Systolic and Diastolic Myocardial Mechanics in Patients with Cardiac Disease and Preserved Ejection Fraction: Impact of Left Ventricular Filling Pressure

Jun 16, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Systolic and Diastolic Myocardial Mechanics in Patients with Cardiac Disease and Preserved Ejection Fraction: Impact of Left Ventricular Filling Pressure

Background There are few data on the impact of left ventricular (LV) filling pressure on systolic and diastolic myocardial mechanics in patients with cardiac disease and preserved LV ejection fraction…

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The Distinct Relationships of Carotid Plaque Disease and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness with Left Ventricular Function

Jun 16, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on The Distinct Relationships of Carotid Plaque Disease and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness with Left Ventricular Function

Background Subclinical carotid atherosclerosis has been associated with impaired left ventricular (LV) function and the development of heart failure. Whether impaired LV function is related primarily to increased intima-media thickness…

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Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar

Jun 16, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on 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…

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A Report from ECOSIAC

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Historically in most inter-American countries, cardiovascular ultrasound is performed by physicians and in very few, by technicians. This practice is not expected to change substantially in the near future. In…

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Nomination and Awards

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Sanjiv Kaul, MD, FASE Several recent changes to the nomination and awards processes within the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) deserve mention. Firstly, the two processes have been separated and…

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The WWWWWH of Ventricular Performance

Jun 16, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on The WWWWWH of Ventricular Performance

Wyman W. Lai, MD, MPH, FASE The ASE has highlighted the importance of accurate and reproducible LV and RV measurements with the publication of two recent guidelines. The first provides…

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Index to Subjects ∗

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A Abbreviations Obfuscation, revisited (Pearlman). 2010;23:448-9 (Editor’s page) Abstracts Abstracts. 2010;23:B2-B88 Academic medical centers Application of the appropriateness criteria for echocardiography in an academic medical center (Aggarwal et al). 2010;23:267-74…

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An Unnatural History of Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm?

Jun 16, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on An Unnatural History of Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm?

We report the case of a 79-year-old woman with a history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and purulent pericarditis with subsequent subxiphoid pericardiostomy and formation of a large left ventricular…

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