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ASE Publishes Updated Guideline Offering Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Recommendations on Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access Procedures

(DURHAM, NC, February 6, 2025)—A new guideline from the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) aims to provide more detail for clinicians performing ultrasound-guided vascular cannulation, an essential skill utilized across various cardiovascular ultrasound specialties during diagnostic and medical procedures.

Guidelines for Performing Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Cannulation: Recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography is published in the February 2025 Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography and replaces the original guideline published by the Society on this topic in 2011. This new document provides expert consensus on the best practices and techniques for using ultrasound in vascular access procedures.

“Ultrasound guidance is currently not a standard of care for all vascular access, but it is becoming increasingly common in daily clinical practice due to its ability to enhance success rates and reduce complications,” says lead Co-author Dr. Annette Vegas, an anesthesiologist and director of Perioperative Echocardiography at Toronto General Hospital in Ontario, Canada. “Adopting the recommendations in this guideline will help clinicians better minimize risks, maximize technical competencies and ultimately, improve patient outcomes.

The guideline uses descriptions, diagrams and ultrasound images to explain the general aspects of anatomic and ultrasound imaging of vessels, ultrasound-guided vascular cannulation techniques, and the identification of local vascular cannulation complications. Additionally, it emphasizes the fundamental roles of ultrasound during vascular access, including:

1. Precannulation Vessel Assessment
2. Dynamic Ultrasound Guidance
3. Identification of Local Complications

The authors say this guideline will serve as a valuable resource for new and experienced clinicians, helping them deliver safer, more effective care. This document and all guidelines published by ASE are available at ASEcho.org/Guidelines.

About American Society of Echocardiography
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is the Society for Cardiovascular Ultrasound Professionals™. ASE is the largest global organization for cardiovascular ultrasound imaging serving physicians, sonographers, nurses, veterinarians, and scientists and as such is the leader and advocate, setting practice standards and guidelines for the field. The Society is committed to advancing cardiovascular ultrasound to improve lives. In 2025, ASE is celebrating its milestone 50^th anniversary.  For more information, visit the ASE website ASEcho.org or social media pages on Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Instagram and Bluesky.

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American Society of Echocardiography and its Foundation Award $100,000 in Grant Funding to Early Career Investigators in Cardiovascular Imaging

(DURHAM, NC, Jan. 30, 2025)—The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and the ASE Foundation have awarded grant funding totaling $100,000 to fund four innovative cardiovascular ultrasound research projects led by early career investigators.

The Society’s EDGES (Early-Career Development Grant for Echo Scientists) program funds projects that address clinical gaps in cardiovascular ultrasound through research directed by an early career scientist or investigator.

The four 2024 EDGES recipients, each awarded a $25,000 grant, will conduct studies addressing a wide range of research projects.

• Sae Jang, MD, a clinical instructor and National Institutes of Health T32 research fellow at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Department of Cardiology in Pennsylvania, will investigate if microbubbles and ultrasound can be developed as a diagnostic tool for early capillary structural changes in patients with microvascular disease.
• James MacNamara, MD, MSCS, an assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, will utilize the grant to better understand the limitations to exercise in patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) and how these patients respond to therapies.
• David McNamara, MD, MPH, a non-invasive, board-certified cardiologist at Corewell Health in Grand Rapids, Mich., will research radiation safety during structural heart procedures and the role of radiation protection devices in clinical practice, specifically for interventional echocardiographers.
• Minh Nguyen, MD, FASE, a pediatric cardiologist and assistant professor of pediatrics at Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, secured the funding to develop a foundation model on pediatric echocardiograms to predict adverse events in pediatric HCM.

ASE Past President and Chair of the Society’s Research Committee Jonathan Lindner, MD, FASE, shared why this funding is important for the field.

“The EDGES program represents a tremendous investment by ASE in the future of imaging research. These grants fill a major gap by supporting early career imaging scientists during a critical stage of their development by providing resources to pursue their own idea,” said Dr. Lindner. “We look forward to seeing how the EDGES recipients leverage their grants to obtain further national funding and hearing about the impact of EDGES on the upward trajectory of tomorrow’s research leaders.”

