Pulmonary right-to-left shunting can be encountered using transthoracic contrast echocardiography (TTCE) with agitated saline. Diseases associated with pulmonary shunting on saline TTCE include hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), hepatopulmonary syndrome, and…
Mark A. Taylor, MD, FASE Bradley S. Taylor, MD, MPH Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS), formerly known as Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) for adult patients, is life-saving technology that is growing…
Many of the ASE Foundation Task Force members and colleagues celebrated at the Taste of Portland fundraising event, which raised over $8,000 for scholarships and grants! Historic Boston, America’s “Walking…
Neil J. Weissman, MD, FASE What do you use to help you stay up-to-date and aid your ongoing education? For me, it was all about textbooks. I proudly have many…
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…
Background Using 2012 World Heart Federation criteria, standard portable echocardiography (STAND) reveals a high burden of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in resource-poor settings, but widespread screening is limited by cost…
Background Sensitive methods for the early detection of myocardial dysfunction are still needed, as ischemia is a leading cause of decreased ventricular function during and after heart surgery. The aim…
Dr Martin Koestenberger has substantially added to the literature regarding echocardiographic assessment of ventricular function in children with congenital heart disease. We were therefore much encouraged by his positive comments…
The morphology of mitral valve (MV) prolapse and flail may be extremely variable, with dominant and secondary dynamic lesions. Any pathologic valve appears unique and different from any other. Three-dimensional…
Background Differences in arrhythmogenic substrate may explain the variable efficacy of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) in primary sudden cardiac death prevention over time after myocardial infarction (MI). Speckle-tracking echocardiography allows the…
