Background Three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography directly assesses right ventricular (RV) volumes without geometric assumptions, despite the complex shape of the right ventricle, and accordingly is more accurate and reproducible than the…
Background The first pediatric appropriate use criteria (AUC) address the use of initial transthoracic echocardiography in outpatients by all ordering providers. The aim of this study was to appraise the…
Background Gravity affects every aspect of cardiac performance. When gravitational gradients are at their greatest on Earth (i.e., during upright posture), orthostatic intolerance may ensue and is a common clinical…
“Once a photograph of the Earth, taken from outside, is available… a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose.” Fifty years ago, Apollo 8 orbited…
Background The human aorta dilates with advancing age. However, the association between progressive aortic dilation with aging and cardiac remodeling has not been established in studies of community-dwelling adults. The…
Background A simplified classification of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) morphology using only the orientation of fused cusps was recently proposed. The aim of this study was to test whether it…
In this issue of the Journal, Kehl et al. describe the benign outcome of flail mitral leaflet with moderate mitral regurgitation (MR). They conducted a retrospective study of their echocardiographic database…
Background Flail mitral leaflet is a common complication of degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) and is generally equated with severe MR. However, a flail mitral leaflet is not always associated with…
Almost 10 years ago, as I took over the job of Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE), I wrote my first Editors’ Page, which was published…
Alan C. Finley, MD, FASE Roman Sniecinski, MD, FASE Moderate sedation, often referred to as “conscious sedation,” for procedures involving echocardiography seems to be getting a lot of attention lately….
