Focus on Education for the ASE Community
Meryl S. Cohen, MD, FASE, FACC, FAHA For over two decades, the Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Council of the American Society of Echocardiography has had a long history of…
Focus on sonography credentialing: The adult congenital sonographer
Patrick D. Coon, RCCS, RDCS, FASE • Congenital heart disease (CHD) affects about 1% of live births, or about 40,000 babies, each year in the United States of America. •…
Doppler Systolic Signal Void in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Apical Aneurysm and Severe Obstruction without Elevated Intraventricular Velocities
Background In patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), akinetic apical aneurysms are associated with ventricular tachycardia, heart failure, apical thrombus, and mortality. The cause of apical aneurysms remains unresolved, and there…
Giving to ASE’s Foundation and More Family Time on Tap for December!
Susan E. Wiegers, MD, FASE, FACC Winter solstice is almost upon us—time to reflect and celebrate with family and friends. Despite my many years in Upstate New York and the…
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…
Index to Subjects*
A Academic medical centers Development of an educational strategy and decision support tool to enhance appropriate use of stress echocardiography at a large academic medical center: a prospective, pre- and…
Mechanical Dyssynchrony by Tissue Doppler Cross-Correlation is Associated with Risk for Complex Ventricular Arrhythmias after Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Background Tissue Doppler cross-correlation analysis has been shown to be associated with long-term survival after cardiac resynchronization defibrillator therapy (CRT-D). Its association with ventricular arrhythmia (VA) is unknown. Methods From…
Index to Authors*
A Abbara S ( see Goldstein et al). 2015;28:119-82 (Guidelines and standards) Abdelbaky A ( see Flynn et al). 2015;28:1247-54 Abdelmoneim SS, Mulvagh SL, Xie F, O’Leary E, Adolphson M,…
Endurance Exercise-Induced Cardiac Remodeling: Not All Sports Are Created Equal
Background The term endurance sport (ES) is broadly used to characterize any exercise that requires maintenance of high cardiac output over extended time. However, the relative amount of isotonic (volume)…
Changes in Right Ventricular Function with Exercise in Healthy Subjects: Optimal Parameters and Effects of Gender and Age
Background Right ventricular (RV) function augments with exercise, and loss of this adaptive ability often determines symptoms. Reports on exercise-related changes in RV function in healthy subjects are sparse. In this…
