Hand-held cardiac ultrasound screening performed by family doctors with remote expert support interpretation

Heart

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 376-382

  Evangelista, Arturo ^a   Galuppo, Valentina ^a   Méndez, Judith ^b   Evangelista, Lidia ^a   Arpal, Lidia ^b   Rubio, Carles ^b   Vergara, Montserrat ^b   Liceran, Manuela ^a   López, Francesc ^b   Sales, Carlos ^b   Miralles, Vicens ^b   Galinsoga, Anna ^b   Pérez, Jordi ^b   Arteaga, Mercedes ^b   Salvador, Betlem ^a   López, Carlos ^c   García Dorado, David ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b SAP Muntanya   (Spain)

^c Department of Gynecology   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIENT SERVER APPLICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART DISEASES; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SPAIN; TELECONSULTATION; TRANSDUCER; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMOTE CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SPAIN; TRANSDUCERS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962148716     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308421     Document Type: Article

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