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shindler
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Jun 4, 1998 10:35 pm
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Daniel Shindler M.D.
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Jun 5, 1998 1:31 pm
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This is intended to stimulate discussion: What do you do under these circumstances? 1. Aortic valve endocarditis on transthoracic echo. 2. Persistent Staph...
Daniel Shindler
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Jun 16, 1998 5:05 pm
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TEE to R/O abscess. Surgery ? Valdir ... Read this list on the Web at http://www.FindMail.com/list/echocardiography/ To unsubscribe, email to...
Dr. Valdir A. Moises
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Jun 16, 1998 8:27 pm
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1. Aortic valve endocarditis on TTE: still needs clinical correlation. I would not ROUTINELY proceed on to TEE unless one of the following are present: 1)...
jamestam
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Jun 16, 1998 8:28 pm
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We are up to 37 members. ... To post a message to the group send e-mail to: echocardiography@... ... My question for the day to the group: Has the...
Daniel Shindler
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Jun 17, 1998 4:58 pm
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The article has served to confirm the effectiveness of vasodilator therapy but has not influenced my usage of nifedipine. I am more impressed with the...
Edward Chung
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Jun 18, 1998 12:12 pm
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Any echocardiographic anecdotes on rate of change in end-systolic dimension? How often do you scan your asymptomatic patient with severe aortic insufficiency?...
Daniel Shindler
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Jun 18, 1998 5:56 pm
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I dont believe that normal LV size is compatible with severe AR. Those with normal LV dimension (assuming not acute AR) may be small in built. What are the BSA...
Kwan Chan, MD
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Jun 19, 1998 11:54 am
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Allow me to rephrase my question and ask the group to comment. The natural history study below (that we all quote and presumably use for timing of surgery) did...
Daniel Shindler
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Jun 19, 1998 3:45 pm
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Normal Lv Dimension and geometry is not compatible with the notion of severe chronic AR. I think the converse is true that a normal LV dimension indicates...
Dr. Eddie Chung
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Jun 19, 1998 10:19 pm
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... Yes I would agree to Dr Chungs comments. I see a fair number of severe AR ( post rheumatic) and do not see normal LV sizes. Also very often the colour...
Dr. R. K. Kamath
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Jun 20, 1998 6:15 am
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I agree that severe chronic AR may not exist with normal LV dimension, unless it is acute as in patients with endocardites. At Paulista School of Medicine, Sao...
Dr. Valdir A. Moises
Valdir.Moises@...
Jun 25, 1998 10:19 am
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Question to the group: How often do you find rheumatic native tricuspid valve stenosis in association with rheumatic mitral stenosis? Our lab has none in 306...
Daniel Shindler
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Jun 25, 1998 1:55 pm
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Very, very rare. Although Brazil still has a relatively high incidence of rheumatic heart disease, due to socio-economic factors, our institution sees few of...
Michael Roy Smith
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Jun 25, 1998 3:20 pm
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Isolated Tricuspid stenosis is not common in our population in Jamaica and I can only recall one case of combined MS and TS together. We do see a fair amount...
Edward Chung
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Jun 25, 1998 7:23 pm
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We have a very large Native American Indian population here in Winnipeg with a high prevalence of rheumatic disease. In the last 2 years, I have seen about 6...
jamestam
jwtam@...
Jun 25, 1998 7:48 pm
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... I did a review of a large population of patients in Egypt with rheumatic disease and the rate of tricuspid disease due to rheumatic involvement as opposed...
Howard Dittrich
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Jun 25, 1998 7:49 pm
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We specifically looked for TS in 185 consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous valvuloplasty for MS. Significant TS was found in one patient, who was...
IW Black
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Jun 25, 1998 11:57 pm
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... We have a fair amount of Rheumatic heart disease in India. In about 350 cases of Mitral Stenosis, I have encountered about 15 cases with Tricuspid...
Dr. R. K. Kamath
rkkamath@...
Jun 26, 1998 3:56 am
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... that rheumatic tricuspid stenosis is very rare. As far as I remember I have seen just one case in the last ten years,and in associated with mitral lesion. ...
ARISTILIANO RAMOS NETO
aramosn@...
Jun 28, 1998 1:05 am
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I would indicate TEE to R/O perivalvular abscess because it occurs very often in face of Staph aureus endocarditis, mostly if the aortic valve is involved. The...
ARISTILIANO RAMOS NETO
aramosn@...
Jun 28, 1998 2:10 am
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I agree that TEE has a higher predictive value and accuracy than TTE in the detection of both Paravalvar abcess and vegetations. Because of the Invasive...
Dr. Eddie Chung
echung@...
Jun 28, 1998 2:15 pm
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Question to the group: What parameters (if any) in the pulmonary artery pulsed wave Doppler have you actually found useful in following chronic pulmonary ...
Daniel Shindler
shindler@...
Jul 2, 1998 8:01 pm
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In my experience, the values derived from pulmonary flow acceleration time are unreliable. In the follow-up of patients with chronic [pulmonary hypertension we...
Michael Roy Smith
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Jul 3, 1998 2:18 pm
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We have found RVSP from Tr jet very useful im making clinical decisions dr. T.Vakani ... Read this list on the Web at...
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Jul 6, 1998 12:45 pm
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Daniel Shindler
shindler@...
Jul 7, 1998 5:52 pm
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We do about 12000 studies for a population of 1 million people a year. This is even lower than the numbers quoted in the UK. We are applying for additional...
JWT
jwtam@...
Jul 9, 1998 11:56 am
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In burlington where I practice we have a population of 140,000. There is one hospital in the community and we do 1500 study just in the hospital. But there are...
tvakani@...
Jul 11, 1998 4:06 pm
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I think the numbers are very hard to pin down because of what you mentioned. There are so many small office operations performing echoes and the counts are...