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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-06-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Education |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-019-1634-7 |