Some people may not agree with me however in older patient who have PFOs some times you can catch a PFO in low parasternal short axis. The PFO will some times...
Juan makes a very good point - you can often get much more out of your studies if you don't limit yourself to the "standard" subset of views. I also use the...
Candy, We have a couple of Cards that use the "six beat rule. If you see bubbles in the LA or LV after six or more beats then they are not from a right sidded...
A bit detailed here, but thought I'd say. I seem to do best with an off-axis apical 4 view when I do a saline contrast study, and I make it as gorgeous and...
Okay, because I was curious about his question, I asked one of my cardiologists who has done lots of research. He told me that yes, he has done cardioversions...
thanks for the remarks regrding the ASD, i want to mention this also regarding that study... the pt is in her early 60's with Shortness of breath for few...
I agree, the pacer with cause some wall motion issues. If they are looking for function, perhaps an adenosine/persantine thallium where wall motion isnt so...
I have seen the TEE probe left down one time during a cardioversion. It was a patient that was nearly 400lbs without transthoracic images, even with Definity....
When I was in fellowship, we performed cardioversion with TEE probe down, as we were part of a study looking at this atrial stunning. However, there is no real...
You say the patient has M/M TR with normal right sided chamber sizes, yet with est RVSP of 65 which is at least moderate to moderately severe PH. This...
Now that we have few more information, we can analyse the findings. ASDs generally eisenmnegarizes by age of 40yrs(most of the time). This lady is in her 60s....
I have substantial experience with cardioverting patients while the TEE probe remains in place. This is relatively common during cardiac surgery. Some...
Yes, I agree you should use the para short axis view and high rt. parasternal to view the asd. You should also do subcostal, because certain types of asd could...
JENELLE TOMPKINS
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Aug 3, 2007 2:52 pm
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... Atrial stunning is a well known phenomenon which affects the vast majority of patients of AF post cardioversion. Which is one of the reasons that formal...
Right, and if you look at the wikipedia diffeniton you will see that eisenmenger's syndrome has right to left shunting. In which case the bubbel study would...
If the dobutamine succeeds in raising the heart rate, it means that it will override the pacing and put the wall motion back to a normal pattern if the ...
Even though in the cases where there is an airway problem after cardioversion with the TEE probe down, how long does it take to take the probe out? ... From:...
I agree with this but if your baseline images are obtained during a paced rythm and your peak images aren't are you truely able to assess wall motion...
Just a reminder that March 2008 is a deadline that United Healthcare has set for all echo labs to be accredited by ICAEL. This is a good idea for everyone to...
JOYCE FRASER
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Aug 6, 2007 5:49 pm
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I am interested in having my lab accredited. I am waiting for the Echotoolbox. Is there another way that you would recommend. Thank you William Berger, M.D. ...
WJAYB@...
Aug 6, 2007 9:28 pm
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... poster's concerns. The original post was fairly generic with regard to what was wrong about leaving the probe in place. There were multiple posts that ...
I am looking for a reliable DICOM (+/- SR) reading station that can easily make measurements on studies from VIVID 7 Dimension & IE33. I would like to be able...
Can you please tell me what does ICAEL stand for and what is the procedure and criteria for accreditation esp for a lab which is in South Asia. JOYCE FRASER...
Lots of systems can read the images and calc data directly from both machines you'd mentioned; though with the V7, the excel export is usually the best bet...
I would recommend VidiStar, a reading station with true DICOM SR functiionality. It works for VIVID 7 and the Philips HD 11, so expect it works for the IE 33....
There is Syimaging,McKesson,and Camtronics to name a few. ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for...
I know of such a product and would be happy to talk with you about it. Please let me know if you wish to do so and how to reach you directly. ... From:...
... That would undoubtedly be the case if there was merit to this practice (i.e. if leaving the TEE probe in situ). But there isn't and outside of the context...