ASE developed the EDGES research program in 2023 to create an avenue for the continued evolution of cardiovascular ultrasound. The program’s initial three recipients were each awarded $25,000 to fund artificial intelligence and technology-focused research projects. ASE plans to offer its EDGES grants annually to support technical advancements and new applications of echocardiography.

Learn more about these grants and the recipients at ASEFoundation.org/Research.

About American Society of Echocardiography
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is the Society for Cardiovascular Ultrasound Professionals™. ASE is the largest global organization for cardiovascular ultrasound imaging serving physicians, sonographers, nurses, veterinarians, and scientists and as such is the leader and advocate, setting practice standards and guidelines for the field. In 2025, ASE is celebrating its milestone 50^th anniversary. The Society is committed to advancing cardiovascular ultrasound to improve lives. For more information, visit the ASE website ASEcho.org or social media accounts on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, Instagram, or Bluesky.

About American Society of Echocardiography Foundation
The ASE Foundation (ASEF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation created in 2003 as ASE’s charitable arm. The Foundation helps to assure the viability and visibility of cardiovascular ultrasound. Dependent upon donor giving not supported by membership dues, ASEF funds initiatives such as training scholarships, guidelines-based projects, research, patient engagement, and global health outreach. For more information, visit the ASEF website ASEFoundation.org.

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American Society of Echocardiography Launches New Strategic Plan, Highlighting Innovation and Excellence in Cardiovascular Ultrasound

(DURHAM, NC, Jan. 8, 2025)—The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is introducing a new strategic plan, which aims to enhance the field of cardiovascular ultrasound through innovation, education, quality patient care and professional support. The plan, approved by ASE’s Board of Directors in November 2024, will guide the work of the Society and expand its impact on the field.

Cardiovascular ultrasound is one of the largest cardiac imaging subspecialties in the world. ASE is the professional home to nearly 18,000 physicians, sonographers, nurses, veterinarians, scientists, industry professionals and students around the globe. Since 1975, the Society has been dedicated to building the foundations of echocardiography into the leading diagnostic tool in cardiac care.

The start of ASE’s new three-year plan coincides with its milestone 50^th Anniversary, which will be celebrated throughout 2025 and during ASE’s 36^th Annual Scientific Sessions taking place September 5-7, 2025, at the Music City Center in downtown Nashville, Tenn.

“2025 marks a significant year for ASE. The Society is celebrating its rich 50-year history, while also beginning to implement its new strategic plan,” says ASE President Theodore Abraham, MD, FASE. “The four goals outlined in the 2025-2028 strategic plan focus on empowering ASE members—and all cardiovascular ultrasound professionals, partners, and enthusiasts—to navigate the current state of the field and consider its future advancements, emerging trends and potential challenges. These goals will guide ASE in continuing to set the standard in cardiovascular ultrasound imaging.”

The strategic plan outlines four key goals:

Goal 1: Innovation
ASE is integrated into the development, application, and implementation of new technologies in cardiovascular ultrasound.

Goal 2: Learning
ASE’s educational efforts focus on applications of cutting-edge technology and improving quality and performance. They are a model for learning in the field of cardiovascular ultrasound.

Goal 3: Leading Quality Patient Care
ASE sets the standards and advocates for cardiovascular ultrasound to deliver the highest quality patient care.

Goal 4: Professional Support
Professionals in cardiovascular ultrasound rely on ASE to guide, mentor, and support them in their professional journey and growth.

A variety of strategies and tactics will be implemented in the coming years to accomplish each goal and better secure the future of cardiovascular ultrasound professionals and advancements in patient care. ASE’s Board plans to nurture the “Future 50” and assure that this medical specialty continues to evolve and grow.

