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Toshiba Unveils Xario 200 Platinum Series Ultrasound
Toshiba is unveiling its new Xario 200 Platinum Series ultrasound system at the Radiological Society of North America’s (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago this week. The system is an upgrade on the popular Xario 200 and is geared toward radiologi...
Source: Medgadget - November 29, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Ob/Gyn Radiology Surgery Urology Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
Severe tricuspid regurgitation – echocardiogram
Echocardiogram in apical four chamber view shows severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) as a large mosaic (multi-colored) jet filling more than half of a dilated right atrium (RA). Right ventricle (RV) is also dilated. Tricuspid valve (TV) and mitral valve (MV) are in the closed position. A large part of the interatrial septum is missing, though it is not easy to comment on interatrial septum in this view as the septum is parallel to the ultrasound beam. An echo dropout in the interatrial septum is quite common in the apical four chamber view especially at the site of foramen ovale where the septum is thin.
Source: Cardiophile MD - November 29, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Cardiology Echocardiogram Library Echocardiography Source Type: blogs
Mindray Introduces L20-5s Ultra-High Frequency Linear Transducer with Enhanced iNeedle Visualization Technology
Mindray recently announced the launch of the L20-5s ultra-high frequency linear transducer with enhanced iNeedle visualization technology. This transducer technology leverages the firm’s TE7 point-of-care ultrasound system. This recent innova...
Source: Medgadget - November 28, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: William Kethman Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Ob/Gyn Radiology Surgery Urology Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
Radiology Job Market 2016
For the second year running, our overall assessment on the healthcare job market is a positive one. The last ten years taught us, and many others, a valuable lesson. Healthcare is not recession proof, and the fundamental cycle of ups and downs affects us all.According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in 2015 the healthcare sector alone created over 400,000 new jobs. As of February 2016, it ’s estimated that this number might increase to as high as 500,000 by years end. Most of these jobs are being created by hospitals and Ambulatory Health Services facilities, and the current unemployment rate for the healthcare ...
Source: radRounds - November 23, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: Dale Hannegan Source Type: blogs
Subcostal four chamber view – Echocardiography
Subcostal four chamber view is excellent for visualization of interatrial septum (IAS). If an atrial septal drop out is seen in the apical four chamber (4C) view, it need not be an atrial septal defect as the IAS is parallel to the ultrasound beam in the apical 4 C view. Structures are imaged well only if they are perpendicular to the ultrasound beam. In case of Doppler, the signals are better when it is parallel to the beam. If the beam is perpendicular to the flow, there is hardly any Doppler signal picked up. Subcostal four chamber view shows right atrium (RA), left atrium (LA), right ventricle (RV) and the left ventric...
Source: Cardiophile MD - November 22, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Cardiology Echocardiogram Library Echocardiography Source Type: blogs
Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!
CONCLUSION:The variables that interplay in cases of severe aortic stenosis are what cause these patients to be so difficult to manage, and specific therapies targeted to fix one issue often worsen the effects of another issue. If someone is in respiratory distress, their airway and breathing needs to be secured, either through non-invasive or invasive means. Next, the patient ’s blood pressure needs to be stabilized. Oftentimes the most appropriate agent will be a positive inotrope, with consideration of a vasoactive agent in persistent hypotension. Once a patient is stabilized, determining the extent of damage to their ...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - November 18, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
Proximal left coronary artery on echocardiogram
Proximal portion of major coronary arteries can often be seen on echocardiography, while the distal regions can seldom be imaged. Coronary arteries are better seen if they are dilated, especially in those with aneurysms in Kawasaki disease. In this case proximal left coronary artery is mildly dilated, possibly because of underlying valvular lesions with left ventricular dilatation and hypertrophy. Ao: Aorta; LCA: left coronary artery; LA: left atrium; RVOT: right ventricular outflow tract. Coronary arteries are relatively easier to image in children, while in adults echo window is often not good enough for imaging coronary...
Source: Cardiophile MD - November 18, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Cardiology Echocardiogram Library Echocardiography Source Type: blogs
Chest Pain and Cardiogenic Shock with Profound ST Depression & STE in aVR. Activate the Cath Lab?
