Application of Appropriateness Criteria in Outpatient Transthoracic Echocardiography

BACKGROUND: Appropriateness criteria were applied to outpatient transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) studies. METHODS: Indications were rated as appropriate, inappropriate, or unclassifiable, considering provider-stated indications, previous TTE studies, symptom changes, and patient-stated indicati...

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Main Authors: Kirkpatrick, James N., Ky, Bonnie, Rahmouni, Hind W., Chirinos, Julio A., Farmer, Steven A., Fields, Anjali V., Ogbara, Jeffrey, Eberman, Karen M., Ferrari, Victor A., Silvestry, Frank E., Keane, Martin G., Opotowsky, Alexander R., Sutton, Martin St. John, Wiegers, Susan E.
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Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2881157/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19131002
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2008.10.020
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