ASE’s ImageGuideEcho™ Registry is the nation’s first echo-specific clinical data registry. Within the Registry, your institution will have the analytical tools to: track quality improvement, conduct detailed analysis into your own data, leverage continued alignment in quality with IAC, link to outcomes data, and examine data to conduct innovative research.

Join us at ASE 2023 in National Harbor, Maryland, and stop by the ASE ImageGuideEcho Registry Booth #531 in the Echo Expo. ASE member physicians will be presenting these five information sessions:

SATURDAY, JUNE 24

Growth of the ImageGuideEcho Registry
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Jordan Strom, MD, MSc, FASE

Cedaron: Improving Quality of Care
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Malcolm Bond, PhD

The Pediatric Echo Module
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM
Dan Forsha, MD, MCS, FASE & Charitha Reddy, MD

SUNDAY, JUNE 25

The Perioperative Echo Module
10:05 AM – 10:35 AM
Alina Nicoara, MD, FASE

ASE & IAC – A Continued Alignment in Quality
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
David H. Wiener, MD, FASE

Register today to join us at the ASE 2023 Scientific Sessions in National Harbor, Maryland, June 23-26, 2023. This premier cardiovascular ultrasound conference will address foundational concepts, evolving practice, and research in these areas and more:

• Imaging Fundamentals
• Perioperative
• Critical Care
• Circulation and Vascular
• Interventional Echocardiography
• POCUS
• Multimodality
• Innovation & Technology
• Pediatric & Congenital Heart Disease
• Myocardium
• Ischemia

Misinformation at Play? May CASE Saves the Day

The latest issue of CASE, ASE’s open access case reports journal, is now available with some captivating reports, including “Degenerative Mitral Stenosis: A Case-Based Review” by Morgan Lamberg, DO, MHSA et al. CASE Editor-in-Chief, Vincent L. Sorrell, MD, FASE, remarked, “Lamberg et al. have prepared an excellent case-based review on the ever-increasing prevalence of degenerative mitral stenosis (DMS). Although rheumatic mitral stenosis (RMS) has become less common, mitral annular calcification progressing to DMS continues to increase and unlike RMS, carries a poor prognosis with limited treatment options. The authors do an outstanding job of demonstrating the value of a multimodality imaging approach that complements 2D, 3D, and Doppler echocardiography. They also include accompanying tables and flow-diagrams to assist us in how we approach these patients and highlight the approach when DMS is combined with aortic stenosis (~25%). Using a combination of echo and computed tomographic imaging parameters, the authors provide a proposal to help standardize our grading of the severity of DMS. Although treatment options are limited, the authors leave us with some hope that newer transcatheter interventions continue to evolve and are specifically addressing this disease state.”

So far this year, ASE has welcomed 42 distinguished Fellows of the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE) recipients! These members exemplify excellence in the field of cardiovascular ultrasound through education, research, leadership, and volunteerism. They are ambassadors for ASE and recognized experts in their field. Join us in congratulating the newest FASE recipients:

• William Bradley, DNP, NP-C, ACNP, ACHPN, FASE, AACC
• Stephanie Paige Coleman, RDCS, FASE
• Corrado Fiore, FASE
• Karan Kapoor, MD, FASE
• Jessica A. Kolb, RDCS, FASE
• Hsin-Yueh Liang, MD, FASE
• Christina Luuly Luong, BSc, MD, MHSc, FASE
• Majd Makhoul, MD, FASE
• Renato Morcerf, RDCS, FASE
• Davoy R. Murray, MD, FASA, FASE
• Lakshmi Muthukumar, MD, FASE
• Andrew Philip Notarianni, MD, FASE
• Seyedehzahra Mahshid Ojaghihaghighi, MD, FACC, FASE
• Priscilla Paladino-Rivieccio, RCS, FASE
• Aaron Robert Prosnitz, MD, FASE
• Sajjadur Rahim, ACS, RDCS, RVT, MBBS, FASE
• Samreen R. Raza, MD, FASE
• Jason N. Salamon, MD, FASE
• Vahid Sepehri, MD, FASE
• Karen Elizabeth Singh, MD, FASE
• Vianney Tedjamulia, MD, FIHA, FASE
• Nicholas Thomas Thielen, MD, FASE
• Dongngan T. Truong, MD, FASE
• Karen Miller, RDCS, FASE
• Sahar Mohammed Abdelhamid, MD, FASE
• Rowa Attar, MD, FRCPC, FASE
• Kelley Robert Branch, MD, FASE
• Nicholas J. Enger, RDCS, FASE
• Patrick T. Gleason, MD, FASE
• Ythan H. Goldberg, MD, FASE
• Stanislav Henkin, MD, MPH, FASE
• Patrick Thomas Hussey, MD, FASE
• Kamalesh R. Karthikeyan, MD, FASE
• Dor Markush, MD, FASE
• Pooja Natarajan, MD, FASE
• Yaser Saeed Nemshah, MBBS, FASE
• Cassandra Polsen, BS, RDCS, FASE
• Gabriel Shaya, MD, FASE
• Erik Ryan Su, MD, FASE
• Raymond K. Young, MD, FASE
• Raffael Pereira Cezar Zamper, PhD, FASE
• Erick Calderon-Aranda, MD, FASE

A complete list of FASE members can be found at SeeMyHeart.org. If you are interested in applying for FASE, or would like more information, visit ASEcho.org/FASE. The next deadline to apply is June 1, 2023.

