We want to thank all of our members who attended our first virtual GHSEV “Scary Cardiovascular Images” last night. Special thanks to the sonographers and physicians who took the time to prepare and submit “scary cases,” and to Robert Gregory from GE for sponsoring the event. After everyone had an opportunity to network and catch up, our president Dr. Jose … Read more
Do you have a “scary” echo or vascular case to present at our next GHSEV meeting? The GHSEV is happy to announce that we are resuming our educational and networking sessions with the “Scary Cardiovascular Images” event on Thursday, October 29, 2020. We will be utilizing a virtual platform, which is a first for our society. However, given the ongoing … Read more
Dear GHSEV Members, The ASE Foundation is ASE’s charitable arm, helping to assure the viability and visibility of cardiovascular ultrasound. National Coffee Day is September 29 & ASEF is hosting their 2nd annual ‘Donate A Cup to ASEF’ Day, by celebrating all week, 9/27 – 10/3, with a fundraising goal of $5,000. Mark your calendars and plan to #BoostASEF with … Read more
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources for Echocardiography and Vascular Labs Dear Greater Houston Society of Echo-Vascular members and colleagues. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the provision of echocardiographic services will remain essential, and as you may know, health care personnel can be at significant risk if appropriate measures are not taken. The American Society of Echocardiography has rapidly developed a series of educational … Read more
Dear GHSEV Members, The ASE Foundation is ASE’s charitable arm, helping to assure the viability and visibility of cardiovascular ultrasound. ASEF will welcome the first day of spring with its 5th annual Spring Giving Day next Thursday, March 19th. As an affiliated local society, the GHSEV would like to encourage all of our members to help ASEF with a donation … Read more
We would like to thank Dr. Christian Lilje for the great talk on Congenital Heart Disease: Echocardiography Primer last Thursday! We’d also like to say thank you to Philips for sponsoring the meeting, the students for all of your help, and all of the great GHSEV members for coming out! If you haven’t done so yet, we would like to … Read more
Our traditional annual holiday meeting is our most attended (and fun!) and this year was not exception. Current and new GHSEV members gathered last Thursday December 12 at the Waterside Café (John P. McGovern TMC Commons) for an evening of learning, networking, and fellowship. We had the latest echo and ultrasound technology on display, a fantastic meal catered by Third … Read more
We want to thank our current and new members for attending this fantastic Halloween-themed interactive event last night, and special thanks to the sonographers and physicians who took the time to prepare and submit “scary cases”, and to Bracco Imaging for sponsoring the event and food. A total of 6 outstanding and truly “spooky” cases were selected, and presented by … Read more
Do you have a “scary” echo or vascular case to present at our next GHSEV meeting on Thursday, October 24? The GHSEV board will review the submissions and make the difficult decision as to which studies will be presented in our meeting as a 5 minute oral presentation. Sonographers can pair up with an MD from your lab to prepare … Read more
In the last few months, two important documents pertaining to appropriateness and quality in echocardiography have been published. May 2019 saw the publication of the ACC AATS AHA ASE ASNC HRS SCAI SCCT SCMR STS 2019 Appropriate Use Criteria for Multimodality Imaging in the Assessment of Cardiac Structure and Function in Nonvalvular Heart Disease. This document is an update to … Read more