Register for the 11^th Annual Echo Florida by August 30 and save $100! This live course, which takes place October 7-9, 2023, at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resorts in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, will present a comprehensive review of echocardiography.

Echo Florida attendees can:

• Earn a maximum of 23.50 of CME/MOC Credits
• Observe numerous case-based and interactive presentations focused on a variety of topics
• Choose from several small group workshops offering one-one-one time with faculty in a hands-on learning experience (pre-registration is required)
• Attend two Science & Technology Theater presentations
• Access Echo Florida 2023 presentation recordings on-demand for 90 days, from October 30, 2023, through January 31, 2024 (excluding workshop sessions)
• Obtain PDF copies of all presentations (excluding workshop sessions)
• Meet with attending Exhibitors
• Enjoy breakfast, lunch, and refreshment breaks (registered attendees only)

Visit ASE’s website to learn more about Echo Florida and register, review the Advance Program, and book your hotel room at a discounted rate.

The latest issue of CASE is now available with some captivating reports, including “A Rapidly Growing Cardiac Mass—Malignant or Benign?” by Rout et al. Author Dinesh Kalra, MD, FACC, remarked, “Cardiac masses may be picked up incidentally or when evaluating a patient for symptoms and may sometimes pose a diagnostic dilemma. The first step is to determine whether a cardiac mass is a normal structure (i.e., a pseudotumor, for example, crista terminalis or lipomatous hypertrophy, or the interatrial septum) or a thrombus. The next step is to collect all the information from the patient’s history, presentation, and concomitant conditions to assess whether the mass is likely to be benign or malignant and if it can cause complications such as obstruction, thromboembolism, or clinically important arrhythmias. Herein, multimodality imaging plays a key role. In this month’s case report of a rapidly growing tumor that mimicked a malignant intracardiac tumor, we provide a multifaceted diagnostic algorithm that considers several features that help steer one to the correct diagnosis — such as the cardiac chamber where the mass originates, and multiple echocardiographic and cardiac magnetic resonance features (including tissue characterization). With this kind of a comprehensive approach, a presumptive diagnosis can be made in over 75% of cases.”

This issue features a second case in Multimodality Imaging and three in the Cardiac Tumors and Pseudotumors category, including acontrasting case to Rout et al. of a small, slow-growing LV mass that had been followed closely for years, but when the patient returned with a stroke, surgery proved this to be a fibroelastoma. Additionally, there are three insightful reports in the Echo Innovation category, including the clever use of real-time 3D echo with simultaneous multi-slice short-axis stacks as a novel approach to precisely locating the catheter tip during endomyocardial biopsy. Dr. Sorrell’s editorial invites readers to bring what they learn in these rare cases back to their echo labs, so each patient’s experience and each echo’s quality are consistently first-rate, regardless of who may be watching.

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.

ASE’s Organizational Membership is available to companies, labs, and hospitals interested in joining ASE in a simplified, cost-effective way. The 2024 membership year begins next Thursday, August 24. Purchase an ASE membership for your fellows, sonographers, or physicians! Contact Christine Gil with questions.

Benefits of Organizational Membership:

• Multiple individuals from the same lab, private practice, or hospital can renew or join at the same time. No need for individual member applications.
• Enjoy the convenience of one consolidated invoice.
• Pay for everyone with one check and avoid reimbursements.
• For every five new individual memberships, the sixth membership is FREE!

August 16-22, 2023

Don’t miss this week’s Product of the Week sale! From August 16-22, ASE is offering a 10% discount on its Comprehensive TTE Guideline Pocket Guide Bundle (4 Pocket Guidelines). This discount is in addition to the savings you already receive on ASE products as a benefit of membership. Enter coupon code TTEPOCKET23 during checkout in the ASE Learning Hub (ALH).

The Comprehensive TTE Guideline Bundle is comprised of four pocket guidelines each measuring 5″ x 3″:

• Transthoracic Scanning Maneuvers and Windows
• Comprehensive Transthoracic Echocardiography Protocol
• Alternative Views for the Transthoracic Echocardiography Protocol
• Spectral Doppler Images for the Transthoracic Echocardiography Protocol

Remember to log in to ALH before purchasing, and email Products@ASEcho.org with questions.

The 2nd Annual Echo in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Virtual Experience, which will take place September 30 – October 1, 2023, contains echo-specific education for the pediatric community and offers focused sessions on career development and well-being for adult and congenital cardiology sonographers.

