Ready for Montreal?
Sanjiv Kaul, MD, FASE Our 22 nd Annual Scientific Sessions, themed “The Patient and the Image: The Role of Cardiovascular Ultrasound in Clinical Decision Making,” will be held at the…
Update on Our Council Goals
Wyman W. Lai, MD, MPH, FASE Midway through my second, and final, year as chair of the Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease (PCHD) Council Board, I’m struck by how many…
Multi-Modality Imaging of an Adult Parachute Mitral Valve
A parachute abnormality of the mitral valve is an extremely rare finding in adults. It is usually seen as part of Shone’s complex. The authors present multimodality imaging from a…
Acute Aortic Regurgitation Secondary to Disk Embolization of a Björk-Shiley Prosthetic Aortic Valve
Having passed the 30th anniversary of the first implantation of a Björk-Shiley convexo-concave tilting mechanical valve, recognition of the life-threatening complication of strut fracture is not widespread. The authors report…
“The Patient and the Image: The Role of Cardiovascular Ultrasound in Clinical Decision Making”
Marti L. McCulloch, BS, MBA, RDCS, FASE This year’s ASE Scientific Sessions, to be held on June 11 th through the 14 th in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, an exciting international…
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…
HeartMate II Ventricular Assist Device Thrombosis—An Echocardiographic Approach to Diagnosis: Can Doppler Evaluation of Flow Be Useful?
A 68-year-old man was admitted to the hospital 4 months after HeartMate II ventricular assist device implantation, because his clinical status had deteriorated and his levels of lactate dehydrogenase and…
Epicardial Fat: An Additional Measurement for Subclinical Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Risk Stratification?
Background The value of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness as determined by echocardiography in cardiovascular risk assessment is not well understood. The aim of this study was to determine the…
Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Systolic and Diastolic Cardiac Function: A Tissue Doppler and Speckle Tracking Echocardiographic Study
Background The aim of this study was to determine whether blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), serum lipids, glucose, and renal function are associated with left ventricular (LV) and right…
Authors’ Reply
To the Editor: We thank Professor Naqvi for her positive comments about our papers regarding the diagnosis of patent foramen ovale (PFO). We share her wish to optimize examining technique…
