling and pathology. The aim of this study…
Background The aims of this study were to establish absolute ranges for right ventricular (RV) structural and functional parameters for endurance athletes and to establish any impact of body size….
Endocardial lead–induced tricuspid regurgitation has not been well recognized, either clinically or echocardiographically, and yet it is likely a preventable iatrogenic disease. In severe cases, it can lead to right…
Numerous studies have described features of adaptive cardiac remodeling in athletes. There remains overlap, however, between many of the structural and functional features of the athletic heart and potentially dangerous…
Kathryn Glas, MD, MBA, FASE, Immediate Past Council Chair Scott T. Reeves, MD, MBA, FACC, FASE, Council Chair Webster’s dictionary defines an advocate as “a person who argues for a…
ASE Global: Focus on India group visits the Taj Mahal. Left to right: Minnie Thykattil, RDCS and Georgeanne Lammertin, MBA, RDCS, RCS, FASE, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL;…
