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The DEFINITY® Educational Series
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High DEF(INITY)™

The DEFINITY® Educational Series is designed to increase quality and efficiency, reduce costs, enhance diagnostic accuracy, and improve adherence to UEA guidelines
Through the DEFINITY® Educational Series, Lantheus provides you with institutional and educational value presentations, webinars, and an operational efficiencies toolkit. They aim to:
- Drive clinical and diagnostic value across stakeholders
- Deliver clinical and technical support
- Support the efficient implementation of DEFINITY® across clinical settings
- Optimize DEFINITY® images
- Help to integrate UEA policy
- Help echo lab with sonographer administration of DEFINITY®
See SUPPORT in High DEF(INITY)™
Dedicated on-site clinical and technical support delivered by expert sonographers to assist with the efficient implementation of DEFINITY®.*
See KNOWLEDGE in High DEF(INITY)™
Live and on-demand webinars designed to provide timely and important information on the use, implementation, and impact DEFINITY® has on cardiac diagnosis, patient management, and cost-effectiveness in echocardiography.* Topics include:
- Cardiac diagnosis and patient management
- Case study review
- Contrast echo in critical care
- DEFINITY® across multiple care settings
- DEFINITY® implementation and administration
- DEFINITY® safety profile
- Guidelines and standards
- Image optimization
- Improving patient outcomes
- Optimizing the value of DEFINITY®
- Quality-driven echocardiography
- Workflow efficiency
See GUIDANCE in High DEF(INITY)™
A detailed guide to help implement DEFINITY® in your institution, including a summary of American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) Guidelines, discussion framework for roles and responsibilities for optimizing DEFINITY® use, and detailed instructions and troubleshooting tools.
Annually, Lantheus educates ~10,000 HCPs through >800 programs. A majority of the programs provide SDMS and AACN credits.1
References:
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Data on file, Lantheus.
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Kurt M, Shaikh KA, Peterson L, et al. Impact of contrast echocardiography on evaluation of ventricular function and clinical management in a large prospective cohort. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009;53(9):802-810. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2009.01.005
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Main ML, Fu JW, Gundrum J, LaPointe NA, Gillam LD, Mulvagh SL. Impact of contrast echocardiography on outcomes in critically ill patients. Am J Cardiol. 2021;150:117-122. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.03.039
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Lester SJ, Askew JW, Hurst RT, et al. Contrast echocardiography: experience in a clinical echocardiography laboratory. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2006;19(7):919-923. doi:10.1016/j.echo.2006.01.025
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Ayesa SL, Katelaris AG, Brennan PC, Grieve SM. Medical imaging education opportunities for junior doctors and non-radiologist clinicians: a review. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2021;65(6):710-718. doi:10.1111/1754-9485.13266
INDICATION
DEFINITY® is indicated, after activation, for use in adult and pediatric patients with suboptimal echocardiograms to opacify the left ventricular chamber and to improve the delineation of the left ventricular endocardial border.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
BOXED WARNING: SERIOUS CARDIOPULMONARY REACTIONS
Serious cardiopulmonary reactions, including fatalities, have occurred uncommonly during or following perflutren-containing microsphere administration. Most serious reactions occur within 30 minutes of administration.
- Assess all patients for the presence of any condition that precludes DEFINITY® administration.
- Always have resuscitation equipment and trained personnel readily available.
Reference:
- Data on file, Lantheus.
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