Improvement in the assessment of diastolic function in a clinical echocardiography laboratory following implementation of a quality improvement initiative

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1169-1179

  Johnson, Thomas V ^a   Symanski, John D ^a   Patel, Sanjay R ^a   Rose, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Echocardiography; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INSERVICE TRAINING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 80055023327     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.08.018     Document Type: Article

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