About American Society of Echocardiography
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is the Society for Cardiovascular Ultrasound Professionals™. ASE is the largest global organization for cardiovascular ultrasound imaging serving physicians, sonographers, nurses, veterinarians, and scientists and as such is the leader and advocate, setting practice standards and guidelines for the field. The Society is committed to advancing cardiovascular ultrasound to improve lives. For more information, visit the ASE website ASEcho.org or social media accounts on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, Instagram, or Bluesky.

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Download PDF 2025-2028 ASE Strategic Goals

Submissions are due in Editorial Manager by June 1, 2025

The Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE) is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for a Focus Issue on Chamber Quantification for publication in early 2026. The issue will include ASE’s new guidelines on chamber quantification.

We invite submission of original research studies, reviews, letters, and brief research communications that address any aspect of echocardiography in quantitative assessment of the cardiac chambers. This may include

• Technical tips and illustrations
• Current challenges
• Ethnic, racial, and sex differences in measurements
• Effects of growth and aging
• Functional/structural interdependence
• Correlation with other imaging methods
• Impact of new technologies
• Impact of artificial intelligence
• Relationship to outcomes
• Future research goals

The guidelines document will include normal range values; additional work documenting such ranges is of less interest. In line with our core values at JASE, we welcome multi-disciplinary collaborations (e.g., sonographers, nurses, physicians, scientists) from all users of echocardiography.

Submissions are due in Editorial Manager by June 1, 2025: https://www.editorialmanager.com/jasecho/default1.aspx.
Please note in your cover letter that the submission is for the Chamber Quantification Issue.

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American Society of Echocardiography Announces 2024-2026 Leadership Academy Cohort

The cohort will develop leadership skills to advance their careers and the cardiovascular ultrasound field

(DURHAM, NC, October 30, 2024)—The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is pleased to announce the 15 participants who will make up the fourth ASE Leadership Academy cohort. The 2024-2026 cohort was selected from a large pool of highly qualified candidates looking to grow and advance their careers in ASE and the field of cardiovascular ultrasound.

The cohort, which will have its first meeting on November 8-9 in Washington, D.C., will spend nearly two years training to develop their leadership skills. Members will be matched with a senior adviser and receive access to high-quality online tutorials on leadership topics orchestrated by Kathy Pearson, PhD—a strategist, systems thinking expert and authority in decision making. Additionally, participants will closely interact with fellow classmates, and meet face-to-face with ASE leaders and staff three times throughout the 20-month program.

The ASE Leadership Academy Oversight Committee, led by Program Director and ASE Past President Madhav Swaminathan, MD, MMCi, FASE, selected a diverse group made up of 12 physicians and three sonographers from 10 states. The individuals were chosen through an extensive peer review process by a panel of ASE leaders and are representative of the diverse population of ASE members.

“The ASE Leadership Academy is a remarkable program designed to build leadership capacity within the cardiovascular ultrasound community. The newly selected members will acquire essential leadership skills that will not only advance their careers but also elevate the field of cardiovascular ultrasound through their commitment to the specialty,” said Dr. Swaminathan, chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, N.C.

“Ultimately, this program benefits the patients we all serve. Since its inception in 2018, 44 ASE members have graduated from the Leadership Academy and have already made significant contributions, gaining national and international recognition as experts in cardiovascular ultrasound,” he added.

2024-2026 ASE Leadership Academy Cohort 4:

• Vidhu Anand, MBBS, FASE, Mayo Clinic Health System – Eau Claire, WI, and Mayo Clinic – Rochester, WI
• Clara I. Angulo, BS, RDCS, MBA, ACS, FASE, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center – Houston, TX
• Alicia Armour, BS, MA, ACS, RDCS, FASE, Duke Triangle Health Associates, Health Center – Durham, NC
• Sowmya Balasubramanian, MD, MSc, FASE, C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital – Ann Arbor, MI
• Anisiia Crowley, MD, FASE, University of Cincinnati Medical Center/UC Health – Cincinnati, OH
• Ingrid Moreno Duarte, MD, FASE, UT Southwestern Medical Center – Dallas, TX
• Lynsy Friend, BS, ACS, RCS, FASE, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center – Lebanon, NH
• Joyce Johnson, MD, MS, FASE, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital – Saint Petersburg, FL
• Kyle Lehenbauer, MD, FASE, Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City – Kansas City, MO
• Andrew Peters, MD, FASE, Sidney Kimmel School of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University – Philadelphia, PA
• Nishath Quader, MD, FASE, Washington University School of Medicine – St. Louis, MO
• Karl Richardson, MD, FASE, Wake Forest School of Medicine – Winston-Salem, NC
• Jeremy Slivnick, MD, FASE, The University of Chicago Medicine – Chicago, IL
• Parag Tipnis, MD, FASE, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health – Madison, WI
• Betul Yilmaz, MD, FASE, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine – Houston, TX

