Giving Back: Life Beyond the Echo Lab
Jayne Cleve, BS, RDCS I love being in the echo lab performing studies on my patients. To this day I find it immensely fulfilling! But there is “life” outside of…
Quality in Perioperative Echocardiography: It’s About Time
Madhav Swaminathan, MD, FASE, FAHA Alina Nicoara, MD, FASE As healthcare providers of patients with cardiovascular disease who are undergoing surgery, it is our job to ensure the quality of…
Creating the Future…Together
Neil J. Weissman, MD, FASE Did you know that: • The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010, did not exist in 2004 • We are currently preparing students for jobs…
Relation of Functional Echocardiographic Parameters to Infarct Scar Transmurality by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Background Identification of viable but dysfunctional myocardium after myocardial infarction is important for management, including the decision for revascularization. Assessment of infarct transmurality (TRM) by late contrast enhancement on magnetic…
Ischemic Memory Imaging in Nonhuman Primates with Echocardiographic Molecular Imaging of Selectin Expression
Background Selectins are adhesion molecules that are expressed by the vascular endothelium upon activation and may be an imaging target for detecting myocardial ischemia long after resolution. The aim of…
Superior Vena Cava Flow Is a Clinically Valid Measurement in the Preterm Newborn
We read with interest the article by Ficial et al . published as a validation study of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) versus echocardiographic measurements of systemic blood flow. This is the…
Detection of Coronary Artery Disease Using Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve by Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography versus Multidetector Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography: Influence of Calcium Score
Background There have been no clinical data specifying the degree of calcium deposition at which coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) measurement using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography surpasses 320-row multidetector computed tomographic…
Superior Vena Flow Quantification in the Newborn: Reply to a Letter by Kluckow and Evans
We thank Drs Kluckow and Evans for their comments and acknowledge that they have pioneered the use of echocardiography to drive improvements in neonatal care. We share their enthusiasm for…
Semiautomated Detection and Quantification of Aortic Plaques from Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography
Background Aortic atherosclerosis is a risk factor for cerebrovascular events. Two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic quantification of descending aortic plaques is time-consuming and underestimates plaque burden. The aim of this study was…
Improving Appropriate Use of Echocardiography and Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomographic Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: A Continuous Quality Improvement Initiative
Background Appropriate use criteria for cardiovascular imaging have been published, but compliance in practice has been incomplete, with persistent high rates of inappropriate use. The aim of this study was…
