Background Postoperative echocardiography after congenital heart disease surgery is of prognostic importance, but variable image quality is problematic. We implemented a quality improvement bundle comprising of focused imaging protocols, procedural…
Background Professional societies have made efforts to curb overuse of cardiac imaging and decrease practice variation by publishing appropriate use criteria. However, little is known about the impact of physician-level…
Why do cardiologists and primary care physicians tend to order extra echocardiographic examinations and imaging stress tests? Kini et al ., in their study “Association of Liability Concerns with Decisions to…
Background There is no broadly accepted standard method for assessing the quality of echocardiographic measurements in clinical research reports, despite the recognized importance of this information in assessing the quality…
A comprehensive understanding of the normal and abnormal aortic root is paramount if we are to improve not only our assessment of the aortic root and its components but also…
Background The authors used semisupine cycle ergometry stress echocardiography to assess cardiac function and unmask baffle stenosis in patients with d-transposition of the great arteries after atrial redirection surgery. Methods…
Walker R. Thomas RDCS, FASE Sasha K. Shillcutt, MD, MS, FASE Ultrasound has emerged as a central component of perioperative patient care. As the use of ultrasound in perioperative medicine…
Hollie Carron, AAS, RDCS, FASE While the history of healthcare reimbursement modeling is beyond the scope of this article, all healthcare workers should recognize that we are about to embark…
Allan L. Klein, MD, FASE, FRCP (C), FACC, FAHA, and FESC The ASE is a great organization that has been around for 41 years and is committed to excellence in…
