Use of a web-based application of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Society of Echocardiography appropriateness use criteria for transthoracic echocardiography: A pilot study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-276

  Bhave, Nicole M ^a   Mansour, Ibrahim N ^a   Veronesi, Federico ^a   Razi, Rabia R ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a   Ward, R Parker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Echocardiography; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY FOUNDATION; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA STENOSIS; APPROPRIATE USE CRITERIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MURMUR; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY CONTROL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SYNCOPE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WEB BROWSER;

DATA COLLECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952021519     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.12.027     Document Type: Article

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