Elizabeth F. McIlwain, MHS, RCS, FASE The Imaging Essentials Track embraced the theme of “Investigate, Innovate, Incorporate” at the 28th Annual ASE Scientific Sessions in Baltimore, MD this past June….
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…
Vera H. Rigolin, MD, FASE At the time I am writing this, the U.S. is recovering from two historic hurricanes. Hurricane Harvey hit Texas on August 25, 2017 and made…
The publisher regrets that the paper entitled “Laboratory Accreditation: Why This Quality Matter Matters” by Rose and Johnson, published in the September 2017 issue of JASE (J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2017;30:923-5),…
Background Intraventricular pressure difference (IVPD), the diastolic suction during early diastole, is known as a useful marker of myocardial diastolic function in adults with different heart diseases, but there are…
Background Early detection of right ventricular (RV) failure is required to improve the management of patients with congenital heart diseases. The aim of this study was to validate echocardiography for…
Background Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity has not been extensively validated in bone marrow transplantation (BMT) patients. Speckle-tracking echocardiography is a sensitive method for the detection of subclinical cardiac dysfunction. Methods Cardiac function…
Background The 2015 American Society of Echocardiography/European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging recommendations for chamber quantification suggest new abnormality threshold and severity partition values for left atrial (LA) volume that are…
Background Patients with acute leukemia (AL) have a higher rate of congestive heart failure than patients with other cancers. AL may predispose to cardiac dysfunction before chemotherapy because of high…
Background Cardiotoxicity is a well-known adverse effect of various chemotherapeutic agents that can be monitored by echocardiography. A decrease in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) triggers consideration for therapy modification…
