The ASE Echo Image Calendar has become a very popular member renewal gift over the past four years. Members are encouraged to upload images for the 2019 Image Calendar Contest by Monday, August 13. Voting for the favorite images to be included in the colorful, 12-month calendar will begin on August 15 and close on Friday, September 14. The 2019 calendar will be mailed to all members who renew by December 31, 2018.

To upload your images, head to the ASE 2019 Calendar Contest Library on Connect@ASE:

1. Login to Connect@ASE using your username (email address) and password.
2. Using the top navigation, scroll to Libraries.
3. Click on Image Library.
4. Click on the folder called ASE 2019 Calendar Contest.
5. Click “New” under Folder Contents on the right hand side of the menu and upload your image. Image files need to be no larger than 30 MB.
6. You are able to upload as many images as you would like.

Please note this is a membership competition and is open to members only. If you have any questions, please contact Arissa Cooper at acooper@asecho.org.

ASE is pleased to partner with the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) to provide the inaugural Critical Care Echocardiography Review Course. Many ASE leaders helped develop this two-and-a-half-day course which will educate attendees in all aspects of echocardiography in critically ill patients and help physicians prepare for the critical care echocardiography board examination offered by the National Board of Echocardiography in January 2019. We encourage our ASE members to share this information with their critical care peers. The deadline for early registration is September 12. Click here for more information and to register.

We are thrilled to announce that CASE, ASE’s cardiovascular imaging online case reports journal, is now live in PubMed Central back to Volume 1, Issue 1 that was published in February 2017. There are many people to recognize for their efforts to attain this achievement including the CASE Co-Editors-in-Chief Karen G. Zimmerman, BS, ACS, RDCS, RVT, FASE, and L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD, FASE, FACC, and the entire CASE Editorial Board who worked tirelessly to publish this exemplary peer-reviewed journal. We would also like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the authors who have submitted to and published in CASE as well as CASE publisher Elsevier. This is a great accomplishment for everyone associated with the journal and our Society.

The August issue of JASE, now online, includes the article, “Impact of Diabetes and Increasing Body Mass Index Category on Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Function,” by Arnold C.T. Ng, MBBS, PhD, Francesca Prevedello, MD, Giulia Dolci, MD, Cornelis J. Roos, MD, Roxana Djaberi, MD, Matteo Bertini, MD, PhD, See Hooi Ewe, MBBS, Christine Allman, MSc, Dominic Y. Leung, MBBS, PhD, Nina Ajmone Marsan, MD, PhD, Victoria Delgado, MD, PhD, and Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD. Lead author Dr. Ng said that, “Diabesity, the combination of type 2 diabetes and obesity, is a growing worldwide epidemic that contributes to cardiovascular disease. This multicenter study demonstrated the concurrent additive detrimental effects of diabetes and increasing body mass index on left ventricular (LV) myocardial systolic and diastolic function, with increasing obesity associated with greater LV myocardial dysfunction than diabetes. Therefore, future clinical studies on diabetes should also focus on obesity in this patient population.”

Also in this issue is a state-of-the-art review, “Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation in Degenerated Bioprosthetic Valves,” as well as papers on coronary artery disease, pulmonary hypertension, cardiometabolics, appropriate use of echocardiography, cardio-oncology, and pediatric cardiomyopathies. The blue pages include ASE President Dr. Jonathan Lindner’s message exploring ASE’s international relations and a COPE column by Drs. G. Burkhard Mackensen and Alina Nicoara on improving the quality and reporting of perioperative echocardiography.

Registry Chair Dr. Sherif Nagueh (center in picture) and ASE staffers, Sarah Beth Bdoyan and Robin Wiegerink traveled with their ASNC partner representatives to CMS Headquarters in Baltimore, MD, on Thursday, July 26, to advocate for the inclusion of echocardiography in physician-established QCDR performance measures. These performance measures will help members facilitate meeting reporting requirements under MIPS through involvement in ImageGuideEcho™, a module under the ImageGuide Registry® platform. ImageGuideEcho is the first echo-specific clinical data registry. For more information about this registry and other efforts in ImageGuideEcho, contact info@imageguideecho.org.

ASE’s 7th Annual Echo Florida course is a comprehensive review of cardiovascular ultrasound in clinical practice. The course takes place October 7-9, 2018 with a preconference Learning Lab available October 6, at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa at Walt Disney World® in Orlando, FL. Course Director, Gerard P. Aurigemma, MD, FASE, and Co-Director Linda D. Gillam, MD, FASE, have created a program with a heavy emphasis on case-based learning that includes fun opportunities for the participants to interact with the faculty during multiple “Goofs, Coups, and Things I have Learned in the Past Year” sessions. Download the Advance Program  and register today.

The ASE Echo Image Calendar has become a very popular member renewal gift over the past four years. Members are encouraged to upload images for the 2019 Image Calendar Contest by Monday, August 13. Voting for the favorite images to be included in the colorful, 12-month calendar will begin on August 15 and close on Friday, September 14. The 2019 calendar will be mailed to all members who renew by December 31, 2018.
To upload your images, head to the ASE 2019 Calendar Contest Library on Connect@ASE:

1. Login to Connect@ASE using your username (email address) and password.
2. Using the top navigation, scroll to Libraries.
3. Click on Image Library.
4. Click on the folder called ASE 2019 Calendar Contest.
5. Click “New” under Folder Contents on the right hand side of the menu and upload your image. Image files need to be no larger than 30 MB.
6. You are able to upload as many images as you would like.

Please note this is a membership competition and is open to members only. If you have any questions, please contact Arissa Cooper at acooper@asecho.org.

ASE sends its congratulations and a hearty well done to Noyan Gokce, MD, FASE, who is the Director of Echocardiography at Boston Medical Center for recently being awarded an NIH R01 award to study the relationship between obesity, insulin resistance, and regulation of the vasculature in multiple tissues, including adipose tissue. The project represents a multidisciplinary approach that uses sophisticated imaging to understand the intersection between metabolic diseases and vascular disease or dysfunction. These studies reflect ongoing efforts looking into how abnormalities in the vasculature are not just a consequence of diabetes, but may contribute to diabetes. We look forward to seeing the results from these exciting studies in the years to come. Read more here.

Calling All Scientists! Do you have groundbreaking research you would like ASE to share? Please send your institution’s press release to communications@asecho.org and ASE’s Executive Committee will review, and possibly share, via ASE’s media channels!

Many new educational resources have been developed by ASE experts to help you enhance your practice. There is something for every level of training. Here are some of our latest products:

• 2nd Edition Cardiovascular Sonographer Registry Review Guide
• 2nd Edition Proper Echocardiographic Measurements: How and Why DVD
• Clinical Applications of Ultrasound Enhancing Agents in Echocardiography (Poster, Binder, and Flip Chart Insert)
  Updated with 2017 guideline on Aortic Valve Stenosis
• Guideline Reference Book Spiral
• Mechanisms of Mitral Regurgitation (Poster and Pocket Guide)
• Utility of 3D Echocardiography: Promises and Perspectives DVD

Visit ASEMarketPlace.com to see all of ASE’s educational resources, and don’t forget to login to your member portal to take advantage of your member discount.