Appropriate use criteria for transthoracic echocardiography at a tertiary care center

Introduction and Objectives: The American College of Cardiology and American Society of Echocardiography have developed appropriate use criteria for echocardiography. The objective of this study was to assess the rate of appropriate requests for transthoracic echocardiography at a Portuguese tertiar...

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Main Authors: Paulo Fonseca, Francisco Sampaio, José Ribeiro, Helena Gonçalves, Vasco Gama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-12-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S087025511500270X