Dear colleagues, we perform up to 1.200 stressechos per year, nearly about half of them with dobutamine. From time to time, we observe Dobutamine induced LVOT...
Thomas Ketteler
ketteler@...
Aug 1, 2002 1:44 pm
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Dr. Vasenwala, RA myxoma is a possibilitie. The mass is perdiculated or not? I knew a similar case in a young nurse, she has a RA myxoma pediculated on the...
Our lab has delt with this same issue with dobutamine I tend to stop the study if the gradient reaches >150 mm Hg or the patient becomes symptomatic. Rcihard...
Weiss, Richard
richard.weiss@...
Aug 1, 2002 8:31 pm
3548
Natalie, A good place to start would be by contacting the British Society of Echo Newsletter, I am pretty sure I have seen a similar type of request posted ...
Martin GILES
martin_giles@...
Aug 1, 2002 8:32 pm
3549
- we have the same observation from time to time (see also: Aurigemma, Circulation 1992, 86, 926 and Faber, Cardiology 1994, 84, 65). Obviously, high-speed...
Lothar Faber
lfaber@...
Aug 2, 2002 2:18 pm
3550
We have a female patient, 35 years old, which presented syncope episodes to physical efforts. She was submitted to a treadmill exercise test. On third stage of...
Dr. Jamil Mattar Vale...
jamil@...
Aug 3, 2002 3:42 pm
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we are urgently( from the first week of September) looking for a clinical and non-invasive cardiologist able to manage ICCU for a two year contract in...
Our echo lab is doing QA for accreditation. We are correlating Echo results with Cath results of the aortic measurements (pressure gradients and valve area)....
NEV1974@...
Aug 6, 2002 3:06 pm
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We also do QA correlating Echo/Nuc/Cath.
As far as Valve gradients (cath/Echo), we did not use a standard
measurement for the LVOT. We do about 3 LVOT...
Kathleen T Freeman
kathleenfreeman@...
Aug 6, 2002 5:39 pm
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... From: <NEV1974@...> To: <echocardiography@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 4:36 AM Subject: [echocardiography] QA ... results with Cath...
I am always pleased to here about issues of QA particularly as they relate to accreditation. The specific answer to your question is yes. There have been...
Humes, Richard M.D.
rhumes@...
Aug 7, 2002 3:49 pm
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Dear N.Vadeges, I just recently started a formal QA program in a lab so I can't tell you much about results. What I can do though is give my opinion on AO ...
Abello4@...
Aug 7, 2002 3:49 pm
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Richard, Appreciate your comments and interest in QA. However, for sake of clarity, there are three commonly measured AV gradients (as you well know): mean...
Higano, Stuart T., M.D.
higano@...
Aug 7, 2002 6:07 pm
3558
Dr. Higano, With all due respect, thank you for that. Please reread my comments, they are not that specific. I am well aware of issues surrounding the...
Humes, Richard M.D.
rhumes@...
Aug 7, 2002 8:18 pm
3559
Hello all, I have heard through the grapevine that the ASE have developed a proposed digital template. I have been working on a similar documentation template...
Dear Group: Any comment or experience with Toshiba echo machines? thank you in advance bill kutchera, md...
Kutchera@...
Aug 8, 2002 1:16 pm
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Ed, thanks for your interesting commentary. I am not sure where you are going with your discussion of the complex shape of the aortic valve in AS. Certainly,...
GersonSL@...
Aug 8, 2002 1:16 pm
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Jane, I would recommend you contact ASE directly. www.asecho.org You can send an email to the organization regarding the documentation. Karen Bennett ... ...
I have seen and operated their new echo solution, the Nemeo (sp). The systems imaging performance is excellent. This system is the result of a joint...
Dear friends, Talking about correlation between Doppler and cath gradients I want to add a few comments: Ed Chait wrote: "Peak Doppler gradients tend to ...
hector lardani
lardanih@...
Aug 8, 2002 8:35 pm
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What u think about cypress and aspen by seimens??? i am very sure that the systems imaging is excellent compare to other model. Regards Uthaya Chandran ... ...
The Aspen is a good mid-range system for cardiac use. The Cypress is a good machine when great mobility is needed or when screening exams are needed. It is...
GersonSL@...
Aug 9, 2002 12:32 pm
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I am working since many years with Toshiba echo-machines. Their image quality is in my opinion excellent. The last machine that I used daily is the Powervision...
Guy Van Camp
guy.vancamp@...
Aug 9, 2002 12:32 pm
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The Cypress system is a great system if you want portability and the new revision gives you a vascular option. The Aspen is a great workhorse system, use it ...
Opinions....I certainly have them. The Aspen is a repackaged XP-10C with some additional imaging performance. Its imaging is not on par with the newer...
Hello friends, Would like to get an idea what the echo community is doing lately as far as reporting ao v. gradients. Do you just report peak or are you...
Abello4@...
Aug 12, 2002 5:08 pm
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Hi Anne, On a regular echo we always report the max AV velocity and AV TVI. On a study for AS we report max AV velocity, AV TVI, AV peak gradient, AV mean ...
Laffey, Dawn
Laffey.Dawn@...
Aug 13, 2002 5:10 pm
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I always report both. But I ask: if only the midlle G is important for relashion (clinical / cath) Why I must report the sistolic too ? Wanderley Q. Pereira...
Wanderley
wqp@...
Aug 13, 2002 5:10 pm
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Anne, most of our physicians report both peak and mean. Both are on all of the preliminary sheets. Sorry for sending the blank message. My mouse is dying! ...
GersonSL@...
Aug 13, 2002 5:11 pm
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Hello! I allways report both gradients Aristiliano Ramos Neto ... From: <Abello4@...> To: <echocardiography@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002...