September 30 – October 1, 2023

Calling all Sonographers: Save the date for the 2nd Annual Echo in Pediatric & Congenital Heart Disease Virtual Experience! This two-day virtual course will take place September 30 – October 1, 2023, and contain echo-specific education for the pediatric community.

Learn about established and emerging cardiovascular ultrasound technologies, clinical care, and practical considerations in children and adults with congenital heart disease. Registration will open June 2023, and participants can earn up to 12 CME credits.

ASE has surpassed 10,000 followers on its LinkedIn Company Page! Thank you for your support in helping us reach this social media milestone. Did you know there are two ways to connect and engage with ASE on LinkedIn? Follow our LinkedIn Company Page to stay in-the-know about the latest ASE happenings and offerings, and request to join our LinkedIn Group page to collaborate with nearly 29,000 members from the cardiovascular ultrasound community.

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October 7-9, 2023, at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resorts in Florida

Join us live, in-person for ASE’s 11th Annual Echo Florida course that will take place October 7-9, 2023, at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resorts in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. This course offers a comprehensive review of cardiovascular ultrasound and includes dedicated sessions on cardiomyopathies, coronary artery disease (including stress testing), valvular heart disease, pericardial disease, heart failure, emerging technologies, complex congenital heart disease and case-based demonstrations on the role of 2D, and real time 3D/4D echocardiography, as well as strain imaging. Attendees can earn up to 23.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Accommodations: ASE has secured a block of rooms at a discounted rate of $315 per night plus tax (based on single/double occupancy) at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resort. Learn more and book your room.

Free for ASE Members

The Critical Care eCASE Series was a new blended online learning activity offered by ASE that is now available On Demand in the ASE Learning Hub. The flipped learning style allowed registrants to review a case prior to a live Q&A session, where an expert panel and the participants discussed the interpretation of the case and how they might approach diagnosis and treatment. This activity includes three recorded Critical Care eCASES. All clinical providers interested in POCUS in regards to its use in diagnosing and managing critically ill patients are encouraged to check out the series!

The three cases covered are titled:

1. Case 1: Is it cardiac tamponade or not? That is the question.
2. Case 2: Is oxygen delivery adequate? That is the question.
3. Case 3: Does the patient need a transesophageal echo, TEE? That is the question.

This activity is free for ASE members and $45 for nonmembers. Earn 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (pending approval) for participation in the entire three-part series.

ASE and the ASE Foundation are offering three grants worth up to $25,000 USD to early career scientists in cardiovascular imaging. The Early-Career Development Grant for Echo Scientists (EDGES) provides support and professional development opportunities for early career members in the Society and creates an avenue for the continued evolution of echocardiography through technical advancement and new applications.

The grants will fund projects that address a clinical gap in cardiovascular ultrasound imaging through research led by an early career scientist. Physicians, PhDs, veterinarians, sonographers, and other healthcare professionals who are within seven years from having completed training are eligible to apply now through July 1, 2023, 5:00 PM ET. The principal investigator must be an active ASE member.

The May issue of JASE includes “Prediction of Coronary Artery Calcium Using Deep Learning of Echocardiograms.” Lead author Neal Yuan, MD, notes that, “In this study we showed that a deep learning video-based model was able to predict coronary calcium levels from transthoracic echocardiograms. This could implicate a future role for using echocardiograms, a widely accessible imaging modality deployable at the point-of-care, for coronary artery disease risk stratification. Our findings also continue to speak to the powerful and exciting capabilities of deep learning models, which are allowing us to unlock and discern complex patterns present in echocardiograms and other information-dense imaging data that have been previously unappreciated.”

Additionally, the state-of-the-art review highlights ultrasound imaging of the superior vena cava. Other clinical investigations explore echocardiographic features of cardiac masses and diagnosis, deep learning of echocardiograms focusing on pediatric patients, echocardiographic diastolic parameters and invasive measurements of LV filling pressure in cardiomyopathy (accompanied by an editorial comment), novel roles for ultrasound enhancing agents, also with an editorial, blood speckle tracking for assessment of intraventricular pressure gradients in children, normal values of LV mass by echocardiography, and fetal ventricular strain measurement. Several brief research communications add to this panoply of subjects, such as whether the limited access necessitated by the pandemic affected newborns with single-ventricle congenital heart disease. The letters to the editor will engage readers regarding two prior JASE publications.

Dr. Patricia A. Pellikka, JASE Editor-in-Chief, has written a beautiful In Memoriam article regarding the rich and profound life of Bijoy K. Khandheria, MD, FASE, who passed away in February. Dr. Khandheria was the 16^th president of ASE, and his joy for echocardiography was infused into everyone he met and knew.

The President’s Message from Stephen H. Little, MD, FASE, “The House of Cardiology,” explores ASE’s conversations and relationships with the other numerous organizations that embrace and complement echocardiography, and why this synergy is so vital. The May ASE Education Calendar lists education opportunities far and wide.