Background Myocardial contractility, a significant determinant of cardiac function, is valuable for diagnosis and evaluation of treatment in cardiovascular disorders including heart failure. Shear wave elasticity imaging (SWEI) is a…
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…
We thank Drs. Levy and Singh for their interest in our study “Preterm Birth Is Associated with Altered Myocardial Function in Infancy,” recently published in JASE . Their overall message,…
Background Recent advances in the assessment of myocardial function have facilitated the direct measurement of atrial function using speckle-tracking echocardiography. Currently, normal reference ranges for atrial function using speckle-tracking echocardiography…
We read with great interest the article by Schubert et al. titled “Preterm Birth Is Associated with Altered Myocardial Function in Infancy,” recently published in JASE . Schubert et al. performed a…
Backgound Whether transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) should be routinely performed before hospital discharge after Bentall surgery remains unclear. The investigators took advantage of this practice at their institution to evaluate its benefit….
Three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) has become important in the management of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD), particularly with pre-surgical planning, guidance of catheter intervention, and functional assessment of the heart. 3DE…
Background Myocardial strain analysis by speckle-tracking echocardiography, which can detect subtle abnormalities in left atrial (LA) function, may offer unique insights into LA pathophysiology in patients with cryptogenic stroke (CS)….
Background Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction and tricuspid regurgitation (TR) may coexist with aortic stenosis. The aim of this study was to assess the association between RV dysfunction, TR, associated comorbidities,…
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been a breakthrough therapeutic advance in the treatment of patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS). The continued expansion of this procedure has facilitated…
