Refer five new members before August 31 to receive a free ASE membership for 2024!

Twenty-one members received a complimentary ASE membership for 2023 by referring five or more new members! You could be rewarded with an ASE-branded gift or even a complimentary 2024 ASE membership by recruiting new members this year!

Check out our Member Recruiting Toolkit with templates and tips that will help you reach out to friends and colleagues. Your referrals help create a stronger cardiovascular ultrasound community and increase your network! We can also reach out to your referrals for you! Send referrals (include full name and email address) to our Membership Recruitment Manager, Christine Gil at CGil@ASEcho.org. The best part is, YOU get all the credit! Learn more about our Ambassador Program.

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Take advantage of ASE’s Organizational Membership! The Organizational Membership enables your fellows to easily join ASE at the same time and eliminates the need for individual member applications. Additionally, the program conveniently allows all memberships to be paid using one invoice. For more information, please contact the ASE Membership Department by emailing ASE@ASEcho.org or calling 919-861-5574 (press 1 for Membership). 

ASE and the Foundation are proud to announce the Keynote Speaker for the 34^th Annual Scientific Sessions in National Harbor, Maryland. George A. Mensah, MD, FACC, FCP(SA) Hon, Director of The Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (CTRIS) at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), will deliver the 5th Annual Gardin Lecture, “Echocardiography and the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease: The Crucial Role of Implementation Science” on Sunday, June 25. This lectureship was endowed to the ASE Foundation through a generous gift from ASE Past President Julius Gardin, MD, MBA, FASE. Dr. Gardin mentored numerous physicians and sonographers and this lecture series supports his passion for education by providing funding to bring a luminary speaker to the Scientific Sessions each year. Register for ASE 2023 by May 23 to save on registration costs and hear Dr. Mensah’s keynote address!

ASE’s newest product titled Transesophageal Echocardiography to Assist with Surgical Decision-Making in the Operating Room is available to purchase now in the ASE Learning Hub. This 32-page spiral bound reference guide highlights the assessments needed during 14 surgeries where transesophageal echocardiography is used. Members can purchase this product for $45 USD ($65 for nonmembers). 

Some of the topics featured in this product include:

• Mitral, Aortic, Tricuspid, and Pulmonic Valve Surgery
• Coronary Bypass Surgery
• Aortic Surgery
• LVAD Implantation
• Heart and Lung Transplantation
• and more!

Take advantage of ASE’s calculator and algorithm app EchoGuide! The app provides access to over 50 easy-to-use calculators, algorithms, and charts based on key ASE guidelines for use by healthcare professionals providing cardiac care. It has been downloaded more than 38,000 times since its release in November 2022! If you haven’t already, download the free EchoGuide today—available in the Apple and Google Play stores and on the web!

Enjoying EchoGuide? Let us know by writing a review in the Apple or Android App stores. Potential users will benefit from reading about your favorite app features and how this tool helps you in your day-to-day practice.

The latest issue of CASE, ASE’s open access case reports journal, is now available with some fascinating reports, including “Ascending Aortic Aneurysm in an Asymptomatic Young Woman Without Risk Factors” by Amrin Kharawala, MD et al. CASE Editor-in-Chief, Vincent L. Sorrell, MD, FASE, noted, “In an important reminder to all of us who perform noninvasive imaging, the unpredictable nature of aortic disease should never stray too far from our clinical acumen. These authors report on an incidentally discovered 65mm ascending aorta in a young woman without a connective tissue disorder, aortic syndrome, or associated family history. They include excellent high-quality images from 2D echo, color flow Doppler and CT. Although surgical repair was impacted by a series of post-operative complications and a prolonged hospital course, this CASE presentation should serve as a critically relevant proclamation that we have much to learn about aortic disease. Echocardiography remains the best option we have for early detection and serial assessment, and it is incumbent upon us to obtain high quality images and report carefully measured maximal dimensions at every occasion.”

