{"id":3021,"date":"2010-02-10T12:42:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T20:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cvm.wsu.edu\/advance\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2025-01-22T08:11:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T16:11:59","slug":"a-new-portable-echocardiograph-makes-heart-diagnosis-possible-in-remote-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvm.wsu.edu\/advance\/2010\/02\/10\/a-new-portable-echocardiograph-makes-heart-diagnosis-possible-in-remote-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Portable Echocardiograph Makes Heart Diagnosis Possible in Remote Locations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Web Extra<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>by Marcia Hill Gossard \u201999, \u201904 Ph.D. | Photo by Henry Moore Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Patients at <a href=\"https:\/\/vth.vetmed.wsu.edu\/\">WSU&#8217;s Veterinary Teaching Hospital<\/a> can now receive on-location cardiovascular diagnosis thanks to a new portable echocardiograph from a generous friend of the college.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are very grateful to have this machine.&#8221; said Dr. Lynne Nelson, a WSU veterinary cardiologist. &#8220;This echo is the latest, state-of-the-art, portable machine. Because it is portable, we can take it to a sick horse, kitten, or any animal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>An echocardiograph is used to diagnose cardiovascular conditions in animals. The machine can test for heart disease, measure the size and shape of the heart, and locate tissue damage.<\/p>\n<p>But, until now, patients had to come to the WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital for testing. Veterinarians and technicians can bring the new portable echocardiograph to a sick or downed animal and make a diagnosis in remote locations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has the same quality as a larger, stand alone machine,&#8221; said Nelson. &#8220;And, it is very versatile. It can be use on small exotic animals to large animals like horses. We love it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vth.vetmed.wsu.edu\/specialties\/cardiology\">Learn about WSU&#8217;s Cardiology Care<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patients at WSU&#8217;s Veterinary Teaching Hospital can now receive on-location cardiovascular diagnosis thanks to a new portable echocardiograph from a generous friend of the college.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are very grateful to have this machine.&#8221; said Dr. Lynne Nelson, a WSU veterinary cardiologist. &#8220;This echo is the latest, state-of-the-art, portable machine. Because it is portable, we can take it to a sick horse, kitten, or any animal.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1015,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"categories":[514],"tags":[619,539,614],"wsuwp_university_location":[332],"wsuwp_university_org":[425],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvm.wsu.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvm.wsu.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvm.wsu.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvm.wsu.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvm.wsu.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3021"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cvm.wsu.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4116,"href":"https:\/\/cvm.wsu.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021\/revisions\/4116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvm.wsu.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvm.wsu.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvm.wsu.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3021"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvm.wsu.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=3021"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvm.wsu.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=3021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}