Feasibility and reliability of point-of-care pocket-sized echocardiography.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To study the reliability and feasibility of point-of-care pocket-sized echocardiography (POCKET) at the bedside in patients admitted to a medical department at a non-university hospital.

Methods and results

One hundred and eight patients were randomized to bedside POCKET examination shortly after admission and later high-end echocardiography (HIGH) in the echo-lab. The POCKET examinations were done by cardiologists on their ward rounds. Assessments of global and regional left ventricular (LV) function, right ventricular (RV) function, valvular function, left atrial (LA) size, the pericardium and pleura were done with respect to effusion and measurements of inferior vena cava (IVC) and abdominal aorta (AA) were performed. Correlations between POCKET and HIGH/appropriate

SUBMITTER: Andersen GN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3171198 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature