Review of Echocardiography Atlas, a Cardiac Ultrasound Teaching iPhone App

This article originally appeared online at iMedicalApps.com, part of the HCPLive Network.

Cardiac ultrasound represents an often-called-upon imaging modality for diagnosis and surveillance in a wide range of both inpatients and outpatients, including those with myocardial infarctions, congestive heart failure symptoms, cardiomyopathies, congenital valvular abnormalities, suspected endocarditis, and so many more symptom presentations and illnesses.

Not only should cardiologists be facile with the interpretation of echocardiograms, but many physicians and physicians-in-training can benefit from a familiarity with formal as well as beside ultrasound imaging of the heart.

Here we review the Echocardiography Atlas App, edited by a Harvard Medical School professor and designed by Modality.

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