The ASE Leadership Academy program creates a pipeline of emerging leaders with specific talents to help them succeed as ASE leaders and volunteers, and in roles with other organizations and institutions. Their leadership skills will propel the future of the Society, which celebrates its milestone 50^th Anniversary in 2025. Learn more at ASEcho.org/LeadershipAcademy.

About American Society of Echocardiography
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is the Society for Cardiovascular Ultrasound Professionals™. ASE is the largest global organization for cardiovascular ultrasound imaging serving physicians, sonographers, nurses, veterinarians, and scientists and as such is the leader and advocate, setting practice standards and guidelines for the field. The Society is committed to advancing cardiovascular ultrasound to improve lives. For more information, visit the ASE website ASEcho.org or social media accounts on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, or Instagram.

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ATTENTION, SONOGRAPHERS – Do you have a great case report you’d like to publish?
Now is the time to submit it to CASE!

To highlight the importance of the work that cardiovascular ultrasound sonographers do every day, CASE is holding a brief Sonographer Challenge. The first 5 papers submitted by October 25 with a sonographer as the lead author (first or corresponding) will be eligible to receive a full waiver of the Article Processing Fee if accepted by December 10 (up to $950 per accepted case). In order to receive the waiver, the submission must be accepted by December 10, 2024, so revisions would need to be made in a timely manner.

Please share this Sonographer Challenge with your colleagues and encourage them to submit to CASE. Email Debbie Meyer, Director of Publications (JASE, CASE), or Andie Piddington, Deputy Managing Editor (JASE, CASE), with any questions.

Join ASE and CRF on Monday, October 28, for a special joint session at TCT® titled Innovation 6: Disruptive Imaging Concepts in Valvular Heart Disease. Topics will highlight novel imaging concepts and include ASE expert discussion of each topic. This session underpins the essential role echocardiography and imaging play in diagnosing, treating, and monitoring valve disease. Innovative in nature, this session will provide insight of what imaging in valvular heart disease might look like in the future.

Monday, October 28
Innovation 6: Disruptive Imaging Concepts in Valvular Heart Disease
4:50 PM – 5:50 PM
Room: Innovation Theater, Innovation & Exhibit Hall (Halls A-C), Lower Level, Walter E. Washington Convention Center
SPONSORED by the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) in Partnership with CRF®

Moderators: Omar Khalique, MD, FASE; Fabien Praz, MD
Discussants: Julia Grapsa, MD, PhD, FASE; Renuka Jain, MD, FASE; Chad Kliger, MD; Alexander Lauten, MD, PhD; Stephen Little, MD, FASE; Nishath Quader, MD, FASE;
Alternates: Lin Wang, MD, MS, FASE; Lucy Safi, DO, FASE; Laura Sanchis; Joao Cavalcante, MD, FASE; Nadeen Faza, MD, FASE; Enrique Garcia-Sayan, MD, FASE

Video game or Interventional echo? Augmented Reality and Holography in Imaging for Structural Heart Disease
4:50 PM – 4:58 PM
Mark Lebehn

Discussion
4:58 PM – 5:05 PM

Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Interventions (67510)
5:05 PM – 5:12 PM
Guillaume Bonnet

