Junior medical student performed focused cardiac ultrasound after brief training to detect significant valvular heart disease

Junior medical student performed focused cardiac ultrasound after brief training to detect significant valvular heart disease

Background: Focused cardiac ultrasound (FOCUS) examination using a portable device is increasingly used for bedside diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. This is a 4-week pilot project aiming to teach medical students to perform FOCUS to detect valvular heart lesions. Methods: Patients undergoing ro...

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Main Authors: Bryan P. Yan, Jacquelyn Chi-Ying Fok, Teddy Hong-Yee Wong, Gary Tse, Alex P.W. Lee, Xing-Sheng Yang, Jing-Ping Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906718300356

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