1989

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY NEWS

Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar

The American Society of Echocardiography recognizes courses as a supplement to formal training in an established echocardiographic laboratory. For more information about a course, please call the number listed with the course. To appear in the Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar, the title, sponsor, director, place, and contact telephone number for a course should be sent to ASE, 1100 Raleigh Building, 5 W. Hargett Street, Raleigh, NC 27601.

September 1-3 ARDMS Registry Review. Advanced Ultrasound Seminars. Gary Tillotson, RDMS, Las Vegas, Nev. (209) 473-7670.

September 6-8 Imaging in Medicine and Biology. Drexel Univer­sity. Dov Jaron, PhD, Director. Philadelphia, Pa. (215) 895-2215.

September 8-10 Physics. Ultrasound Center, Bowman Gray School ofMedicine. Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD, Director. Dallas, Tex. (919) 748-4505.

September 9-11 Doppler Echocardiography Seminar. Ultrasound Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Charles­ton, S.C. (919) 748-4505.

September 10-12 Fetal Cardiac Symposium. International Perinatal Doppler Society. Paris, France. Abstracts will be ac­cepted. Write: N. Smadja, C. Bossu, Secretary of the F.C.S., See Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hopital Robert Debre., 48 boulevard Serurier., 75019, Paris, France.

September 11-15 Physics. Ultrasound Center, Bowman Gray School ofMedicine. Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD, Director. Winston-Salem, N.C. (919) 748-4505.

September 13-15 Image Processing and 3-D Visualization in Med­icine. Georgia Institute ofTechnology Bioengineer­ing Center. Atlanta, Ga. (404) 894-2547.

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September 13•15 Cardiac Doppler Workshop. Elizabeth Patterson, RT, RDMS, Director. Bothell, Wash. 1-800-982­2011.

September 13-15 2nd Congress of the International Perinatal Doppler Society. Paris, France. Abstracts will be accepted. Write: Secretariat de l'I.P.D.S., Labora­toire de Biophysique Medicale., Faculte de Merle­cine., 37032 Tours, France.

September 14-16 Advanced Echocardiography: Quantitative Two­Dimensional and Doppler Ultrasound. American College of Cardiology. Miguel A. Quinones, MD, and Nelson B. Schiller, MD, Directors. Bethesda, Md. (800) 253-4636, ext. 228.

September 14-17 Registry Review Workshop. Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute. St. Petersburg Beach, Fla. (813) 345-8174.

September 15-17 ARDMS Registry Review. Advanced Ultrasound Seminars. Gary Tillotson, RDMS. Chicago, Ill. (209) 473-7670.

September 16-17 Review for ARDMS Registry Examination. New York University Medical Center. Trudy Du­binsky, BS, RDMS, Educational Coordinator. New York, N.Y. (212) 340-6644.

September 17-20 International Symposium on Cardiovascular Ul­trasound Applications of New Technologies. Mayo Clinic. James B. Seward, MD, Randolph P. Martin, and A. Jamil Tajik, MD, Directors. Roch­ester, Minn. (507) 284-3581.

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D PHYSICIAN D TECHNOLOGIST D PHYSICAL SCIENTIST

TO BE COMPLETED BY PHYSICIAN ONLY

Discipline: D Cardiologist D Pediatrician D Nuclear Medicine D Family Practitioner D Pediatric Cardiologist D Radiologist

D Internist DOther-------------------------------------------------­

TO BE COMPLETED BY PHYSICAL SCIENTIST ONLY

Works with clinician DYes DNo Works for commercial company DYes D No

Duration of interest in echocardiography: D Fewer than 6 months D 6-12 months D 1-3 years D Over 3 years

TO BE COMPLETED BY TECHNOLOGIST ONLY

Member SDMS D Yes D No Member of Cardiopulmonary Technologists D Yes D No Member of Cardiovascular Technologists DYes D No

Member of other technological group DYes DNa If yes, which group?

Background before echocardiographic experience: D High school graduate D College degree D Registered Nurse D Radiology technologist D Medical technologist D Cardiopulmonary technologist

D Cardiovascular technologist D Prior experience with other cardiovascular tests 0 Prior experience with other ultrasound tests

Echocardiographic examinations supervised by: D Cardiologist D Family practitioner D Pediatrician D Pediatric cardiologist D Radiologist

D Nuclear medicine D Other-------------------------------------------------­

TO BE COMPLETED BY PHYSICIANS AND TECHNOLOGISTS ONLY

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC TRAINING: D No formal training; D On the job training; D Formal instruction or part of fellowship residency training; D Fewer than 3 months;

