I suspect that the image is slightly off axis and is likely a trileaflet aortic valve. You may try slight leftward rotation on the lateral control dial. JT ...
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Michael Roy Smith
michael@...
Sep 2, 1999 4:46 am
Dear Castilho: I have also seen these images often. I am quite sure that this is provoked by an artifact due to angulation of the ultrasonic beam. It is also...
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Anthony Yapanis, Card...
tony@...
Sep 2, 1999 4:46 am
Dear Dr Castillo, I believe the appearance in your aortic valve image is an artefact due to the scan plane not being exactly in the true short axis plane. It...
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Peter Eldridge
eldridgep@...
Sep 2, 1999 4:46 am
Dear Fellow echo people - how many people are using the M-Mode method for LV size, and how many are measuring from a frozen 2-D image? I find there is more...
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linda.pape@...
Sep 2, 1999 4:46 am
this is a trileaflet valve the ultrasound beam plane is not precisely parallel to the closure plane. "we see this" regards Linda Pape, MD Prof. Medicine U Mass...
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Mario Vargas
mariovar@...
Sep 2, 1999 4:46 am
I have seen very commonly the same images of the aortic valve as Dr. Castillo in otherwise normal valves I believe it is an artifact of the ultrasonic beam ...
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JCHEIRIF@...
Sep 2, 1999 12:33 pm
Probably an artifact. JC...
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Dr Pierre J Jordaan
jordaapj@...
Sep 2, 1999 12:33 pm
Dear Daniel, You have a problem. It is difficult to ascertain exactly what the risk of infective endocarditis is for each individual patient. Being exposed...
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Edinaldo Jr
edinaldo@...
Sep 3, 1999 1:19 pm
Hi Dr. Peter, Here in our service, Ecocardio - Recife PE, Brasil, we only use the 2D method. We think itīs more easy and considerable more real than the M...
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Edinaldo Jr
edinaldo@...
Sep 3, 1999 1:20 pm
Hi Dr. Del Castillo, I think that this image you found is an artefact. Donīt seems to be a 4 fleetlet valve. Edinaldo Fontes Jr., MD edinaldo@... ...
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sue.burke@...
Sep 3, 1999 1:21 pm
Dear Echo colleagues, Can you please help me out. In the pediatric setting how many of your babies and young children do you routinley sedate for your Echo...
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Poll van der Wouw
PAVANDERWOUW@...
Sep 3, 1999 1:21 pm
Dear dr. Castillo, This image is best explained as imaging in a plane that is slightly off-axis from the short axis plane. The plane hits two commissures, but ...
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Cesar Larrauri Vigna
clarrauri@...
Sep 3, 1999 1:22 pm
TO THE GROUP: HOW DO YOU EVALUATED DIASTOLIC FUNCTION IN ATRIAL FIBRILATION? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MITRAL VELOCITY PROPAGATION AND TISSUE DOPPLER?...
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RTurner33@...
Sep 3, 1999 1:23 pm
we use the M-Mode method and i have used it since the early 1980's when i started. I find the 2 D measurements to always over estimate. todd...
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Lab. Ecocardiografia ...
prohias@...
Sep 5, 1999 3:40 am
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Peter Eldridge
eldridgep@...
Sep 5, 1999 3:42 am
Dear Sue, At VPH we always give the non-sedated child a try at first. There may be some motion artifact from some crying, but if the study proves the absence ...
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Jensen, Richard A
rajensen@...
Sep 5, 1999 3:43 am
We try to do most of our pediatric studies unsedated if possible. Certain age groups usually are difficult (i.e. Toddlers) but often times with the right...
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lhodges@...
Sep 5, 1999 3:43 am
lhodge-@... wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/echocardiography/?start=5 05 ... when i ... If the LV is off axis then m-mode would...
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lhodges@...
Sep 5, 1999 3:44 am
To the group- We are currently in the process of making the transition to a digital lab and are aquiring both digital images and videotape. Once an adequate ...
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Dr.Percy Jilla.
jilla@...
Sep 5, 1999 3:54 pm
Dear Burke, I sedate all babies with Triclofos Sodium B.P. in a dose of 50 mg per kg body weight and same applies to apprehensive children and the sedation is ...
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JCHEIRIF@...
Sep 6, 1999 1:35 am
Once the physicians are proficient in reading digital images and the sonographers are not missing important info on cine loop formats, taping just the loops...
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bergfeld@...
Sep 6, 1999 4:48 pm
I recently helped set up a digital echo lab. We were apprehensive the reading physicians would not "trust" the technologist's frame and loop selections and...
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A Botha (Pediatriese ...
gnpkab@...
Sep 6, 1999 4:48 pm
Dear Sue Burke At out pediatric cardiology clinics we always try to do an examination without sedation. If all tricks and candy fail (or the baby is too young...
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Buckley, Ralph
RSB2B@...
Sep 6, 1999 5:04 pm
I'm concerned about having tapes on hand that may have other images that diagnoses disease that physicians haven't looked at. I'm doing the tedious job of...
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Jeanie Connor [Peds]
jconnor@...
Sep 7, 1999 1:04 am
manization: Re: [echocardiography] pediatric echo sedation frequency -Version: 1.0 maIn-reply-to: <7qmmq4$j3aq@eGroups.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for...
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RTurner33@...
Sep 7, 1999 1:14 pm
Dear Sue, In our lab, our first choice in non sedation. We have found that with toddlers, we first ask the parent when is the normal nap time. we try to ...
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Gary Sholler
GaryS@...
Sep 7, 1999 1:15 pm
We have been using a metered mist nasal spray preparation of midazolam 0.1-02.mg/kg (metered single spray dose 0.5mg) with good success over the last 18 months...
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David A. Lewis
dlewis@...
Sep 7, 1999 1:15 pm
At the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin we're doing aroung 4000 echoes a year and I would estimate that we sedate 80-90 % of the children less than 2 years of...
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evidal@...
Sep 8, 1999 3:00 pm
Dear Member: I would like know you opinion about the different for echocardiography between Chiari Network and Eustachian Valve Regards...
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Julie Kovach
jkovach@...
Sep 8, 1999 3:01 pm
My echo lab has been completely digital since 1996. Only TEE's are not acquired and maintained digitally due to the extensive memory required. We read almost...