A middle-aged woman with known severe coronary disease had onset of substernal chest pain while at dialysis. 911 was called. A prehospital ECG was similar to the first ED ECG, which is shown below. The patient arrived with a systolic blood pressure of 90 mm Hg, too low to administer nitroglycerine. An initial lactate was elevated at 5.5.She was given aspirin, heparin, and ticagrelor.Here is her initial ED 12-lead ECG:There is atrial fibrillation with a rate of approximately 114.There is extreme ST depression in multiple leads and ST elevation in aVR, suggesting left main and/or 3 vessel disease ischemia...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - November 15, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
Health Technology And Human Touch Need Not Be At Odds
In the October issue of Health Affairs, Abraham Verghese had a wonderful essay about the practice of medicine entitled “The Importance of Being,” in which he straightforwardly states: “I want to teach the art of being present.” He aptly points out that, as physicians, “we are chained to the [electronic] medical record, and every added keystroke adds another link in the chain.” He calls for us to break that chain. Indeed, the intrusion of health information technology has led to a serious erosion of doctor-patient communication during visits, often with frank dissociation between both. But, as Dr. Verghese point...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - November 15, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Eric Topol Tags: Drugs and Medical Technology Featured Health IT Health Professionals Narrative Matters Physicians physicians perspective Source Type: blogs
We give pets dignified deaths, why not our loved ones?
Otis was our first baby. He was covered in a caramel-colored fur, weighed 150 pounds and was the best bullmastiff dog anyone could ask for. He protected me from my husband’s incessant tickle attacks and thought that my lap was the best place for him to try and sit.
Two years ago, I was walking Otis and he suddenly collapsed. After an extensive workup, including an EKG, blood work and an ultrasound of his heart by the doggie cardiologist (yes, they do exist), we started him on a new regimen of medications for his heart failure. It cost $300 a month but was worth every penny — almost overnight he was a new dog, back to h...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 7, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/jamie-jones" rel="tag" > Jamie Jones, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Palliative care Source Type: blogs
New Technique Reveals Ultrasound ’s Hidden Details, in Color! (VIDEO)
This study proposes a framework for characterizing scattering behavior and visualizing the results as color coding of the B-scan image. The methodology matches a model of pulse-echo formation from typical situations to the mathematics of Gaussian wei...
Source: Medgadget - November 3, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Ob/Gyn Radiology Urology Source Type: blogs
Applying Human Centered Design to IV Infusions: Interview with Dr. Beth Kolko, CEO of Shift Labs
With the aspiration to address healthcare gaps around globe by applying human centered design to medical technologies, Shift Labs, a 2015 Y Combinator company, is first tackling the infusion market with DripAssist. Formerly known as Drip Clip, as rep...
Source: Medgadget - November 2, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Michael Batista Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Exclusive Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
GE Healthcare Launches Vivid iq Portable Cardiovascular Ultrasound
GE Healthcare has recently announced the global launch of its new generation of high-end portable compact cardiovascular ultrasounds, the Vivid iq.
The Vivid iq improves upon the company’s already available Vivid q portable scanner by being 10 ...
Source: Medgadget - September 23, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Wouter Stomp Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Ob/Gyn Pediatrics Radiology Source Type: blogs
WiSE Wireless Ultrasound-based LV Pacer to be Tried in U.S.
Because of the nuances of our anatomy, it is essentially impossible to get a cardiac lead into the endocardium of the left ventricle and have it securely stay there. Yet it is the left ventricle that is the best target to regulate cardiac rhythms in...
Source: Medgadget - September 15, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 150
This study demonstrated the decrease of both BNP and pro-BNP in obese patients presenting to the ED with CHF exacerbations. 10-20% were below the clinical cutoff points for the test. A much more useful test for these patients…ultrasound!
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Emergency medicine Davidson BL. The association of direct thrombin inhibitor anticoagulants with cardiac thromboses. Chest. 2015. PMID: 25254608
This paper is a commentary, so the level of evidence is not great but is fairly well substantiated and is pretty important to discuss the points it makes. NOACs have been associated with a lower ri...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - September 8, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Nudrat Rashid Tags: Airway Anaesthetics Cardiology Education Emergency Medicine Intensive Care Pre-hospital / Retrieval R&R in the FASTLANE critical care literature recommendations research and reviews Resuscitation Source Type: blogs
