Author Index
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…
Research: A Sonographer’s Role
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…
Keep Your Voice Audible – We are Keenly Listening
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…
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…
My Year as ASE President: How “Tweet” It Was
Allan L. Klein, MD, FASE, FRCP (C), FACC, FAHA,and FESC I enjoy my spinning class. At one moment, I am climbing up a hill with maximal resistance, the flywheel is…
Pulmonary Flow as an Improved Method for Determining Cardiac Output in Mice after Myocardial Infarction
Background Echocardiography is a valuable noninvasive technique to estimate cardiac output (CO) from the left ventricle (LV) not only in clinical practice but also in small-animal experiments. CO is used…
Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography: Impact of Abnormal Blood Potassium Levels on Cardiac Arrhythmias
Background Guidelines suggest that an abnormal blood potassium level is a relative contraindication to performing dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE). However, this has not been previously studied. Methods We reviewed a consecutive series…
Right Atrial Dysfunction in the Fetus with Severely Regurgitant Tricuspid Valve Disease: A Potential Source of Cardiovascular Compromise
Background In severe right heart obstruction (RHO), redistribution of cardiac output to the left ventricle (LV) is well tolerated by the fetal circulation. Although the same should be true of…
Prognostic Role of Subclinical Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Evaluated by Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background Speckle-tracking echocardiography allows early detection of subclinical left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this prospective study, we assessed the prevalence and the prognostic…
