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Impact of the COVID pandemic on quality measures in a pediatric echocardiography lab.

Anna-Claire MarroneGemma MorrowMichael S KellemanJoan LipinskiWilliam BorderRitu Sachdeva
Published in: Progress in pediatric cardiology (2022)
At our center, though diagnostic error rate did not change during the pandemic and the proportion of echocardiograms ordered for appropriate indications increased, imaging quality in COVID patients was compromised, especially for systemic and pulmonary veins, pulmonary arteries and arch. Though no new pathology was noted on the small number of patients who had follow-up studies, we are paying careful attention to these structures to avoid diagnostic errors going forward.
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