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Ultimate Guide To Qp:Qs And How To Calculate This Ratio

December 27, 2017 by discoverecho

Ultimate Guide To Qp:Qs And How To Calculate This Ratio The Qp:Qs ratio can be a very useful calculation to help determine how significant a left to right intracardiac shunt is.  But what is Qp/Qs and how do you calculate it? Keep reading to find out. The “Q” in the Qp/Qs ratio stands for blood flow.  The “p” stands for pulmonary and the “s” stands for systemic. … [Read more...] about Ultimate Guide To Qp:Qs And How To Calculate This Ratio

The Pedoff Probe: Become a Pro At Blind Continuous Wave Doppler

December 11, 2017 by discoverecho

pedoff probe continuous wave transducer for echocardiography

How To Use A Pedoff Probe: Your Trusty Designated Continuous Wave Doppler Transducer When learning how to become a cardiac sonographer, using the Pedoff probe can be extremely frustrating.  Even experienced cardiac sonographers become frustrated using continuous wave Doppler transducers. This is especially true if they don’t use one of these probes on a regular … [Read more...] about The Pedoff Probe: Become a Pro At Blind Continuous Wave Doppler

Best Echocardiography CME Courses: (Updated 2019) FREE and Paid

December 6, 2017 by discoverecho

Echocardiography Continuing Medical Education Courses For Free! (Reviews)It’s been over 4 years since I’ve paid for a single echocardiography CME. And now that my 3 year CME period with ARDMS is coming to an end this year, I don’t plan on spending any of my own money on echocardiography continuing medical education this time either.With all of the free online Echo CME resources … [Read more...] about Best Echocardiography CME Courses: (Updated 2019) FREE and Paid

Normal Echo Values

November 16, 2017 by discoverecho

Normal echo values

Normal Echo Values Below is a complete and thorough list of normal echo values. This list of normal echo values is from echopedia.org. Left Ventricle Left Ventricular Systolic Function Reference limits and values and partition values of left ventricular function<ref>ASE</ref> Women Men Reference range Mildly abnormal Moderately … [Read more...] about Normal Echo Values

IVC Assessment With Echo: What Does IVC Collapse Even Mean?

November 16, 2017 by discoverecho

Assessing the IVC with echo

  IVC Assessment With Echo: What Does IVC Collapse Even Mean? Taking the time to assess the IVC (inferior vena cava) in our routine echocardiogram studies can yield a lot of information. By taking just a few minutes to view the IVC and assess IVC collapsibility, we can easily determine the patient's intravascular volume status as well as an estimation of the patient’s … [Read more...] about IVC Assessment With Echo: What Does IVC Collapse Even Mean?

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