Implementation of Ultraportable Echocardiography in an Adolescent Sudden Cardiac Arrest Screening Program | Zendy

Thomas E. Vanhecke | Zendy; James E. Weber | Zendy; Matthew Ebinger | Zendy; K. Bonzheim | Zendy; Frank V. Tilli | Zendy; Sunilkumar Rao | Zendy; Abdulfatah Osman | Zendy; Marc A. Silver | Zendy; Karsten H. Fliegner | Zendy; Steve Almany | Zendy; David E. Haines | Zendy

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Implementation of Ultraportable Echocardiography in an Adolescent Sudden Cardiac Arrest Screening Program

Author(s) -

Thomas E. Vanhecke,

James E. Weber,

Matthew Ebinger,

K. Bonzheim,

Frank V. Tilli,

Sunilkumar Rao,

Abdulfatah Osman,

Marc A. Silver,

Karsten H. Fliegner,

Steve Almany,

David E. Haines

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

clinical medicine insights cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634

H-Index - 21

ISSN - 1179-5468

DOI - 10.4137/cmc.s15779

Subject(s) - medicine , physical examination , sudden cardiac death , cardiology , abnormality , sudden cardiac arrest , population , family history , medical history , sudden death , psychiatry , environmental health

Over a 12-month period, adolescent heart-screening programs were performed for identifying at-risk adolescents for sudden cardiac death (SCD) in our community. Novel to our study, all adolescents received an abbreviated, ultraportable echocardiography (UPE). In this report, we describe the use of UPE in this screening program.

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