The New Face of Echo Education: An Era in Evolution
Mary Beth Brady, MD, FASE Sanjay Dwarakanath, MD The psychologist Herbert Gerjuoy predicted that “Tomorrow’s illiterate will not be the man who can’t read; he will be the man who…
ASE Task Forces and Evolution in 2012
Patricia Pellikka, MD, FASE As I expect my year as ASE president to fly by, like most times do when one is engaged with good friends and interesting work, I…
Three-Dimensional Echocardiography for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Noncompaction
We read with great interest the report of Caselli et al. titled “Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Characterization of Patients With Left Ventricular Noncompaction.” The authors demonstrated that real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT3DE) allows accurate…
Assessment of Right Ventricular Systolic Function in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension
In their recently published article, Sato et al. investigated the accuracy of echocardiographic measures of right ventricular (RV) systolic function (mean RV ejection fraction [RVEF], 38 ± 11%) in 37 patients…
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…
Tips for Gaining an Edge in a Tightening Sonographer Job Market
Not all that long ago, cardiovascular sonography was experiencing a severe shortage of technologists. Sonographers looking for employment had many options as to when they could move and where they…
Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy
The article on left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy by Paterick et al. is superb, particularly the anatomic and echocardiographic images. My colleagues and I reported three fetal cases of this disorder as spongiform…
The Right Ventricle of the Endurance Athlete: The Relationship between Morphology and Deformation
We were very interested to read the article by Oxborough et al. in the March issue of JASE . The authors found that right ventricular (RV) chamber dimensions were larger in…
Accuracy of Fluoroscopic and Electrocardiographic Criteria for Pacemaker Lead Implantation by Comparison with Three-Dimensional Echocardiography
Background Fluoroscopic and electrocardiographic (ECG) criteria for the documentation of pacing lead positioning (apical and alternative sites) have been described, but data regarding their accuracy are lacking. Methods Fifty patients…
Is a Shorter Atrioventricular Septal Length an Intermediate Phenotype in the Spectrum of Nonsyndromic Atrioventricular Septal Defects?
Background Atrioventricular septal defects (AVSDs) account for 7% of all congenital cardiovascular malformations. The atrioventricular septum (AVS) is the portion of the septal tissue that separates the right atrium from…
