Echo Research and Practice

Did you know that lead authors for publications in Echo Research and Practice are eligible for BSE points? For each publication, you can gain two BSE points towards your reaccreditation - find out more about submissions here: ow.ly/Fqc450WteyQ

🚨NEW ARTICLE🚨 Epicardial fat thickness predicts severe coronary artery disease and high mortality risk among ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients: ow.ly/1GTn50WsCRz

This Sunday is Colombia’s National Day of Independence - a fitting time to celebrate research from a Colombian team, whose paper we published in April Complication rates in real-time ultrasound-guided vs static echo-guided pericardiocentesis: ow.ly/JA2H50Wrhgs

🚨NEW ARTICLE🚨 Cardiac function and mechanics in systemic sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis: ow.ly/rL7N50WooJZ @MihneaCasian @JODriscoll9 @bogdan_popescu1 @Rjurcut

As Wimbledon heats up here in the UK (both metaphorically and physically!), we're looking back to this year's publication ✨Echocardiography in the cardiac assessment of young athletes: a 2025 guideline from @BSEcho (endorsed by @CRY_UK)✨ Read it here: ow.ly/ZFr350WmPkh

With the feat of endurance of the Tour de France well underway after this weekend, we're highlighting an article from 2024's Echo in Sports Cardiology collection: Allometric scaling for LV mass and geometry in athletes of mixed and endurance sports: ow.ly/UQQ350WltMg

To mark US Independence Day, we're highlighting some recent papers by US authors! 💙Safe administration of ultrasound contrast agents: ow.ly/xZUg50WkfHc 💙Cardiac ultrasomics: ow.ly/WEvg50WkfJo 💙Aortic valve calcification: ow.ly/auAu50WkfK0

🚨NEW ARTICLE🚨 Global longitudinal strain in the prediction of significant coronary artery disease: How accurate is it for patients with a high clinical probability of chronic coronary syndrome and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction?: ow.ly/jsxP50WiRpF

To mark Canada Day tomorrow, we're highlighting an article from @UBC, Vancouver: Validation of machine learning models for estimation of left ventricular ejection fraction on point-of-care ultrasound: Insights on features that impact performance: ow.ly/7KiA50WieqB

Check out our recent articles in @EchoResPract: 💙Radiation-induced heart damage: ow.ly/lWWl50WfUEg 💙@BSEcho guideline for HOCM pts receiving myosin-inhibitor therapy: ow.ly/zAr050WfUEl 💙Automation and AI: ow.ly/XZ2150WfUEp

This week is Injury Awareness Week in the UK, so we're reflecting on the impact of musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries in echocardiography practice - check out: Prevalence, characteristics and clinical impact of work-related MSK pain in echo: ow.ly/sOBR50Wexk8 #IAWeek2025

Mr Liam Corbett, lead author, reflects on ✨Role and application of three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in the assessment of left and right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction: a UK nationwide survey✨, published in 2024. Read it here: ow.ly/hQxV50Wcmmi

🚨NEW ARTICLE🚨 Can automation and artificial intelligence reduce echocardiography scan time and ultrasound system interaction?: ow.ly/TTGx50W9R4k @HollittKylie @Becho2106

Have you seen the latest issue of the @bsecho quarterly ECHO journal? This edition’s focus is congenital heart disease 💙 It's a great time to revisit their 2022 guideline on echo in CHD patients 👉 ow.ly/UgmZ50W8h61 Explore ECHO: ow.ly/niE050W8h4L

Continuing the theme for #BikeWeek 2025, we're looking at this recent publication which utilised a semi-recumbent cycle ergometer in the assessment of cardiac patients: Exercise capacity in moderate aortic stenosis: a cardiopulmonary stress echo study: ow.ly/QFGY50W6Pgh

Did you know that this week is #BikeWeek in the UK? That means it's the perfect time to look back at one of our published papers from 2023: Exploratory assessment of right ventricular structure and function during prolonged endurance cycling exercise: ow.ly/geL750W66Gj

🚨NEW ARTICLE🚨 Risk factors for early radiation-induced heart damage in patients undergoing pulmonary SBRT: ow.ly/4FqY50W4b5i @PKU1898

🚨NEW ARTICLE🚨 Prognostic significance of right ventricular dysfunction in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: A meta-analysis of reconstructed time-to-event data: ow.ly/mK5Z50W39zJ @mehrdad_mhi @ArzhangzadehMD @AminiSalehi

🚨NEW ARTICLE🚨 @BSEcho guideline for TTE assessment of adult patients with obstructive HCM receiving myosin-inhibitor therapy: ow.ly/NNZR50W2nk9 @ClareCulshaw1 @DanXAugustine @carolinecoats @ivofandrade @keithpearce002 @lynne_w12 @rach_bastiaenen @oxborough77 @robcoops82

Check out our recent articles in @EchoResPract: 💙Comparing the impact of transcatheter ASD closure on echocardiographic indices in adults below and above 50 years: ow.ly/7SgK50W0JTb 💙Standing transthoracic echocardiography: a feasibility study: ow.ly/OsHU50W0JTc