Ultrasounds in cardiology: democratic but appropriate use!

Obstetric Ultrasounds in Africa: Is it Necessary to Promote their Appropriate Use?

This paper reviews the situation of obstetric ultrasound scans in Africa (extent of use, sonographer training, indications and results, etc.). Special emphasis is given to the advisability of legally regulating their use, the need for improved training among today's sonographers and the potential dangers that the incorrect and indiscriminate use of ultrasounds can involve. The paper condemns th...

Appropriate Use Criteria.

Physics of ultrasounds REVIEW

Neurosonology relies on the use of ultrasounds adapted to the characteristics of the human body, mainly the density of biological structures in order to obtain imaging of vessels, brain parenchyma and muscles as well as the Doppler Effect to study velocities of the blood flow. Aside from the expertise to perform examinations, a sonographer must be aware of the physics behind the machine in orde...

Current practice Antiplatelet use in interventional cardiology

Thrombosis within the target vessel is one of the most feared complications associated with coronary intervention, as it is often associated with severe adverse clinical sequelae. This thrombosis is mediated via the activation and aggregation of platelets and therefore considerable eVort has been directed at ways of inhibiting platelet function. It is now mandatory to consider the use of two an...

Re-use of devices in cardiology.

The Committee for Scientific and Clinical Initiatives, with the approval of the Board of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), has initiated Policy Conferences in the European Heart House. The purpose of such conferences is to provide a forum for debating matters of importance for the practice of cardiology. Subjects to be addressed are those where knowledge is still insufficient for the cr...