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    In today’s rapidly changing medical environment, echocardiography has proven to be essential. The majority of pediatric cardiologists use echocardiography to some degree in their clinical practices. Over the years, pediatric echocardiography has proven to be an indispensible tool. Two-dimensional echocardiography, with M-mode and color-flow Doppler, had a great affect on pediatric cardiology since the 1980’s in the diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart disease (Noonan, 2004). Recently there have been several major advancements in the field of pediatric echocardiography that may prove to be essential to sonographers interested in imaging the pediatric heart and vascular system. It is now known that this specialty can be used for more…

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    Prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis without evidence of vegetation Introduction The modified Duke criteria for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) include three major and five minor criteria. One of the major criteria is evidence of structural findings on echocardiography such as an oscillating intracardiac mass, abscess or partial dehiscence of a prosthetic valve (1-2). Less common echocardiographic findings of IE include pseudoaneurysm, fistula, or valve perforation. The American…

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    types of test, procedures, and exams used in the health care field. This is especially true when it comes to the cardiac field of medicine. For the purpose of this paper, the focus will be directed toward two specific test used in the cardiac field, echocardiography (transthoracic, transesophageal, and stress test) and coronary CT angiography. Both are similar in their own ways of pertaining to the heart but both are also different in ways of why they are used, the benefits of each, also the…

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    Summary: Gerhardt, a 58-year-old male, presents to the doctor’s office with a low pulse rate, often times as low as 28bpm, and a feeling of sleepiness. Patient denies dyspnea, chest pain as well as palpitations. Physical examination revealed a high pulse pressure of 70 mm Hg, mid-systolic murmur and an occasional mid-diastolic sound suggestive of structural heart abnormalities. Question: What is an echocardiogram and how is it used diagnostically? Generate: Echocardiography is a modality…

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    The Rapidly Changing Environment of Pediatric Echocardiography The first ultrasound images of the heart were described in 1954; however, it was not until the late 1970s that pediatric cardiologists used any form of ultrasound. At that time, M-mode began to be seen as a useful tool for pediatric cardiologists. Pediatric cardiologists were able to decipher how to follow the course of a patent ductus arteriosus closure, estimate cavity size, prove mitral valve obstruction, and estimate valve…

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    “One third of patients who experience heart attack die within 24 hours of the onset of ischemia, and many of the survivors experience significant morbidity(3)”. Early diagnosis of heart attack reduce the risk of death, especially in those who older the 50 years(1,2). Also, the men between 55-74 years are the most of having diagnosed heart attack or fatal coronary heart disease (CHD)(1). The appearance of cardiac markers in the circulation generally shows myocardial necrosis and is a helpful aide…

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    The heart is a hollow organ that sits in the mediastinum cavity, the heart itself is surrounded by a sack known as the pericardium. The most inner layer is the epicardium the outer layer is the parietal pericardium and in between these two layers is pericardial fluid. In a normal heart a person usually contain 30-50mL of pericardial fluid. The tough layer that surrounds the parietal layer is the fibrous pericardium. The fibrous tissue sack provides physical protection to the heart by not…

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    Pediatric Clinical Report

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    During my Pediatric clinical, I had the pleasure of assisting with the care of a nine year old female. Her primary reason for hospitalization was hyperthermia, nausea and vomiting. However, the primary reason for the hyperthermia, nausea and vomiting, was still unknown on the day of my clinical. Diabetes mellitus was the only diagnosis in her family history. The patient did not have any known diseases and the doctors following her case had ran multiple diagnostic test that did not show any…

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    contribution in heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia such as ventricular tachycardia (VT), which is responsible SCD (Maron, Shen et al. 2000). Further, the majority of HCM patients have been shown to have a multiple lesions of fibrosis in the LVM (Choudhury, Mahrholdt et al. 2002). Recent studies have been observed SCD incidents in HCM patients in absence of prior symptoms (Milani, Ries et al. 1996). Clinical diagnosis of HCM by two dimensional speckle tracking (2DST) is critical to prevent…

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    The Sonography Principles and Instrumentation (SPI) examination format is 110 questions multiple choice, done online interactively, and tests basic physical principles and instrumentation knowledge essential to sonography professionals and students. The cost for the SPI examination is $200. However, the test result is a PASS or FAIL decision. In addition, a scaled score will be received, ranging from 300 to 700. A scaled score of 555 is required to pass all ARDMS examinations. Qualifications to…

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