Carrie Altman, MD, FASE (2015 Pediatric/Congenital Program Chair) Piers Barker, MD, FASE (2015 Pediatric/Congenital Track Program Co-Chair) ASE 2015 is just around the corner! Plan to arrive in Boston on…
Neil Weissman, MD, FASE Guest co-author Rebecca Hahn, MD, FASE One of the year’s highlights is the ASE’s Annual Scientific Sessions. The conference is a great venue to learn and…
Elizabeth F. McIlwain, MHS, RCS, FASE, Chair, Council on Cardiovascular Sonography During my career I have had the privilege of seeing many new technologies introduced to the echocardiography lab. Several…
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…
We appreciate the caution by Hammoudi et al. regarding routine clinical application of E/e’ as a noninvasive measure of LV filling pressure in subjects with normal ejection fraction. It is true…
We thank Hammoudi et al . for their stimulating comments on our article “Diastolic Stress Echocardiography in the Young: A Study in Nonathletic and Endurance-Trained Healthy Subjects” and the related editorial….
We read with interest the article by Studer Bruengger et al . and the related scientific editorial. The study confirmed previous reports of normal exercise E/e′ ratios, considered an index of…
Background Right ventricular apical pacing may induce detrimental effects on left ventricular function and coronary flow. In this study, the effects of pacing site and mode on cardiac mechanics and…
Background There is limited information on the utility of certain echocardiographic measurements, such as right ventricular (RV) strain analysis, in predicting mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Methods…
We thank Günaydın et al . for their interest in our article. We agree that atrial fibrillation (AF) adversely affects atrial as well as ventricular structure and function. However, there are…
