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Hindi International Journal of Cardiovascular ResearchISSN: 2324-8602
Karthik Ananthasubramaniam Author
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Syncope, Transthoracic echocardiography
Heart and Vascular Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, USA
Biography
Heart and Vascular Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, USA, Three downstream health resources were evaluated: cardiology consultation, further testing and therapeutic interventions after TTE was done. Results: Of the study group, 65% (295/456) of patients were found to have utilized no downstream health resources
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Utility of Routine Transthoracic Echocardiography in Hospitalized Syncope Patients Risk Stratified by EGSYS Score
Author(s): Ali Shafiq,, Hardik Bhansali, Meredith Mahan and Karthik Ananthasubramaniam
Utility of Routine Transthoracic Echocardiography in Hospitalized Syncope Patients Risk Stratified by EGSYS Score
Background: The yield of routine transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in the diagnosis and risk stratification of syncope has been a subject of debate. Purpose and Methods: To compare the yield of TTE in different risk categories of syncope patients, we performed a retrospective study of patients who had a TTE with an admission diagnosis of syncope. The patients were then stratified into low and high risk categories based on their Evaluation of Guidelines in Syncope Study (E... view more»
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