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ASE Document Search Form
These official ASE Documents have been classified into
several different categories.
Please select a category that you are interested in, and
the documents belonging to that category will be highlighted
in the list below.
Index of Published ASE Documents
 Echocardiography for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Recommendations for Performance and Reporting–A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography Dyssynchrony Writing Group
Echocardiography plays an evolving and important role in the care of heart failure patients treated with biventricular pacing, or cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Numerous recent published reports have utilized echocardiographic techniques to potentially aide in patient selection for CRT prior to implantation and to optimized device settings afterwards. However, no ideal approach has yet been found. This consensus report evaluates the contemporary applications of chocardiography for CRT including relative strengths and technical limitations of several techniques and proposes guidelines regarding current and possible future clinical applications. Endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society. (3/2008)
| Categories: Adult, Reporting |
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Use of Carotid Ultrasound to Identify Subclinical Vascular Disease and Evaluate Cardiovascular Disease Risk
A Consensus Statement from the American Society of Echocardiography
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Task Force Endorsed by the Society for Vascular Medicine (2/2008)
| Categories: Adult, Vascular |
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ACCF COCATS 3 Training Statement
Featuring: Task Force 4: Training in Echocardiography, Endorsed by the American Society of Echocardiography (1/2008)
| Categories: Adult, Training, TEE, TTE |
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ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery
A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery) Developed in Collaboration With the American Society of Echocardiography, American
Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Rhythm Society, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology, and Society for Vascular Surgery (11/2007)
| Categories: Adult, Intraoperative, Guidelines |
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Guidelines for the Performance of a Comprehensive Intraoperative Epiaortic Ultrasonographic Examination
Recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists; Endorsed by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. (10/2007) A video demonstration of the EAU technique may be accessed here: http://www.asecho.org/epiaortic_ultrasound.php
| Categories: Adult, Intraoperative, Guidelines |
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American Society of Echocardiography Recommendations for Performance, Interpretation, and Application of Stress Echocardiography
Advances since the 1998 publication of the Recommendations for Performance and Interpretation of Stress Echocardiography include improvements
in imaging equipment, refinements in stress testing protocols and standards for image interpretation,and important progress toward quantitative analysis.
| Categories: Adult, Guidelines, Stress |
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ACCF/ASE/ACEP/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR 2007 Appropriateness Criteria for Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography
A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Quality Strategic Directions Committee Appropriateness Criteria Working Group, American Society of Echocardiography, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Endorsed by the American College of Chest Physicians and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (6/2007)
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| Categories: Adult, Guidelines, TEE |
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Guidelines for Performing a Comprehensive Epicardial Echocardiography Examination: Recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists
During the last few decades, the utility of intraoperative echocardiography has become increasingly evident as anesthesiologists, cardiologists, and surgeons continue to appreciate its potential application as an invaluable tool for monitoring cardiac performance and diagnosing pathology in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.The essential information provided by intraoperative echocardiography regarding hemodynamic management, cardiac valve function, congenital heart lesions, and great vessel pathology has contributed to its widespread popularity. (4/2007)
| Categories: Adult, Intraoperative, Training |
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3D Echocardiography: A Review of the Current Status and Future Directions
Ultrasound technology has improved markedly in the past 10 to 15 years, prompting echocardiographers to extend its use in studying cardiac structure and function. New ultrasound equipment
and techniques offer superior image quality, greater accuracy, and expanding capabilities. As a result, more and improved imaging modalities are available
for evaluating cardiac anatomy, ventricular function, blood flow velocity, and valvular diseases. Three dimensional
(3D) echocardiography offers the ability
to improve and expand the diagnostic capabilities of cardiac ultrasound. (3/2007)
| Categories: Guidelines, 3D, Adult |
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Guidelines and Standards for Performance of a Pediatric Echocardiogram: A Report from the Task Force of the Pediatric Council of the American Society of Echocardiography
Echocardiography has become the primary imaging tool in the diagnosis and assessment of congenital and acquired heart disease in infants, children, and adolescents. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is an ideal tool for cardiac assessment, as it is noninvasive, portable, and efficacious in providing detailed anatomic, hemodynamic, and physiologic
information about the pediatric heart. (12/2006)
| Categories: Pediatric, Guidelines |
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ASE/SCA Recommendations and Guidelines for Continuous Quality Improvement in Perioperative Echocardiography
Recommendations and guidelines
for a CQI program specific to the perioperative environment. Using the prior ASE publication on CQI as the foundation, we will: (1) present a rationale
for CQI in the perioperative period; (2) define the components of a perioperative echocardiography service; (3) establish the principles of CQI as they relate to the practice of perioperative echocardiography; and (4) assess whether CQI programs are
effective in the perioperative period. (11/2006)
| Categories: Adult, Training, TEE |
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Clinical Application of Noninvasive Vascular Ultrasound in Cardiovascular Risk Stratification: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Vascular Medicine and Biology
Noninvasive measures of atherosclerosis have emerged as adjuncts to standard cardiovascular disease (CVD)
risk factors in an attempt to refine risk stratification and the need for more aggressive preventive strategies.
