ASE’s Olympic Moments
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…
Index to Subjects
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…
Impact of Afterload Increase on Left Ventricular Myocardial Deformation Indices
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…
Index to Authors
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…
Association between Cardiovascular Health Score and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) Baseline Assessment
Background The American Heart Association aims to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in this decade by improving seven ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) characteristics in the population. The aim of…
Predictive Models for Normal Fetal Cardiac Structures
Background Clinicians rely on age- and size-specific measures of cardiac structures to diagnose cardiac disease. No universally accepted normative data exist for fetal cardiac structures, and most fetal cardiac centers…
Correction
The paper entitled “Multimodality Assessment of Ascending Aortic Diameters: Comparison of Different Measurement Methods” by Rodríguez-Palomares, published in the September 2016 issue of JASE (J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2016;29:819-26), has a…
Anterior Aortic Plane Systolic Excursion: A Novel Indicator of Transplant-Free Survival in Systemic Light-Chain Amyloidosis
Background Anterior aortic plane systolic excursion (AAPSE) was evaluated in the present pilot study as a novel echocardiographic indicator of transplant-free survival in patients with systemic light-chain amyloidosis. Methods Eighty-nine…
Multiple Unfavorable Echocardiographic Findings in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Are Associated with Increased In-Hospital Events and Mortality
Background Various unfavorable echocardiographic findings other than apical ballooning, such as right ventricular involvement, mitral regurgitation, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, and left ventricular thrombus, occur in takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Occasionally,…
Cardiac Calcifications on Echocardiography Are Associated with Mortality and Stroke
Background Calcium deposits in the aortic valve and mitral annulus have been associated with cardiovascular events and mortality. However, there is no accepted standard method for scoring such cardiac calcifications,…
