Background Impaired left ventricular (LV) myocardial deformation is associated with adverse outcome in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS). The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the impact…
Elizabeth F McIlwain, MHS, RCS, FASE, Chair It’s December and the end of another year is rapidly approaching. This is always the time I reflect back on the year (and…
Ritu Sachdeva, MD, FASE, FACC, FAAP, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA In collaboration with the ASE’s Council on Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease and other pediatric and cardiology organizations…
Neil J. Weissman, MD, FASE Are you a member of your church, temple, mosque, or community center? What about membership to Costco, Sam’s Club, or Price Club? Do you belong…
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…
A Abstracts Abstracts. 2014;27:B2-B121 Adolescence Intracardiac echocardiography during atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale device closure in pediatric and adolescent patients (Medford et al). 2014;27:984-90 Prognostic implications of initial…
A Abate E, Hoogslag GE, Leong DP, Bertini M, Antoni ML, Nucifora G, Joyce E, Holman ER, Siebelink H-MJ, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ, Delgado V, Marsan NA. Association between multilayer…
The writing group for the “Guidelines for the Cardiac Sonographer in the Performance of Contrast Echocardiography” recently published a focused update document in which we included the following statement: “the…
We read with great interest the focused update on guidelines for the cardiac sonographer in the performance of contrast echocardiography by Porter et al . recently published in the Journal ….
Background Right aortic arch (RAA) is usually associated with the presence of a significant congenital heart disease, usually a conotruncal defect, which determines the postnatal outcome. In the absence of…