D 3-6 months; D Over 6 months. POSTGRADUATE COURSE, DURATION OF COURSE: D None; D Fewer than 2 days; D 2-4 days; D 1 week; D Over 1 week. TYPE OF COURSE:

D Lectures only; D Lectures and F-ractical. VISITS TO ESTABLISHED LABORATORIES: D None; D Fewer than 1 week; D 1-4 weeks; D Over 4 weeks. ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC

EXPERIENCES: D None; D Fewer than 6 months; D 6-12 months; D 1-3 years; D Over 3 years. EXAMINATIONS CURRENTLY PERFORMED AND/OR INTERPRETED: D None;

D Fewer than 5 per week; D 5-10 per week; D 10-20 per week; D Over 20 per week. ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH ANY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC RESEARCH: D Yes; D No.

HOSPITAL AFFILIATION, TYPE OF INSTITUTION: D Private; D Veterans Administration; D University; D City or County; D Other. SIZE OF INSTITUTION: D Fewer than 200 beds;

D 200-400 beds; D 400-600 beds; D Over 600 beds. LOCATION OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC LABORATORY: D Cardiology section; D Nuclear medicine; D Pediatric cardiology;

D Private office; D Radiology department; D Ultrasound department. TYPE OF PATIENTS EXAMINED BY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: D Adults; D Children; D Infants; D Fetal;

D All of the above. HOW MANY FELLOWS/TRAINEES/TECHNICIANS WORK IN YOUR LABORATORY: D None; D One; D 2-3; D 3-5; D Over 5.

September 20-22 Advanced Cardiac Ultrasound Featuring Trans­esophageal Echocardiography. Washington Hos­pital Center. Steven Goldstein, MD, Randolph Mar­tin, MD, Mark Milner, MD, Directors. Washington, D.C. (202) 828-7024.

September 21 Doppler Physics. Ultrasound Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD, Director. Washington, D.C. (919) 748-4505.

September 22-24 ARDMS Registry Review. Advanced Ultrasound Seminars. Gary Tillotson, RDMS. Houston, Tex. (209) 473-7670.

September 22-24 Physics. Ultrasound Center, Bowman Gray School ofMedicine. Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD, Director. Washington, D.C. (919) 748-4505.

September 22-25 Eleventh Annual Registry Review. State Univer­sity ofNew York Health Science Center at Brooklyn. Brooklyn, N.Y. (718) 270-1601, ext. 1602.

September 25-29 Two-Dimensional/M-mode Cardiac Imaging. Keith Mauney & Associates, Inc. Barbara Campbell. Dallas, Tex. (214) 402-8250.

September 29-0ctober 1 Physics. Ultrasound Center, Bowman Gray School ofMedicine. Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD, Director. Los Angeles, Calif. (919) 748-4505.

October 1989-April1990 Adult Echocardiography. School of Cardiac Ultra­sound, Arizona Heart Institute Foundation. Terry Reynolds, BS, Director. Phoenix, Ariz. (602) 266­2200, ext. 649.

October 2 Doppler Physics. Ultrasound Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD, Director. Los Angeles, Calif. (919) 748­4505.

October 2-5 Cardiac Doppler Ultrasound. Keith Mauney & As­sociates, Inc. Barbara Campbell. Dallas, Tex. (214) 402-8250.

July/August 1989

October 4-7 Update in Echocardiography 1989. (Practical workshop, October 4.) Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital Cardiac Ultra­sound Laboratory. Arthur E. Weyman, MD, Rob­ert A. Levine, MD, and Mary Etta E. King, MD, Directors. Boston, Mass. (617) 732-1525.

October 5-8 3rd International Conference on Conventional and Color Doppler Echocardiography. University of Alabama at Birmingham. Navin C. Nanda, MD, Director. Callaway Gardens Resort, Ga. (205) 934­6747.

October 6-8 ARDMS Registry Review. Advanced Ultrasound Seminars. Gary Tillotson, RDMS, Washington, D.C. (209) 473-7670.

October 6-8 Physics. Ultrasound Center, Bowman Gray School ofMedicine. Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD, Director. Chicago, Ill. (919) 748-4505.

October 11-13 Clinical Applications of Doppler and Color Flow Mapping. American College of Cardiology. Gerald Maurer, MD, and Navin C. Nanda, MD, Directors. Bethesda, Md. (800) 253-4636, ext. 228.

October 11-14 Fifth Annual Symposium on 2-D/Doppler and Color Flow Imaging in Congenital Heart Disease. Mayo Clinic. James B. Seward, MD, Director. Roch­ester, Minn. (507) 284-3581.

