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New Document ♦ Basic Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography Examination: A Consensus Statement of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, JASE, May 2013
Guidelines for the Performance of a Comprehensive Intraoperative Epiaortic Ultrasonographic Examination, JASE, November 2007 PLEASE NOTE: The link to the video on page 1228 is temporarily broken. In the meantime, you can access that video here.
ASE/SCA Recommendations and Guidelines for Continuous Quality Improvement in Perioperative Echocardiography, JASE, November 2006
ASE Indications and Guidelines for Performance of Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Patient with Pediatric Acquired or Congenital Heart Disease, JASE, January 2005
ASE and SCA Task Force Guidelines for Training in Perioperative Echocardiography, JASE, June 2002.
ASE/SCA Guidelines for Performing a Comprehensive Intraoperative Multiplane Transesophageal Examination, JASE, October 1999
Recommendations for Image Acquisition and Display Using Three-Dimensional Echocardiography, JASE, January 2012
3D Echocardiography: A Review of the Current Status and Future Directions, JASE, March 2007
Recommendations for the Use of Echocardiography in New Transcatheter Interventions for Valvular Heart Disease, JASE, September 2011
Recommendations for Evaluation of Prosthetic Valves With Echocardiography and Doppler Ultrasound, JASE, September 2009
♦ A Chinese translation of this document is available.
Echocardiographic Assessment of Valve Stenosis: EAE/ASE Recommendations for Clinical Practice, JASE, January 2009
Document Errata:
1. On Page 9, 3rd paragraph on left: The dose of dobutamine for dobutamine stress echo for evaluating low gradient aortic stenosis is mentioned as “2.5 or 5m/kg/min with an incremental increase in the infusion every 3-5 min to a maximum dose of 10-20 mg/kg/min.” The mg is a typographical error and should be mcg/kg/min or ug/kg/min.
2. Page 14: The formula on left in section B.1.5: MVA = π (r2 )(V…etc.) is incorrect. The correct formula is MVA = 2π (r2 )(V…etc.).
Recommendations for Evaluation of the Severity of Native Valvular Regurgitation with Two-Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiography, JASE, July 2003
Clinical Recommendations for Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging of Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, JASE, May 2011.
Current and Evolving Echocardiographic Techniques for the Quantitative Evaluation of Cardiac Mechanics: ASE/EAE Consensus Statement on Methodology and Indications, JASE, March 2011
ACCF/ASE/AHA/ASNC/HFSA/HRS/SCAI/SCCM/SCCT/SCMR 2011 Appropriateness Use Criteria for Echocardiography document, JASE, March 2011
ACCF/ASE/ACEP/AHA/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR 2008 Appropriateness Criteria for Stress Echocardiography
This document has been replaced by the 2011 Appropriateness Use Criteria for Echocardiography document.
ACCF/ASE/ACEP/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR 2007 Appropriateness Criteria for Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography
This document has been replaced by the 2011 Appropriateness Use Criteria for Echocardiography document.
American Society of Echocardiography Recommendations for Quality Echocardiography Laboratory Operations, JASE, January 2011
ASE Guidelines and Recommendations for Digital Echocardiography, JASE, March 2005
Recommendations for a Standardized Report for Adult Transthoracic Echocardiography, JASE, September 2001
Recommendations for CQI in Echocardiography, JASE, September-October 1995 (See American Society of Echocardiography Recommendations for Quality Echocardiography Laboratory Operations, JASE, January 2011)
Guidelines for Performing Ultrasound Guided Vascular Cannulation: Recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, JASE, December 2011
Guidelines for Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory Testing: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Vascular Medicine and Biology, JASE, August 2006
Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in the Emergent Setting: A Consensus Statement of the American Society of Echocardiography and American College of Emergency Physicians, JASE, December 2010
Hand-carried Ultrasound Device: Recommendations Regarding New Technology, JASE, April 2002 [ASE Position Statement Addendum]
Echocardiography in Emergency Medicine: A Policy Statement by the ASE and the ACC, JASE, January 1999
Guidelines for the Echocardiographic Assessment of the Right Heart in Adults: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography, JASE, July 2010
Document Errata:
1. Page 686, last line should read “mm indicate at end-systole RA enlargement.”
2. Page 699, section C, Mean PA Pressure, sentence beginning at line 8 of that section should read: “Generally, the shorter the AT (measured from the onset of flow on the pulsed Doppler envelope in the RVOT to the peak pulmonary flow velocity in the same envelope), the higher the PVR and hence the PA pressure, provided the heart rate is in the normal range of 60 to <100 beats/mins.”
