https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/26595/interesting-cardiac-case [quote user=&quot;Julie Innes&quot;]Will do! Ironically, just after musing this morning that I should really have bought that cardiac probe I promised myself when I originally bought the ultrasound, I&#39;ve now had another case today where we needed to have a looken-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/191539?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 20 Jan 2018 12:40:29 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:7ff17e6b-8117-444e-9c34-0a8066c250c7Rach<p>How interesting, and well found!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/191515?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 19 Jan 2018 12:40:04 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:a8639802-2452-4c64-aaa3-5645026433bbJulie Innes<p>Definitely won&#39;t recoup the money, but I&#39;ve got a bit of enthusiasm for it after this case- for my own interest/ enjoyment really!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/191508?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 19 Jan 2018 09:06:30 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:a9329af7-b8f6-4992-923f-f6a813fea2dcMartin Atkinson<p>[quote user=&quot;Julie Innes&quot;]</p> <p>Apparently these intracardiac tumours are extremely rare. So there you go!&nbsp;</p> <p>Definitely looking to either but a cardiac probe or even just upgrade the whole machine now!</p> <p>[/quote]When my venerable old free ex NHS ultrasound machine died a few years back I decided not to re-invest in a new one. Being a quiet sole-charge practice I could not justify it. I flirted with the idea last year and had a demo (I confess largely so the nurses could tick the boxes on their nurse training ultrasound module) but decided once again that the amount of use I&#39;d get&nbsp; from it did not justify the expense, especially as I&#39;m procrastinating over retirement, and for the odd occasion I have no alternative means of diagnosis its better to refer or get the peripatetic ultrasonographer to call like you did.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>