Two such approaches, carotid artery imaging and brachial artery reactivity testing (BART), are ultrasound based. Numerous carotid artery imaging protocols have been used, and methodologic aspects are described in detail in this review.(2006/04)
| Categories: Adult, Vascular |
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Guidelines for Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory Testing: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Vascular Medicine and Biology
The document summarizes principles
integral to vascular duplex ultrasound–including color Doppler, spectral Doppler waveform analysis,power Doppler, and the use of contrast. Appropriate indications and interpretation of carotid
artery, renal artery, abdominal aorta, and
peripheral artery ultrasound imaging are described.(2006/04)
| Categories: Adult, Guidelines, Vascular |
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Recommendations for Chamber Quantification, JASE, December 2005
A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography’s Guidelines and Standards Committee and the Chamber Quantification Writing Group, Developed in Conjunction with the European Association of Echocardiography, a Branch of the European Society of Cardiology.
Quantification of cardiac chamber size, ventricular mass, and function ranks among the most clinically important and most frequently requested tasks of echocardiography. Standardization of chamber quantification has been an early concern in echocardiography and recommendations on how to measure such fundamental parameters are among the most often cited articles in the field.
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ASE Minimum Standards for the Cardiac Sonographer: A Position Paper, November 2005
A Report from the Council of Cardiac Sonography of the American Society of Echocardiography (12/2005)
| Categories: Sonographer, Training, Minimum Standards |
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ACC/AHA Clinical Competence Statement on Cardiac Imaging with Computer Tomography and Magnetic Resonance, JACC, July 2005
A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/ American Heart Association/American College of Physicians Task Force on Clinical Competence and Training Developed in Collaboration With the American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging, and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions Endorsed by the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (7/2005)
| Categories: Training, CT, MRI |
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PROPOSED LOCAL COVERAGE DETERMINATION (LCD) LANGUAGE RELATING TO LABORATORY ACCREDITATION AND PHYSICIAN AND SONOGRAPHER QUALIFICATIONS FOR TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
The accuracy of a transthoracic echocardiogram depends on the knowledge, skill, and experience of both the individual performing the study and the physician interpreting the study. (4/2005)
| Categories: Sonographer, Training, Education |
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ASE Guidelines and Recommendations for Digital Echocardiography, JASE, March 2005
A Report from the Digital Echocardiography Committee of the American Society of Echocardiography (03/2005)
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| Categories: Guidelines, Digital Echocardiography, Reporting | Download the PDA version of this document
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ASE Indications and Guidelines for Performance of Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Patient with Pediatric Acquired or Congenital Heart Disease, JASE, January 2005
A Report from the Task Force of the Pediatric Council of the American Society of Echocardiography (01/2005)
| Categories: Pediatric, Fetal, TEE |
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ASE Recommendations for Use of Echocardiography in Clinical Trials, JASE, October 2004
A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography’s Guidelines and Standards Committee and The Task Force on Echocardiography in Clinical Trials. Echocardiography provides comprehensive evaluation of the cardiovascular structure, function, and hemodynamics that characterize disease processes. Hence, echocardiography has been used successfully to provide mechanistic insights on therapeutic outcomes, and in some cases to measure functional and structural changes that are considered to be of therapeutic importance. (10/2004)
| Categories: Clinical Trials, Research | Download the PDA version of this document
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ASE Guidelines and Standards for the Performance of the Fetal Echocardiogram, JASE, July 2004
Fetal echocardiography is the ultrasonic evaluation of the human fetal cardiovascular system. General antepartum obstetrical ultrasound has become a standard part of gestational care and is commonly used for the determination of fetal age, size, gender, or well-being and for the detection of congenital anomalies. A variety of maternal or fetal disorders may result in abnormality of the fetal cardiovascular system to a degree which demands evaluation at a level above and beyond that attainable with standard antepartum obstetrical ultrasound. In these circumstances, a fetal echocardiogram should be performed.(July, 2004)
