IVUSAID vs AngioView

The IVUSAID App is a free educational mobile application which has been developed to teach medical professionals how to use intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) for PCI guidance based on the current guidelines using our extensive experience and large database of complex coronary cases. Despite the growing body of evidence for clinical benefits of IVUS-guided PCI, IVUS remains underutilized in much of the world including the United States. Challenges in image interpretation and education are among the barriers to widespread adoption of IVUS in everyday clinical practice. Mount Sinai Heart is a global leader within the field of interventional cardiology as well as mobile apps development. The myriad of cases and pathology which are seen in The Mount Sinai Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory make it the perfect center to educate medical professionals within this field. The Key Concepts section of IVUSAID describes principles of IVUS, image acquisition, and concepts of ultrasound behavior in various tissues. The Image Interpretation section of the app has dozens of representative cross-sectional images, videos, and descriptions of plaque types, stent apposition and expansion, artifacts, and more. A short video for each type of lesion or artifact and post-stent findings, in addition to an annotated representative cross section aims to overcome a major limitation of any article or book on IVUS which present a static image, since the actual IVUS pullback is dynamic. Twenty-one complex coronary cases demonstrate IVUS guidance in a variety of patient presentations and lesions including ACS, LM bifurcation, severely calcified lesions and calcified nodules, spontaneous coronary artery dissection, and malapposed stents as well as how IVUS was used to inform treatment decisions. An extensive quiz section helps deliver educational content in a more interactive format where answers are accompanied by detailed explanations and references. We hope that IVUSAID will help techs, fellows, and early-career physicians incorporate IVUS in their daily practice for stent sizing, post-stent optimization, and identification of appropriate treatment strategies.

AngioView is a free 3D simulator for learning coronary angiography. It's meant for cardiology fellows, cath lab nurses and techs, interventional cardiologists, and anyone interested in coronary anatomy! One of the hardest parts of cardiology fellowship is building a 3D map of the coronary arteries in your head, and knowing how it turns when the view goes cranial or caudal, LAO or RAO. AngioView lets you practice that on an anatomical model, with no patient on the table and no radiation. It is the tool I would have loved to have in fellowship. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Move the C-arm yourself: drag the image, use the rotation and angulation controls, or drag the C-arm in the room • Go straight to any standard view, such as the spider, RAO caudal or LAO cranial • Study the left coronary, the right coronary, or both • Switch between right-dominant, left-dominant and co-dominant anatomy, with or without a ramus intermedius • Turn on segment names and colors, on the angiogram and on the 3D heart • Pick a segment and see which angles show it with the least foreshortening and overlap • See where the detector sits in every view • Works offline. No account, no ads, no tracking. WHO IT IS FOR Cardiology fellows, interventional cardiologists, residents, cath-lab nurses and technologists, students, and anyone curious about how a coronary angiogram is read. GOOD TO KNOW AngioView shows one generic, normal coronary tree, with no patient cases and no stenoses. The anatomy is built from openly published datasets and measurements, all credited in the app. AngioView is an educational simulation. It is not a medical device and must not be used for diagnosis, treatment or any clinical decision.