CathSource vs Cardiac CT Appropriate Use Criteria

CathSource (from the creators of ECGsource) is an up-to-date medical reference devoted exclusively to cardiac catheterization and angiography. Developed by practicing Interventional Cardiologists for both specialists and trainees in the field of cardiovascular disease, CathSource offers the following content: * Searchable index of specialized topics including: Normal Coronary Anatomy Anomalous Coronary Arteries Coronary Artery Aneurysms Myocardial Bridging Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Plaque Rupture & Thrombus Standard Views of Angiography Left Ventriculography Coarctation of the Aorta Femoral Artery Access for Angiography Radial Artery Access for Angiography Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) Hemodynamics: Intracardiac Pressures Hemodynamics: Intracardiac Waveforms Hemodynamics: Cardiac Output Hemodynamics: Intracardiac Shunts Hemodynamics: Aortic Stenosis Hemodynamcis: Aortic Regurgitation Hemodynamics: Mitral Stenosis Hemodynamcis: Mitral Regurgitation Hemodynamcis: Constriction Hemodynamics: Restriction * Searchable database containing more than 30 videos (coronary angiograms, ventriculograms, and aortograms) of both common and rare findings in the cardiac catheterization lab * Searchable database of over 65 images including hemodynamic formulas, tables, and figures CathSource provides a detailed overview of important cardiac catheterization and angiography topics, incorporating educational images/videos as well as reviews of pertinent medical literature. CathSource is the ideal application to assist you in understanding and recognizing cardiovascular pathology in the catheterization lab.

Cardiac CT is an application created to simplify the evaluation of patients undergoing to cardiac computer tomography. The decision whether to refer a patient to an investigation as cardiac CT is very complex and must take into account several factors. Many consensus of experts have been produced in order to classify the indications as appropriate or inappropriate. This application is based on the consensus of the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) published on 2010, that analyzed 60 indications to cardiac CT categorized in appropriate, inappropriate and uncertain. This application uses the algorithms on that work and provides a simple and intuitive interface that allows to find an indication in a few touches. Starting with a list of possible clinical scenarios you get the final indication that the is classified as appropriate, inappropriate and uncertain. In some decision passages you'll need to calculate the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD risk) and the Duke Treadmill Score. In these cases the application provides you specific cards with multiple choice text fields to automatically calculate the needed value.