Hi group, Someone had asked me recently if I had ever heard of a Burmese murmur. The only information that was passed on to me was that it was a murmur with a...
I've never heard of it in humans, and what little web research I found came up with a cardiomyopathy and also an ASD that seem to occur with certain cat...
hello, all, i know this is an echo group but so many have multiple registrations and i'd like to know if anyone has opinions on this: currently, i'm learning...
... One of our local cardiology practices does them at their offices, but then again they also have an in-house cath lab so they are not your run of the mill...
Yes they are done in private offices. It is not a common practice, because of sedation and low reimbursement, but it is done. I have seen them done in...
hi, dawn, i'm @ grand valley state university in michigan. it has echo and general programs, with each having secondary areas in which one can also qualify for...
Diagnostic Cardiology of Houston position: FT medical sonographer. Experienced in adult echocardiography & vascular ultrasound. M-F schedule; no call,...
kpilotte
kpilotte@...
Sep 8, 2006 1:23 pm
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If you're doing someone who's LV walls measure normal everywhere, like say...0.9 cm, but the basilar septum is mildly thickened - they get that 'nose' hanging...
I am looking for a good example of a wall motion diagram for TEEs. Does anyone have a recommendation of a textbook or journal article that contains one? ...
EchoQueen1@...
Sep 8, 2006 6:28 pm
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Depending upon the patients age, I would call that area near the LVOT (nose hanging down) that measures a little thicker while the rest measures within normal...
We have been having trouble with degradation of our GE TEE probe and were wondering if anyone else has had the same problems? Within 3 -4 months the probe...
Catania, Kathleen
Kathleen.Catania@...
Sep 11, 2006 1:48 pm
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Are you refering to a sigmoidal septum? In that case I would NOT record the 1.4 cm and make note of the septum in tech notes. ... From: a b To:...
get in touch with siemens medical. they have a beautiful poster on tee that we use in out tee lab. carolyn at arlington memorial....
Carolynsbyrum@...
Sep 11, 2006 1:52 pm
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I am not familiar with this particular probe, but had a similar situation a few years back with some HP TEE probes. At the time I was working at a company that...
How long are you letting it soak in the cleaning solution? We noticed similar issues with our probes and have become very militant about only soaking the probe...
I agree with the consensus -- it is too much soaking. Same thing will happen to your TV probe if you leave it soaking too long. That's been my experience --...
you will need a back pack to carry around Terry's 3 edition. they seem to get bigger and bigger. marylou RDCS...
mlouw44@...
Sep 12, 2006 1:55 pm
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I understand that some manufacturers will not honor their warranty or service contract on TEE and TV probes if the damage was caused by an extended soaking. If...
Bill Phillips
phillipsbill@...
Sep 12, 2006 2:02 pm
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Dear Vik, Probably this post is best posted to the echo forum so I am including this reponse to that group. Secondly, there may be a difference of opinion of...
Hello all, For all of you who have taken both RDCS and RCS, was there a major difference or a major challenge in taken the RCS after taken the RDCS? I just...
Hello, The science portion was the toughest so if you got exempt from it you should pass the echo portion. Do study as hard, as you did for echo portion of...
Jess
jessfreiwald@...
Sep 14, 2006 10:15 pm
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Why would anyone bother to take the RCS after passing the RDCS? Jess <jessfreiwald@...> wrote: Hello, The science portion was the toughest so if you...
katie bittner
rdcs1959@...
Sep 15, 2006 2:21 pm
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Hiya Katie :0), I took the RCS (which was RCVT back in 95) as a warm up for the RDCS, but then it was only 55% echo and the other 45% dealt with ...