American Society of Echocardiography releases new EchoGuide clinical calculator app
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) launched its new, interactive EchoGuide mobile and web application for healthcare professionals last week, and the society said it already has about 15,000 downloads.
The free app offers physicians and sonographers quick access to common and challenging echocardiography measurements and values. It is a calculator and algorithm app based on key guidelines published by ASE Tools, and functionalities are organized by cardiac structure. It includes more than 50 complex calculators, charts and algorithms that provide quantitative assessment.
"The ASE EchoGuide app is a fantastic tool for echocardiographers, sonographers, and fellows in training that brings the comprehensive ASE guidelines to their fingertips. This practical app includes key reference tables, calculators, and easy-to-use multi-parametric integrative algorithms to increase your confidence level when interpreting or performing echocardiographic studies," explained Enrique Garcia-Sayan, MD, FASE, University of Texas Health Center in Houston, in a prepared statement from ASE.
ASE said one unique feature is the ability to select favorite and most-used interactive tools for easy access. Popular topics include the left and right ventricle, left and right atrium, valves including aortic, mitral, tricuspid, pulmonic and prosthetic and z-scores for aortic root.
The free EchoGuide app was developed with support from Abbott.
Find more information on the app at ASEcho.org/EchoGuide.
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