Monica Mukherjee, Benjamin H Freed, Luna Gargani, Lawrence G Rudski
{"title":"In response to: \"Clarifying the Geometry: Reassessing the Right Ventricular Eccentricity Index\".","authors":"Monica Mukherjee, Benjamin H Freed, Luna Gargani, Lawrence G Rudski","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.07.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2025.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144610209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
José C Campos-Barba, Dorita Chumbes-Aguirre, Consuelo Orihuela-Sandoval
{"title":"Clarifying the Geometry: Reassessing the Right Ventricular Eccentricity Index.","authors":"José C Campos-Barba, Dorita Chumbes-Aguirre, Consuelo Orihuela-Sandoval","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.05.022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2025.05.022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144610208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information for Readers","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0894-7317(25)00299-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0894-7317(25)00299-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":"38 7","pages":"Pages A11-A12"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144549024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Guidelines for the Digital Era: A Vision for Artificial Intelligence in HFpEF","authors":"Ross Upton PhD, Jordan B. Strom MD, MSc","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.03.014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.03.014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":"38 7","pages":"Page 636"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144549643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zachary W. Blair MD , Alvin Chandra MD , Gregory P. Barton PhD , Nataly Sanchez Solano MD , Jarett D. Berry MD , Kara N. Goss MD
{"title":"Reduced Right Ventricular Size and Function in Adolescents and Adults Born Preterm","authors":"Zachary W. Blair MD , Alvin Chandra MD , Gregory P. Barton PhD , Nataly Sanchez Solano MD , Jarett D. Berry MD , Kara N. Goss MD","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.04.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.04.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Adults born premature have smaller cardiac chamber sizes, and some develop right ventricular (RV) dysfunction. Risk factors for RV dysfunction into adulthood remain unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate right-sided cardiac structure and function among adolescents and adults born preterm.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Participants born moderately to extremely premature (≤32 weeks) or at very low birth weight (<1500 g) aged 12 to 40 years were recruited from the Parkland Health Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Registry. Healthy term-born similarly aged participants were recruited from Dallas County. Study visits included anthropometric measurements, a cardiopulmonary examination, and echocardiography. Multivariable linear regression models were used to determine the main effect of prematurity (yes or no) and gestational age on right atrial and RV structure and function after adjusting for age, sex, body surface area, and birth weight <em>Z</em> scores.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Preterm participants (<em>n</em> = 107) had a mean gestational age of 29.3 ± 2.7 weeks and a mean birth weight of 1,320 ± 398 g. Compared with term participants (<em>n</em> = 48), echocardiography demonstrated smaller right atrial volume and RV area. Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, tissue Doppler imaging systolic tricuspid annular peak velocity (RV s′), and early diastolic velocity (RV e′) were lower in preterm participants, with a significant dose response with gestational age and in the absence of overt pulmonary hypertension.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Right-sided chamber sizes were smaller, with reduced tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, RV s′, and RV e′ in adolescents and adults born premature, with a clear association with gestational age. Reduced RV function in the absence of overt pulmonary hypertension suggests preterm birth imparts an independent insult on the developing RV with lifetime implications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":"38 7","pages":"Pages 615-623"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144005116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Philippe Unger MD, PhD, Michaël Rietz MD, Xavier Galloo MD
{"title":"Indexing Tricuspid Annular Systolic Plane Excursion to Right Ventricular Length as a Surrogate of Right Ventricular Free Wall Strain","authors":"Philippe Unger MD, PhD, Michaël Rietz MD, Xavier Galloo MD","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.04.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":"38 7","pages":"Page 638"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144029432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Echoing Excellence: ASE Shapes the Future of Cardiovascular Imaging","authors":"David H. Wiener MD, FASE","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.05.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.05.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":"38 7","pages":"Pages A25-A26"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144549020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sherif F. Nagueh MD, FASE (Chair) , Danita Y. Sanborn MD, FASE (Co-Chair) , Jae K. Oh MD, FASE , Bonita Anderson MApplSc, DMU, ACS, FASE, FASA , Kristen Billick BS, ACS, RCS, RDCS, FASE , Genevieve Derumeaux MD, PhD , Allan Klein MD, FASE , Konstantinos Koulogiannis MD, FASE , Carol Mitchell PhD, ACS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RT(R), FASE , Amil Shah MD , Kavita Sharma MD , Otto A. Smiseth MD, PhD, Honorary FASE , Teresa S.M. Tsang MD, FASE
{"title":"Recommendations for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography and for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Diagnosis: An Update From the American Society of Echocardiography","authors":"Sherif F. Nagueh MD, FASE (Chair) , Danita Y. Sanborn MD, FASE (Co-Chair) , Jae K. Oh MD, FASE , Bonita Anderson MApplSc, DMU, ACS, FASE, FASA , Kristen Billick BS, ACS, RCS, RDCS, FASE , Genevieve Derumeaux MD, PhD , Allan Klein MD, FASE , Konstantinos Koulogiannis MD, FASE , Carol Mitchell PhD, ACS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RT(R), FASE , Amil Shah MD , Kavita Sharma MD , Otto A. Smiseth MD, PhD, Honorary FASE , Teresa S.M. Tsang MD, FASE","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.03.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.03.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function is an integral part of the routine evaluation of patients presenting with symptoms of dyspnea or clinical concerns for heart failure. Given the presence of diastolic dysfunction in many cardiovascular diseases, clinical reports should include comments on diastolic function and/or left atrial (LA) pressure whenever possible. Since the publication of the 2016 ASE/EACVI guidelines for assessment of LV diastolic function, new data on additional echocardiographic variables as left atrial strain and their association with LV filling pressures have emerged. Moreover, prognostic data from epidemiologic studies have demonstrated the association of echocardiographic measures with the subsequent development of heart failure. This update provides a contemporary approach for the assessment of LV diastolic function and the estimation of LA pressure in the general population of patients in sinus rhythm referred for echocardiographic evaluation, and in special populations that require deviation from the general approach. The update also discusses the application of echocardiography in the diagnosis of patients with heart failure with preserved LV ejection fraction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":"38 7","pages":"Pages 537-569"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144549026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Doppler Angle Effect Needs to Be Considered Wherever in the Heart the Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area Method Is Utilized","authors":"Curt G. DeGroff MD, MSEE","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.02.018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.02.018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":"38 7","pages":"Pages 636-637"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143694266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Echo-Diastology Prediction of Heart Failure Outcomes: Are We Closer to Finding the Rosetta Stone?","authors":"Garred S. Greenberg MD, Mario J. Garcia MD","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.04.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.04.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":"38 7","pages":"Pages 599-600"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144038419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}