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…
Leo Lopez, MD, FASE The ASE Council on Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease (PCHD) Board of Directors held a retreat on March 28, 2014, in Washington, DC, to identify issues…
Margaret M Park, BS, RVT, RDCS, FASE As sonographers we focus on taking care of our patients. In recent years, we have begun to pay attention to our own health…
Benjamin F. Byrd, III, MD, FASE It goes without saying that I have enjoyed serving as your ASE President tremendously over the past year—hard work, but truly exhilarating at many…
We thank Drs Rai, Cronin, Kluger, and LaSala for their interest in our study and for their thorough discussion of the possible mechanisms for prolonged systolic duration during therapeutic hypothermia….
We enjoyed reading the well-done and timely article by Espinoza et al . regarding the effect of therapeutic hypothermia on left ventricular function in an open-chest, anesthetized, and intubated porcine model….
Background Right ventricular (RV) function is a strong predictor of mortality in pulmonary hypertension (PH), but two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography–derived assessments of RV function that could aid in risk assessment and…
Background Ventricular-arterial stiffening is a part of the aging process that is amplified by various comorbidities. It affects normal cardiovascular reserve and limits exercise capacity. The aim of this study…
Background Differences in systemic venous flow dynamics and energy losses exist in various Fontan-type procedures, which may affect atrial and ventricular filling. The aim of this study was to test…
Background Response to cardiac resynchronization therapy is variable. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that left ventricular (LV) lead position in proximity to myocardial scar is…