October 23-27 Echo Chicago '89: 11th Annual Two­Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiography Workshop Advances in Transesophageal, Color Flow and Exercise Echocardiography. Seminar I on basic Doppler and two-dimensional echocardi­ography will be October 23-24. Seminar II on planar and color flow Doppler echocardiography will be October 25-27. Northwestern University Medical School. James V. Talano, MD, Director. Chicago, Ill. (312) 908-4687.

October 25-27 Cardiac Doppler Workshop. Elizabeth Patterson, RT, RDMS, Director. Bothell, Wash. 1-800-982­2011.

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October 30-November 3 Echocardiography. Ultrasound Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Frederick W. Krernkau, PhD, Director. Winston-Salem, N.C. (919) 748­4505.

November 2-3 1989 Conference on Cardiac Pearls. American College ofCardiology. W. Proctor Harvey, MD, Di­rector. Bethesda, Md. (800) 253-4636, ext. 228.

November 6-8 Doppler Echocardiography. Ultrasound Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Frederick W. Krernkau, PhD, Director. Winston-Salem, N.C. (919) 748-4505.

November 6-10 Basic Practicum in Diagnostic Ultrasound. De­signed for the novice ultrasonographer. The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Peggy Williams, Pro­gram Coordinator. Baltimore, Md. (301) 955-3169.

November 12-16 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. New Orleans, La.

November 13 ASE Annual Meeting. 5:30 PM. New Orleans, La. (919) 821-1435.

December 6-8 The Role ofEchocardiography/Doppler in Clin­ical Decision Making. American College of Car­diology. Anthony N. DeMaria, MD, and Mikel D. Smith, MD, Directors. Bethesda, Md. (800) 253­4636, ext. 228.

December 8-10 Interventional Echocardiography. The Heart Cen­ter at Duke University Medical Center. Norbert P. de Bruijn, MD, and Joseph A. Kisslo, MD, Directors. Washington, D.C. (919) 684-6878.

December 14-17 International Conference on Update in Cardiol­ogy and Workshop in Color Doppler Echocar­diography. University of Alabama at Birmingham. Navin C. Nanda, Director. Delhi, India. (205) 934­6747.

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December 22-24 International Conference on Update in Cardiol­ogy and Workshop in Color Doppler Echocar­diography. University of Alabama at Birmingham. Navin C. Nanda, Director. Bombay, India. (205) 934-6747.

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January 4-5 Physics. Ultrasound Center, Bowman Gray School ofMedicine. Frederick W. Krernkau, PhD, Director. Winston-Salem, N.C. (919) 748-4505.

January 10-12 Advanced Echocardiography: Concepts and Case Studies. American College ofCardiology. Arthur E. Weyman, MD, and James D. Thomas, MD, Direc­tors. Bethesda, Md. (800) 253-4636, ext. 228.

January 31 Deadline for Call for Abstracts. American Society of Echocardiography First Scientific Meeting. The Call for Abstracts will be published in a fall 1989 issue of the JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY.

February 12-16 Echocardiography. Ultrasound Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Frederick W. Krernkau, PhD, Director. Winston-Salem, N.C. (919) 748­4505.

February 19-21 Doppler Echocardiography. Ultrasound Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Frederick W. Krernkau, PhD, Director. Winston-Salem, N.C. (919) 748-4505.

February 19-21 State-of-the-Art Echocardiography Color Flow Imaging, Transesophageal Echo Diastolic Func­tion, Intravascular and Stress Echo. American College of Cardiology. A. Jamil Tajik, MD, and James B. Seward, MD, Directors. Tucson, Ariz. (800) 253-4636.

March 4-7 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 1990 Annual Convention. New Orleans, La (301) 656-6117.

July/August 1989

March 8-10 Echocardiography for the Sonographer: 2-D I Doppler and Color Flow Imaging-Practical Re­view. American College of Cardiology. A. Jamil Ta­jik, MD, and James B. Seward, MD, Directors. Be­thesda, Md. (800) 253-4636, ext. 228.

March 16-17 6th Annual Symposium on Recent Advances in Doppler Color Flow Mapping. University of Ala­bama at Birmingham. Navin C. Nanda, Director. New Orleans, La. (205) 934-6747.

March 18-22 Scientific Sessions. American College of Cardiol­ogy. New Orleans, La.

April9-12 Physics. Ultrasound Center. Bowman Gray School ofMedicine. Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD, Director. Winston-Salem, N.C. (919) 748-4505.

April17-20 Techniques of Color Flow Mapping-Practical Demonstration and Training & Advanced Appli· cations of Echocardiography, Doppler and Color Flow Doppler Techniques. American College of Cardiology. Pravin M. Shah, MD, Director. Be­thesda, Md. (800) 253-4636, ext. 228.

