Application of 2011 American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Society of Echocardiography appropriateness use criteria in hospitalized patients referred for transthoracic echocardiography in a community setting

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 589-598

  Ballo, Piercarlo ^a   Bandini, Fabrizio ^a   Capecchi, Irene ^b   Chiodi, Leandro ^a   Ferro, Giuseppe ^a   Fortini, Alberto ^c   Giuliani, Gabriele ^b   Landini, Giancarlo ^a   Laureano, Raffaele ^a   Milli, Massimo ^a   Nenci, Gabriele ^b   Pizzarelli, Francesco ^a   Santoro, Giovanni Maria ^b   Vannelli, Pasquale ^c   Cappelletti, Carlo ^d   Zuppiroli, Alfredo ^d  

^a SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Serristori Hospital   (Italy)

^d Local Health Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Inpatient; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84861575812     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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