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 F. Byrd, III, MD, FASE This end-of-year President’s Message deals with two topics of critical importance to the Society—first, membership renewal for 2014; and second, the ASE Foundation, which…
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A Abbara S ( see Klein et al). 2013;26:965-1012 (ASE expert consensus statement) Abbas AE, Franey LM, Marwick T, Maeder MT, Kaye DM, Vlahos AP, Serra W, Al-Azizi K, Schiller…
Background The role of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) simulation in cardiology fellows’ learning is unknown. Standard TEE training at the authors’ institution occurs during the second of 3 clinical years. Fellows…
Background The etiology of flank pain sometimes experienced during the administration of ultrasound contrast agents is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate whether microbubble ultrasound contrast agents…
Background When activated by the sympathetic nervous system, brown adipose tissue (BAT) increases energy expenditure to produce heat. Augmenting BAT mass or increasing BAT activation could potentially be used to…
Background Training of nonsonographer physicians or staff members is needed to implement carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and plaque screening by ultrasound for the assessment of subclinical atherosclerosis. The purpose of…
Background Post-treadmill digital echocardiography (post-TME) is the most widely used form of exercise echocardiography, but ischemia can rapidly resolve in the postexercise period; peak upright bicycle digital echocardiography (UBE) has…
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in three-dimensional (3D) speckle-tracking–derived myocardial strain during ischemia. Methods Twenty patients referred for percutaneous coronary intervention were studied (mean age,…
