Handheld echocardiography during hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Handheld echocardiography (HHE) is concordant with standard transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in a variety of settings but has not been thoroughly compared to traditional TTE in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Hypothesis

Completed by experienced operators, HHE provides accurate diagnostic capabilities compared with standard TTE in AMI patients.

Methods

This study prospectively enrolled patients admitted to the coronary care unit with AMI. Experienced sonographers performed HHE with a V-scan. All patients underwent clinical TTE. Each HHE was interpreted by 2 experts blinded to standard TTE. Agreement was assessed with κ statistics and concordance correlation coefficients.

Results

Analysis included 82 patients (mean age, 66 years; 7

SUBMITTER: Cullen MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6490553 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature