학술논문

Poster session 2
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Article
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Martins Fernandes, STeixeira, RRoussin, ILynch, MBadano, LMuraru, DRomeo, GErmacora, DMarotta, CAruta, PCucchini, UIliceto, SGarcia Campos, AMartin-Fernandez, MDe La Hera Galarza, JMCorros-Vicente, CColunga Blanco, SVelasco-Alonso, ELeon-Aguero, VRodriguez-Suarez, MLMoris De La Tassa, CErdei, TEdwards, JBraim, DPrice, CFraser, AGCardiffInvestigators, MEDIAMehdipoor, GSalmani, FArjmand Shabestari, AHanboly, NMichalski, BWSzymczyk, EKupczynska, KPeczek, LNawrot, BLipiec, PKasprzak, JDVriz, ODriussi, CFerrara, FBrosolo, GAntonini-Canterin, FMagne, JAboyans, VBossone, EMo, VYBellucci, BMFisher, JMBalekian, AALe, T TIdapalapati, SHuang, FWong, JITan, RSRibeiro, JMTeixeira, RMadeira, MAlmeida, IReis, LSiserman, ADinis, PDias, LRamos, APGoncalves, LTernacle, JWan, FWSawaki, DSDubois-Rande, JLDRAdnot, SACzibik, GCDerumeaux, GDYurdakul, SELENErcan, GTekkesin, ILKERSahin, STCengiz, BCelik, GDemircan, SAytekin, SAIDEShetye, ARazvi, NANazir, SAPrice, NKhan, JNKanagala, PSingh, ASquire, IMccann, GPStoebe, SLangel, MPfeiffer, DHagendorff, ALisowska, APtaszynska-Kopczynska, KMarcinkiewicz-Siemion, MKnapp, MWitkowski, MMusial, WJKaminski, KChinali, MNatali, BD' Anna, CLeonardi, BSecinaro, APongiglione, GRinelli, GOrabona, MRenard, SMichel, NMancini, JHaentjens, JSitbon, OHabib, GContaldi, CImbriaco, MAlcidi, GSantoro, CBuonauro, ALo Iudice, FLembo, MCuocolo, ATrimarco, BGalderisi, MDe La Chica, JAMora Robles, JRoldan Jimenez, MAMancisidor, MADe Mora, MACodolosa, JNAlnabelsi, TGoykhman, IKoshkelashvili, NRomero-Corral, APressman, GSTrzcinski, PMichalski, BWKupczynska, KMiskowiec, DLipiec, PKasprzak, JDPrado Diaz, SMontoro Lopez, NRefoyo Salicio, EValbuena Lopez, SCGonzalez, OAlvarez, CMoreno Yanguela, MBartha Rasero, JLDe La Calle, MGuzman Martinez, GMorales Portano, J DSuarez-Cuenca, JAMerino, JAGomez Alvarez, E BDelgado, LGHa, SJWoo, YMBang, WDSohn, GHCheong, SSYoo, SYValente, FRodriguez Palomares, JFGutierrez, LMaldonado, GPineda, VGalian, LTeixido, GGonzalez Allujas, MTEvangelista, AGarcia Dorado, DJoseph, GZaremba, TEkeloef, SHeiberg, EEngblom, HJensen, SESogaard, PValente, FRodriguez Palomares, JFGutierrez, LGarcia, GPineda, VGalian, LTeixido, GGonzalez Allujas, MTEvangelista, AGarcia Dorado, DScali, MCDini, FLGalli, FLattanzi, FPicano, EMarzilli, MCordeiro, FLeao, SMoz, MMagalhaes, PTrigo, JMateus, PSFerreira, AMoreira, JIDuchateau, NDe Craene, MLegallois, DLabombarda, FPellissier, ASermesant, MSaloux, EFabris, EMerlo, MMoretti, MBarbati, GStolfo, DGigli, MPinamonti, BSinagra, GCostantino, MFDores, EMatera, AInnelli, PInnelli, PLopizzo, AViolini, RFiorilli, RCappabianca, GPicano, ETarsia, GCho, I JSeo, JChang, HJHeo, RKim, ICShim, CYHong, GRChung, NGoublaire, CMelissopoulou, MMNguyen, VBrochet, ECimadevilla, CCodogno, IVahanian, AMessika-Zeitoun, DLam, WPontana, FVassiliou, VPrasad, SGalli, ELeclercq, CSamset, EDonal, EKim, KHLim, DSMariani, MBianchi, GRossi, FGianetti, JMarchi, FCerone, ENardelli, ATerrazzi, MSolinas, MMaffei, SMalev, EPshepiy, AVasina, LTimofeev, EReeva, SZemtsovsky, EZuercher, FBrugger, NJahren, SDe Marchi, SFSeiler, CTang, ZJin, CNTang, HFan, KKam, KYan, BPYu, CMLee, PWCimino, SReali, MSilvetti, ESalatino, TMancone, MPennacchi, MGiordano, ASardella, GAgati, LMahia, PTirado, GNogales-Romo, MTMarcos-Alberca, PDe Agustin, AAlmeria, CRodrigo, JLGarcia Fernandez, MAMacaya, CPerez De Isla, LDe La Chica, JAMancisidor, MLara Garcia, CVivancos, RDe Mora, MPetrovic, JPetrovic, MVujisic-Tesic, BTrifunovic, DBoricic-Kostic, MPetrovic, IDraganic, GPetrovic, OTomic-Dragovic, MCiobotaru, VRemsey- Semmelweiss, EKogoj, PFurlan, TAmbrozic, JMohorko Pleskovic, PNBunc, MGuerreiro, SRibeiras, RAbecasis, JAndrade, MJMendes, MSaxena, ARamakrishnan, SGupta, SKJuneja, RKothari, SSMozenska, OZaleska, MSegiet, AChwesiuk, SKroc, AKosior, DAPontone, GAndreini, DSolbiati, AGuglielmo, MMushtaq, SBaggiano, ABeltrama, VRota, CGuaricci, AIPepi, MMacaya Ten, FPons Llinares, JAsmarats Serra, LPericas Ramis, PCaldes Llull, OGrau Sepulveda, AFrontera, GVaquer Segui, ANoris, MBethencourt Gonzalez, ACaballero, LCliment Paya, VMartinez Moreno, MSaura, DOliva, MJSanchez Quinones, JGarcia Honrubia, AValdes, MDe La Morena, GAvegliano, GTerricabras, MCostabel, JPRonderos, REvangelista, AVenturini, CGalve, EHalmai, LNemes, ANeubauer, SRahman Haley, SBanner, NReis, LTeixeira, RCaetano, FAlmeida, ITrigo, JBotelho, ASilva, JNascimento, JGoncalves, LTrifunovic, DTesic, MJovanovic, IPetrovic, OBoricic-Kostic, MDragovic, MPetrovic, MStepanovic, JBanovic, MVujisic-Tesic, BGospodinova, MGuergelcheva, VChamova, TSarafov, STournev, IDenchev, SMakavos, GIkonomidis, IPsarogiannakopoulos, PTsirigotis, PParaskevaidis, ILekakis, JD'ascenzi, FPelliccia, ANatali, BMCameli, MFocardi, MBonifazi, MMondillo, SDantas Tavares De Melo, MLima, CAssed, LKalil Filho, RMady, CBochi, E ASalemi, V M CBonapace, STargher, GValbusa, FRossi, ALanzoni, LLipari, PZenari, LMolon, GCanali, GBarbieri, EKulkarni, ALi, LCraft, MNanda, MLorenzo, JMKutty, SCameli, MBombardini, TSparla, SDi Tommaso, CLosito, MIncampo, EMaccherini, MMondillo, SIngvarsson, AWerther Evaldsson, ARadegran, GStagmo, MWaktare, JRoijer, AMeurling, CJDriessen, MMPHui, WMeijboom, FJBijnens, BDragulescu, AMertens, LFriedberg, MKTufekcioglu, OSensoy, BSuleymanoglu, MAkin, YSahan, ESasmaz, HRadulescu, DPasca, LBuzdugan, EChis, BStoicescu, LBarac, ALynce, FCSmith, KLMete, MIsaacs, CCioffi, GViapiana, ODi Nora, COgnibeni, FFracassi, EGiollo, AMazzone, CFaganello, GDi Lenarda, ARossini, MAlmeida Morais, LGalrinho, ABranco, LTimoteo, A TRodrigues, IDaniel, PRosa, SFerreira, LFerreira, RLedakowicz-Polak, APolak, LKrauza, GStokfisz, KZielinska, MPortugal, GBranco, L MGalrinho, AMota Carmo, MTeresa Timoteo, AAguiar Rosa, SAbreu, JPinto Teixeira, PViveiros Monteiro, ACruz Ferreira, RNaksuk, NPeeraphatdit, TChaiteerakij, RKlarich, KWParato, V MMasia, SKovalova, SNecas, JCherubini, ANistri, SNegri, FBarbati, GCioffi, GRusso, GMazzone, CFaganello, GPandullo, CDi Lenarda, ACorrado, GDurante, ARovelli, EGenchi, VTrabattoni, LZerboni, SCCattaneo, LButti, EFerrari, GMalev, ELuneva, EMitrofanova, LUspensky, VZemtsovsky, EWierzbowska-Drabik, KKasprzak, JDLesevic, HRosner, SKarl, MOtt, ISonne, CLaredj, NAli Lahmar, HMHammou, LPieles, G EForsey, JGowing, LMiller, FRamanujam, PStuart, AGWilliams, CAGenerati, GBandera, FPellegrino, MCarbone, FLabate, VAlfonzetti, EGuazzi, MVan Zalen, JJPatel, NRRaju, PBeale, LBrickley, GLloyd, GWAquila, IFernandez-Golfin, CGonzalez, ARincon, LMHinojar, RGarcia, AMegias, AJimenez-Nacher, JJMoya, JLZamorano, JLCheng, H-LLanzoni, LMolon, GCanali, GBonapace, SChiampan, AAlbrigi, LBarbieri, EAsmarats Serra, LNoris Mora, MRodriguez Fernandez, AExposito Pineda, CGrande, CGonzalez Colino, RMacaya Ten, FFernandez Vazquez, XFortuny Frau, EBethencourt Gonzalez, AKadrabulatova, SRanjbar, SKarvandi, MSzczesniak-Stanczyk, DBlaszczyk, RZarczuk, RBrzozowski, WJanowski, MWysokinski, AStanczyk, BConsortium, ReMeDiSharka, IMyftiu, STeferici, DQuka, ADado, EDjamandi, JKresto, LDuka, AKristo, ABalla, IDi