Evaluation of the Application of the ACCF/ASE Appropriateness Criteria for Transesophageal Echocardiography in an Academic Medical Center

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 517-522

  Mansour, Ibrahim N ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a   Furlong, Kathy T ^a   Ryan, Anne ^a   Ward, R Parker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriateness criteria; Echocardiography; Quality; Transesophageal echocardiography; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CHICAGO; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 67349288062     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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