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…
Pediatric and Congenital Echocardiography: Looking into the Future
Leo Lopez, MD, FASE The ASE Council on Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease (PCHD) Board of Directors held a retreat on March 28, 2014, in Washington, DC, to identify issues…
Legal Issues for the Cardiovascular Sonographer
Margaret M Park, BS, RVT, RDCS, FASE As sonographers we focus on taking care of our patients. In recent years, we have begun to pay attention to our own health…
Reminiscing…Success and Challenge in 2013–2014
Benjamin F. Byrd, III, MD, FASE It goes without saying that I have enjoyed serving as your ASE President tremendously over the past year—hard work, but truly exhilarating at many…
Mechanisms of QT Prolongation during Hypothermia
We thank Drs Rai, Cronin, Kluger, and LaSala for their interest in our study and for their thorough discussion of the possible mechanisms for prolonged systolic duration during therapeutic hypothermia….
Hypothermia and Left Ventricular Dysfunction: The Role of Electric Changes
We enjoyed reading the well-done and timely article by Espinoza et al . regarding the effect of therapeutic hypothermia on left ventricular function in an open-chest, anesthetized, and intubated porcine model….
Comprehensive Assessment of Right Ventricular Function in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension with Global Longitudinal Peak Systolic Strain Derived from Multiple Right Ventricular Views
Background Right ventricular (RV) function is a strong predictor of mortality in pulmonary hypertension (PH), but two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography–derived assessments of RV function that could aid in risk assessment and…
Association of Exercise Tolerance with Effective Arterial Elastance Obtained Noninvasively in Patients with Exertional Dyspnea
Background Ventricular-arterial stiffening is a part of the aging process that is amplified by various comorbidities. It affects normal cardiovascular reserve and limits exercise capacity. The aim of this study…