This two-day virtual course will include topics such as:

• ACHD – New diagnosis in the adult
• Cutting-edge functional analysis
• Contemporary approaches to atrioventricular valve disease
• A roundtable discussion with sonographer leaders on career progression opportunities
• Stress echo in congenital heart disease

All sessions will also have dedicated question and answer time, where faculty will join live to answer participant questions.

Seven new videos were recently uploaded to the Recollections of ASE’s Founders and Past Presidents Playlist on ASE’s YouTube channel. Watch and listen to past ASE Presidents Susan E. Wiegers, MD, FASE; Allan L. Klein, MD, FASE; Jonathan R. Lindner, MD, FASE; Madhav Swaminathan, MD, FASE; Judy W. Hung, MD, FASE; Raymond Stainback, MD, FASE; Stephen H. Little, MD, FASE; and others!

Special thanks to Past Presidents Drs. Randy Martin and Alan Pearlman for their work behind the scenes to continue this collection of historical videos for the Society!

ASE Members Receive Discounted Registration Fees

The 37^th Advanced Echo Conference—which takes place October 20-21, 2023, at the Waterfront Beach Resort, A Hilton Hotel in Huntington Beach, California—includes succinct didactics and interactive, case-based learning of the latest in clinical echocardiography. The program will present a variety of clinical problems and discuss the role of 2D/3D echo, Doppler modalities, strain imaging, flow quantitation, and contrast echo in the diagnosis and therapeutic guidance in a variety of clinical scenarios. In-depth discussion of the strengths of various echo techniques and parameters will be coupled with tips to avoid pitfalls.

This event is hosted by Hoag and offered in cooperation with the American Society of Echocardiography. ASE members receive reduced registration fees. Registration costs $640 USD for ASE-member physicians (regularly $800) and $440 USD for ASE-member technologists/sonographers/allied health professions/fellows in training/students (regularly $560). Attendees can earn up to 16.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

As a member of ASE, you can nominate colleagues (or yourself) for the opportunity to receive a prestigious ASE Award. Winning an ASE Award is a significant honor, and recipients will be celebrated by the Society throughout the upcoming year—including during the 2024 Scientific Sessions. Email the ASE Awards Committee by September 15, 2023, to nominate a friend, colleague, peer, mentor, or yourself. We are currently seeking nominations for the following two awards:

• Richard Popp Excellence in Teaching Award (ASE Member nomination)
• ASE Mentorship Award (ASE Member nomination)

Additionally, ASE President Benjamin W. Eidem, MD, FASE, will select the recipients of the Physician Lifetime Achievement Award and the Meritorious Service Award, The Sonographer Lifetime Achievement Award, Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Echocardiography, Founders’ Award for Lifetime Achievement in Echocardiography for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, and Circulation & Vascular Ultrasound Council (CAVUS) Luminary Award will be chosen by ASE Councils. If you have a nominee you would like to recommend for any of these awards, please contact Awards@ASEcho.org with questions. 

CASE Special Issue – Adult Congenital Heart Disease

The CASE journal’s submission system (Editorial Manager) is open for submissions to our Special Issue, “Adult Congenital Heart Disease.” Please click here for full details about this special issue, for which ASE President Benjamin W. Eidem, MD, FASE, is serving as Guest Editor. Please submit your manuscript before the deadline of October 1, 2023.

IMPORTANT: While submitting your manuscript, please select the article type “SI: Adult Congenital Heart Disease (Case Report)” or “SI: Adult Congenital Heart Disease (Letter to Editor)” from the dropdown list. If you do not select one of these Article Types, your submission CANNOT be considered for the Special Issue. Once your manuscript is submitted, it will be assigned for the peer-review process.

The Article Publishing Charge (APC) will be 100% waived for all manuscripts accepted for this special issue. Please read the Guide for Authors before writing your manuscript to ensure all needed items are included and properly formatted. Questions? Email Debbie Meyer (DMeyer@asecho.org) or Andie Piddington (APiddington@asecho.org). 

The fall season is a fantastic time to visit the sunshine state! Make plans to attend Echo Florida, October 7-9, 2023, at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resorts in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Early registration, which includes a $100 discount, ends August 30!

Expert faculty—led by Course Director Linda D. Gillam, MD, MPH, FASE, and Course Co-Director Matt M. Umland, ACS, RDCS, FASE—will present a comprehensive review of echocardiography during the three-day conference. Registration fees include breakfast, lunch, refreshment breaks, up to 23.5 CME/MOC credits, access to presentation PDFs (excluding workshop sessions), and access to conference recordings for 90 days. ASE members can take advantage of reduced registration fees as a benefit of membership.

View the Advance Program, book your room at a discounted rate, and learn more about Echo Florida’s offerings on ASE’s website.