May 7-9 Two-Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiogra­phy for the Technologist. American College ofCar­diology. Arthur E. Weyman, MD, and Mary Etta E. King, MD, Directors. Bethesda, Md. (800) 253­4636, ext. 228.

May 10-12 Two-D/Doppler and Color Flow Imaging: Clin­ical Applications-1990. American College ofCar­diology. A. Jarnil Tajik, MD, and James B. Seward, MD, Directors. Bethesda, Md. (800) 253-4636, ext. 228.

May 14-18 Echocardiography. Ultrasound Center. Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD, Director. Winston-Salem, N.C. (919) 748­4505.

July/August 1989

May 21-23 Doppler Echocardiography. Ultrasound Center. Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD, Director. Winston-Salem, N.C. (919) 748-4505.

May 30-June 1 European-American Cardiology in Paris. Amer­ican College of Cardiology. C. Richard Conti, MD, and H.P. Krayenbuhl, MD, Directors. Paris, France. (800) 253-4636.

June 4-6 Two-Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiogra· phy of Congenital Heart Disease. American Col­lege of Cardiology. Roberta G. Williams, MD, and Frederick z. Bierman, MD, Directors. Bethesda, Md. (800) 253-4636, ext. 228.

June 13·15 ASE First Scientific Meeting. Crystal Gateway Marriott. Arlington, Va. (919) 821-1435.

June 13-15 Advanced Echocardiography and Doppler Ultra­sound: 1990. American College ofCardiology. Pra­vin M. Shah, MD, Director. San Diego, Calif. (800) 253-4636.

June 18-22 Two·Dimensional Echocardiography and Cardiac Doppler: Sixth Annual Core Curriculum and Self-Assessment. American College of Cardiology. Arthur D. Hagan, MD, and Anthony N. DeMaria, MD, Directors. Walt Disney World, Fla. (800) 253­4636.

September 16-20 Xllth Congress of the European Society of Car­diology. Stockholm, Sweden. For registrations: ECCO, Clarastrasse 57, P.O. Box 6, CH-4005 Basel/Switzerland, Telephone (61) 691 5111, FAX (61) 691 8189.

October 10·13 Sixth Annual Symposium on 2-D/Doppler and Color Flow Imaging in Congenital Heart Disease. Mayo Clinic. James B. Seward, MD, Director. Roch­ester, Minn. (507) 284-3581.

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JRC-DMS-APPROVED SCHOOLS FOR ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY TRAINING

Academic Sponsors

Bellevue Community College. Diagnostic Ultra­sound Technology, Health Sciences Division­B243, 3000 Landerholm Circle, SE, Bellevue, W A 98009-2037, Mary Elizabeth Smith, Director.

Community College ofAllegheny County. Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program, Boyce Campus, 595 Beatty Road, Monroeville, PA 15146, Lynn Gigan­det, BA, RDMS, Director.

Loma Linda University. Medical Sonography Program, School of Allied Health Professions, Lorna Linda, CA 92350, Marie DeLange, RT, RDMS, Director.

Seattle University. Diagnostic Ultrasound Tech­nology Program, Broadway & Madison, Seattle, W A 98122, Andrea Skelly, BS, RDMS, Director.

University of Oklahoma. Ultrasound Program, Health Sciences Center, College of Allied Health, PO Box 26901, Oklahoma City, OK 73190, Jean Lea Spitz, MPH, RDMS, Director.

Weber State College. Diagnostic Medical Sonog­raphy Program, 3750 Harrison Blvd., Ogden, UT 84408, Jane A. Ward, MEd, RT, Director.

Hospital Sponsors

Jackson Memorial Medical Center. Diagnostic Med­ical Sonography Program, 1611 NW 12th Ave., Mi­ami, FL 33136, Joseph Schnetzer, BS, RDMS, Di­rector.

New York University Medical Center. Diagnos­tic Medical Sonography Program, 550 First Ave., New York, NY 10016, Trudy Dubinsky, BS, RDMS, Director.

University ofWisconsin Hospital and Clinics. School of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, 600 Highland Ave., Madison, WI 53792, John Parks, RT, RDMS, Director.

Proprietary Sponsor

Maryland Institute of Ultrasound Technology, Inc. Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program, PO Box 4411, Timonium, MD 21093. Diana Kawai, BS, RDMS, Director.

