Background Takotsubo syndrome is an increasingly recognized cause of chest pain and occasionally of cardiogenic shock. Despite rapid improvement of the left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction, recent registry data raise…
Background In patients with asymptomatic aortic stenosis (AS), exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) provides additional prognostic information beyond baseline. The coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) is impaired in AS, but its…
Background Acute myocarditis (AM) often involves the left ventricular (LV) subepicardium that might be displayed by cardiac magnetic resonance even late after the acute phase. In the absence of global…
Background In patients with aortic stenosis, subtle alterations in myocardial mechanics can be detected by speckle-tracking echocardiography before reduction of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Methods In this prospective study,…
Carol Mitchell, PhD, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RT(R), ACS, FASE Margaret M. Park, BS, ACS, RVT, RDCS, FASE The American Society of Echocardiography Council on Cardiovascular Sonography currently has 4,018 members….
ASE 2017-2018 Board of Directors and Society leaders gathered for their annual meeting in Baltimore. 2016-2017 ASE President, Allan L. Klein, MD, FASE (right) with the 2017 ASE Scientific Sessions…
ASE Executive Committee President (term expires June 2018) Vera H. Rigolin, MD, FASE Northwestern University Chicago, IL Email: president@asecho.org President-Elect (term expires June 2018) Jonathan Lindner, MD, FASE Oregon Health…
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…
Vera H. Rigolin, MD, FASE I am writing this President’s Message in July. Let me share with you what is going on in my echo lab. New fellows and residents…
The paper entitled “Quantification of Multiple Mitral Regurgitant Jets: An In Vitro Validation Study Comparing Two- and Three-Dimensional Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area Methods” by Zürcher et al., published in the May 2017…
