DAIC
MARCH 6, 2024
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.
Conquering CHD
JANUARY 17, 2025
Zane was diagnosed during a routine ultrasound at 20 weeks’ gestation and his mom, Kayla, was immediately referred to the Colorado Fetal Care Center (CFCC) at Childrens Hospital Colorado. The Heart Institute collaborates with the CFCC through the Fetal Cardiology Program.
Circulation: Heart Failure
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
BACKGROUND:Clinical evaluation of central venous pressure is difficult, depends on experience, and is often inaccurate in patients with chronic advanced heart failure. 0.84]) and confirmed in the validation cohort (receiver operating characteristic, 0.82 [95% CI, 0.73–0.92]). versus 18.2%; log-rankP=0.034).CONCLUSIONS:Ultrasound-assessed
Circulation: Heart Failure
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
BACKGROUND:Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is the leading cause of late graft dysfunction in heart transplantation. The 5-year risk (95% CI) of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation–defined CAV in the high, moderate, low, and very low risk groups was 49.1% (35.2%–68.5%), 68.5%), 23.4% (13.3%–41.2%),
Dr. S. Venkatesan MD
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Green: Micra leadless pacemaker; blue: WiSE-CRT system LV endocardial electrode; and red: WiSE-CRT system subcutaneous battery and ultrasound generator. Only few lucky patients end up getting heart transplantation, the ultimate treatment. Leadless Ultrasound-Based Cardiac Resynchronization System in Heart Failure.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 9, 2023
He was readmitted a few weeks later for a heart failure exacerbation, diuresed, and discharged again. The last information available is that the patient was undergoing heart transplant evaluation. She died before she could get a heart transplant. Beware a negative Bedside ultrasound. Pericarditis?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 2, 2023
My bedside ultrasound was of insufficient quality, but showed somewhat reduced overall EF, distended IVC without respiratory variation, no pericardial effusion, and diffuse bilateral B lines. == What do you think of her ECG? J Electrocardiol, 42 (2009), pp.
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