Dear friends, Is there anybody among you,having a study about valvular diseases in ankylosing spondylitis?What do you think about aortic insufficiency in ...
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Daniel Shindler
shindler@...
Feb 1, 1999 3:14 pm
Re: cardiac involvement in ankylosing spondylitis Both the root and the valves were involved in the study below. Regurgitation is more common, but our lab had...
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Mary rice
ricem@...
Feb 1, 1999 10:11 pm
After years of using oral chloral hydrate in infants and children we switched to nasal versed 0.2mg/dose (2nd dose rarely needed). I would never go back to...
Right inflow tract view - anterior and posterior (for septal turn the transducer anticlockwise) Parasternal short axis view - all three leaflets Apical four...
Could you please right more about the nasal versed for pediatrics sedation. Is the dose the same for all children ? Thanks Rogerio Tasca MD w ... switched to...
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Weidenbach
weidenbach@...
Feb 3, 1999 10:54 pm
Dear members, What do you think is the significance of spontaneous contrast on the ventricular side of a prostetic aortic valve without any obvious malfunction...
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Daniel Shindler
shindler@...
Feb 3, 1999 11:05 pm
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GEaston579@...
Feb 3, 1999 11:06 pm
I am looking for quantification scales for Qp/Qs..... Thanks! G. Easton RDCS ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/echocardiography Free Web-based...
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Kwan Chan
KChan@...
Feb 3, 1999 11:14 pm
If it is a mechanical valve, it is likly a normal finding which is not uncommon, It may be related to cavitation secondary to the rapid pressure change. ... ...
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Moos, Sally ...
SM8Q@...
Feb 4, 1999 3:48 pm
With instrument settings of high gray scale and high dynamic range and a higher frequency transducer, it would be quite appropriate to see spontaneous contrast...
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Mark Harry
mharry@...
Feb 4, 1999 3:48 pm
A ratio greater than or equal to 2.0 is considered a large left-to-right shunt. ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/echocardiography Free Web-based...
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CHIKID@...
Feb 4, 1999 9:56 pm
In a message dated 99-02-04 10:50:03 EST, mharry@... writes: << A ratio greater than or equal to 2.0 is considered a large left-to-right shunt. >> we...
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jamestam
jwtam@...
Feb 4, 1999 10:33 pm
I am an adult echocardiographer and also think that echo quantitation of shunt size in ASD is too imprecise to use as the solt clinical criteria for decision...
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Mark Harry
mharry@...
Feb 4, 1999 10:33 pm
Accurate estimation of Qp/QS can be very demanding particularly in adult patients where the RVOT diameter is not clearly seen. Loading conditions and heart...
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JCHEIRIF@...
Feb 6, 1999 1:08 am
I agree, we see spontaneous contrast frequently too in the absence of LV or LA disease. JC ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/echocardiography Free...
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Vargas Galgani Mario
mariovar@...
Feb 6, 1999 7:39 pm
I agree that with the new equipment is easy to see spontaneous contrast, we have seen it more frequently usig power mode (ATL HDI 3000), is there a clear...
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RTurner33@...
Feb 7, 1999 10:47 pm
I have to agree with you on your comments, with our ATL we routinely see spontaneous contrast as before mentioned. ... eGroup home:...
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RTurner33@...
Feb 7, 1999 10:48 pm
We use up to 1.5 as mild, 1.5 to 1.9 as moderate and greater than 2.0 as a significant shunt. We do not calculate with significant mitral or tricuspid ...
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iwb@...
Feb 8, 1999 1:42 pm
It's often forgotten that spontaneous echo contrast is an echocardiographic manifestation of a hematologic phenomenon, ie increased ultrasonic backscatter...
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Daniel Shindler
shindler@...
Feb 11, 1999 11:01 pm
... Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:15:19 -0200 From: Michael Roy Smith <michael@...> To: "'shindler@...'" <shindler@...> Cc: Michael Roy Smith...
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Vincent Sorrell
vsorrell@...
Feb 12, 1999 8:50 pm
POTENTIAL CATH ERRORS: The fact that the jet was eccentric on echo suggests that a significant wall jet is likely. Was the cath performed in one plane (RAO)?...
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CHIKID@...
Feb 12, 1999 8:52 pm
Who is wrong in grading MR? Maybe neither... Depending on what the hemodynamics were at the time of each study could determine the extent of MR.....Cath...
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Zia Kidwai
kidwai@...
Feb 12, 1999 11:27 pm
DEPENDS Loading conditions ie afterload ,heart rate etc can make a significant difference on grading of MR. Was the LV gram done in both planes. Eccentric jets...
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Anthony Yapanis, Card...
TONY@...
Feb 12, 1999 11:27 pm
While my immediate response (and probably that of most other members of this group) would be to say that the cath must be wrong, I think that cases like this...
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Vargas Galgani Mario
mariovar@...
Feb 12, 1999 11:28 pm
It's difficult to say who was wrong Always severe MR has overload of the LV (unless acute), we don't hear about LV overload in your letter. There are a lot of...
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JCHEIRIF@...
Feb 12, 1999 11:28 pm
What was the E/A ratio, the S/D ratio in another pulmonic vein, the quantitative stroke volume through the MV by Doppler? Also, by cath, what was the PCWP, the...
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Johan.Landelius@...
Feb 12, 1999 11:28 pm
Dear dr Smith, From the data you provide it is impossible to tell. Generally I tend to lean heavier on the Echo diagnosis provided this is done cautiously. ...
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Mark Harry
mharry@...
Feb 15, 1999 2:05 pm
We have found the MR jet length and area to be a poor indicator of MR severity (very instrument and operator dependent). The PISA (proximal isovelocity...
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Alejandro Jose Lopez ...
alejandrolopez@...
Feb 15, 1999 2:05 pm
I think that, as in the cath lab, reliability and reproducibility depend largely on the methodology we use. It is true that in many "real-life" clinical ...
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mppcardio@...
Feb 15, 1999 2:06 pm
I am curious to know if there is a significant (ie justiying the cost) benefit of using contrast w/ fundamental imaging or is everyone essentially using...
