Keeping Current in Vascular Imaging
Naomi M. Hamburg, MD, Chair-elect, ASE Vascular Council As the chair-elect of the Vascular Council Board, I am impressed by ASE’s commitment to advancing vascular imaging. Staying current with recent…
A New Career Ladder for Sonographers
Michelle Bierig, MPH, RDCS, FASE In 2007, ASE sponsored a sonographer needs survey which indicated that 94% of respondents were interested in acquiring information about an educational program providing advanced…
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…
CPT, CMS, RUC, RBRVS: Why This Alphabet Soup—and Filling Out Surveys—Matters to You and Your Practice!
David H. Wiener, MD, FASE, ASE Advocacy Committee Chair ASE is an active participant in a process that is little understood, but essential to virtually every U.S. based member. It’s…
ASE 2012: Taking the Best of the Past and Making It Better!
James D. Thomas, MD, FASE Registration has opened for the Society’s annual scientific sessions, and we have a fantastic line-up for the meeting. ASE 2012 will be held at National…
Assessment of Right Ventricular Function in Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography: Reply to Letter by Dr. Koestenberger and Dr. Ravekes
We thank Drs. Koestenberger and Ravekes for their very valuable comments on our recently published guidelines on targeted neonatal echocardiography. As stated in the guidelines, we indeed recommended the use…
Right Ventricular Function Parameters in the Neonatal Population
We read with interest the expert consensus statement “Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Practice Guidelines and Recommendations for Training” from the writing group of the American…
Neonatal Echocardiography—Different Approaches in Different Continents: Reply to a Letter by Evans and Kluckow
We thank Drs. Evans and Kluckow for their interest in our recently published guidelines for neonatal echocardiography. We read their comments with interest, and we take note of the differences…
Impact of a Dedicated Training Program on the Reproducibility of Systolic Dyssynchrony Measures Using Tissue Doppler Imaging
Background The reproducibility of the measurement of mechanical dyssynchrony by echocardiography including Doppler tissue imaging has recently been questioned. The aim of this study was to ascertain the role of a…
Assessment of Transmitral Vortex Formation in Patients with Diastolic Dysfunction
Background Previous experimental models have related transmitral vortex formation to the longitudinal recoil of left ventricle. However, little is known about the relationships among left ventricular (LV) longitudinal relaxation, transmitral filling…
