Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar

Jun 2, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on 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…

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Minnesota, Eh?

Jun 2, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Minnesota, Eh?

Jennifer Neary, RDCS, FASE Yes! Minneapolis, nicknamed “City of Lakes,” will be the stage for the 2013 Scientific Sessions. It truly is a beautiful city and with the sessions taking…

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Accountable!

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Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, FASE I have read Dr. Marty Makary’s book, Unaccountable , a disturbing, but probably not surprising account of deficiencies in the provision of healthcare in the…

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Symptomatic Exercise-Induced Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction without Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Jun 2, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Symptomatic Exercise-Induced Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction without Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Background Left ventricular (LV) outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) is most commonly seen in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Postexercise dynamic LVOTO (DLVOTO) has been infrequently identified in symptomatic patients without LV…

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Prognostic Value of Qualitative and Quantitative Vasodilator Stress Myocardial Perfusion Echocardiography in Patients with Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

Jun 2, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Prognostic Value of Qualitative and Quantitative Vasodilator Stress Myocardial Perfusion Echocardiography in Patients with Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

Background Quantification of myocardial blood flow reserve in patients with coronary artery disease using real-time myocardial perfusion echocardiography (RTMPE) has been demonstrated to further improve accuracy over the analysis of…

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Doppler Flow Patterns in the Right Ventricle–to–Pulmonary Artery Shunt and Neo-Aorta in Infants with Single Right Ventricle Anomalies: Impact on Outcome after Initial Staged Palliations

Jun 2, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Doppler Flow Patterns in the Right Ventricle–to–Pulmonary Artery Shunt and Neo-Aorta in Infants with Single Right Ventricle Anomalies: Impact on Outcome after Initial Staged Palliations

Background A Pediatric Heart Network trial compared outcomes in infants with single right ventricle anomalies undergoing Norwood procedures randomized to modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (MBTS) or right ventricle–to–pulmonary artery shunt (RVPAS)….

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