http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Tue, 21 May 2013 04:04:00 PDT Tue, 21 May 2013 04:04:00 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=680345 'This clinical practice support tool set from the American College of Cardiology Foundation provides concise, portable reference tools for the busy clinician. Pocket Guideline material is adapted and enhanced for the iPhone and iPod Touch from the full text version of ACC/AHA Practice Guidelines. It also includes the Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography (TTE/TEE) Appropriateness Criteria Tool which provides a quick reference list of common appropriate and inappropriate uses of echocardiography and an innovative decision support application that helps guide physicians in the ordering of SPECT MPI for the detection and risk assessment of coronary artery disease. You can select which specific tools you want to use, or get all of them.ACC Pocket Guidelines includes- The Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography (TTE/TEE) Appropriateness Criteria Tool- ACC SPECT MPI Appropriateness Tool- Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation- Clinical Application of Echocardiography- Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult- Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices- Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery- Management of Patients With Chronic Stable Angina- Management of Patients With Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction- Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease- Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery- Peripheral Arterial Disease- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention- Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death - Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy'This is a free app. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=682884 'Own a piece of magic that transforms your iPhone into an accurate, touch-free heart rate monitor.★Award-winning technology (Popular Science Top 10 Inventions 2011, New York Times Magazine 10th Annual "Year in Ideas״) now available in the palm of your hand!★Cardiio uses your phone’s front camera to analyze the amount of light reflected off of your face; it accurately measures your pulse without any extra hardware. Just hold your phone and look straight into the camera to get your reading, then check out the dashboard to see how it changes over time. ''FEATURES• Touch-free, real-time heart rate measurements• Beautiful and easy to use interface• Personal dashboard with history (daily, weekly and monthly)• Fitness level rating based on your heart rate• Estimate your potential life expectancy• See how your heart rate stacks up to othersMAGICAL, BUT NOT A TRICKCardiio’s technology is based on cutting-edge research and science conducted at the MIT Media Lab. The measurement principles are the same as clinical pulse oximeters. Every time your heart beats, more blood rushes through the vessels in your face, causing them to expand. The increase in blood volume absorbs more light, resulting in a decrease in the amount of light reflected from your face. Using sophisticated software, your iPhone's front camera can track these tiny variations in light that are invisible to the naked eye to calculate your heart rate.ACCURACYStudies have shown that our heart rate measurements are within 3 bpm of a clinical pulse oximeter when performed at rest in a well-lit environment (Poh et al., Optics Express 2010, Poh et al., IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2011).'This app costs $2.99 at the time of this updated review. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=594328 Interactive web site that assesses risk factors for heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke and osteoporosis. Along with the risk assessment, the site provides fact sheets, information about risk factors and a glossary. The assessment tool interprets the given risks and what it means for the indivdual.