The ASE Foundation—Looking for Your Support
The silent auction added interest to the annual President’s Reception in San Diego. Lifetime Achievement Award winner Itzhak Kronzon, MD, FASE celebrated with his family and colleagues. From left, Drs….
Percutaneous Closure of a Mitral Perivalvular Leak Using Three Dimensional Real Time and Color Flow Imaging
The role of echocardiography, including three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography, during interventional procedures in the cardiac catheterization laboratory is continuing to expand as interventional cardiologists perform more catheter-based interventions. Echocardiography often complements…
Two-Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiography Reliably Predict Severe Pulmonary Regurgitation as Quantified by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance
Background The grading of pulmonary regurgitation (PR) severity by two-dimensional (2D) and Doppler echocardiography is not standardized. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging is the clinical gold standard for PR quantification. The…
Traumatic Tricuspid Regurgitation Caused by Myocardial Laceration: A Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Study
A 19-year-old man was admitted for severe traumatic tricuspid regurgitation (TR) 4 months after a traffic accident. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed severe TR, with an abnormal chordal structure. Three-dimensional echocardiography showed…
Acquired Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: One Problem, Two Mechanisms
Until the last decade, acquired pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis in the adult population was a rare finding, caused by neoplasm or inflammatory conditions such as sarcoidosis or fibrosing mediastinitis. With…
An Evaluation of Transmitral and Pulmonary Venous Doppler Indices for Assessing Murine Left Ventricular Diastolic Function
With the continued development of genetically engineered mouse models of cardiac disease, further advancement of noninvasive techniques for evaluating cardiac diastolic dysfunction in these models would be valuable. Therefore, we…
Vascular Imaging Symposium Focuses on Developing Better Ultrasound Techniques
Robert Eberhardt, MD The ASE strives to be the primary resource for education, knowledge exchange, and professional development in the field of cardiovascular ultrasound. As vascular ultrasound continues to grow…
2010 Accreditation Update
Marti L. McCullough, BS, MBA, RDCS, FASE “The intent of the accreditation process is two-fold. It is designed to recognize laboratories that provide quality echocardiography services. It is also designed…
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…
Dynamic Annular Geometry and Function in Patients with Mitral Regurgitation: Insight From Three-Dimensional Annular Tracking
Background Real-time three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography and unique software permit mitral annular (MA) tracking throughout systole to assess MA remodeling and function. Whether MA structure and function are altered differently depending…
