Echocardiography is frequently the initial noninvasive imaging modality used to assess patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC). Standard transthoracic echocardiography can provide, even in the acute care setting, useful information about…
Neil J. Weissman, MD, FASE Growing up, the “big trip” each year was when my family piled into the station wagon and drove from New York to Florida to visit…
Alan Finley, MD, FASE As the cost and complexity of healthcare in the United States have increased, the overuse of resources has become a considerable concern. Unnecessary or low value…
Background Facilitated reporting using a discrete set of finding codes (FCs) is a common method of generating echocardiographic reports. Methods The investigators developed a tool that allows echocardiographic reports to…
Elizabeth F. McIlwain, MHS, RCS, FASE, Chair, Council on Cardiovascular Sonography In 2005 ASE published “Minimum Standards for the Cardiac Sonographer: A Position Paper.” This guideline addresses credentialing, formal education,…
Background The etiology of reduced left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction after exercise, without obstructive coronary artery disease or other established causes, is unclear. The aims of this study were to…
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…
Background The differential diagnosis between pre- and postcapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) is of major therapeutic relevance and thus requires optimal clinical probability assessment with echocardiography. Methods We prospectively analyzed 152…
The echocardiographic distinction between pericardial effusion and left-sided pleural effusion is made using the descending thoracic aorta (DTA) as a landmark. When imaged in the parasternal long-axis view, pericardial fluid…
The fundamental principle of stress echocardiography is that left ventricular (LV) abnormalities are usually not apparent in the early stages disease because of the heart’s functional reserve. In the routine…
