Echocardiography is a widely available diagnostic procedure with minimal patient risk. However, there are concerns that echocardiography may be overused relative to clinical need. To this end, appropriate use criteria have been developed to support the effective and efficient use of echocardiography. However, the clinical impact of echocardiography in relation to appropriateness has not been […]
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Echocardiographic screening of general population of no benefit
While echocardiographic screening for structural heart disease is recommended in patients with a family history of cardiac arrest or hereditary conditions affecting the heart or great vessels, whether echocardiographic screening is warranted in the general population is unknown. […]