Pre-operative echocardiogram in hip fracture patients with cardiac murmur- an audit

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>All hip fracture patients with a cardiac murmur have an echocardiogram as a part of their preoperative work-up in our unit. We performed a retrospective audit to assess the impact of obtaining a pre-operative echocardiogram on the ma...

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Main Authors: Talkhani Imtiyaz, Junejo Shahid, Kakwani Rajesh, Jettoo Prithee, Dixon Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Online Access:http://www.josr-online.com/content/6/1/49