| Categories: Pediatric, Fetal, Guidelines |
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ACCF 35th Bethesda Conference: Cardiology's Workforce Crisis: A Pragmatic Approach, JACC, June 2004
During the past 50 years, many remarkable advances have occurred in our ability to diagnose, treat, and prevent cardiovascular disease. This progress contributed to a dramatic decline in cardiovascular mortality rates. Although there are many reasons to anticipate additional advances, the rate of discovery and diffusion of new knowledge and techniques is related to the resources devoted to cardiovascular research and practice. Many types of professionals, including basic scientists, clinical investigators, and population scientists, contribute to this critical effort. Cardiovascular specialists lead the huge team effort necessary to translate discoveries and innovations into enhanced outcomes. This report focuses on whether our nation is training enough cardiovascular specialists to accomplish these ambitious goals and to care for the growing burden of cardiovascular disease in our aging population.(2004)
| Categories: Adult, Pediatric, Training |
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Evidence Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease in Women, Circulation, January 2004
Significant advances in our knowledge about interventions to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) have occurred since publication of the first female-specific recommendations for preventive cardiology in 1999.1 Despite research based gains in the treatment of CVD, it remains the leading killer of women in the United States and in most developed areas of the world.2–3 In the United States alone, more than one half million women die of CVD each year, exceeding the number of deaths in men and the next 7 causes of death in women combined. This translates into approximately 1 death every minute.(2004)
| Categories: Adult, Education |
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ACC/AHA/ASE Guideline Update for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography: Summary Article; JASE October 2003
Summary Article A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/ASE) Committee to Update the 1997 Guidelines for the Clinical Application. The previous guideline for the use of echocardiography was published in March 1997. Since that time, there have been significant advances in the technology of echocardiography and growth in its clinical use and in the scientific evidence leading to recommendations for its proper use. Each section has been reviewed and updated in evidence (2003).
| Categories: Adult, Guidelines |
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Recommendations for Evaluation of the Severity of Native Valvular Regurgitation with Two-Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiography, JASE, July 2003
This document offers a critical review of echocardiographic and Doppler techniques used in the evaluation of valvular regurgitation in the adult patient, and provides recommendations for the assessment of severity of valvular regurgitation (2003).
| Categories: Adult, Guidelines, Valvular Regurgitation | Download the PDA version of this document
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ACC/AHA Clinical Competence Statement on Echocardiography, JACC February 2003.
A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Americ an College of physicians, American Society of Internal Medicine Task Force on Clini cal Competence. Developed in collaboration with the American Society of Echocardiogr aphy, the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, and the Society of Pediatric Echocardiography.(2002)
| Categories: Adult, Pediatric, Training |
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ASE and SCA Task Force Guidelines for training in Perioperative Echocardiography., JASE, November 2002.
| Categories: Adult, Training, Intraoperative |
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Standardized Myocardial Segmentation and Nomenclature for Tomographic Imaging of the Heart, JASE, May 2002
AHA Writing Group on Myocardial Segmentation and Registration for Cardiac Imaging. Nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR), cardiac computed tomography (cardiac CT), positron emission computed tomography (PET) and coronary angiography are imaging modalities that have been used to measure myocardial perfusion, left ventricular function and coronary anatomy for clinical management and research.
| Categories: Adult, Nomenclature & Standards, CT, MRI |
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Hand-carried Ultrasound Device: Recommendations Regarding New Technology, October 2001 [ASE Position Statement Addendum]
The newest introduction to echocardiography is a hand-carried ultrasound (HCU) device. It is a small echocardiographic machine that typically weighs less than 6 pounds and can obtain echocardiographic images and data. However, either the device or the context of the examination does not fulfill the criteria for a comprehensive or complete echocardiographic examination. (10/01) ASE Position Statement on HCU (4/03)
| Categories: Adult, Emergency, Training |
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Recommendations for Quantification of Doppler Echocardiography, JASE, September 2001.