This issue contains two other Just Another Day in the Echo Lab cases, including severe aortic regurgitation caused by AV fenestrations and AV avulsion and embolization as a complication during TAVI. Learn more from reading their details on innovative management. Additionally, there are two reports in the Congenital Heart Disease category and three in the Cardiac Tumors and Pseudotumors category, featuring a study of a young man with Factor V Leiden experiencing a massive LV thrombus after a STEMI. In Dr. Sorrell’s editorial, he furthers his discussion on Doppler, drawing comparisons between the advancements of detection capabilities by U.S. military radar and those in the echo world through tissue Doppler methodologies (TDE).

The editorial also notes key inclusions for a successful CASE report, especially those on patients with a cardiac mass, as the Journal must select from several submissions each month in the Cardiac Tumors and Pseudotumors category. If you are looking for a journal to submit your case report to, CASE is the place. Email us with questions or submit your report today!

Be sure to check out the latest Sonographer Sound-Off and Unlock the CASE features on the CASE Homepage to dive deeper into new CASE content.

Sonographer Sound-Off (SSO) is an interactive feature that provides an opportunity for sonographers to share tips and tricks they have learned in their everyday practice. SSOs are posted on the CASE Homepage.

The latest SSO titled, Ultrasound Enhancing Agents and Utility of 3D in Aortopathies, features a case study complete with videos, images, and texts from Megan Yamat, RDCS, RCS, ACS, FASE, University of Chicago. The case illustrates how careful TTE imaging, together with thoughtful use of advanced techniques, specifically 3D, photo-realistic rendering, and UEA, can impact decision-making and ultimately patient outcome.

Do you have an image or video that illustrates something you learned from the acquisition or review of that study? If so, please click here to read the submission guidelines. If your image is chosen, you will receive an ASE guideline poster of your choice and be recognized on the CASE homepage, social media, and in the ASE member eNewsletter.

ASE has two live webinars planned this month that are free for ASE members. Log in to your ASE Member Portal and register by clicking the links below:

• April 18, 5-6 PM ET: Recommendations for Cardiac Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in Children. This webinar, hosted by Jimmy Lu, MD, FASE; Alan Riley, MD, FASE; and Charisse Kwan, MD, will focus on the new ASE guideline entitled Recommendations for Cardiac Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in Children. Earn 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ (pending approval).

• April 27, 5-6 PM ET: Comparative Echocardiography: Human and Nonhuman Primates. In this presentation, speakers Valérie Chetboul, MV, PhD, DECVIM; Ilana Kutinsky, DO, FACC; and Jonathan Lindner, MD, FACC, FASE; and moderator Philippe Pibarot, DVM, PhD, FASE, will discuss the several similarities and differences of echocardiographic methods applied to human and nonhuman primates. Earn 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Join us in National Harbor, Maryland, June 23-26, 2023

ASE’s 34th Annual Scientific Sessions is just over two months away, and now is the time to register and reserve your hotel room! Both in-person and virtual attendees will benefit from a comprehensive program focused on cardiovascular ultrasound as a foundational diagnostic tool, while also examining the future of the field.

Important Information and Quick Links

• Click here to complete in-person or virtual registration. ASE members receive reduced registration fees as a benefit of membership (remember to log in to your ASE Member Portal to receive member pricing).
• Additional early registration discounts expire on May 23, 2023.
• Download the Schedule at a Glance. In addition to session pathways and topic-based presentations, this year there are special sessions for the in-person attendees to meet with faculty in small intimate settings for more individualized learning.
• Reserve your discounted hotel room at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center and view overflow hotel options by visiting ASEScientificSessions.org/Housing. The room block will be held until June 2, 2023, or until the block is sold out.
• Participate in ASE’s new Sonographer Career Day on Saturday, June 24. Sonographer students who are currently enrolled in a sonography school program are encouraged to attend ASE 2023 on Saturday free of charge. This special day allows students a unique opportunity to network with faculty and learn more about their chosen career.