"Echo pause" for postoperative transthoracic echocardiographic surveillance.
Kelly CoxAlisa ArunamataCatherine D KrawczeskiCharitha ReddyAlaina K KippsJin LongStephen J RothDavid M AxelrodFrank HanleyAndrew ShinElif Seda Selamet TierneyPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2019)
Our results suggest that the number of "potentially redundant" TTEs during inpatient postoperative surveillance of patients with congenital heart disease can be decreased by a simple intervention during rounds such as an "Echo Pause."
Keyphrases
- ejection fraction
- end stage renal disease
- patients undergoing
- public health
- magnetic resonance
- randomized controlled trial
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- mental health
- peritoneal dialysis
- diffusion weighted imaging
- palliative care
- diffusion weighted
- left ventricular
- magnetic resonance imaging
- patient reported
- acute care