Background Measuring mean pulmonary artery pressure by right-heart catheterization is the gold standard for pulmonary hypertension (PH) diagnosis. However, its invasiveness and complication leads to its limited use. The aim…
Background In patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), complications including progressive aortic stenosis and aortic dilatation develop over time. The morphology of cusp fusion is one of the determinants of…
Background Intervendor consistency of left ventricular (LV) volume measurements using three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (3DTTE) has never been reported. Accordingly, we designed a prospective study to (1) compare head-to-head the accuracy…
Background The ischemic consequences of coronary artery stenosis can be assessed by invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) or by noninvasive imaging. We sought to determine (1) the concordance between wall…
Background Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) has been proved to effectively rescue patients from refractory cardiogenic shock. The role of the right ventricle in VA-ECMO has been emphasized, but quantitative…
Intensive training is associated with hemodynamic changes that typically induce an enlargement of cardiac chambers, involving not only the ventricles but also the atria. The hearts of competitive athletes are…
Abstract The American College of Cardiology collaborated with the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Heart Valve Society, Society of…
Vera H. Rigolin, MD, FASE Twitter is an electronic platform where users share their thoughts, news, and ideas in under 280 characters of text. Users ‘follow’ each other to stay…
Background As the potential for cancer therapy–related cardiac dysfunction is increasingly recognized, there is a need for the standardization of echocardiographic measurements and cut points to guide treatment. The aim…
Raymond Musarra, BSAS, RCS, RDCS, FASE Career development for sonographers begins when one makes the choice to study how ultrasound can be used to image the heart. After this initial…
