Written by Judith Buckland, MBA, RDCS, FASE
ASE recently released a new guideline paper for contrast echo. First you will notice by the title of the paper that ASE is now using Ultrasonic Enhancing Agents (UEA), or ‘enhanced echo’ to replace the confusing term “contrast” echo. Thank goodness…no more stories from patients about...
Written by Andrea Fields MHA, RDCS
ACC.18
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) hosts their 3-day Scientific Sessions (ACC.18) conference annually. This year, the ACC.18 was held in Orlando, Florida at the Orange County Convention Center! This event brings in around 18,000 cardiovascular professionals around the WORLD!...
Written by Andrea Fields MHA, RDCS
Now that we have covered all the methods for evaluating mitral regurgitation (MR), let's put it to use! The ASE released an algorithm as a guide to help determine the severity of chronic MR, using both qualitative, semi-quantitative & quantitative measures.
We understand how crazy this...
