Release Notes

Latest Version: 5.0
Release Date: June 5, 2023

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5.1

TBD - awaiting MacOS Sonoma release

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

Oct 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