Doppler echocardiography is a noninvasive technique that provides unique hemodynamic information otherwise not available without invasive monitoring. The accuracy of the results depends, however, on meticulous technique and an understanding of Doppler principles and flow dynamics. This document provides recommendations based on the scientific literature and a consensus from a body of experts to guide the recording and measurement of Doppler data. The document is not a comprehensive review of all the clinical applications of Doppler echocardiography. (2/2002)
| Categories: Adult, Quantification, Doppler |
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Recommendations for a Standardized Report for Adult Transthoracic Echocardiography, JASE, September 2001
The American Society of Echocardiography has published guidelines relating to standards for training (and certification); performance; nomenclature and measurement; and quality improvement related to echocardiography. (9/01)
| Categories: Adult, Reporting, Guidelines |
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Guidelines for the Cardiac Sonographer in the Performance of Contrast Echocardiography: Recommendations of the ASE Council on Cardiac Sonography, JASE, May 2001
Contrast echocardiography requires a high level of competence and expertise in addition to the skills frequently required in standard cardiac sonography practice. The American Society of Echocardiography highly recommends that cardiac sonographers take the appropriate steps to become trained in the administration of the contrast agents used in echocardiography. (11/01)
| Categories: Sonographer, Contrast, Guidelines |
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Guidelines for Cardiac Sonography Education, JASE, January 2001
Recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography Sonographer Training and Education Committee. (1/01)
| Categories: Sonographer, Guidelines, Education |
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Contrast Echocardiography: Current and Future Applications, JASE, April 2000
This document outlines current and future applications in the use of contrast materials in echocardiography. The document reviews a description of the procedure, contrast agents, technologies, indications for use, and technical guidelines in utilizing this useful application.(4/00)
| Categories: Adult, Contrast |
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Echocardiography in Emergency Medicine: A Policy Statement by the ASE and the ACC, JACC, January 1999
A Policy Statement by the American Society of Echocardiography and the American College of Cardiology on the use of echocardiography in emergency situations.(10 /01)
| Categories: Adult, Emergency |
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ASE/SCA Guidelines for Performing a Comprehensive Intraoperative Multiplane Transesophageal Examination, JASE, October 1999
This document outlines recommendations performing a comprehensive TEE with descriptions of equipment, provision for developing skills, and mechanisms for assessing the technical quality and completeness of individual studies.(10/99)
| Categories: Adult, Guidelines, TEE, Intraoperative |
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Recommendations for CQI in Echocardiography, JASE, September-October 1995
This document outlines the need and recommendations for developing an effective continuous quality improvement program for the echocardiography laboratory. Topics covered are staff roles, principles in developing processes, and examples of documentation in preparing data collection.(9/95)
| Categories: CQI, Reporting, Education |
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Report of the ASE Committee on Nomenclature and Standards in 2D Echocardiography, August 1980
This document outlines the recommended views for performing a complete 2D echocardiographic procedure to include nomenclature, image orientation, transducer positioning, and visible structures.(8/80)
| Categories: Nomenclature & Standards, Adult, Education |
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Recommendations for Quantification of the Left Ventricle by Two-Dimensional Echocardiography, JASE, September-October 1989
Correlation with Autopsy and M-mode Echocardiography (10/89)
| Categories: Quantification, Guidelines, Adult, Retired |
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Transesophageal Echocardiography, September-October 1989
Recommendations and guidelines in performing this alternative technique in imaging the heart with the use of a transducer equipped endoscope.(9/89)
| Categories: Retired, Adult, Guidelines, TEE |
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Stress Echocardiography: Recommendations for Performance and Interpretation of Stress Echocardiography JASE, January 1998.
Recommendations for using this provocative technique for patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease.(11/96)
This document has been replaced by ACC/AHA Clinical Competence Statement on Echocardiography which the ASE has endorsed.
| Categories: Retired, Training, Stress |
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Guidelines for Physician Training in Transesophageal Echocardiography, JASE, March 1992
Recommendations for physician training in this specialized application of an important diagnostic tool. (3/92)
This document has been replaced by ACC/AHA Clinical Competence Statement on Echocardiography which the ASE has endorsed.
| Categories: Retired, Training |
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Guidelines for Optimal Physician Training in Echocardiography , JASE, July/August 1988
The expanding role of echocardiography, its uses in defining normal and abnormal cardiac conditions, and the importance of the physician's skills in utilizing this effective diagnostic technique. (7/88)
This document has been replaced by ACC/AHA Clinical Competence Statement on Echocardiography which the ASE has endorsed.
| Categories: Retired, Training |
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