Background Cardiotoxicity from anthracyclines or cardiac radiation therapy is detrimental to left ventricular (LV) function. However, the long-term effects on right ventricular (RV) performance are largely unknown. The aim of…
The paper entitled ‘‘Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging’’ by Lang et al,…
Background Anthracycline-induced symptomatic heart failure is often irreversible, underlining the usefulness of pretreatment risk assessment. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) before or after chemotherapy is associated with a later decrease in left…
Background Fused real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography and fluoroscopy has been used in adult patients during percutaneous mitral valve and aortic valve procedures. The use of fused echocardiographic/x-ray fluoroscopic imaging (FEX)…
There has been significant growth in the volume and complexity of percutaneous structural heart procedures in the past decade. Increasing procedural complexity and accompanying reliance on multimodality imaging have fueled…
Background Intraplaque neovascularization is considered an important indicator of plaque vulnerability. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) of carotid arteries improves imaging of carotid intima-media thickness and permits real-time visualization of neovascularization of…
What does the Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE) recognition mean to me? Annitta J. Flinn, BA, RDCS, CCRC, FASE Have you been thinking or considering applying for FASE…
Highlights • Measurement of CFVR by echocardiography is highly feasible. • In this study, 89% of CFVR examinations were of good quality. • CFVR is underestimated when examination quality is…
Patrick D. Coon, RCCS, RDCS, FASE Lately there has been a fair amount of discussion in the adult echo community about adult sonographers who are expected to learn how to…
Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE Robina Matyal, MD The use of ultrasound as an imaging technology has exponentially increased over the last decade. In the perioperative arena, it is used as…
