Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

12/01/2021

The December Issue of Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography is now online! Check out the NEW JASE section, Imaging Strategies, that includes the article, “Lung Ultrasound Imaging: A Primer for Echocardiographers." https://www.onlinejase.com/current

11/18/2021

New TEE in Structural Heart Intervention Guideline Now Available Online: https://www.onlinejase.com/article/S0894-7317(21)00594-0/fulltext

Lead author Rebecca T. Hahn, MD, FASE, said, "The new Standards for the Performance of Transesophageal Echocardiographic Screening for Structural Heart Intervention guideline is intended for the Level II or III echocardiographer whose pre-procedural imaging becomes the backbone of structural heart disease (SHD) procedural planning for the heart team. The structured imaging acquisition protocols and extensive figures and tables show examples of the protocols and should benefit all echocardiographers involved in the care of SHD patients. ASE has been an early adopter of the concept that Interventional Echocardiography is a new subspecialty. As with other developing clinical imaging needs, ASE has taken the lead on defining the training and competencies required for Interventional Echocardiography, and has now taken the first step to standardizing the education around this exciting new field with this guideline." The document is currently an article in press, and will publish in the January 2022 Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography.

Dr. Hahn will present two webinars on this guideline. Save the dates. Registration will open soon!

• Introduction to the Guidelines and Review of Aortic and Mitral Imaging Protocols: December 15, 2021 – 3:00-4:00 PM ET
• Guidelines and Review of Tricuspid and Interatrial septum/LAA Imaging Protocols: December 17, 2021 – 2:30-3:30 PM ET

In the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) guidelines for performing a comprehensive transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) examination, a standard 28-view (Table 1) imaging protocol as well as specific structural imaging assessments were introduced.1 Interventional echocardiography is incr...

11/17/2021

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04/15/2021

In an article by Moral et al (https://bit.ly/3rZUAGt)
, the authors evaluate the usefulness of TEE for evaluating celiac and SMA arteries in acute dissection and demonstrate TEE is able to distinguish static vs. dynamic mechanisms. American Society of Echocardiography

04/15/2021

in an article by Wang and Zhang (https://bit.ly/3ulfSQg)
, 2D and strategies for diagnosis of fetal arch anomalies are discussed. American Society of Echocardiography

Fetal aortic arch anomalies and pulmonary slings can be difficult to accurately diagnose but have important clinical implications related to vascular rings, congenital heart disease, and chromosomal anomalies. In this article, the authors briefly review the embryology and development of the fetal ar...

04/15/2021

In an article by Anand et al. (https://bit.ly/3sSPhd4)
, amongst patients with > moderate AR, iLVESV but not ESD was related to mortality, correlation with linear dimensions was moderate, symptoms were more related to volumes. American Society of Echocardiography

04/15/2021

In an article by Zeng et al (https://bit.ly/3sTLpZ4)
, 3D-speckle tracking strain improved prognostication vs. LV remodeling in chronic aortic regurgitation. American Society of Echocardiography

04/15/2021

In an article by Albulushi, et al. (https://bit.ly/3wBXrJd)
, high MI impulses during ultrasound contrast infusion improved GLS x > 10 min for those with abnormal LV function (particularly for apical segments).
American Society of Echocardiography

04/15/2021

In an article by Grund et al (https://bit.ly/3fHbPcO)
, authors show that layer-specific speckle-tracking strain and feature tracking are preload dependent with poor intermodal agreement. American Society of Echocardiography

04/15/2021

And don't miss the editorial by Alan Kwan, Gerran Salto, and Susan Cheng: https://bit.ly/3wtu2kc
American Society of Echocardiography

04/15/2021

In an article by Perak et al. (https://bit.ly/2OmMOZf)
using CARDIA data, young adult cardiac parameters were associated with incident heart failure over 25 years.