The use of transthoracic echocardiography and adherence to appropriate use criteria at a regional hospital

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1015-1022

  Bailey, Simone A ^a   Mosteanu, Ionut ^a   Tietjen, Patricia A ^a   Petrini, Joann R ^a   Alexander, Jonathan ^a   Keller, Andrew M ^a  

^a DANBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Appropriateness; AUC; Echocardiography; Regional; Transthoracic

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONNECTICUT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84865275886     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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