Archives for May 2024

Deadline to Apply: May 31, 2024

ASE is seeking applications for a new volunteer opportunity—Echo magazine Physician Co-Editor! Echo magazine is a highly regarded publication that has featured hundreds of unique and interesting articles from ASE members over the past several years.

The selected individual will start on July 1 and serve a three-year term. The main responsibilities include proofreading each issue, suggesting article content, reviewing submitted articles, among other duties. Learn more about this volunteer opportunity and the criteria to apply!

The May issue of JASE includes, “Coronary Artery Tortuosity and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Association With Echocardiography and Global Longitudinal Strain, Fibromuscular Dysplasia, and Outcomes.” Author Marysia S. Tweet, MD, MS, remarks, “Our recent publication describes detailed echocardiography findings of 116 patients after spontaneous coronary artery dissection.  Left ventricular ejection fraction and global longitudinal strain were of normal range in the majority of patients, although approximately half of the patients had persistent left ventricular regional wall motion abnormalities. While coronary artery tortuosity (TCA) was not associated with specific echocardiographic parameters, TCA was associated with older age, fibromuscular dysplasia and a trend towards larger mid-ascending aortic size.”

This issue emphasizes precision imaging in echocardiography and includes various novel applications of echocardiography to guide patient care. Clinical investigation topics range from stress echocardiographic markers of ischemia, echo vs. CMR for prediction of wedge pressure, and diastolic phenotypes in pediatric HCM, to spontaneous coronary artery dissection, pulmonary vein flow in the assessment of mitral regurgitation severity, and endurance training and LV mechanics in children. An editorial comment complements a clinical investigation on right atrial remodeling and outcome in patients with secondary tricuspid regurgitation. Readers can also look forward to a state-of-the-art review on the advances in the application of artificial intelligence in fetal echocardiography. Two letters to the editor and five brief research communications round out this issue.

Dr. Eidem’s President’s Message highlights ASE’s international efforts and impact as the largest global organization for cardiovascular ultrasound. Be sure to check out May’s Author Spotlight to learn more from author Minh B. Nguyen, MD, on his recent paper, Modeling the Relationship Between Diastolic Phenotype and Outcomes in Pediatric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Please see the May ASE Education Calendar for a listing of educational opportunities far and wide.

Content Available: Next Monday, May 6

Now is the perfect time to register for ASE’s 25^th Annual ASCeXAM Review Course: Virtual Experience. Starting Monday, May 6, you’ll have online access to more than 40 pre-recorded presentations to help you prepare for the National Board of Echocardiography’s ASCeXAM. Additionally, these varied presentations offer a comprehensive review of cardiovascular ultrasound information.

Topics covered in this virtual course include:

• TTE, TEE, right and left ventricular hemodynamics, endocarditis, chamber quantitation, systolic function, and hand-held echo
• Spectral Doppler, deformation, stress echo, mitral stenosis, mitral valve disease, and mitral regurgitation
• Mitral valve prostheses, aortic stenosis, HCM, systemic disease, and formulas
• Physics, knobology, artifacts, right ventricular function, and tricuspid and pulmonary valve disease
• Aortic regurgitation, aortic prosthesis, cardiac masses, myocardial infarction, and interventional echocardiography
• Contrast, congenital heart disease, diastolic function, pericardial disease, diseases of the aorta, heart failure, and LVADs

Registration also includes a virtual live component on Saturday, June 22. Expert faculty will host two live question and answer sessions online from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET and 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET to answer your specific questions, review course material, and dive deeper into certain subjects. These sessions will be recorded and added to the online content for on-demand viewing through August 12, 2024. Registrants can earn up to 28.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

In April, ASE welcomed 28 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:

• Vinesh Appadurai, MBBS, FRACP, FASE
• Matthew J. Campbell, MD, FASE
• Stephanie R. Catron, ACS, RDCS, RVT, FASE
• Silvia Cortes, RCS, FASE
• Etienne Côté, DVM, FASE
• Shawn Cupp RCS, RCCS, FASE
• Angela Dewar, RDCS, FASE
• Regina Dickey, ACS, RVT, RDCS, FASE
• Marissa Edmiston, MD, FASE
• Lindsay Atherton Edwards, MD, FASE
• Courtney Ryan Ereddia, RDCS, FASE
• Maria Magdalena Hallden, MD, FASE
• Joseph W. Huntsman, RCCS, RCS, RVS, FASE
• Tikeshia Johnson, RDCS, FASE
• Tyler Johnson, RDCS, FASE
• Marius Keller, MD, FASE
• Laura Kuzava, RDCS, RVT, RCCS, ACS, FASE
• Samantha Marinelli, BS, RCS, CTT, FASE
• Ian L. McCullough, MD, FASE
• Purvi Parwani, MD, FASE
• Florian Pracher, MD, FASE
• Donald Shanebrook, RDCS, RCS, FASE
• Ashley M. Warta, RDCS, FASE
• Priscilla Wessly, MD, FASE
• Yaw Amo Wiafe, PhD, FASE
• Naveena V. Yanamala, PhD, FASE
• Nadia Leandra Do Couto Francisco, MSc, ACS, RDCS, RCCS, FASE
• Kerrilynn C. Hennessey, MD, FASE

A complete list of FASE members can be found at SeeMyHeart.org. To apply for FASE, or learn more, visit ASEcho.org/FASE. The next deadline to apply is June 1.

Register by May 8 and save up to $225

ASE’s 35^th Annual Scientific Sessions is the premier cardiovascular ultrasound event of the year for physicians, sonographers, nurses, veterinarians, scientists, and multimodality partners with an interest in echocardiography. Join colleagues and friends June 14-16 in-person in Portland, Oregon—or virtually—for quality education, focused sessions, and networking. Register by May 8 to save up to $225 and attend ASE 2024 for the best price!

Now is also the time to reserve your discounted hotel room at one of the four hotels ASE has secured room blocks in Portland. It is likely that ASE’s block of rooms at discounted rates will sell out before each hotel’s cut-off date in May.

Portland is a great jumping off point for a vacation in the Pacific Northwest! Bring your family and see the Oregon Coast, Mount Hood or the Columbia River gorge—all accessible within easy driving distance from our meeting! Learn more here.

A correction was published in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE) as an Article in Press on April 25, 2024, for the guideline entitled, “Guidelines and Recommendations for Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography and Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.”

The correction has been made to both the guideline article in JASE and the PDF on ASE’s guideline webpage. Read the Article in Press.