Hand-held echo is not so handy in everyone’s hands: Misdiagnosing congenital septal defects in patients with heart murmurs | Zendy

Biljana Putniković | Zendy; Ivan Stanković | Zendy; Predrag Miličević | Zendy; Miloje Marjanovic | Zendy; Aleksandar Nešković | Zendy

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Hand-held echo is not so handy in everyone’s hands: Misdiagnosing congenital septal defects in patients with heart murmurs

Author(s) -

Biljana Putniković,

Ivan Stanković,

Predrag Miličević,

Miloje Marjanovic,

Aleksandar Nešković

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 2406-0895

pISSN - 0370-8179

DOI - 10.2298/sarh1506322p

Subject(s) - medicine , echo (communications protocol) , radiology , ultrasound , heart murmur , cardiology , computer network , computer science

Echocardiography is a highly operator-dependant technique which requires adequate training and skills that are frequently not present, considering the widespread use of cardiovascular ultrasound. This could particularly be true for hand-held echo devices which made echocardiography more accessible but are frequently used by non-cardiologists and non-experts.

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