Travel Grants Provide Opportunities for Growth and Renewal
In 2012, the ASE Education and Research Foundation provided funding for two $1,000 travel grants for attendance at the ASE Scientific Sessions for each of its four councils. This year,…
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…
Quantitative Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Provides New Insight into the Mechanisms of Mitral Valve Regurgitation Post-Repair of Atrioventricular Septal Defect
Background Mechanisms of mitral valve regurgitation after atrioventricular septal defect repair are unclear. Methods To gain further insight into mitral valve regurgitation, real-time three-dimensional echocardiography was performed in 53 patients…
Immediate Impact of Successful Percutaneous Mitral Valve Commissurotomy on Echocardiographic Measures of Right Ventricular Contractility
Background Functional analysis of the right ventricle cannot be reliably evaluated by conventional echocardiography, because of its complex geometry and load dependence of ejection phase indices. The Tei index, dP/dt,…
Value of ASE Guidelines, Training Underscored by Educational Outreach in India
One of the objectives under our ASE goal of “increasing dissemination of cardiovascular quality standards across the globe,” is the inclusion of ASE’s guidelines in new global education efforts. The…
Single Right Ventricles Have Impaired Systolic and Diastolic Function Compared to Those of Left Ventricular Morphology
Background Differences in single right ventricle (SRV) and single left ventricles (SLV) function are poorly described, although myocardial dysfunction is an important risk factor for morbidity and mortality. The aims…
Positioning Echocardiography as the Most Valuable Imaging Technique in a Changing Healthcare Environment
Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, FASE As part of its strategic plan, ASE has established a goal of positioning cardiovascular ultrasound as the cardiovascular imaging “test of choice” in the new…
Subaortic Right Ventricular Characteristics and Relationship to Exercise Capacity in Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
Background In congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (cc-TGA), the morphologic right ventricle acts as the subaortic (systemic) ventricle, and deterioration of the ventricle over time is a well-known…
Prospective Randomized Comparison of Conventional Stress Echocardiography and Real-Time Perfusion Stress Echocardiography in Detecting Significant Coronary Artery Disease
Background Although retrospective studies have suggested that myocardial perfusion and wall motion analysis with real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography (RTMCE) improves the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) during dobutamine or…
Variability of Global Left Ventricular Deformation Analysis Using Vendor Dependent and Independent Two-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Software in Adults
Background Evaluation of myocardial deformation by two-dimensional speckle-tracking is useful for clinical and research purposes. However, differences may exist among different ultrasound machines, software packages, frame rates, and observers. Methods…
