Archives for October 2023

Deadline: October 30, 2023

Final Call for Papers! The Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE) is considering submissions for a Focus Issue on Precision Imaging in Echocardiography for publication in early 2024. Submit your original research studies, reviews, letters, and brief research communications that address any aspect of precision imaging in adult or pediatric echo to the JASE Editorial Manager by October 30. Please note in your cover letter that the submission is for the Precision Medicine Issue. 

• Application of quantitative echocardiography, including multidimensional or strain rate imaging, to assess disease severity, guide intervention, and assess or improve patient outcome
• Implementation of echocardiographic endpoints in clinical trials
• Artificial intelligence and computer modeling to optimize accuracy, efficiency, and individual benefit from an echocardiogram
• Pediatric, vascular, and critical care monitoring
• Molecular imaging
• Novel applications in cardio-oncology, heart failure, structural heart disease, and preventive cardiology 

In line with our core values at JASE and CASE, we welcome multi-disciplinary collaborations (e.g., sonographers, nurses, physicians, scientists). Questions? Email Debbie Meyer or Andie Piddington.

Deadline to Register: November 3, 11:59 PM ET

Advanced Imaging Techniques is a virtual, two-day course focusing on practical how-to techniques of advanced 3D and Strain imaging. Improved software packages have resulted in increasing clinical application of these techniques, with 3D and Strain included as part of the routine echocardiographic examination. Earn a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for your participation.

New This Year – More Interactive and “How To” Features:

• Walkthrough RV Strain with a clinical focus on pulmonary hypertension, ARVC, and ASD.
• Examine real world cases of 3D for evaluating structure, volumes and quantification.
• Participate in the Crop Challenge: The expert panel, led by Course Directors Tony Forshaw, M Cardiac Ultrasound, B Ex Sci, AMS (Cardiac), FASE, and Cody Frye, BA, RDCS, FASE, will be part of a round-robin, “What is the next step in cropping this image.” Attendees will have an opportunity to agree or disagree with the direction given.

The ASE Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2024 Alan D. Waggoner Sonographer Student Scholarship Awards and the Feigenbaum Cardiovascular Sonographer Student Travel Grant.

The Alan D. Waggoner, MHS, RDCS, FASE Sonographer Student Scholarship program was established in 2001 in recognition of Mr. Waggoner’s professional achievements and service to ASE. The award includes a scholarship of $1,000 USD, complimentary registration for ASE’s Annual Scientific Sessions, and a $1,000 USD travel grant to attend the annual meeting. The Katanick Student Scholarship Award, established in honor of Sandy Katanick, RN, RVT, CAE, for her over 25 years of service as CEO of the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission, will recognize the highest-ranking Waggoner scholarship applicant. Full nomination criteria and the application deadline can be found here.

Supported by a grant from Elsevier, Inc. to honor Dr. Harvey Feigenbaum’s commitment and tenure as the former JASE Executive Editor, the Feigenbaum Cardiovascular Student Travel Grant provides a $1,000 USD travel grant to assist a student enrolled in an accredited CAAHEP cardiovascular ultrasound program to attend ASE’s Annual Scientific Sessions or another ASE-sponsored 2024 educational program. Full nomination criteria and the application deadline can be found here.

The latest issue of CASE is now available with fascinating reports, including “Left Atrial Appendage Tilt-Up-and-Turn-Left Maneuver: A Novel Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography Imaging Maneuver to Characterize the Left Atrial Appendage and to Improve Transcatheter Closure Guidance” by Hayes et al. Author Dena E. Hayes, MD, remarked, “We’re excited to share this report in which we utilize a case to outline our Tilt-Up-and-Turn-Left (TUPLE) Maneuver for imaging the left atrial appendage (LAA). This maneuver leverages newer transesophageal echocardiography post-processing technologies, specifically light-source manipulation and transillumination technologies, to produce a photorealistic rendering of the LAA. This novel LAA imaging method allows quick recognition of the three-dimensional shape and facilitates transcatheter closure guidance.”

