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Meeting highlights of the 15th annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography: June 26 to 30, 2004

John Gorcsan, III, MD, FACC^*,*, Roberto M. Lang, MD, FACC, Michael H. Picard, MD, FACC, William A. Zoghbi, MD, FACC, Peter C. Frommelt, MD, FACC^|| and Linda D. Gillam, MD, FACC^¶

^* University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
^|| Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
^¶ Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut

Manuscript received August 17, 2004; revised manuscript received August 24, 2004, accepted August 26, 2004.

^* Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. John Gorcsan III, University of Pittsburgh, Scaife 564, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-2582 (Email: gorcsanj{at}msx.upmc.edu).

"Echocardiography is the heart of clinical cardiology" was an appropriate theme for the 15th Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography. Care of the cardiovascular patient is constantly changing, and this meeting showcased how echocardiographic and Doppler methods continue to be critically important to detect and quantify disease, determine response to therapy, and guide clinical decision making in contemporary medicine. This highly successful five-day educational event attracted a record number of attendees and focused on disease-based clinical applications of the latest technological advances in cardiac ultrasound, including advances in diagnosis and treatment of heart failure, valvular disease, coronary disease, and congenital disease.

Abbreviations and Acronyms   ASE = American Society of Echocardiography   BNP = B-type natriuretic peptide   CRT = cardiac resynchronization therapy   EF = ejection fraction   HF = heart failure   LV = left ventricular   MPI = myocardial performance index   MRI = magnetic resonance imaging   RV = right ventricular