Interest in diastolic function in children has increased recently. However, the strengths and limitations of published pediatric nomograms for echocardiographic diastolic parameters have not been critically evaluated, especially in the…
Atherosclerosis of the proximal branches of the aortic arch has compelling clinical implications that warrant the application of direct noninvasive detection of the disease. The prevalence of aortic arch vessel…
The assessment of left ventricular (LV) systolic function is often the most important information obtained during clinical echocardiography. Although LV systolic function may be visually estimated in many patients with…
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…
Benjamin Eidem, MD, Council Chair Luc Mertens, MD, PhD, Chair of 2013 Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Track The Pediatric & Congenital Heart Disease track planned for Minneapolis is truly…
Susana Perese, BS, RVT, FASE Over the years we’ve all seen and most likely have worked in various types of clinical models, from the dedicated lab where only one type…
Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, FASE As many of you know, ASE’s second medical mission camp in India wrapped up right before the holidays, and our volunteers returned home tired and…
Background Right ventricular function is a strong determinant of prognosis in severe pulmonary hypertension. Methods The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of estimates of right…
Background Recent advances in very high frame rate use of ultrasonography have enabled the application of two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) to small animal cardiac functional assessments. In this study, two-dimensional…
Background Previous studies have identified four clinical characteristics associated with a favorable response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT): female gender, left bundle branch block (LBBB), QRS duration ≥ 150 msec,…
