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…
Benjamin Eidem, MD, Council Chair Luc Mertens, MD, PhD, Chair of 2013 Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Track The Pediatric & Congenital Heart Disease track planned for Minneapolis is truly…
Susana Perese, BS, RVT, FASE Over the years we’ve all seen and most likely have worked in various types of clinical models, from the dedicated lab where only one type…
Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, FASE As many of you know, ASE’s second medical mission camp in India wrapped up right before the holidays, and our volunteers returned home tired and…
Background Right ventricular function is a strong determinant of prognosis in severe pulmonary hypertension. Methods The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of estimates of right…
Background Recent advances in very high frame rate use of ultrasonography have enabled the application of two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) to small animal cardiac functional assessments. In this study, two-dimensional…
Background Previous studies have identified four clinical characteristics associated with a favorable response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT): female gender, left bundle branch block (LBBB), QRS duration ≥ 150 msec,…
Background Coronary and microvascular blood flow reserve have been established as important predictors of prognosis in patients with cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to assess the value…
Background Syndrome X in women is thought to be caused by coronary microvascular dysfunction, the exact site of which is unknown. The aim of this study was to characterize the…
Background The aim of this study was to assess systolic left atrial (LA) reservoir function in patients with mitral stenosis (MS) using two-dimensional (2D) strain (ϵ) and strain rate imaging…
