Journal of The American Society of Echocardiography

Editor-in-Chief: Alan S. Pearlman, MD, FASE Seattle, WA, USA, Deputy Editor: Victor Mor-Avi, PhD, FASE Chicago, IL, USA, Associate Editors: Julius M. Gardin, MD, FASE Hackensack, NJ, USA, Brian D. Hoit, MD, FASE Solon, OH, USA, Wyman W. Lai, MD, MPH, FASE New York, NY, USA, Jonathan R. Lindner, MD, FASE Portland, OR, USA, Sherif Nagueh, MD, FASE Houston, TX, USA, J. Geoffrey Stevenson, MD, FASE Seattle, WA, USA, Founding Editor: Harvey Feigenbaum, MD, FASE Indianapolis, IN, USA, Senior Consulting Editors: Bijoy K. Khandheria, MD, FASE Milwaukee, WI, USA, Donald C. Oxorn, MD Seattle, WA, USA, Stephen G. Sawada, MD Indianapolis, IN, USA, Alan D. Waggoner, MHS, RDMS Pensacola, FL, USA, Statistical Editors: Lyndia C. Brumback, PhD Seattle, WA, USA, Robyn L. McClelland, PhD Seattle, WA, USA, CME Co- Editors: Rebecca T. Hahn, MD, FASE New York, NY, USA, Priscilla J. Peters, BA, RDCS, FASE Camden, NJ, USA, Editorial Office Staff: Sarah W. Bidgood, MA JASE Editorial Office, American Society of Echocardiography, 2100 Gateway Centre Boulevard, Suite 310 Morrisville, NC 27560, Cathy F. Kerr, CAE , Editorial Consultants: Deborah A. Agler, RCT, RDCS, FASE; Cleveland, OH, USA, David S. Bach, MD, FASE Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Thomas . Bartel, MD Innsbruck, Austria, Todd Belcik, BS, RDCS, FASE Lake Oswego, OR, USA, Merri L. Bremer, RN, RDCS, FASE Oronoco, MN, USA, Robert J. Bryg, MD Sylmar, CA, USA, Ian G. Burwash, MD Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Christopher Y.P. Choong, MD, PhD Sydney, Australia, Victor G. Davila-Roman, MD St. Louis, MO, USA, Curt G. DeGroff, MD Gainesville, FL, USA, Victoria Delgado, MD, PhD Leiden, Netherlands, Kaoru Dohi, MD Tsu, Mie, Japan, Frank A. Flachskampf, MD Uppsala, Sweden, Mark K. Friedberg, MD Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Shuping Ge, MD Philadelphia, PA, USA, Brian A. Haluska, MSc Brisbane, Australia, Ken D. Horton, RCS, RDCS, FASE Riverton, UT, USA, Andreas P. Kalogeropoulos, MD Atlanta, GA, USA, Richard E. Kerber, MD, FASE Iowa City, IA, USA, Hyung-Kwan Kim, MD, PhD; Seoul, Korea, James N. Kirkpatrick, MD, FASE Philadelphia, PA, USA, Itzhak Kronzon, MD, FASE New York, NY, USA, Wyman W. Lai, MD, MPH, FASE New York, NY, USA, Steven J. Lester, MD, FASE Scottsdale, AZ, USA, Sunil Mankad, MD, FCCP, FASE Rochester, MN, USA, Martin S. Maron, MD Boston, MA, USA, Donato Mele, MD Ferrara, Italy, David Messika-Zeitoun, MD, PhD Paris, France, Erik C. Michelfelder, MD, FASE Cincinnati, OH, USA, Michele Nanna, MD Bronx, NY, USA, Tasneem Z. Naqvi, MD, FASE Los Angeles, CA, USA, Yuichi Notomi, MD Hayama, Japan , David A. Orsinelli, MD, FASE Dublin, OH, USA, Philippe Pibarot, DVM, PhD Québec, Québec, Canada, Jonathan F. Plehn, MD Princeton, NJ, USA, Athena Poppas, MD, FASE Providence, RI, USA, Edgar Schick, MD Carlisle, MA, USA, Stanton K. Shernan, MD, FASE Middleton, MA, USA, Robert J. Siegel, MD, FASE Los Angeles, CA, USA, Osama I. I. Soliman, MD, PhD Rotterdam, Netherlands, Kirk T. Spencer, MD, FASE Chicago, IL, USA, Liza Thomas, MBBS, FRACP, PhD Sydney, Australia, Nozomi Watanabe, MD, PhD Miyazaki, Japan, Malissa J. Wood, MD Boston, MA, USA, Mark V. Zilberman, MD Boston, MA, USA