The August issue of JASE includes, “Artificial Intelligence Assessment of Biological Age From Transthoracic Echocardiography: Discrepancies with Chronologic Age Predict Significant Excess Mortality.” Author Kobi Faierstein, MD, remarks, “Age estimation using
deep-learning models is associated with an increased risk of mortality. It also has the potential to enhance POCUS devices, enabling improved risk stratification and supports the concept of computer-assisted diagnosis of heart diseases and non-cardiac conditions at the point of care.”
In addition to this report, readers can look forward to six other clinical investigations on an assortment of topics. These topics include: echocardiography in transgender patients and their distinct stress echo profiles compared to their age-matched cisgender counterparts; progression of mitral annulus calcification to mitral valve dysfunction and its impact on mortality; exercise echo in HFpEF; mitral geometry of LV outflow tract obstruction in HCM; a longitudinal study on the use of echo in Fabry disease and its outcomes; and the accuracy of 3D echo shunt volumes in patients with an atrial septal defect and a dilated RV.
Editorial comments accompany the first five clinical investigations, and a brief research communication on the merits of measuring linear LV mass with M-mode versus 2D linear measurements rounds out this issue.
Guest written by a few dedicated ASE sonographers, this month’s President’s Message reviews the historical and current level of sonographer engagement within ASE. “The State of Cardiac Sonography ̶ A Fifty-Year Unique Partnership” looks to the future challenges and aspirations of growing the role of sonographers at ASE, a key goal of the current ASE President, Dr. Theodore Abraham. for his term.
Be sure to check out our Author Spotlight page for interviews between JASE Editor-in-Chief Patricia Pellikka, MD, FASE, and authors of recently published papers. This month features Rekha Mankad, MD, FASE, discussing her article, “Transgender Women Exhibit a Distinct Stress Echocardiography Profile Compared With Age-Matched Cisgender Counterparts: The Mayo Clinic Women’s Heart Clinic Experience.”
Please see the August ASE Education Calendar for a listing of educational opportunities far and wide.