Background The authors investigated left ventricular (LV) rotational indices, twist, and torsion in a large cohort of fetuses using two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography. Methods Pregnant women ( N = 102) were prospectively…
Background There is a paucity of normative echocardiographic data in preterm infants. The objectives of this study were to (1) derive left ventricular (LV) M-mode reference values and (2) compare…
Background Stress echocardiography has been advocated for the detection of abnormal myocardial function and unmasking diminished myocardial reserve in pediatric patients. The aim of this study was to create a…
Background Early fetal echocardiography (FE), performed at 12 to 16 weeks’ gestational age (GA), can be used to screen for fetal heart disease akin to that routinely performed in the second…
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…
