{"title":"The Elusive Nature of \"Simple\" D-transposition During Perinatal Transition.","authors":"Rajesh Punn, Anita J Moon-Grady","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.02.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2025.02.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143415850","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":"Are AI foundation models efficient for segmentation of echocardiograms?","authors":"Danielle L Ferreira, Rima Arnaout","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.02.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2025.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143392357","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":"Extending the Mitral Annular Disjunction (MAD) Phenotype: Anomalous Attachment of the Posterior Mitral Annulus to the Crest of the Left Ventricle.","authors":"Jeffrey J Silbiger, Raveen Bazaz","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2025.01.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2025.01.014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143257256","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}
Hema Krishna MD, Carlos Dohse MD, Dale Smith PhD, Matthew Frost, Cyril Equilbec MEng, Glenda Chin BS, Michael Hill MD, Mary Carolina Rodriguez Ziccardi MD, Brody Slostad MD, Ashley Carter DNP, David Tiu BS, Dawood Darbar MBCHB, MD, Patricia A. Pellikka MD, Mayank Kansal MD
{"title":"Application of Machine Learning Technology to Automate Thoracic Aorta Dimensions by Echocardiography","authors":"Hema Krishna MD, Carlos Dohse MD, Dale Smith PhD, Matthew Frost, Cyril Equilbec MEng, Glenda Chin BS, Michael Hill MD, Mary Carolina Rodriguez Ziccardi MD, Brody Slostad MD, Ashley Carter DNP, David Tiu BS, Dawood Darbar MBCHB, MD, Patricia A. Pellikka MD, Mayank Kansal MD","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2024.10.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.echo.2024.10.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":"38 2","pages":"Pages 127-129"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142607290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sean W. Dooley MD, Naveena V.K. Yanamala PhD, Nora Al-Roub MBBS, Nicholas Spetko MD, Madeline A. Cassidy BS, Constance Angell-James MPH, Partho P. Sengupta MD, Jordan B. Strom MD, MSc
{"title":"Machine Learning to Stratify Risk in Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis Among Medicare Beneficiaries","authors":"Sean W. Dooley MD, Naveena V.K. Yanamala PhD, Nora Al-Roub MBBS, Nicholas Spetko MD, Madeline A. Cassidy BS, Constance Angell-James MPH, Partho P. Sengupta MD, Jordan B. Strom MD, MSc","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2024.10.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.echo.2024.10.010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":"38 2","pages":"Pages 129-132"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142559260","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}
Abhishek Gami MD , Vivek P. Jani MS , Hoda Mombeini MD , Ryan Osgueritchian MD , Ilton M. Cubero Salazar MD , Matthew Kauffman MS , Catherine E. Simpson MD, MHS , Rachel L. Damico MD, PhD , Todd M. Kolb MD, PhD , Ami A. Shah MD, MHS , Stephen C. Mathai MD, MHS , Ryan J. Tedford MD , Steven Hsu MD , Paul M. Hassoun MD , Monica Mukherjee MD, MPH
{"title":"Prognostic Value of Echocardiographic Coupling Metrics in Systemic Sclerosis–Associated Pulmonary Vascular Disease","authors":"Abhishek Gami MD , Vivek P. Jani MS , Hoda Mombeini MD , Ryan Osgueritchian MD , Ilton M. Cubero Salazar MD , Matthew Kauffman MS , Catherine E. Simpson MD, MHS , Rachel L. Damico MD, PhD , Todd M. Kolb MD, PhD , Ami A. Shah MD, MHS , Stephen C. Mathai MD, MHS , Ryan J. Tedford MD , Steven Hsu MD , Paul M. Hassoun MD , Monica Mukherjee MD, MPH","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2024.09.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.echo.2024.09.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Ineffective right ventricular (RV) adaptation to increasing pulmonary arterial (PA) afterload in pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) significantly contributes to morbidity and mortality. Pulmonary vascular disease in systemic sclerosis (SSc) arises through various mechanisms, yet detecting abnormal contractile response remains challenging. Here we examine whether echocardiographic RV-PA coupling metrics correlate with invasive pressure-volume (PV) loops, enhancing the prediction of adverse clinical outcomes in SSc-PVD patients.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Prospectively enrolled patients with SSc-PVD with paired echocardiogram and PV loops were included. Linear regression and receiver-operating curve analysis were used to assess the relationship between tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion/PA systolic pressure (PASP), fractional area change/PASP, tissue Doppler velocityS’/PASP, and RV free wall strain (RVFWS)/PASP and coupling thresholds defined by end-systolic to end-arterial elastance (Ees/Ea), obtained by the multibeat method. The contribution of right atrial strain (RAS) to RV-PA coupling parameters was also investigated. Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to identify the relationship between coupling ratios and composite outcomes including clinical worsening, lung transplant, and death.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Forty-two patients with SSc were studied, 91% female, with a mean age of 59 ± 12 years and varying degrees of PVD: mean pulmonary artery pressure 29.5 ± 12.8 mm Hg, PVR 4.7 ± 4.2 WU, and PCWP 10.3 ± 4.1 mm Hg. Echocardiographic coupling metrics including tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion/PASP, fractional area change/PASP, tissue Doppler velocity S’/PASP, RVFWS<sub>global</sub> and RVFWS<sub>basal</sub>/PASP, and RAS<sub>reservoir</sub>/PASP were linearly associated with Ees/Ea. At cut points obtained through receiver-operating curve analysis, all ratios were predictive of RV-PA uncoupling, defined by Ees/Ea, and composite outcomes. Additionally, RAS<sub>reservoir</sub>/RVFWS correlated with Ees/Ea even after adjustment for PASP, suggesting that diminished RAS further impacts RV performance and coupling.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Echocardiographic RV-PA coupling ratios strongly correlate with invasive Ees/Ea and predict adverse clinical outcomes in SSc patients across the spectrum of PVD. Further, we demonstrate how RAS impacts RV performance. These findings may refine risk stratification and prognostication in this at-risk cohort.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":"38 2","pages":"Pages 115-126"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142373394","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":"Advancing Pediatric and Congenital Echocardiography: Priorities, Challenges, and Future Directions","authors":"Craig E. Fleishman MD, FASE, Pei-Ni Jone MD, FASE","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2024.12.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.echo.2024.12.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":"38 2","pages":"Pages A9-A10"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143149264","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":"Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2024.12.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.echo.2024.12.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":"38 2","pages":"Page A11"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143149265","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":"Left Atrial Volumetric/Mechanical Coupling Index: Best of Both Worlds?","authors":"Tea Gegenava MD, PhD , Koen Nieman MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.echo.2024.10.016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.echo.2024.10.016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography","volume":"38 2","pages":"Pages 111-114"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142569576","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}