ASE is pleased to provide these educational resources on valve disease. According to the CDC, about 2.5% of the U.S. population has valve disease, but it is more common in older adults. Echocardiography has become the key tool for the diagnosis and evaluation of valve disease.
Guidelines
- Guidelines for the Evaluation of Prosthetic Valve Function With Cardiovascular Imaging: A Report From the American Society of Echocardiography Developed in Collaboration With the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (January 2024)
- Recommendations for the Use of Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography (January 2023)
- Echocardiographic Assessment of Valve Stenosis: EAE/ASE Recommendations for Clinical Practice (April 2017)
The Connection Between Heart Valve Disease & Echocardiograms One Pager Resource
To support Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day on February 22, ASE partnered with Heart Valve Voice U.S. to create a one pager resource, “The Connection Between Heart
Valve Disease & Echocardiograms,” to help patients interpret their echocardiogram results. View it here.
EchoGuide™
EchoGuideTM provides access to over 50 calculators, algorithms, and charts based on key ASE guidelines for use by healthcare professionals providing cardiac care.
Articles
Cases
Cases on Valve Disease published in CASE, ASE’s online case reports journal.
Lecture Series
Best of ASE Volume 6: Echocardiographic Imaging of Native and Prosthetic Valves, 2nd Edition
This “Best of” Valvular Heart Disease lecture series includes descriptions of the role of echocardiography in diagnosing regurgitant and stenotic valve disease as well as the role of echocardiography in planning and guiding interventional treatments for valve disease.
2nd Edition Best of ASE, Volume 6: Echocardiographic Imaging of Native and Prosthetic Valves – DVD
This “Best of” Valve lecture series includes a comprehensive overview of the latest in diagnostic evaluation and quantification of regurgitant and stenotic lesions as well as detailed discussions on the role of echocardiography in today’s surgical and catheter-based interventions.
Echo Magazine
What’s Important to Keep in Mind When Valves Go Narrowed and Leaky?
This Echo magazine article discusses insights from the ASE Recommendations for Rheumatic Heart Disease.