Applicability, limitations and downstream impact of echocardiography utilization based on the appropriateness use criteria for transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1951-1958

  Alqarqaz, Mohammad ^a   Koneru, Jayanth ^a   Mahan, Meredith ^a   Ananthasubramaniam, Karthik ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriate use criteria; Appropriateness; Impact; Transthoracic echocardiography; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870556070     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-012-0008-6     Document Type: Article

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