Release Notes

Latest Version: 5.3
Release Date: February 17, 2024

5.4

TBD
  • Added: TBD
  • Updated: TBD

5.3

February 17, 2024
  • Added: Navitor and Evolut-R TAVR valves
  • Added: Pulmonary velocity acceleration time (PVAT)
  • Added: Concentric LVH, aortic dissection flap fenestration, and quadricuspid aortic valve TEE videos
  • Updated: TAVR valve information

5.2

December 31, 2023
  • Added: Air bronchograms, cardiac standstill, and transhepatic IVC POCUS videos
  • Added: Septal myectomy and P2 restriction (type III) TEE videos
  • Updated: 3D TEE tricuspid valve video, 3-point compression ultrasound lower extremity DVT exam video

5.1

October 12, 2023
  • Added: Proximal lower extremity DVT compression, left pleural effusion, and Tetralogy of Fallot POCUS videos
  • Added: Perceval sutureless aortic valve
  • Added: Edwards Mitris bioprosthetic mitral valve
  • Added: SVC collapsibility index

5.0

June 5, 2023
  • Added: 3D TEE mitral annular calcification (MAC), serratus plane block, spinal cord TEE, and type B dissection POCUS videos
  • Added: IVC distensibility index (DI)
  • Updated: IMH TEE video, D-Sign POCUS video, IVC POCUS video

4.9

March 3, 2023
  • Added: Femoral vascular, gastric, apical long-axis, apical two chamber, apical five chamber, and suprasternal aortic arch POCUS videos
  • Updated: POCUS subcostal TTE video

4.8

January 8, 2023
  • Added: LV diastology image for IVRT
  • Added: Libman-Sacks endocarditis TEE video
  • Added: Lung point POCUS video
  • Updated: Various strings

4.7

November 21, 2022
  • Added: Calculators for regurgitant lesions (Valves → Native Valves → click top right calculator icon)
  • Added: Subclavian vein/artery vascular video
  • Added: Ebstein's anomaly POCUS video
  • Added: Mitral valve leaflet perforation and primum ASD TEE videos

4.6

October 24, 2022
  • Added: Medtronic Avalus aortic valve
  • Added: RVAD MCS TEE video
  • Added: Pecto-Intercostal Fascial Block (PIFB) video
  • Updated: Combined Links and Sources

4.5

October 10, 2022
  • Added: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) POCUS video
  • Updated: Fixed AVPlayerViewController controls on videos
  • Updated: Standardized auto-layout constraints
  • Updated: Updated deprecated code for the in-app Review system

4.4

September 26, 2022
  • Added: Prosthesis Evaluation section for Prosthetic Valves
  • Added: Matomo SDK Integration (removed Firebase)
  • Updated: Higher resolution icons with lossless compression
  • Updated: Popups for references
  • Updated: Transitioned from CocoaPods to Swift Package Manager

4.3

June 29, 2022
  • Added: Pop-up framework containing references for prosthetic valve sections
  • Updated: Aortic, mitral, and tricuspid bioprosthetic valve information

4.2

June 6, 2022
  • Added: Ross procedure and intracardiac clot TEE videos
  • Added: Right heart catheterization (RHC) video
  • Added: Adductor canal peripheral nerve block video
  • Updated: Coronary angiography section
  • Updated: Standardized video sizes
  • Updated: UIButton to UIImageView elements under the Anatomy tab

4.1

April 26, 2022
  • Added: Coronary angiogram section (still under construction)
  • Added: Midesophageal left atrial appendage (LAA) and 5 chamber view videos
  • Updated: Changed autoresizing masks throughout application to improve compatibility with smaller iPhones screen sizes

4.0

March 22, 2022
  • Added: Midesophageal ascending aorta (long/short axis), upper esophageal aortic arch (long/short axis), transgastric right ventricular inflow, and a few transgastric tricuspid TEE videos
  • Updated: Table icons for References tab

3.9

February 23, 2022
  • Added: Midesophageal 2 chamber TEE view
  • Added: Aortic intramural hematoma, fungal endocarditis, subaortic membrane, and paravalvular leak videos
  • Updated: Combined "References" and "About" tabbed menu bar content to clean up the interface
  • Updated: Prosthetic valve image transparency

3.8

January 11, 2022
  • Added: Gallbladder and left upper quadrant (spleen) abdominal POCUS videos
  • Added: Thumbnail icons to menus
  • Added: ClickableImage CocoaPod to expand prosthetic valve images when clicked
  • Added: New video framework using AVPlayerViewController. Users can now expand the video in landscape orientation for better viewing.
  • Updated: Sequence of tab bar
  • Updated: Minor tweaks to user interface throughout app

