Open AccessEvaluation of YouTube as a reliable source for patient education on aortic valve stenosis
Author(s) -
Charl Khalil,
Michael Megaly,
Catherine Ekladios,
Ali K. Ibrahim,
Wassim Mosleh,
Mariam Tawadros,
Yan Yatsynovich,
Tharmathai Ramanan,
Mina Youssef,
Nader Hanna,
Mofid Khalil,
Karim AlAzizi,
Fadi Shamoun,
Brian Page,
John Corbelli
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.83
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2223-3660
pISSN - 2223-3652
DOI - 10.21037/cdt.2019.08.05
Subject(s) - medicine , upload , stenosis , population , aortic valve , aortic valve stenosis , cardiology , surgery , world wide web , environmental health , computer science
Aortic stenosis (AS) is a prevalent disease in the elderly population and has been a public health concern for decades. YouTube is currently being used for obtaining healthcare related information. We evaluated the quality of information about AS on YouTube for patient education.