Salvo, GIssa, ZMoiduddin, NSiblini, GBulbul, ZBen Kahla, SAbid, LAbid, DKammoun, SLi, LRush, ECraft, MGoodwin, JKreikemeier, RCantinotti, MKutty, SHadeed, HAZolaly, M AKhoshhal, SQEl-Harbi, KTarawah, AAl-Hawsawi, ZAl-Mozainy, IHabeeb, H ABakhoum, S W GNabil, M NElebrashy, I NToscano, AChinali, MAlbanese, SCarotti, AIacobelli, REsposito, CSecinaro, AMoscogiuri, GPasquini, LGranata, FMalvezzi Caracciolo, MBianchi, RMCaso, PArenga, FRiegler, LScarafile, RD'andrea, ARusso, MGCalabro', PDjikic, DSimic, DSPeric, VPMujovic, NMMarinkovic, MMJankovic, NJWdowiak-Okrojek, KShim, AWejner-Mik, PKasprzak, JDLipiec, PGirgis, H Y ASharma, AJain, NKharwar, RSaran, RKNarain, VSDwivedi, SKSethi, RChandra, SPradhan, ASafal, SSoro, CMarchetti, MFCacace, CCongia, MNissardi, VRuscazio, MMeloni, LMontisci, RGallego Page, J CGallego Sanchez, GCalero, SPortero, JJTercero, AGarcia, JCBarambio, MMartinez Lazaro, RCorneli, MMeretta, AHPerea, GOBelcastro, FAguirre, EDe Luca, IHenquin, RMasoli, O
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European Journal of Echocardiography; December 2015, Vol. 16 Issue: Supplement 2 pS73-S73, 1p
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15252167; 15322114
Abstract
Introduction: The relationship between the appropriateness of the transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and its clinical impact is still a matter of debate. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the degree of adherence to the appropriate use criteria for echocardiography, in a tertiary public hospital in the United Kingdom, as well as the clinical impact of the exam on patient management. Methods: 859 TTE’s performed consecutively during January 2014 were reviewed to assess its appropriateness, and were classified as appropriate, uncertain or inappropriate using the 2011 guidelines. Subsequently, patient’s files were examined to determine the clinical impact of the TTE which was assigned to one of the following three categories: (1) active change in care, (2) continuation of current care, or (3) no change in care. Patients which files were not available were excluded (259). All classifications were evaluated by two independent cardiologists, with no direct relation to the study. Results: Our sample had a mean age of 63 ± 17 years with a gender balance. The majority of the exams were requested at the outpatient (81.4%) clinic, by cardiologists (50.3%) and general practitioners (13.4%). Regarding the main findings, in 7.6% of the studies there were moderate to severe systolic dysfunction; 4.0% showed severe valvular heart disease and 5.1% had significant pulmonary hypertension. Relatively to the appropriateness of the TTE requests, 76.5% were considered appropriate, 7.1% inappropriate and 12.6% uncertain. With respect to the clinical impact of the TTE’s, 42.7% of the exams led to an active change in care, 15.6% to a continuation of the care and 11.5% revealed no change in care. Age (β0.90, P=0.05) and outpatient setting (β4.4, P<0.01) were the most important predictors of an active change of care exam. On the contrary, the appropriateness of the TTE’s requests (β1.1, P=0.56) and the specialist ordering the exams (β0.81, P=0.26) were not independently associated. Conclusion: Our data showed that almost 8 out of 10 TTE were considered appropriate, and 4 out of 10 exams had an active clinical impact.

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