3.7

December 11, 2021
  • Added: Ocular POCUS exam
  • Added: Google Firebase Analytics
  • Updated: About section to utilize picker view UI element
  • Updated: App Store Data Collection

3.6

October 6, 2021
  • Added: Carcinoid tricuspid valve, diaphragm M-mode POCUS, and abnormal bubble study videos
  • Updated: TAPSE and tricuspid regurgitation images

3.5

September 8, 2021
  • Added: References section (with sections for equations and links)
  • Added: Separate sections for “About” - Author, Changelog, Contribute, Disclaimer & Terms, and References
  • Added: Images for PI jet and RA minor axis
  • Updated: Tab bar and social media icons

3.4

July 24, 2021
  • Added: Initial dark mode framework
  • Added: IJ clot video

3.3

July 18, 2021
  • Added: Tendyne, left atrial myxoma, and sinus of Valsalva fistula videos
  • Added: Diastolic flow reversal for AI
  • Updated: Standardization of images

3.2

June 7, 2021
  • Added: Systolic anterior motion (SAM), transseptal puncture, secundum ASD, bubble study, and LV/RV strain videos

3.1

May 4, 2021
  • Added: 3D aortic valve, type A dissection, pericardial effusion/tamponade videos
  • Added: App Store review system
  • Updated: Attributed String implementation

3.0

April 5, 2021
  • Added: Prosthetic tricuspid valve section
  • Updated: Haptic touch links
  • Updated: UI tweaks

2.9

April 4, 2021
  • Updated: 2D TEE descriptions

2.8

March 9, 2021
  • Added: Lung B line video
  • Added: Pulmonary vein profile for MR

2.7

January 11, 2021
  • Added: Bladder POCUS and femoral vascular videos
  • Updated: Increased text sizes

2.6

December 4, 2020
  • Added: Cardiac POCUS descriptions

2.5

November 3, 2020
  • Added: Peripheral nerve block POCUS (EPS and supraclavicular block videos)

2.4

September 3, 2020
  • Added: Mitral valve area, PISA, and pressure half-time for mitral stenosis
  • Added: 3D mitral valve with color flow video

2.3

August 31, 2020
  • Added: Video section for POCUS
  • Added: Morison's pouch video

2.2

August 27, 2020
  • Updated: New EchoTools app icon and Videos tab icon
  • Updated: Added color to the tab bar

2.1

August 15, 2020
  • Added: Right atrial clot, wall motion abnormality, and 3D mitral valve with Philips TrueVue rendering videos

2.0

July 13, 2020
  • Updated: LV size/function criteria

1.9

July 6, 2020
  • Added: MitraClip, pleural effusion, SVC syndrome, and TGA videos

1.8

June 29, 2020
  • Updated: TEE/TTE video playback does not pause background music from other apps

1.7

June 18, 2020
  • Added: WATCHMAN procedure
  • Updated: MR and TR severity images

1.6

May 28, 2020
  • Added: LVAD inflow video

1.5

May 21, 2020
  • Added: Standard, 3D, interventional, and MCS sections to TEE videos
  • Added: Cardiac and lung sections to TTE videos
  • Added: Trifecta, Epic, and Regent valves
  • Added: A splash screen!
  • Updated: Separated TEE and TTE video clips

1.4

March 16, 2020
  • Updated: Video framework adjusted
  • Updated: Standardized layout elements

1.3

November 29, 2019
  • Added: Framework for TEE/TTE video clips

1.2

November 15, 2019
  • Added: Edwards Intuity and Inspiris aortic valves

1.1

September 11, 2019
  • Added: Color to the UI

1.0

May 27, 2019
  • Out of beta!
  • Updated: Adjusted framework to add images more easily in the future

0.9 beta

May 25, 2019
  • Updated: Adjusted framework to add images more easily in the future

0.8 beta

May 6, 2019
  • Updated: App preview images

0.7 beta

February 13, 2019
  • Added: TAVR valve section
  • Updated: Aortic and mitral prosthetic valve images

0.6 beta

February 9, 2019
  • Added: Valve images and references

0.5 beta

February 5, 2019
  • Added: Valve images and references

0.4 beta

December 23, 2018
  • Updated: Framework for images

0.3 beta

September 25, 2018
  • Updated: Bug fixes

0.2 beta

September 17, 2017
  • Updated: Prosthetic aortic and mitral valve references

0.1 beta - Hello EchoTools

September 10, 2018
  • Approved by Apple - EchoTools is born!

Initial Archive Built

September 9, 2018
  • Submitted to the Apple App Store