Background Diagnosing coarctation of the aorta (CoA) in the presence of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) may require observation until PDA closure. The aim of this study was to create a…
Background The echocardiographic assessment of circulatory function in sick newborn infants has the potential to improve patient care. However, measurements are prone to error and have not been sufficiently validated….
Background Children with heart disease are at risk for sudden death during exercise, yet decisions regarding sports participation are often based on resting data. Acceleration across the left ventricular outflow…
Sasha Shillcutt, MD, FASE The practice of perioperative medicine is often said to be unique; in what other arena do two or three physicians from completely different specialties work on…
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 in…
Elizabeth F. McIlwain, MHS, RDCS, RCS, FASE, Chair, Council on Cardiovascular Sonography When advocacy is mentioned we tend to think of all the various acronyms, regulations, and governmental agencies that…
Benjamin F. Byrd, III, MD, FASE One of ASE’s primary missions is to advance cardiovascular patient care throughout the world. The 2 nd World Summit on Echocardiography, held October 25–27…
We would like to thank JASE for publishing our recent report regarding noninvasive estimation of pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR). We are humbled by the kind words of Opotowsky et al ….
We read with great interest the report by Abbas et al . titled “Noninvasive Assessment of Pulmonary Vascular Resistance by Doppler Echocardiography,” as we have recently published a derivation and validation…
We thank Drs Chemla and Herve for their interest in our report. The authors correctly state that they first derived the equation for estimation of mean pulmonary artery pressure from…
