Abstract
In a study, published in this issue of Echo Research and Practice, Ntoskas et al. retrospectively analyzed the safety of a cardiac physiologist performing, and interpreting, Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) in of 300 patients undergoing DSE for the detection of inducible reversible ischemia, myocardial viability and valvular heart disease. While safety during the tests themselves did not appear to be compromised with this unsupervised approach, the interpretation of these DSEs causes concerns regarding broad patient safety relative to misread results.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | E7-E8 |
Journal | Echo Research and Practice |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2018 |
Keywords
- Cardiac physiologist
- Coronary artery disease (CAD)
- Dobutamine
- Safety
- Stress echocardiography
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Advanced and Specialized Nursing