Recommendations for Chamber Quantification, JASE, December 2005
♦ The Chinese and Spanish translations of this document are available here.
Current and Evolving Echocardiographic Techniques for the Quantitative Evaluation of Cardiac Mechanics: ASE/EAE Consensus Statement on Methodology and Indications, JASE, March 2011
Current and Evolving Echocardiographic Techniques for the Quantitative Evaluation of Cardiac Mechanics: ASE/EAE Consensus Statement on Methodology and Indications, JASE, March 2011
Echocardiographic Imaging in Clinical Trials: American Society of Echocardiography Standards for Echocardiography Core Laboratories, JASE, July 2009
ASE Recommendations for Use of Echocardiography in Clinical Trials, JASE, October 2004
Recommendations for the Use of Echocardiography in New Transcatheter Interventions for Valvular Heart Disease, JASE, September 2011
ASE Recommendations for Clinical Practice: Echocardiography-Guided Interventions, JASE, March 2009
LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC FUNCTION
Recommendations for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography, JASE, February 2009
♦ A Chinese translation of this document is available.
ASE Consensus Statement on the Clinical Applications of Ultrasonic Contrast Agents in Echocardiography, JASE, November 2008
Guidelines for the Cardiac Sonographer in the Performance of Contrast Echocardiography: Recommendations of the ASE Council on Cardiac Sonography, JASE, May 2001
PEDIATRIC / FETAL / CONGENITAL / NEONATAL
Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Practice Guidelines and Recommendations for Training, JASE October 2011
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, JASE, December 2006
ASE Indications and Guidelines for Performance of Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Patient with Pediatric Acquired or Congenital Heart Disease, JASE, January 2005
ASE Guidelines and Standards for the Performance of the Fetal Echocardiogram, JASE, July 2004
Guidelines for the Performance of a Comprehensive Intraoperative Epiaortic Ultrasonographic Examination, JASE, November 2007 PLEASE NOTE: The link to the video on page 1228 is temporarily broken. In the meantime, you can access that video here.
ASE/SCA Recommendations and Guidelines for Continuous Quality Improvement in Perioperative Echocardiography, JASE, November 2006
ASE Indications and Guidelines for Performance of Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Patient with Pediatric Acquired or Congenital Heart Disease, JASE, January 2005
ASE and SCA Task Force Guidelines for Training in Perioperative Echocardiography, JASE, June 2002
ASE/SCA Guidelines for Performing a Comprehensive Intraoperative Multiplane Transesophageal Examination, JASE, October 1999
American Society of Echocardiography Recommendations for Performance, Interpretation, and Application of Stress Echocardiography, JASE, September 2007
. ♦ A Spanish translation of this document is available.
ASE Minimum Standards for the Cardiac Sonographer: A Position Paper, November 2005
Guidelines for the Cardiac Sonographer in the Performance of Contrast Echocardiography: Recommendations of the ASE Council on Cardiac Sonography, JASE, May 2001
Guidelines for Cardiac Sonography Education, JASE, January 2001
ASE Minimum Standards for the Cardiac Sonographer: A Position Paper, November 2005
Hand-carried Ultrasound Device: Recommendations Regarding New Technology, April 2002 [ASE Position Statement Addendum]
Permission to reuse portions of ASE guideline documents may be obtained from RIGHTSLINK. Reprints may be obtained from Elsevier: less than 250 copies; for more than 250 copies, please contact reprints@elsevier.com.
NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER: These reports are made available by ASE as a courtesy reference source for its members. The reports contain recommendations only and should not be used as the sole basis to make medical practice decisions or for disciplinary action against any employee. The statements and recommendations contained in these reports are primarily based on the opinions of experts, rather than on scientifically-verified data. ASE makes no express or implied warranties regarding the completeness or accuracy of the information in these reports, including the warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall ASE be liable to you, your patients, or any other third parties for any decision made or action taken by you or such other parties in reliance on this information. Nor does your use of this information constitute the offering of medical advice by ASE or create any physician-patient relationship between ASE and your patients or anyone else.
