Stress Echo
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A4. To view all loops, from the Rest and Impost stages in the quad-screen for-
mat, press the
VIEW key.
3-Stage:
B1. Prepare the timer so that it will start as soon as the patient begins exer-
cising. Press the
TOOLS function key and click the [TIMER] button. Select
Start but do not press <
ENTER> until the exercise phase has started.
B2. Press <ENTER> to start the timer. The timer is displayed in the upper right
corner of the screen.
Press
•SAVE to start capturing the Peak loops. (Loops are captured for 2
minutes.) The camera icon remains in the upper right corner of the screen
to indicate that Peak loops are being captured. To start the Save function,
press the
•SAVE key. When all four views have been captured, press
•SAVE again to stop the Save function.
B3. Loops captured during the Peak stage must be assigned a view label.
Press the
VIEW key.
Turn the
PLAY LOOP Soft Window knob clockwise until the first Peak view
is displayed. Continue turning the knob until the best loop is playing. (
AP4
is the first view for the Peak stage, but loops can be labeled in any order.)
Turn the
PROTOCOL knob to display PeakAP4. A "1" appears next to the
AP4 view counter. Continue turning the PLAY LOOP knob to select and
label the remaining three views. Press
2D to exit View mode.
B4. Turn the PROTOCOL knob to display Post. Begin capturing Post exercise
images for each view using a method described in Step 7. When all four
views for the Post exercise stage have been captured and assigned a
View label, press
VIEW to display the quad-screen format.
Pharmacological:
C1. When you are ready to start the timer, press the TOOLS function key and
click the [
TIMER] button. Select Start and then press <ENTER>. The timer
is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen.
C2. Capture loops in the Low, Peak, and Post stage as described in Step 7.
Once all four views have been captured for each stage and assigned a
View label, press
VIEW to display the quad-screen format.
C3. To stop the timer, press TOOLS, click [TIMER] and then select Stop.