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Lantheus Announces the FDA Approval of DEFINITY as Ultrasound Enhancing Agent for Use in Certain Pediatric Cardiovascular Patients

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Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) has approved DEFINITY (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) as an ultrasound enhancing agent for use in pediatric patients with suboptimal echocardiograms, including those who have undergone heart transplant, or have Kawasaki disease or a congenital cardiovascular anomaly.

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Novel AI Platform Matches Cardiologists in Detecting Rheumatic Heart Disease

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Developed at Children’s National Hospital and detailed in the latest edition of the Journal of the American Heart Association , the new AI system combines the power of novel ultrasound probes with portable electronic devices installed with algorithms capable of diagnosing RHD on echocardiogram.

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Interplay between mitochondrial dysfunction and lysosomal storage: challenges in genetic metabolic muscle diseases with a focus on infantile onset Pompe disease

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Methods We performed a retrospective analysis to examine the clinical manifestations, genetic traits, and the relationship between PD and mitochondrial function in a pediatric patient.

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Best Cardiology EHRs for a Small Practice in 2024

GEMMS

To create comprehensive reports, connect to applications dealing with 4D, echocardiography, nuclear medicine, CT angiography, and pediatric echo reporting. This is a great way to increase productivity in any medical setting.

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A Child with Blunt Trauma

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Hemodynamic instability in trauma is usually due to bleeding, but if ultrasound shows poor contractility, then this may be due to cardiac contusion. No further ECG, troponin, or echocardiogram was done because she was asymptomatic, and had a normal rhythm and rate. In the ED, ultrasound showed hemopericardium with tamponade.

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SPONSORED CONTENT: Unveiling the Future of Cardiovascular Workflow

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For example, by integrating Ventripoint’s AI-powered heart-scanning technology, which turns ultrasound images of the heart into MRI-quality heart images, InView provides pediatric cardiologists with access to MRI-quality heart images at a fraction of the cost and time needed for traditional MRIs. As well, by incorporating Us2.ai’s

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Basics of Echocardiography

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

During echocardiography, a transducer transmits the ultrasound beam towards the heart. The image shown here is an animated 2 dimensional echocardiogram. This one is an older mode known as time-motion mode or M-Mode echocardiogram. Subcostal view is a favourite view of pediatric echocardiographers.