Discussion
5:12 PM – 5:17 PM

Predicting Outcomes in Patients Undergoing TTVr for Severe TR: Role of Right Ventricular Free Wall Longitudinal Strain-Derived Pulmonary-Arterial Coupling (68898)
5:17 PM – 5:24 PM
Jennifer von Stein

Discussion
5:24 PM – 5:28 PM

Regurgitant Fraction Quantified by Liver Mapping Analysis Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Predict Outcomes in a Large Cohort of All-Comers Patients with Chronic Tricuspid Regurgitation (65598)
5:28 PM – 5:35 PM
Davide Margonato

Discussion
5:35 PM – 5:40 PM

A Novel Doppler-Based Technology for the Non-Invasive Analysis of Cardiac Hemodynamics (Diagnics) (69122)
5:40 PM – 5:47 PM
Zahra K. Motamed

Discussion
5:47 PM – 5:50 PM

The latest issue of CASE is now available with intriguing reports, including “Multidirectional Blood Flow During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Mimicking an Iatrogenic Aortic Dissection During Transesophageal Echocardiographic Examination.” CASE Editor-in-Chief Vincent Sorrell, MD, FASE, remarked, “Foster et al. remind us all of one of the very important reasons this Journal has been such a success to our Society. These authors elegantly describe a common finding during cardiopulmonary bypass that may result in potentially devastating clinical consequences when not recognized. They performed a series of basic scientific steps to solve the root cause for understanding an image that initially appeared to be an aortic dissection. In doing so, they describe the pattern of multidirectional blood flow within the aorta that accompanies bypass cannulation. Next, they demonstrate the change in Doppler findings when the bypass flow is held. Lastly, they include post-operative tomographic imaging for further education. Readers unfamiliar with this finding may be spared an unnecessary poor outcome. Other readers may use this approach as a guide to their own CASE report when they are confronted with an echo/Doppler artifact.”

A second Intraoperative Echocardiography report follows the sequence of intraoperative clinical events that resulted in severe hypoxemia during aortic valve surgery, using TEE as a primary investigative tool. In the Congenital Heart Disease category, Fahim et al. expound upon their echo findings in an adult with a double-chambered right ventricle, including excellent correlative CMR images to enhance their echo insights. The next case highlights the critical value of peripheral ultrasound with a patient whose pseudoaneurysm found on vascular ultrasound uniquely had a second pseudoaneurysm evolving from the first. Just Another Day in the Echo Lab rounds out this issue with a reminder that serial TEE is crucial after placement of a left atrial appendage occlusion device.

Be sure to read Dr. Sorrell’s editorial as he shares insights from patients on how to better engage them in the echo process, so they can feel like informed, active participants in their progression of care.

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.

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ASE Publishes Updated Guideline to Improve Care for Heart Failure Patients
with Implanted Medical Devices

(DURHAM, NC, September 10, 2024)—A new guideline from the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) aims to provide more detail on the best imaging strategies for managing and improving care for heart failure patients with surgically implanted left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) and temporary mechanical circulatory support (TMCS) devices.

Advances over the past several years prompted the need for an updated perspective on the role of echocardiography and multimodality imaging to evaluate and manage potential complications associated with temporary and durable LVADs and TMCS devices. Recommendations for Multimodality Imaging of Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Temporary Mechanical Support: Updated Recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography is an update to the Society’s original guideline published in 2015.

“This new guideline document serves as an update to the 2015 comprehensive ASE LVAD guideline. We provide detailed information and recommendations on TMCS devices, and we define the contemporary role of echocardiography and multimodality imaging in patient selection, pre-intra-and post-procedural surveillance, and troubleshooting with focus on the HM3 LVAD,” said lead author Dr. Jerry Estep, the Division Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston. “We hope the framework we provide will improve patient outcomes by providing the best imaging strategies before and after durable and temporary device implantation.”

Many principles and recommendations detailed in ASE’s original 2015 guideline are still current and valid, and this updated document includes several of the previously published key points for the use of echocardiography. Additionally, it addresses new devices, expands upon the role of multimodality imaging and acknowledges the growing role of point-of-care ultrasound in evaluating patients with mechanical circulatory support. The writing group includes experts from multiple disciplines who hope the document will encourage future studies to continue advancing the field.

