Point-of-care echocardiographic screening for left-sided valve heart disease: high yield and affordable cost in an elderly cohort recruited in primary practice

BACKGROUND: Data about the epidemiology of valvular heart disease (VHD) in the elderly is scarce. Hand-held ultrasound devices (HUDs) enable point-of-care ultrasound scanning (POCUS) but their use in an elderly population has not been reported for VHD screening in primary practice. METHODS: One hund...

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Autores principales: Williams, Catrin, Mateescu, Anca, Rees, Emma, Truman, Kirstie, Elliott, Claire, Bahlay, Bohdana, Wallis, Ailsa, Ionescu, Adrian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6709539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31475072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/ERP-19-0011

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6709539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31475072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/ERP-19-0011

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