Background Interpretative variability can adversely affect echocardiographic reliability, but there is no widely accepted method to minimize variability and improve reproducibility. Methods A continuous quality improvement process was devised that…
Background Assessment of myocardial longitudinal function has proved to be a sensitive marker of deteriorating myocardial function in aortic stenosis, demonstrated by both color Doppler tissue imaging and recently by…
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Attention ASE Members: The ASE has gone green! Visit www.aseuniversity.org to earn free continuing medical education credit through an online activity related to this article. Certificates are available for immediate…
ASE 2015–2016 Board of Directors and Society leaders gathered for their annual meeting in Boston. 2015 ASE Scientific Sessions program chair Rebecca Hahn, MD, FASE (right) receiving her commemorative plaque…
Carolyn A. Altman, MD, FASE, FAHA Piers Barker, MD, FASE, FAAP The Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease track at the 2015 ASE Scientific Sessions in Boston, MA highlighted the depth…
David Adams, ACS, RDCS, FASE and Jayne Cleve, BS, RDCS The ASE’s 26 th Annual Scientific Sessions was held in Boston, MA, June 12–16, 2015. If you were unable to…
ASE Executive Committee President (term expires June 2016) Susan E. Wiegers, MD, FASE Temple University School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA E-mail: president@asecho.org President-Elect (term expires June 2016) Allan L. Klein,…
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…
Susan E. Wiegers, MD, FASE The healthcare world is changing at a rapid pace. With the adoption of the Affordable Care Act, healthcare is moving away from the fee-for-service model…