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PRECEPTORSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS*

Division of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Thomas Jef­ferson University, Philadelphia. Educational pro­grams are offered on an ongoing basis and cover varying time periods. Participants may choose from one or more weekly courses, the 5-week series, or the individually customized preceptor programs that last a week or longer. Contact: Education Coordi­nator, Division of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 7 Main, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Telephone: (215) 448-8258.

Echocardiography Laboratory, University Hos­pital, University of Washington, Seattle. Direc­tors: Alan S. Pearlman, MD, and Carolyn L. Janko Gardner, RDMS. Training in Doppler and two­dimensional echocardiography. $500/week. Con­tact: Carolyn L. Janko Gardner, RDMS, Supervisor, Echo Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, RG-22, UniversityofWashington, Seattle, WA 98195. Tele­phone: (206) 548-4257.

Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory, Likoff Cardio­vascular Institute, Hahnemann University, Phil­adelphia. Director: Gary S. Mintz, MD. ''Hands-on" and training in M-mode, two-dimensional, and Doppler echocardiography with a variety of systems for the physician and technologist. $625 I week. Con­tact: John Ross, RCPT, Cardiac Ultrasound Labo­ratory, Hahnemann University Hospital, 230 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192. Tele­phone: (215) 448-8258.

Non-Invasive Cardiac Laboratory, Tufts Univer­sity, New England Medical Center Hospitals, Bos­ton. Directors: Natesa G. Pandian, MD, and Marjory Caldeira. ''Hands-on" experience, didactics, teaching tapes, and reading sessions in Doppler echocardi­ography, color Doppler echocardiography, and two­dimensional echocardiography. Exercise echocardi­ography and contrast echocardiography. $500/week for both physicians and technologists. Contact: Natesa G. Pandian, MD, New England Medical Cen­ter, Box 32, Boston, MA 02111. Telephone: (617) 956-6151.

*Preceptorship Training Program information is published in the JOURNAL as a senrice to members.

July/August 1989

Cardiovascular Imaging and Training Center, State University ofNew York, Health Science Cen­ter at Syracuse, Syracuse, N.Y. Directors: George W. Lighty, Jr., MD, PhD, and Christopher L. Hare, BS. Training in Doppler and two-dimensional echocar­diography. Multiple laboratories and instruments. $500/week. Contact: Christopher L. Hare, BS, Echocardiology Laboratory, Department of Medi­cine, SUNY Health Science Center, 750 East Adams St., Syracuse, NY 13210. Telephone: (315) 473­4262.

Echocardiography Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. Directors: Joseph Kisslo, MD, and David Adams, RCPT, RDMS. "Hands-on" training in two-dimensional, Doppler, and color flow echocardiography, including trans­esophageal and intraoperative images. Two hundred to 250 patients a week. $500/week. Contact: Jackie Smith, Box 3818, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710. Telephone: (919) 684-6398.

Echocardiography Laboratory, University of Al­abama, Birmingham, Ala. Directors: Navin C. Nanda, MD, and Sally Moos. Up-to-date training in color Doppler, Doppler, and two-dimensional echocardiography is offered via "handS-on," lec­tures and case reviews, workbook, videotape li­brary, and wide selection of pathology on 125 patients/week with television central monitoring. $500/week. Contact: Karla M. Herrman, Spain­Wallace Building WOO1, University ofAlabama Hos­pital, Birmingham, AL 35294. Telephone: (205) 934-4137.

Echocardiography Laboratory, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, N.Y. Di­rector: Richard S. Meltzer, MD. Chief Sonogra­pher: Gerson Sol Lichtenberg, RDMS. Training in M-mode, two-dimensional, pulsed wave and contin­uous wave, and color flow Doppler. Preceptorship individualized to suit particular training needs. Mul­tiple types ofequipment. Didactic sessions, teaching videotapes, etc. Cost: $100/day, $400/week. Con­tact: Richard Meltzer, MD, Cardiology Box 679, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642. Telephone: (716) 275-4757.

Echocardiography Laboratory, Temple Univer­sity, Philadelphia. Director: John P. Panidis, MD. "Hands-on" experience and training in two­dimensional, Doppler, and color flow echocardiog­raphy. Individualized program to suit particular training needs. $500/week for physicians and tech­nologists. Contact: Ray Gonzales, Non-invasive Car­diac Laboratory, Temple University Hospital, Broad and Tioga Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19140. Tele­phone: (215) 221-7096.

CORPORATE AFFILIATE MEMBERS

Acuson, Inc. Advanced Technology Laboratories, Inc. Berlex Laboratories, Inc. Biosound Inc. Corometrics Medical Systems, Inc. General Electric Medical Systems Group Hewlett-Packard Company Interspec Inc. Molecular Biosystems Siemens Corporation

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