On-call transthoracic echocardiographic interpretation by first year cardiology fellows: comparison with attending cardiologists

Abstract Background Transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) performed and interpreted by cardiology fellows during off-duty hours are critical to patient care, however limited data exist on their interpretive accuracy. Our aims were to determine the discordance rate between TTEs performed and interprete...

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Main Authors: Aferdita Spahillari, Ian McCormick, Jesse X. Yang, Gene R. Quinn, Warren J. Manning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-019-1634-7