Introduction Single-ventricle patients with elevated pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) or end-diastolic pressure (EDP) are excluded from undergoing total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC). However, a subset of patients deemed to be at acceptable…
Background During the development of heart failure (HF), the changes of contraction timing pattern and temporal heterogeneity of segmental contraction happen early and may precede both symptomatic HF and the…
Background Long-axis images of the inferior vena cava (IVC) have limitations as surrogates for IVC morphology in grading central venous pressure (CVP) by two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE), because of the various…
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, placing a major economic and resource burden on public health systems. During hospitalization, all AMI patients should…
Background Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is a predictor of adverse outcomes in hemodialysis patients. LVEF is, however, an integral parameter determined by contractility, loading condition, and coupling. We sought…
A Accreditation Historical trends in Intersocietal Accreditation Commission echocardiography accredited laboratories (Farrell et al), B88 Adipose tissue Echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue thickness is a marker for the detection of vasospastic…
A Aakhus S ( see Negishi et al), B8 Abbas A ( see Macias et al), B107-8 Abbas AE ( see Abdulla et al), B71 Abdallah MS, Addoumieh A, Jaber…
Margaret M. Park (Koko), BS, ACS, RVT, RDCS, FASE Are you thinking about expanding your skill set to include research? The clinical research sonographer job description will vary depending on…
Meryl S. Cohen, MD, FASE, FACC, FAHA Welcome to the Summer Blue Pages for the ASE Council on Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Steering Committee. We are looking forward to…
