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…
Background A survey of pediatric cardiologists who participated in the Pediatric Appropriate Use of Echocardiography study was conducted to assess attitudes toward appropriate use criteria (AUC) and the relationship between…
We thank Mojadidi et al . for their interest in our recent work and for their thought-provoking comments. In their letter, Mojadidi et al . emphasize the importance of additional techniques to…
We read with interest the recent article by Yamashita et al . Given that an effective Valsalva maneuver can be difficult to perform with sedation during a transesophageal echo (TEE) bubble…
The incidence of congenital bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) has been reported to be between 1% and 2% of live births. These reports have originated from different populations and different geographic…
Accurate assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) forms a routine part of daily echocardiographic practice. Currently, there is sufficient evidence to support the notion that assessment of LVEF by…
Background Although 3D echocardiography (3DE) allows accurate and reproducible quantification of cardiac chambers, it has not been integrated into clinical practice because it relies on manual input, which interferes with…
