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…
Veerendra Chadachan MD, MRCP, FSVM, RPVI Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore A vascular ultrasound (VUS) professional is an individual who uses diagnostic ultrasound to assist in the diagnosis and treatment…
“I devoted this space in February to a discussion on advancing technology in the echo lab. In that column I spoke of the need for a champion, education and training,…
Benjamin F. Byrd, III, MD, FASE During my year as ASE President, I’ve observed with great interest the process of taking ASE’s Guidelines from concept to publication. These documents not…
Background Racial differences in carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) have been suggested to be associated with the disproportionally high prevalence of cardiovascular disease in black adults. The objective of this study…
Background Incidental extracardiac findings (ECFs) have been described and studied in myocardial perfusion imaging, cardiac computed tomography, and cardiac magnetic resonance scanning. The literature is surprisingly limited with regard to…
Background An increased risk for cardiac dysfunction is reported when the anti–epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 (ErbB2) antibody trastuzumab (Trz) is combined with doxorubicin (Dox) as adjuvant chemotherapy for…
Background Establishment of the range of normal values and associated variations of two-dimensional (2D) speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE)–derived right ventricular (RV) strain is a prerequisite for its routine clinical application in…
Background This prospective study investigated whether the incorporation of myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) into a clinical stress echocardiography service reproduces the benefits of assessing myocardial perfusion proved previously in research…
Background Implementation of reliable noninvasive testing for screening cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is of critical importance. The most widely used modality, dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE), has moderate sensitivity and specificity….
