Thanks for the offer, Ron, but we have all of our probes repaired by Sonora Medical Systems. Every probe repair facility utilizes Sonora's transducer repair...
Iam looking for an echocardiography training course covers congenital heart disease completely and I prefer in U.K please send me any informmation or website...
Look at http://www.bsecho.org/ everything echo in the UK Chris Brown ... From: othman the they may be the the way they may be avote in ...
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I looked at the site that Chris suggested, but didn't see anything about congenital echo that would help you. If this is of any help, Harper College in ...
Yes, there is hills in where I am at in New Jersey. The nurses and some doctors think it is okay to say, just do portable. Not cool, if the patient can be...
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We have been giving contrast (Virginia) here for about 3 years now. We went through an I.V. course (3 hours) along with contrast inservices and lunch and...
We initially (Virginia) had the nurses inserviced to give it, and although they were generally very helpful, they are extremely busy as well. You can check...
what did they regret about it. I've not seen or heard of any serious issues with the Cypress. Vivid i is definately a good product. I would worry about...
Although I am biased (having used Cypress for years), I would recommend it because of it's track record in reliability. It can take the punishment of a mobile...
What is the difference between the 2 ? I'm interested in a good portable echo machine for predominantly adult imaging - I already have a pacs sys. jim...
Dear colleagues, could some body who have exprince on Siemens CV-70 and GE VIVID-3 , help me make decision which one is better by comparinng their performance...
I used to work in New Jersey & have recently moved to Yuma. When we measured in M-mode we were told to record the EF from the M-Mode. Now I am told that we, as...
I worked a temp job here in NYC during the summer, and in the reading room, the cardiologist would often ask me what I thought the ejection fraction was by...
Boy, this is something that comes with experience, so don't beat yourself up over it. Normal fx, to me, is all the walls doing well, good squeeze in general....
In our facility we measure EF by Simpson's Biplane method-usually much more accurate-takes into account all seg wall abn when measuring. Of course, with the...
In trace study wall motion was converted to EF fraction. For this you have to score wall motion like this Dyskinesia –1 Akinesia 0 Hypokinesia +1 Normal +2, ...
I frequently see that to properly evaluate left sided lesions that the patients BP is known. Should this be measured at the time of the echo or be a previous ...
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While it is true that the severity of regurgitant valve lesions is afterload dependent, I find that knowing the patient's BP at the time of the ECHO is more...
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I agree with Bradley, and would add tha t a reliable systemic BP is very important in case of ventricular septal defect, in order to calculate the RV pressure,...
Both Drs.Artel and Lestuzzi are right. BP measurement is fraught with errors due to various reasons. To deviate from the discussion a bit, the classification...
Dear All, I do agree with Chiara, we at our centre " The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan", use to take 2 B.P readings for the Echo study, one...
thanks for your replies folks Echo is about a routine framework off which we work dependant on the lesions that come into view With that in mind I am going to...
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i am amazed`at similarities. at my centre also the referrals do not indicate what the referring physician wants. may be they wish to check my talents, but...
i just graduated, and planning on taking my registry in few months, can anybody tell which is better to take, what the differences are between the two...
Hi Mike I have both credentials (RCS and ARDMS). As a matter of disclosure I will tell you I am on the Board of Trustees for CCI. I will also say that at this...
In most places both the CCI and ARDM<S is accepted but lately I've noticed some institution are preferring the ARDMS. Also I have noticed that the ARDMS is a...
Mike, I would take your ARDMS , since it seems to be more recognized in my opinion. Although both registry organizations are more excepted by most employers...
