Does anybody have a college program for echocardiography in your region which includes a section which makes graduates ready to do stress echocardiography upon...
GersonSL@...
Nov 1, 2003 12:08 pm
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I have seen this many times. The latest one I showed to the cardiologist as the patient was under general physicians. He said "hernia" straight away and we...
medicare payments are tricky. mobile services are red flags. hard work lugging the machine around. finding a physician who's willing to read your studies, then...
Abello4@...
Nov 1, 2003 12:10 pm
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hey guys i use the acuson cypress daily , i still also use a philips sonos 5500 but for sheer sped the cypress is a very good ,small portable echo /vascular...
Mike, Although I understand Gerson's point of view I must admit, I'm impressed by how well you've researched your condition.These days it is important to take ...
Abello4@...
Nov 1, 2003 12:11 pm
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Mike, The issue here is medical protocol. If the GP referred Mike specifically for an echo,then the cadiologist reports the echo.The GP has not asked for a ...
Tom Mabin
tmabin@...
Nov 1, 2003 12:11 pm
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Mike, I have found all this discusion very interesting, but I also must make a point. As the patient, you have a certain responsibility to take control of your...
Marika Klesic
mrklessic@...
Nov 1, 2003 12:13 pm
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Helo I am currently a student finishing my last quarter in cardiac sonography. I have been given a project to explain, what a linear switched or linear...
Mike, Well this is a bit different if the doctor is an FAA examiner. First of all, it is not a good idea for the FAA examiner to be your primary care doctor. ...
Dr. Mark Bowles published an article on this in one of the Echo journals in 1994 based on a similar case I had done. It turned out to be a Hiatal Hernia that...
In a message dated 10/29/2003 2:09:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... From: Terry Ware [mailto:terryware@...] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 6:57 AM ...
Dr. Coleman makes a very strong and important point. The echocardiogram is but a small piece of the puzzle we like to call clinical medicine. Anyone outside of...
Jeff Greer
uplandco@...
Nov 1, 2003 12:16 pm
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Mike: As additional bits of information creep out (how much is that a paradigm for medicine?) two things seem obvious to me: 1) You are an intelligent, highly...
This has reference to the recent lively discussions on Doppler velocity measurement in aortic stenosis. In the area of Doppler studies there are many...
Dear fellows and Mike This is the classical case that I can call when a smart patient cross the line and playing to be a "doctor" when he or she is not. This...
Alejandro F. Luque Co...
alucoq@...
Nov 3, 2003 3:16 pm
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My experience with echocardiography dates back to the days when the state of this "art" consisted of M mode tracings recorded on Polaroid film. The technical...
DocRos@...
Nov 3, 2003 3:50 pm
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yes, a pfo is actually where the flap of the foramen ovale is in place but does not always close. on the other hand an asd is an actual cardiac defect where...
Garson, Short answer never heard of one. Long answer, I would find it amazing to think any institution could graduate a student ready to perform stress echoes....
John H Toptine
topti001@...
Nov 3, 2003 3:52 pm
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Some new grads in echo are not ordinarily qualified to begin stress echo immediately upon graduation. I currently instruct in an echo program and have a first...
PL: In an ASD, there is a deficiency of atrial septal tissue causing the whole. In the PFO, there is atrial septal tissue in the form of a flap valve which...
Thanks Scott, for a sensible response. This discussion has greatly disturbed me that there seems to be almost an encouragement by some members of the group...
Edens, Erik
erik-edens@...
Nov 3, 2003 3:54 pm
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Thanks for the initial responses Chris and John. I fully appreciate your points about the difficulties in reaching a point of competence for Stress Echo. I ...
GersonSL@...
Nov 4, 2003 5:00 pm
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Hi All, I am a bachelors in Economics and I have done 15 credits of healthcare realted courses (Anotomy , Physiology, Medical Termonlogy etc..). I have been...
In our practice, we train techs to do standard transthoracic echo for at least 12 - 18 months before they begin their stress echo training. We take the same...
I would like to poll the echo readers regarding the following: When reporting LV function in your impressions what do you read as mild, moderate, and severe...
We have 2 positions for a registered or registry eligible echo tech at OSU. Both positions are full time. One position is 100% clinical and one position is 50%...
