SPECIAL REPORT: ASE ROADMAP FOR 2020 American Society of Echocardiography Cardiovascular Technology and Research Summit: A Roadmap for 2020 Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, FASE, Pamela S. Douglas, MD, FASE, James G. Miller, PhD, Theodore P. Abraham, MD, FASE, Rolf Baumann, Denis B. Buxton, PhD, Benjamin F. Byrd, III, MD, FASE, Peter Chen, PhD, Nakela L. Cook, MD, MPH, Julius M. Gardin, MD, MBA, FASE, Gunnar Hansen, MSc, H el ene C. Houle, BA, RDCS, RVT, RDMS, FASE, Stefan Husson, MSc, Sanjiv Kaul, MD, FASE, Allan L. Klein, MD, FASE, Roberto M. Lang, MD, FASE, Howard Leong-Poi, MD, FASE, Hector Lopez, ScD, Tamer M. Mahmoud, Sam Maslak, ScD, Marti L. McCulloch, MBA, RDCS, FASE, Steve Metz, MS, Sherif F. Nagueh, MD, FASE, Alan S. Pearlman, MD, FASE, Philippe Pibarot, DVM, PhD, FASE, Michael H. Picard, MD, FASE, Thomas R. Porter, MD, FASE, David Prater, Rudy Rodriguez, Maurice E. Sarano, MD, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, MD, PhD, FASE, Girish S. Shirali, MBBS, FASE, Albert Sinusas, MD, Jack J. Slosky, PhD, MBA, Lissa Sugeng, MD, MPH, Anand Tatpati, Flordeliza S. Villanueva, MD, Olaf T. von Ramm, PhD, Neil J. Weissman, MD, FASE, and Shaun Zamani, Rochester, Minnesota; Durham, North Carolina; St. Louis, Missouri; Baltimore and Bethesda, Maryland; Munich, Germany; Nashville, Tennessee; Chicago, Illinois; Hackensack, New Jersey; Horten, Norway; Mountain View, Menlo Park, Irvine, and San Francisco, California; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Portland, Oregon; Cleveland, Ohio; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Vail, Colorado; Houston, Texas; Seattle, Washington; Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; Boston, Andover, and North Billerica, Massachusetts; Omaha, Nebraska; Kansas City, Missouri; New Haven, Connecticut; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Washington, District of Columbia (J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2013;26:325-38.) Keywords: Echocardiography, Cardiac imaging, Cardiovascular imaging, Cardiovascular technology, Cardio- vascular technology development, Research, Clinical Research, Myocardial deformation, Three-dimensional imaging, Doppler, Contrast echocardiography, Valvular heart disease, Therapeutic ultrasound, Research infrastructure, Research training From the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (P.A.P., M.E.S.); the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (P.S.D., O.T.v.R.); the Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (J.G.M.); Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (T.P.A.); TomTec Imaging Systems GmbH, Munich, Germany (R.B.); the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland (D.B.B., N.L.C.); Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (B.F.B.); GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics, Chicago, Illinois (P.C.); Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey (J.M.G.); GE Healthcare, Horten, Norway (G.H.); Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc., Mountain View, California (H.C.H.); GE Ultrasound, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (S.H.); Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (S.K.); the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (A.L.K.); the University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois (R.M.L.); St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (H.L.-P.); the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, Bethesda, Maryland (H.L.); Abbott Vascular Structural Heart, Menlo Park, California (T.M.M.); Vail, Colorado (S. Maslak); the Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas (M.L.M., S.F.N.); Philips Healthcare, Seattle, Washington (S. Metz); the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (A.S.P.); Quebec Heart Institute/Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada (P.P.); Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (M.H.P., M.S.-C.); the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska (T.R.P.); Philips Healthcare, Andover, Massachusetts (D.P.); Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, California (R.R., S.Z.); Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri (G.S.S.); Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (A.S., L.S.); Lantheus Medical Imaging, North Billerica, Massachusetts (J.J.S.); Siemens Medical Solutions, San Francisco, California (A.T.); University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (F.S.V.); and MedStar Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, District of Columbia (N.J.W.) Dr. Pellikka was the summit chair and Drs. Douglas and Miller were the co-chairs; the rest of the panelists are listed in alphabetical order. The following authors reported a relationship with one or more commercial inter- ests: Dr. Douglas is a consultant and advisor to CardioDX; receives research sup- port from Atritech/Boston Scientific, Edwards Lifesciences, Ikaria, and Miracor; and has royalties and patents from UpToData/Kluwer. Mr. Baumann is an em- ployee of TomTec Imaging Systems GmbH. Dr. Chen is an employee of GE Health- care Medical Diagnostics. Dr. Gardin served as a consultant and advisor to Gilead Sciences. Mr. Hansen is an employee of GE Healthcare. Ms. Houle is an employee of Siemens Medical Solutions. Mr. Husson is an employee of GE Ultrasound. Dr. Klein is on the steering committee for Bayer. Dr. Lang receives research support from Philips. Dr. Leong-Poi is on the speakers’ bureau for Lantheus Medical Imag- ing. Mr. Mahmoud is an employee of Abbott Vascular Structural Heart. Dr. Maslak is a limited partner and investor in Imorgon, LLC. Mr. Metz is an employee of Philips Healthcare. Dr. Pibarot receives research support from Edwards Lifesciences. Dr. Porter receives research support from Astellas Pharma, GE Healthcare, Lantheus Medical Imaging, and Philips Research North America. Mr. Prater is an employee of Philips Healthcare. Mr. Rodriguez is an employee of Edwards Lifesciences. Dr. Sarano serves as a consultant and advisor to Valtech Inc. and Tel-Aviv IL and re- ceives research support from Abbott. Mr. Shirali receives research support from Edwards Lifesciences. Dr. Sinusas receives research support from Lantheus Med- ical Imaging, Astellas Pharma, and GE Healthcare. Dr. Slosky is an employee of Lantheus Medical Imaging. Dr. Sugeng serves as a consultant and advisor to Sie- mens and is on the speakers’ bureaus for Philips and Siemens. Mr. Tatpati is an em- ployee of Siemens Medical Solutions. Dr. Villanueva has a material transfer agreement with Lantheus Medical Imaging. Dr. von Ramm receives research sup- port from Research Triangle Institute and owns stock in Volumetrics Medical Imag- ing LLC. Dr. Weissman receives research support from Abbott Vascular, Boston Scientific, Edwards Lifesciences, St. Jude, Medtronic, Sorin-Carbomedics, and Bi- otroniks. Mr. Zamani is an employee of Edwards Lifesciences. All other authors re- port no actual or potential conflicts of interest in relation to this document. Reprint requests: Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, FASE, American Society of Echocardi- ography, 2100 Gateway Centre Boulevard, Suite 310, Morrisville, NC 27560 (E-mail: ase@asecho.org). 0894-7317/$36.00 Copyright 2013 by the American Society of Echocardiography. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2013.02.003 325