Zargis Cardioscan

The Cardioscan software program is designed to analyze heart sounds for the identification and classification of suspected murmurs (extra heart sounds). Murmurs can be benign, mildly troublesome, or serious. Within a few minutes the Cardioscan award-winning software can:

automatically detect suspected systolic & diastolic heart murmurs and S1/S2 sounds;
quickly identify suspected murmurs that have a Class I indication for an echocardiogram referral per ACC/AHA guidelines.

Wirelessly Detect and Classify Heart Murmurs

Zargis Cardioscan heart sound analysis software is designed to support physicians in analyzing cardiac sounds for the identification and classification of suspected murmurs. Cardioscan connects wirelessly to a digital stethoscope.

Cutting-edge Diagnostic Support:

Automatically identifies suspected murmurs that possess a Class I indication for echocardiography referral.
Identifies suspected systolic and diastolic murmurs and S1/S2 sounds.
Enables improved documentation of referral findings.
Results stored on your PC or online for serial studies.
May reduce unnecessary referrals-limiting stress for patients & their families.
Play recordings at slow speed to listen even more closely.
May alleviate concern about misdiagnosing murmurs.
Play back recordings and review results when & where convenient.
Use Cardioscan's display or printed results to better explain your findings to your patients, allay their anxiety or convince them of the need to follow through with additional care.

Easy to Use Yet Remarkably Powerful

Rapid Results: Cardioscan requires just a few minutes to perform and seamlessly integrates with the standard auscultation exam.
Easy to install on your existing computer
Recordings can be made by your staff-allowing you to review recordings & results when and where it's convenient.
Great for honing your auscultation skill too.

Clinical Evidence

95% of cardiologists indicated that Cardioscan would help primary care physicians improve detection of heart murmurs associated with heart disease.*

According to a retrospective study published in Clinical Cardiology in 2008, physicians using cardioscan results reduced their false negative referral rates for heart murmurs by an average of 46% and reduced their rates of unnecessary referrals by an average of 41%.**

Cardioscan's Key Benefits & Features:

For Cardiologists:

Unclog your calendar of unnecessary referrals
Less false positives [published audits of referrals to echo as well as numerous conversations with cardiologists indicate the percentage of referrals for innocent murmurs or non-murmurs can be as high as 80%]
See more patients that actually need to see you
More serious-need referrals [helps ensure better use of the high skill level of the specialist]
Spend less time during patient assessment
Use data from referring physician to give you a head-start on diagnosis
Have your assistant run Cardioscan on your patient Do during pre-exam to save you time give you a head-start on the diagnosis
Use Cardioscan software yourself when it's extremely difficult to hear a patient's heart sounds
- Due to obesity
- Due to religious beliefs that interfere with clothing removal
- Due to other circumstances e.g. very faint sound

For Patients:

May reduce unnecessary referrals-thereby limiting stress for patients & their families.
May support the early detection of heart disease when used by first-line healthcare workers.
Use Cardioscan's display or printed results to better explain your findings to your patients, allay their anxiety or convince them of the need to follow through with additional care.

For Clinicians:

Use data to support your own diagnosis of a suspected heart murmur
Physicians using Cardioscan reduced false negative rates for heart murmurs by an average of 46% and reduced their rates of unnecessary referrals by an average of 41%.
Clearly identifies S1 & S2 sounds
90% of surveyed cardiologists believe that Cardioscan will improve detection of murmurs and reduce unnecessary cardiac referrals.
May alleviate concern (and liability) about misdiagnosing murmurs
Allows you to track progression of murmurs over time
Playback recordings and review results when & where convenient
Cardioscan allows you to reduce the amount of time you spend with patients, because the device allows nurses and or PAs to perform thorough auscultation exams
Use Cardioscan software yourself when it's extremely difficult to hear a patient's heart sounds
- Due to obesity
- Due to religious beliefs that interfere with clothing removal
- Due to other circumstances (e.g. very faint sound)
If you are a Physician or other Clinician screening volumes of patients for possible pathologic heart murmurs use Cardioscan for:
- Student athlete sports pre-participation screening
- Neonatal screening
- Home-based wellness screening
- Prison clinic screenings
- Pre-induction military screenings & battlefield monitoring
Comfort a patient worried something is seriously wrong when data shows otherwise
Use data to convince a patient of the urgency for a second opinion if they balk at taking time away from work or balk at the expense / co-pay required to obtain one
Use data to get a faster appointment to see a Cardiologist / get an echo
Track patient condition over time during long-term disease management

For Healthcare Systems:

Save time by directing remote or front-line healthcare workers to conduct Cardioscan recordings
Results can be forwarded via the internet to obtain a 2^nd opinion for rural or homebound patients?saving valuable resources
Store results & collaborate with colleagues through the Internet via the optional ZargisTelemed system or through your existing EMR system.

Zargis Cardioscan Heart Murmur Detection

References

* Based on findings from interviews, conducted by 3M in collaboration with Zargis Medical, with interested cardiologists at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 57th Annual Scientific Session (March 29, 2008 April 1, 2008, Chicago, Illinois). N = 39.

**Clinical study conducted in 2005 by Zargis Medical in collaboration with The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The study measured the accuracy of a group of primary care physicians in evaluating a set of 100 recorded heart sounds. The heart sounds were independently evaluated by each physician both with and without access to Cardioscan’s reported findings. Clin Cardiol. 2008 Feb;31(2):79-83. The impact of computer-assisted auscultation on physician referrals of asymptomatic patients with heart murmurs. Watrous RL, Thompson WR, Ackerman SJ.

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