Background Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) measurement is a critical step in the quantification of aortic valve area. The assumption of a circular morphology of the LVOT may induce some…
Chris Kramer, BA, ACS, RDCS, FASE Athletes from all age groups and skill levels cross train by incorporating physical exercise and functional movements that are unrelated to their specific specialized…
Brian Fowler, BS, RVT, FASE One of the most difficult tasks as a technical director is asking administration to spend more money on sonographer salaries without justifying the request by…
Allan L. Klein, MD, FASE, FRCP (C), FACC, FAHA, and FESC I was in New Orleans at the American Heart Association Meeting and attended a session on interventional echocardiography and…
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…
Background Commercially available microbubbles such as Definity contain octafluoropropane encapsulated in a lipid shell. This perfluorocarbon can be compressed into liquid nanodroplets at room temperatures and activated with transthoracic diagnostic…
We thank Chen et al. for their thoughtful comments. Our study prospectively demonstrated, on concomitantly performed transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), the incremental predictive value of E/e′ ratio and…
We read the recent article by Doukky et al. with great interest. This prospective study indicated that commonly used diastolic function parameters are associated with left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombus, independent…
Background Fabry disease (FD) is characterized by the accumulation of sphingolipids in multiple organs, including the left atrium. It is uncertain if the left atrial (LA) reservoir, conduit, and contractile…
Background Perioperative evaluation of right ventricular (RV) systolic function is important to follow intraoperative changes, but it is often not possible to assess with transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) imaging, because of…
