We believe that the report by Peters et al. in this issue of JASE makes a significant contribution to our understanding of how to perform carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) measurements in…
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the capacity and reproducibility of three-dimensional echocardiographic (3DE) strain parameters in the assessment of global left ventricular (LV) systolic function. Methods…
Background The aim of this study was to compare the feasibility, accuracy, and reproducibility of automated quantification of mitral inflow and aortic stroke volumes (SVs) using real-time three-dimensional volume color-flow…
Background Paravalvular aortic regurgitation (AR) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is common, but the evaluation of its severity by two-dimensional (2D) transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) presents several constrains. The aim…
Left ventricular (LV) remodeling is a serious process that may lead to fatal heart failure and can be caused by many cardiovascular diseases, such as ischemic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, myocarditis,…
Conventional Doppler echocardiography, including pulsed-wave, continuous-wave, and color-flow Doppler techniques, is an integral component of an echocardiographic study for the diagnosis and assessment of cardiovascular disease. It is used routinely…
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It is hard to believe that with the January 2012 issue of JASE , we will reach a milestone. This journal now is 25 years old. As with life in…
