Sid Edelman is fantastic, I took him for vasuclar physics and passed with flying colors! Marti L. McCulloch, B.S., R.D.C.S, F.A.S.E Director, Cardiac and...
Congrats Ed, I attended Edelman on the 21st and 22 nd May and went for exam on 23rd and 25th of same month (2 papers each day) and got everything. It was ...
Loving And Caring
wilfly@...
Jul 1, 2005 2:51 pm
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I did pegasus and liked it and it helped me pass the boards, a must I think, Sean. ... ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports ...
-In reply to cvi-image I am a left handed scanner. My injuries are more consistent with a right handed scanner, though (upper back and shoulder) My ...
Biosound's home base in Italy. It isn't user friendly but there close to you. GE has a good system very user friendly. Mary Lou RDCS...
mlouw44@...
Jul 2, 2005 3:02 pm
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Fellow Examinees: Dr. Edelman has been deeply involved in the u/s field for decades and teaches his seminars personally. He is a gifted teacher in that he...
does mild moderate or severe MS affect pumonary venous fllow pattern and limits diastolic study interpretation. whats the shape of mitral flow in case of...
Dr. Oikonomou, it's always hard to say what will be a good machine for someone else. This is the job of any good salesperson. They should determine your needs...
Hi, From my experience, if a patient has moderate or worse MS then the Diastolic function is unable to be assessed. This is due to the fact that the mitral...
Interesting situation. I should think that any lesion that limits or otherwise disrupts inflow dynamics would preclude the use of those dynamics in assessing...
vuedoc@...
Jul 6, 2005 5:08 pm
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The purpose of examining for diastolic dysfunction is to get an idea about the possibility of elevated left atrial pressures (and possible subsequent effects...
Brian Stockard
brianstockard@...
Jul 6, 2005 5:09 pm
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I had a 79 year old female with longstanding HTN who presented with pumonary edema and mild BP elevation ,in normal sinus rhythm. and mild renal impairment ...
Recently he opened discussion group for the seminar participents and there are a lot of questions and answers there in the forum. As I said before, I attended...
Loving And Caring
wilfly@...
Jul 7, 2005 2:13 pm
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I have read the poser posted by Mustafa Jamal and the replies. There is a lot of confusion on the topic of “Doppler diastology”. However if you will take a...
Just wanted to comment on my experience with Dr. Edelman and his board prep course. He, amazingly, was able to make the subject of u/s physics understandable...
Has anyone, i.e. a sonographer, been interpretation echo studies and reimbursed for the interpretation? One of the MD's here has been telling me about ...
mlouw44@...
Jul 8, 2005 1:44 pm
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Absolutely not!. No payer will reimiburse for a study in which the report is not generated by a licensed physician. ... Has anyone, i.e. a sonographer, been...
Linda Gillam
lgillam@...
Jul 8, 2005 2:31 pm
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Just do not even entertain the idea, esp if you live in the US!!! Linda Gillam <lgillam@...> wrote:Absolutely not!. No payer will reimiburse for a...
I think the physician was probably referring to the Sonographer Practitioner program. Obviously sonographers, registered or not, can NOT interpret nor get...
General (but thorough) study in echocardiography with the understanding of ECG and ultrasound physics that any echocardiuographer should know would be...
Brian Stockard
brianstockard@...
Jul 8, 2005 9:53 pm
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There are no circumstance in the United States that a non-physician sonographer is qualified to interpret an echocardiogram. That would be practicing medicine...
Brian Stockard
brianstockard@...
Jul 8, 2005 9:53 pm
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As was mentioned, the Ultrasound Practitioner concept, which would require a Masters Degree, is the only thing that approaches that idea. And if it does come ...
Question,,,How many sonographers write up reports that are "Rubber Stamped" by the reading MD? I've seen lots of labs that work this way, Especially high end...
That's what I thought. An MD here at the hospital I'm working at says he has friend MD's in So. Calif that have tech's do the interpretation and pay them the...
mlouw44@...
Jul 11, 2005 12:55 pm
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hi members, This is manivannan from India, i'm working towards my PhD in IITMadras in Biomedical Engineering division. My area of interest is the...
Just as an addendum to this. I've phoned Dr. Edleman on several occasions to ask for an explanation to a praticular physics question. Guess who answers the...
Fellow Sonographers: There seem to be some here who are about to take the exams, inquiring about which of the seminars is the best for getting the needed edge...
It is beginning to sound like both are very good and choosing may come down to schedule and location. Jamie ... From: echocardiography@yahoogroups.com ...