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AI improves echocardiogram reports readability: Study

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

AI can make echocardiogram analysis easier for patients to understand, according to a study published July 31 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging.

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Transesophageal echocardiogram

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Echocardiogram is an image of the heart using ultrasound. Transesophageal echocardiogram or TEE test, is obtained by introducing a special type of transducer, also called a TEE probe, through the throat into the food pipe (esophagus) and stomach. Usual echocardiogram is obtained by placing the transducer or probe on the chest.

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Echocardiogram in Tetralogy of Fallot

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Parasternal long axis view showing colour flow from right ventricle to aorta through the ventricular septal defect with overriding aorta. Flow is predominantly blue in colour because it is away from the transducer kept at the parasternal region.

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Study: Robotic Arm Can be Used for Remote Echocardiograms

DAIC

Echocardiograms using the robotic arm resulted in the same diagnosis as conventional in-person echocardiography in 98% of cases (papillary muscle level obstruction was missed in one case). tim.hodson Thu, 08/29/2024 - 11:39 Aug. 28, 2024 — New research presented at this year’s ESC Congress 2024 in London, UK (Aug. 30 – Sept.

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Young man with chest pain and an abnormal echocardiogram

Heart BMJ

A transthoracic echocardiogram was performed ( figure 1 ). Figure 1 Transthoracic echocardiogram ((A) apical four-chamber view; (B) parasternal short-axis view). The patient was referred for an exercise nuclear study and did 11 min on the Bruce protocol without angina or ischaemic ECG changes.

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Difficult echocardiogram after pericardiocentesis

Heart BMJ

The next-day echocardiogram was made difficult by the presence in multiple projections of an acoustic shadow and abnormalities in the colour Doppler signal ( figure 1C–F ; ). The pericardial catheter was kept in place for 48 hours until complete resolution of the effusion, and then carefully removed.

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LVOT Obstruction – Echocardiogram

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LVOT Obstruction – Echocardiogram