A Piece of Our Mind/The Many Faces of FASE
What does the Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE) recognition mean to me? Annitta J. Flinn, BA, RDCS, CCRC, FASE Have you been thinking or considering applying for FASE…
Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve Assessed by Transthoracic Doppler: The iPOWER Study: Factors Influencing Feasibility and Quality
Highlights • Measurement of CFVR by echocardiography is highly feasible. • In this study, 89% of CFVR examinations were of good quality. • CFVR is underestimated when examination quality is…
Learning a New Skill Set
Patrick D. Coon, RCCS, RDCS, FASE Lately there has been a fair amount of discussion in the adult echo community about adult sonographers who are expected to learn how to…
Training in Perioperative Echocardiography: Time to Think Outside the Box
Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE Robina Matyal, MD The use of ultrasound as an imaging technology has exponentially increased over the last decade. In the perioperative arena, it is used as…
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…
Your New President and Value of Teamwork
Allan L. Klein, MD, FRCP (C), FACC, FAHA, FESC, FASE I am very excited about becoming your 27 th President of the American Society of Echocardiography (and I am not…
Adverse Cardiac Events and the Impaired Relaxation Left Ventricular Filling Pattern
Background Increasing diastolic dysfunction (DD) grade is associated with increased heart failure (HF). Patients with preserved ejection fractions and grade 1 DD may have left atrial dilatation, e′ < 8 cm/sec, increased left ventricular…
Combined Circumferential and Longitudinal Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis without Overt Cardiac Disease
Background Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Because of accelerated atherosclerosis and changes in left ventricular (LV) geometry, circumferential and longitudinal (C&L) LV systolic dysfunction…
Preterm Birth Is Associated with Altered Myocardial Function in Infancy
Background Preterm birth has been associated with myocardial remodeling and accelerated cardiovascular ageing in later life, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. The investigators used echocardiography to undertake a sequential…
Analysis of Regional Left Ventricular Strain in Patients with Chagas Disease and Normal Left Ventricular Systolic Function
Highlights • The authors evaluated LV ε in patients with no signs or in the early stage of Chagas heart disease. • Patients had normal global and segmental LV systolic…
