Open AccessAssociation Between Inpatient Echocardiography Use and Outcomes in Adult Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Quinn R. Pack,
Aruna Priya,
Tara Lagu,
Penelope S. Pekow,
J. Schilling,
William Hiser,
Peter K. Lindenauer
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.1051
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , quartile , emergency medicine , retrospective cohort study , odds ratio , ejection fraction , healthcare cost and utilization project , mortality rate , cardiology , confidence interval , health care , heart failure , economics , economic growth
Guidelines recommend that patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) undergo echocardiography for assessment of cardiac structure and ejection fraction, but little is known about the association between echocardiography as used in routine clinical management of AMI and patient outcomes.
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