Ascites Affecting a Cardiac Scan?

Ascites Affecting a Cardiac Scan?

Does an enourmous amount of abdominal fluid effect cardiac scans? I think it was just me being a big chicken, but I was trying to get an apical view and could not flatten out my 3S probe to get a good view. The patient’s abdomen was tense and distended. I was torn with getting the…

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