Background Right heart function is the key determinant of symptoms and prognosis in pulmonary hypertension (PH), but the right ventricle has a complex geometry that is challenging to quantify by…
Naomi M. Hamburg, MD, MS, FASE A key goal of ASE is advancing excellence in cardiovascular ultrasound. Recently, I have been involved in two processes that will promote quality in…
Background Cardiac disease is a major cause of death in patients with muscular dystrophies. The use of feasible and reproducible echocardiographic measures of cardiac function is critical to advance the…
Giving back to the community Patrick D. Coon, RCCS, RDCS, FASE There is no doubt that this might be the biggest cliché, but it is, in fact, true. Volunteering for…
Susan E. Wiegers, MD, FASE, FACC Our professional society is based on maximizing the quality and value of cardiac ultrasound for our patients. One of the reasons many of us…
Background There is increasing use of portable echocardiography as a screening test for rheumatic heart disease (RHD). The prevalence of valvular regurgitation in healthy populations as determined using portable echocardiography…
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 Interpretative variability can adversely affect echocardiographic reliability, but there is no widely accepted method to minimize variability and improve reproducibility. Methods A continuous quality improvement process was devised that…
Background Assessment of myocardial longitudinal function has proved to be a sensitive marker of deteriorating myocardial function in aortic stenosis, demonstrated by both color Doppler tissue imaging and recently by…
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