The left atrium is an anatomically complex structure that has evolved to receive blood from the pulmonary veins efficiently and to transport it across the mitral valve to the left…
Background Left atrial (LA) dysfunction has been related to symptom onset in patients with heart failure (HF). However, the potential prognostic role of LA function has been scarcely studied in…
Background Left atrial (LA) longitudinal strain (LS) using two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography has emerged as an important diagnostic and prognostic parameter in various cardiovascular conditions. However, its reference values, their correlations…
Carol Mitchell, PhD, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RT(R), FASE Margaret M. Park (Koko), BS, ACS, RVT, RDCS, FASE The American Society of Echocardiography Council on Cardiovascular Sonography has had a busy…
Meryl S. Cohen, MD, FASE, FACC, FAHA The air is getting colder, the days are getting shorter, and the Council on Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease (PCHD) Steering Committee is…
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…
Allan L. Klein, MD, FASE, FRCP (C), FACC, FAHA, and FESC It seems that I am always sitting on planes writing these President’s Messages. As I was taking off to…
A Abstracts Abstracts. 2016;29:B2-B130 Adolescence Safety and efficacy of cardiac ultrasound contrast in children and adolescents for resting and stress echocardiography (Kutty et al). 2016;29:655-62 Alcohol drinking Imaging left atrial…
Background Left ventricular (LV) afterload could be associated with reduced myocardial contractility. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative impact of increased afterload on LV myocardial deformation…
A Aakhus S ( see Murbraech et al). 2016;29:528-36 Abdelmoneim SS ( see Huang et al). 2016;29:491-502 (State-of-the-art review article) Abdul-Khaliq H ( see Schubert et al). 2016;29:670-8 Abdullah SM…
