Echocardiogram Stents Ultrasound 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 13, 2020
What do you think the echocardiogram shows? This was a point of care ultrasound, not a bubble contrast echo. One would not expect wall motion to recover so quickly after stenting, so this is good evidence that the POCUS echo was indeed accurate. Cath lab activated Dual antiplatelet therapy and heparin given. NTG drip started.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 12, 2013
A male in his 40's who had been discharged 6 hours prior after stenting of an inferoposterior STEMI had sudden severe SOB at home 2 hours prior to calling 911. He had diffuse crackles on exam and B-lines on chest ultrasound, and chest x-ray also confirmed pulmonary edema. He had no chest pain.
Circulation
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Although he had a normal echocardiogram and stress test a year ago at a different hospital, due to his symptoms and intermediate-high risk probability of coronary artery disease (CAD), the decision was made to proceed with a cardiac catheterization using a trans-radial approach with a horizontal sweep technique.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
The patient was thought to have low likelihood of ACS, and cardiology recommended repeat troponin, urine drug testing, and echocardiogram. Bedside echocardiogram showed hypokinesis of the mid to distal anterior wall and apex. Fortunately, this operator used intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). Initial hscTnI was 10 ng/L (ref. <14).
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Two thirds of MINOCA cases are due to atherosclerotic causes One way to prove the diagnosis in this case would have been with intravascular imaging such as optical coherence tomography (OCT) or intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). His echocardiogram showed normal wall motion. Fortunately, that is exactly what happened.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
MARCH 6, 2022
So today i wanted to talk to you about what each heart test tells us about these different aspects of heart disease Tests that tell you about the heart as a pump The most commonly used test to assess the heart as a pump is an echocardiogram. This is an ultrasound (a bit like the type that we use on pregnant women to look at the baby).
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 28, 2017
Here are a couple shots with strain, or "speckle tracking" on ED Echo: To, me these look like anterior wall motion abnormality, but I showed them to one of our ultrasound fellows who is very interested in this. It was stented. They read it as normal. She said: This is a tough one. Learning Points : 1. Use the 4-variable formula!!
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