Sound Saves Lives

The following are “good news” articles about cardiovascular ultrasound.

June 2023

• Cardiac ultrasound could lead to key advances in heart attack care, drug delivery

March 2022

• Echo links low atrial function to dementia later in life

January 2022

• Tricuspid Valve Repair: Triluminate Clinical Trial – University of Washington Medicine Heart Institute (video)

July 2021

• UC Davis Health fixes baby’s heart defect using echocardiography-only strategy

May 2021

• AI-based echo analyses best human analyses for COVID-19 mortality prediction

April 2021

• Echocardiographic screening may improve HFrEF prediction in childhood cancer survivors

July 2020

• Echocardiograms improve treatment for 1 in 3 COVID-19 patients

December 2019

• Bracco Diagnostics’ LUMASON is now approved for pediatric patients with suboptimal echocardiograms

November 2019

• Ultromics, one of ASE’s Industry Roundtable (IRT) partners, has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for their AI-powered image analysis system, EchoGo Core

October 2019

• TAVR Planning: 3D Transesophageal Echocardiography vs Multidetector CT

May 2019

• Echocardiography and Monitoring Patients Receiving Dopamine Agonist Therapy for Hyperprolactinaemia

January 2019

• ASE Foundation Partners with WomenHeart to Help Heart Disease Patients
• TAVR system designed to treat aortic regurgitation used in 1st US patient

November 2018

• PCI guided by intravascular ultrasound linked to long-term advantages

October 2018

• Long-running study identifies modifiable dementia risk factor in older adults
• Why Physicians Need to get PAH Patients to Echocardiograms

August 2018

• Can echocardiography improve care of patients with pulmonary embolism?

• Clinical Echocardiography Review 2nd edition by Allan Klein, MD, FASE, ASE Past President and Craig Asher, MD, FASE, has been awarded as Highly Commended in the Cardiology categories respectively of the 2018 BMA Medical Book Awards

July 2018

• NIH R01 Grant Awarded to ASE Member Noyan Gocke, MD, FASE

June 2018

• Study: Stress echo edges coronary CTA for efficient tirage of chest pain

October 2017

• Strain Echocardiography: Routine Strain Analysis is Ready for Clinical Purposes 
• The Use of 3-D Printing in Cardiology 

September 2017

• Valve Deterioration and Durability Definitions Now Standardized in New Guide

August 2017

• Improving Echo Appropriateness: Audit and Feedback Intervention Works
• Strain Imaging Beats Ejection Fraction for Gauging Heart Function

July 2017

• Groundbreaking in utero heart surgery saves baby’s life at Sick Kids Hospital
• OB-GYN doctors: Early detection of heart defects crucial on Guam
• PESA: 3-D vascular ultrasound detects plaque burden for CV risk prediction

June 2017

• Initial stress echo safe, cheap for high-risk patients
• 3-D Printed Patient-specific Hearts Improve Patient Surgical Outcomes
• New Echo Protocol Aids Monitoring Children’s Heart Abnormalities Due to Chemotherapy

• VIDEO: ASE’s Echovation Challenge Identifies Innovation in Cardiac Ultrasound

• A Glimpse Into the Future of Cardiac Ultrasound

April 2017

• Pathways for Quality Care: Echocardiographers Ponder a Playbook for Imaging in Myocardial Infarction

March 2017

• Echocardiology – The expanding role of echocardiography in cardiovascular diagnosis and management

January 2017

• The FDA removes the contraindication for use of Bracco Diagnostics Inc.’s LUMASON® (sulfur hexafluoride lipid-type A microspheres) for injectable suspension, for intravenous use or intravesical use, in patients with cardiac shunts

December 2016

• Echocardiography Post-surgery Can Detect Early and Asymptomatic Heart Dysfunction
• Echo plays key role in new study results. TAVR Outcomes Similar to SAVR at 5 Years

October 2016

• GE Healthcare Announces FDA Labeling Change for Use of Optison™ In Patients with Cardiac Shunts
• Volume to Value: Defining the Value of Cardiovascular Imaging

September 2016

• Echo reveals why smoking ups risk of heart failure 

August 2016

• SLE Patients Benefit From Routine Echocardiography