Clinical Utility and Cost of Inpatient Transthoracic Echocardiography Following Acute Ischemic Stroke.

Margaret MooresVignan YogendrakumarOlena BereznyakovaWalid AlesefirKednapa ThavornHailey PettemGrant StottsDar DowlatshahiMichel Shamy

Published in: The Neurohospitalist (2020)

Given the low clinical utility of inpatient TTE after acute ischemic stroke and the costs associated with prolonging admission, discharge from hospital should not be delayed solely to obtain TTE.

Keyphrases

acute ischemic stroke
acute care
palliative care
mental health
left ventricular
emergency department
healthcare
heart failure
adverse drug
electronic health record