I have run into this several times in my fourteen years of echo so far. In some cases the AS jet and the sub aortic jets would be far enough apart in the...
Dear Gerson / Dr. Kannan Could the power (reach) of Aorta turbulency flow be used to know the severity of AS in this case? thanks WQPereira MD, FASE Rio de...
Wanderley Q. Pereira
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May 1, 2007 3:15 pm
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Sorry, but Dr. Kannan never specifies 'membraneous' subaortic stenosis. Maybe we need clarification. Dr. Kannan, were you asking about membraneous or...
What about using high PRF pulsed wave Doppler in the proximal ascending aorta? Normally, the other 2 sample volumes created with high PRF would be far apart...
I think you need a corrected gradient. Get a CW max gradient of Sub-aortic stenosis and vavular stenosis then get a PW high PRF of the first obstruction....
Primarily the obstruction types should be differantited by 2 D echo. Generally the color doppler may help by alllising. The importance which one is more...
Thank you for the information .It is subaortic discrete membranous obstruction Kannan -- Dr.D.Kannan - Cardiologist Sankar Institute of Medical Science ...
Hi all. I live in the Valley Forge are of Pennsylvania I am looking for a per diem echo job in the area. My schedule is very flexible. I have over 20 years...
Anyone here travel with or has travel with the company V - platinum consulting in Dallas texas ? Looking for info and reference on this company, i.e pro's and...
I have a per diem Registered Cardiac Songrapher position at San Ramon Regional Medical Center. I am looking for someone who can work two days a week and share...
Hogan, Candy
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May 3, 2007 2:08 pm
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Hi ALl, I live in the northern Detroit suburbs and have been looking for this too for awhile now. I use to be #1 around here for per diem work but lost touch...
katie bittner
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May 3, 2007 2:08 pm
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We are encountering a great deal of difficulty in getting our referring Cardiologist's to order all components of the Echocardiogram. Based on the diagnosis...
Our P&P Manual states that all studies will include M Mode,2 D,Dopler and Color Doppler. Repeat and follow ups are the exception as well as technically limited...
After reading ICAEL materials on accrediation which states a volume of 600 echos per year, fees of approximately $2000.00 and a myriad of other requirements...
Are these outpatients? Echo complete would include all componets. We have orders for our out patients that state all of the ICD numbers under "Echo Complete"...
Hogan, Candy
candy.hogan@...
May 4, 2007 10:34 pm
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Regarding ICAEL and labs that are not in the hospital or cardiology offices: I have been consulting various labs for accreditation and the answer to your...
JOYCE
jfraser425@...
May 7, 2007 12:53 pm
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Could you please expand on your statement that cardiologists can no longer read for other groups. What is the source of this information? Also our hospital...
In that case the combination would seem extremely rare. I've only seen a few membraneous cases and never with signs of significant valvular obstruction. Gerson...
I agree with Richard's answer that having a written procedure that all echoes include Doppler and Color Flow except for follow-up of pericardial effusion and...
Ditto, We do the same thing. It is in our policy too! ... From: echocardiography@yahoogroups.com [mailto:echocardiography@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Gerson...
Hogan, Candy
candy.hogan@...
May 8, 2007 2:28 pm
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Give ICAEL a call with this situation...Their number is 800-838-2110. There are many situation where cardiologists read for internists etc. My feeling is that...
JOYCE
jfraser425@...
May 8, 2007 2:51 pm
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The gist of this thread is ridiculous. The cardiologist is offering a professional service. There are no onerous restrictions on this service. For ICAEL the...
A special notice to any colleagues who may have interest: Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute is holding a 5-day, introductory course on performing Echocardiography...
This topic is really helpful to me, so I would like to keep it going. I believe that multiple obstructive lessons in echogradiography are one of the most...
there is no concensusu about the surgery in the literature if the baseline gardient is > 50 mmHg surgery oferred. But during the manevrous increase the...
The SDMS study guide for Cardiovascular Principles and Instrumentation Physics mentions the use of HPRF Doppler for multiple level obstructions. In HPRF there...
Odd how this happens. Yesterday I did a second-time echo on a 24 yo woman who'd been diagnosed with BAV - 2.8m/s peak grad two years ago. She came to our...
Can anyone who does 24 hour amb. blood pressure monitoring tell me if you send the report to the referring physician or do you have a Cardiologist do a...
Hogan, Candy
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May 10, 2007 3:27 pm
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For those of you working within a teaching facility, how many studies currently are you performing per tech per day? Inpatient versus scheduled outpatients...
