Mentorship is a Win Win
Richard A. Palma BS, ACS, RCS, RDCS, FSDMS, FASE, and Madeline Jankowski, RDCS, BS (May 2017) Richie: Last year, the Sonographer Council decided to implement a mentorship program for new…
Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar
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…
Effective Orifice Area during Exercise in Bileaflet Mechanical Valve Prostheses
Background The aims of this study were to investigate the evolution of the transprosthetic pressure gradient and effective orifice area (EOA) during dynamic bicycle exercise in bileaflet mechanical heart valves…
Recommendations for Noninvasive Evaluation of Native Valvular Regurgitation
I Introduction Attention ASE Members: ASE has gone green! Visit www.aseuniversity.org to earn free continuing medical education credit through an online activity related to this article. Certificates are available for…
Recommendations on the Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Valve Stenosis: A Focused Update from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography
Echocardiography is the key tool for the diagnosis and evaluation of aortic stenosis. Because clinical decision-making is based on the echocardiographic assessment of its severity, it is essential that standards…
The ASE ImageGuideEcho Registry: Taking Care of Business
Allan L. Klein, MD, FASE, FRCP (C), FACC, FAHA, and FESC As President of ASE, I have been asked many questions about the operations of the Society in the last…
Quantification of Multiple Mitral Regurgitant Jets: An In Vitro Validation Study Comparing Two- and Three-Dimensional Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area Methods
Background The accuracy of the proximal isovelocity surface area (PISA) method for the quantification of mitral regurgitation (MR), in the case of multiple jets, is unknown. The aim of this…
Impaired Single Right Ventricular Function Compared to Single Left Ventricles during the Early Stages of Palliation: A Longitudinal Study
Background Single right ventricles (SRV) are postulated to be disadvantaged compared with single left ventricles (SLV). We compared the evolution of SRV versus SLV function during infancy using conventional measures…
The 2017 ASE Vascular Tract Baltimore: A Voyage Beyond
Amer Johri, MD, FASE The American Society of Echocardiography currently has four Councils, one of which is the Council on Vascular Ultrasound. Founded in 2007, our Council is dedicated to…
Perinatal Changes in Fetal Ventricular Geometry, Myocardial Performance, and Cardiac Function in Normal Term Pregnancies
Background The fetal heart at term is exposed to an increase in hemodynamic work as a consequence of fetal growth, increased circulating volume, and alteration in loading patterns due to…
