Open AccessPediatric echocardiograms performed at primary centers: Diagnostic errors and missing links!
Author(s) -
Rahul Saraf,
P Suresh,
Sunita Maheshwari,
Sejal Shah
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.149514
Subject(s) - medicine , transthoracic echocardiogram , tertiary care , transesophageal echocardiogram , cardiac catheterization , center (category theory) , pediatrics , cardiology , chemistry , crystallography
The present study was undertaken to assess the accuracy of pediatric echocardiograms done at non-tertiary centers and to evaluate the relationship of inaccurate interpretations with age, echocardiogram performer and complexity of congenital heart disease (CHD).