Procedural TEE: Sometimes Hard to Swallow

Apr 21, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Procedural TEE: Sometimes Hard to Swallow

Roman Sniecinski, MD, FASE Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a key imaging procedure used during multiple interventions performed in both cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology laboratories. Its use in these settings has…

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The Point of Care

Apr 21, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on The Point of Care

Susan E. Wiegers, MD, FASE, FACC Cardiovascular ultrasound and ultrasound imaging in general are undergoing a technologic and cultural upheaval. If you practice in an echo lab with a traditional…

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Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar

Apr 21, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on 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…

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Effects of Transthoracic Echocardiographic Simulator Training on Performance and Satisfaction in Medical Students

Apr 21, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Effects of Transthoracic Echocardiographic Simulator Training on Performance and Satisfaction in Medical Students

Simulation-based training has emerged as a valuable tool in the medical field for the development of technical skills. Recently, several studies have suggested that a transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) simulator would…

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Independent Echocardiographic Markers of Cardiovascular Involvement in Chronic Kidney Disease: The Value of Left Atrial Function and Volume

Apr 21, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Independent Echocardiographic Markers of Cardiovascular Involvement in Chronic Kidney Disease: The Value of Left Atrial Function and Volume

Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality and morbidity, particularly ischemic heart disease and cardiomyopathy. Newer echocardiographic techniques such as myocardial strain analysis provides the opportunity…

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Mechanical Dispersion Assessed by Strain Echocardiography Is Associated with Malignant Arrhythmias in Chagas Cardiomyopathy

Apr 21, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Mechanical Dispersion Assessed by Strain Echocardiography Is Associated with Malignant Arrhythmias in Chagas Cardiomyopathy

Background Sudden death is one of the characteristics of Chagas disease (ChD). With the development of strategies for the prevention of malignant arrhythmias, especially with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), there is…

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Association of Decreased Right Ventricular Strain with Worse Survival in Non–Acute Coronary Syndrome Angina

Apr 21, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Association of Decreased Right Ventricular Strain with Worse Survival in Non–Acute Coronary Syndrome Angina

Background Regional strain by speckle-tracking echocardiography can be used to detect occult right ventricular (RV) myocardial dysfunction. However, in patients with coronary artery disease, the impact of RV strain is…

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Longitudinal Changes and Interobserver Variability of Systolic Myocardial Deformation Values in a Prospective Cohort of Healthy Fetuses across Gestation and after Delivery

Apr 21, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Longitudinal Changes and Interobserver Variability of Systolic Myocardial Deformation Values in a Prospective Cohort of Healthy Fetuses across Gestation and after Delivery

Background Normative data for fetal myocardial deformation values have not been comprehensively described in a longitudinal cohort. The effect of gestational age on these values and on interobserver variability require…

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