Ultrasound Applications for Congestive Heart Failure

Siemens Medical Solutions (Erlangen, Germany) presented its range of EP systems at the 27th annual scientific sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) in May 2006 in Boston (MA, USA). Highlighted at the meeting was Siemens' ultrasound applications for the assessment of patients with congestive heart failure and a new three-dimensional (3D) system for atrial fibrillation.

Siemens' systems for the assessment of heart failure patients and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) candidates with dynamic cardiovascular assessment methods greatly speed up clinical workflow. Furthermore, the company has developed new echocardiography tools for electrophysiology, including a new automated left ventricular quantification package.

For the first time, electrophysiologists not only have Doppler-based assessment tools for evaluating heart failure patients and synchronization of heart contraction using the Axius Quantification Synchronization Tools (QST), but also the ability to assess left ventricular dynamics in patients with heart failure using Axius Velocity Vector Imaging (VVI) technology. The range of electrophysiology applications is available on all Siemens' transthoracic (TTE), transesophageal (TEE), and intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) transducers. Another feature of the Acuson Sequoia platform is the new Axius auto ejection fraction measurement tool.

The Siemens syngo InSpace EP as part of its range of EP systems. This software application integrates pre-procedural cardiac computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) 3D data sets to quickly segment a view of the heart's left atrium.

Siemen's Axiom Artis dBC magnetic navigation system has a biplane flat panel detector. Enabling improved flexibility in cardiovascular procedures, it can be used as either a biplane or a single plane magnetic navigation system depending on clinical preference. To provide a complete EP system, Siemens' magnetic navigation systems can work in conjunction with the Axiom Sensis EP recording system.

The Siemens' syngo Dynamics is a multi-modality, dynamic image review, diagnosis and archiving system, which enables evidence-based reporting to help improve the efficiency of clinical procedures for cardiology. The system is scalable for imaging clinics, hospitals, and multi-facility health enterprises and features optional interfacing to clinical or hospital information systems (HIS).



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