In a substantial proportion of patients with recent systemic embolization, no evident source of embolism or predisposing factors can be verified. As yet unidentified cardiac abnormalities may play a role…
President James Thomas, MD, FASE and Immediate Past President Sanjiv Kaul, MD, FASE congratulate winners of the Alan D. Waggoner Sonographer Student Scholarship. From left to right, they are: Jennifer Durst,…
Vijay Nambi, MD, FASE The understanding that atherosclerosis is a sub-intimal process provided the opportunity to image the disease process. Pignoli et al utilized ultrasound and measured the intima-media complex of…
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…
A question I often hear, both in my lab and when I travel, is “How can I get more involved with ASE?” My first response is to ask if the…
The authors describe the case of a 52-year-old man with a history of supra-annular mechanical aortic valve replacement who presented with fever and abdominal pain. He was found to have…
We thank Dyar et al for their comments and questions. We appreciate the opportunity to respond and to discuss the issues raised in more detail. The correct unit when indexing body…
Background The right and left ventricles share the interventricular septum, which mechanically transmits pressure gradients. The aim of this study was to investigate how acute mild or moderate right ventricular…
Background The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between carotid artery stiffness and diastolic function in a cohort of subjects without known cardiovascular risk factors and/or overt…
Transmitral pulsed-wave and mitral annular tissue Doppler are routinely used in clinical practice to assess left ventricular (LV) diastolic function. Using these Doppler modalities, three classic diastolic filling patterns are…
