Background Ischemic stroke is a major cause of mortality and disability. Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a harbinger of stroke. The etiology of stroke in as many as 40% of…
Elizabeth McIlwain, MHS, RCS, RDCS, FASE I vividly remember attending my first ASE Scientific Sessions meeting in the early 1990s in Washington DC. I was amazed that people, many of…
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…
Amer M. Johri, MD, FASE J. David Spence, MD, FAHA To the clinician treating cardiovascular disease, carotid ultrasound is an exciting and practical imaging biomarker, vigorously being explored and implemented…
Benjamin F. Byrd III, MD, FASE The federal government has tremendous influence over the delivery of healthcare in this country. What initially seems a small, insignificant change in federal policy…
Background Clinical two-dimensional (2D) and clinical three-dimensional echocardiography are validated against cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR), the gold standard for left ventricular (LV) volume measurement. In rodents, there is no…
We read with interest Dr. Cantinotti’s letter, in which he raises important issues pertaining to the challenges of performing and interpreting pediatric quantitative echocardiography. We agree that many sources of…
I read with interest the article by Mawad et al. titled “A Review and Critique of the Statistical Methods Used to Generate Reference Values in Pediatric Echocardiography,” recently published in JASE…
Background Speckle-tracking enables direct tracking of carotid arterial wall motion. Timing intervals determined with carotid speckle-tracking and slopes calculated from carotid artery area versus cardiac cycle curves may provide further…
Background Septal myectomy for symptomatic patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is a well-established procedure for symptomatic relief. Myocardial mechanics are abnormal in patients with HOCM, demonstrating low longitudinal strain,…
