Written by Judith Buckland, MBA, RDCS, FASE
ASE recently released a new guideline paper for contrast echo. First you will notice by the title of the paper that ASE is now using Ultrasonic Enhancing Agents (UEA), or ‘enhanced echo’ to replace the confusing term “contrast” echo. Thank goodness…no more stories from patients about...
Written by Judith Buckland, MBA, RDCS, FASE
CardioServ's next stop on the World Tour was Cleveland, Ohio! We had the honor of speaking at the Spring Echo Conference "Back to Basics" for the NOCIA. The Society conference was held on the campus of a local college (Cuyahoga Community College). Attendees from the Cleveland and Akron area...
Written by Andrea Fields MHA, RDCS
Us clinicians commonly ask the same popular question in our field, "What is the cut-off ranges for pulmonary hypertension?!" We want to help better understand the basics of determining the presence of pulmonary hypertension with echocardiography.
First let's start with one important key item to...
Written by Judith Buckland, MBA, RDCS, FASE
This week, we celebrated Joanne Ryan's 9th work anniversary with CardioServ. What better time to share with you a little about Joanne! Joanne is our administrative director, aka holds down the reins of CardioServ! Anyone who has been through the accreditation process has had the joy of working...
Written by Judith Buckland MBA, RDCS, FASE
We are frequently asked how to calculate abnormal cut-off values for echo measurements based on the standard deviation displayed on the different guideline papers. How do we use standard deviation to calculate normal reference ranges? This week we will demonstrate how to interpret the echo...
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