The new guideline is published in the September 2024 issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. All guidelines published by ASE are available at ASEcho.org/Guidelines.

About American Society of Echocardiography
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is the Society for Cardiovascular Ultrasound Professionals™. ASE is the largest global organization for cardiovascular ultrasound imaging serving physicians, sonographers, nurses, veterinarians, and scientists and as such is the leader and advocate, setting practice standards and guidelines for the field. The Society is committed to advancing cardiovascular ultrasound to improve lives. For more information, visit the ASE website ASEcho.org or social media pages on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, or Instagram.

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New ASE Guideline Clarifies Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound Nomenclature
The guideline aims to standardize the nomenclature around cardiac point-of-care ultrasound to facilitate collaboration, reduce confusion and enhance patient safety

(DURHAM, NC, September 10, 2024)—A new guideline from the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) addresses the ambiguity in the current terminology used for cardiac point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS).

The guideline, titled Recommendations for Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound Nomenclature, outlines specific recommendations establishing a deliberate vocabulary of cardiac POCUS-related terms to improve consistency in patient-care and research settings.

Clinicians use cardiac POCUS to examine heart and vascular systems at a patient’s bedside. However, because this diagnostic tool is utilized by a multitude of clinicians from numerous specialties in different settings, there are currently inconsistencies in the language and terms surrounding cardiac POCUS.

“Many terms have been proposed to describe the use of ultrasound by bedside clinicians to image the heart, and the words we use matter,” said Chair of the Guideline Writing Group Dr. James N. Kirkpatrick, Professor of Medicine and Bioethics and Humanities, and Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. “We believe our recommended terms and definitions can be an important step in bringing together the different specialties that use cardiac POCUS to standardize what we do—all for the good of the patient.”

The writing group is co-chaired by Dr. Nova Panebianco, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of Emergency Ultrasound at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Jose Luis Diaz-Gomez, Institute Chair—Integrated Hospital Care at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and Adjunct Professor of Anesthesiology at Baylor College of Medicine. Additionally, it includes healthcare professionals from multiple stakeholder medical societies and a specialist in medical linguistics.

The guideline focuses on four main areas:

1. Review the evolution of cardiac POCUS-related terms.
2. Outline specific recommendations, distinguishing between intrinsic and practical differences in ‘‘basic cardiac POCUS/FoCUS,’’ ‘‘advanced cardiac POCUS,’’ ‘‘consultative echocardiography,’’ and ‘‘ultrasound assisted physical examination.’’
3. Address implications of these recommendations for current practice.
4. Discuss the implications for novel technologies and future research.

Drs. Kirkpatrick, Panebianco and Diaz-Gomez believe that a standard nomenclature can set the stage for future consensus building around the coordination of imaging studies, credentialing processes, billing practices, liability considerations, training protocols, and research.

“We intend for this cardiac POCUS nomenclature to be a starting point for future work in more specific areas. Establishing a deliberate vocabulary is the foundation for the accurate and efficient transfer of medical knowledge among healthcare professionals, educators, administrators, insurance providers, credentialing bodies, and most importantly, patients,” Dr. Kirkpatrick commented.

This document is endorsed by the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST), the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), World Interactive Network Focused on Critical Ultrasound (WINFOCUS) and 26 ASE International Alliance Partners.

The new guideline is published in the September 2024 issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. All guidelines published by ASE are available at ASEcho.org/Guidelines.

About American Society of Echocardiography
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is the Society for Cardiovascular Ultrasound Professionals™. ASE is the largest global organization for cardiovascular ultrasound imaging serving physicians, sonographers, nurses, veterinarians, and scientists and as such is the leader and advocate, setting practice standards and guidelines for the field. The Society is committed to advancing cardiovascular ultrasound to improve lives. For more information, visit the ASE website ASEcho.org or social media pages on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, or Instagram.

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