In a second Echo Innovation report, authors include intraoperative correlative images to reveal utilization of proximal isovelocity surface area methods in pulmonary vein stenosis measurements. This issue also contains three cases in Multimodality Imaging, including a remarkable look at a large cardiac cyst within the ventricular septum, the use of hybrid imaging techniques to guide a complex transcatheter repair of a degenerated aortic homograft with an anomalous coronary origin, and the application of multimodality imaging to evaluate a rare cardiac intimal sarcoma. Rare but Deadly Findings offers reports on extensive damage from a penetrating stab wound as well as a surprise captured on echo while searching for a patent foramen ovale. Dr. Sorrell’s editorial dissects “omics,” exploring how intersections of various technologies and clinical practices will impact the future of understanding and treating heart disease.

Looking for a journal to submit your case report to? We want to hear from you! 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 view more extraordinary work from your colleagues.

In honor of the Founder and first President of ASE, Harvey Feigenbaum, MD, FASE, this lectureship is awarded to a young investigator in recognition of their significant contribution to research in the field and their potential to continue at a high level of achievement.

The deadline to submit nominations for the 2024 Feigenbaum Lecturer is November 30, 2023. The Feigenbaum Lecture is a keynote presentation during ASE’s Annual Scientific Sessions in June. This is a prestigious lectureship with a great lineage. Five of ASE’s presidents are Feigenbaum Lecture award winners!

November 2, 2023, 8:00 – 9:00 PM ET

The ASE Journal Club on X may have a new name, but its purpose is the same—offering a unique way for participants to discuss and review cardiology journal articles, case reports, ASE Guidelines, and more!

The next Journal Club is planned for Thursday, November 2, 2023, from 8:00 – 9:00 PM ET. Join the discussion, which will highlight the winner and finalist of the 2023 ShowCASE session presented at ASE 2023 earlier this year. The two featured cases are titled, “Extrinsic Circumflex Coronary Artery Compression and Occlusion by Mycotic Aneurysm of Left Aortic Sinus,” and “Five-Chambered Heart with Double-Chambered Left Ventricle Diagnosed by Multimodality Imaging.”

Earn 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for your participation by signing up for ASE Journal Club on X: November 2, 2023, in the ASE Learning Hub (ALH). Anyone can participate in the ASE Journal Club on X, but to earn CME/MOC, you must register in the ALH. ASE members can sign up for FREE. Follow @ASE360 and use hashtag #ASEchoJC for all tweets!

In honor of the founder and first president of ASE, Harvey Feigenbaum, MD, FASE, this lectureship is awarded to a young investigator in recognition of their significant contribution to research in the field and their potential to continue at a high level of achievement.

The deadline to submit nominations for the 2024 Feigenbaum Lecturer is November 30, 2023. The Feigenbaum Lecture is presented in a keynote session room during ASE’s Annual Scientific Sessions in June. This is a prestigious award with a great lineage. Five of ASE’s presidents are Feigenbaum Award winners!

Now is your chance to become a leader in ASE and the ASE Foundation! All available positions are open to any ASE member regardless of their specialty, and we are looking for a diverse pool of nominees. If you are an active member and meet the criteria outlined for the position, ask a friend or colleague who is also an ASE member to submit a nomination on your behalf. The deadline for candidates to submit ALL required materials is November 30, 2023 (no exceptions).

We are accepting nominations for available positions on the:

• ASE Executive Committee
• ASE Board of Directors
• ASE Foundation Board of Directors
• ASE Council Steering Committees

Contact Nominations@ASEcho.org with questions.

October is Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month (MUAM)! During MUAM, ASE will share #ILookLikeASonographer social media posts celebrating our sonographer members and increasing awareness about this important and rewarding profession. Since its inception, ASE has included sonographer members in its leadership and valued the teamwork necessary between physicians and sonographers to provide the best patient care.