Ha! All of this helps little if at all. FWIW, his A/E reversed by more than 0.5 which is said to be significant. What did his CXR show? What was his BNP? ...
Michael Koblic
mkoblic@...
Nov 1, 2005 1:54 pm
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Thanks ! Color sensitivity varies with the machine .I have been using only Sonos series from 1987 starting with Sonos 100 without Color to Sonos 5500.Iam good...
Full-Time Program Coordinator/Faculty Position Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc, the leading provider in diagnostic ultrasound continuing medical education...
550...most user freindly machine...great quality images...for the price...they are most logical choice.....if you can't see MR with this machine then if there...
This patient was seen last week in the office for one year follow- up. The echo was ordered to check the status of his EF. No other testing was performed. My...
To diagnose DD in AF you can use Color M Mode velocity of propagation of the LV inflow or you can use tissue doppler echocardiography of the lateral mitral...
yes echojon2005 <echojon2005@...> wrote: Are you referring to your preliminary report? ... Yahoo! Groups Links ... Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple...
Mark- The question that I have for you is what are you setting your gate size at when your are doing in flows as well as when you are doing tissue doppler?...
Diastolic Dysfunctuion is difficult to assess in patients with Atrial Fib. although recentely the pioneers in diastology at Mayo have decided that the ...
I believe the gate size is 3 to 5 mm. I can't say for sure just looking at the images. I can check into that and get back to you. Attached is an image with...
I read with interest the message # 7890 posted by Mark Harry. Mark, your concerns are genuine. Others in the group with interest in these aspects of tissue...
I usually begin a "diastology" evaluation by measuring pulmonary valve regurgitation to estimate pulmonary end-diastolic pressure (and thus LA mean pressure if...
An interesting read on the subject is found in JASE 1999;12:927-31 The investigators in this trial from Seoul, South Korea found that TDI of the septal annulus...
This is an excellent idea. One should routinely attempt to measure this gradient in all patients with PR and correlate it with measures of LV filling. The...
After reading the article (I quoted in my previous post) fully (!), I am now swayed towards a raised LA pressure. However, I remain a little confused on the...
As well as the measures mentioned by Terry the Deceleration time of the E wave is also useful. I was recently told at a conference that a DT of less than...
Here is an example of LV filling pressure evaluation in atrial fibrillation (male, 73 yo) using pulmonary valve regurgitation. End-dastolic pulmonary-RV...
What is a normal value for mitral E-wave decel time? I've heard .13-.16 sec for lower end and .23-.24 sec for upper end of normal. ... From: Karl Mulcahy...
Fro defining restrictive filling or advanced diastolic dysfunction associated with elevated filling pressure, 140 msec (0.140 s) is the most consistently used...
Gillian Whalley
g.whalley@...
Nov 4, 2005 2:43 pm
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I do agree that SONOS 5500 is a good machine. But our centre has to choose between SONOS 5500 (ex-demo) and VIVID-4 (used one). Can anyone comment on these ...
Hello Everyone, Obviously, there is NO right or wrong answer to this question. Basically, it all depends on multiple factors such as patient case mix,...
Fellows do their training according to what echocardiographic level they would like to achieve. Level III (equivalent to Medical Director of Echocardiography)...
Hello CD, There is a generic radiology 3D tomographic cpt code that may/may not be used, however, there is no specific 3D echocardiography code available ...
Greetings ! Between SONOS 5500 & VIVID 4 , the choice should be SONOS 5500 .It is the right choice Kannan ... -- Dr.D.Kannan - Cardiologist Sankar Institute of...
hi guys i'm going take my Vascular technology exams for ARDMS soon. Did any of guys took that exam lately? Can anyone give some hints or cules or areas...
Know your plethysmography info -- PVRs, etc. abyjohn25 <abyjohn25@...> wrote:hi guys i'm going take my Vascular technology exams for ARDMS soon. Did any...
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