Improved efficiency and diagnostic utility of inpatient transthoracic echocardiography following implementation of a sonographer-initiated perflutren-based contrast administration protocol

Improved efficiency and diagnostic utility of inpatient transthoracic echocardiography following implementation of a sonographer-initiated perflutren-based contrast administration protocol

Abstract Background Up to 20% of resting echocardiograms obtained are suboptimal leading to further downstream testing and delays in diagnosis. Contrast enhanced echocardiography is well established and endorsed for use by the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) in clinical scenarios when 2 o...

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Main Authors: Ryan Prentice, Homayoun Ahmadian, Dustin Thomas, Jeremy Berger, Rosco Gore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Subjects:
Contrast
Contrast Echo
Sonographer
Echocardiogram
Ultrasound enhancing agent
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12947-020-00215-0

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