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