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 hu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-08-01
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| Series: | Echo Research and Practice |
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| Online Access: | https://erp.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/echo/6/3/ERP-19-0011.xml |