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Left ventricular hipertrophy and ultrasound at emergency department

2014; Springer Nature; Volume: 6; Issue: S1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/2036-7902-6-s1-a11

2036-7902

A Oviedo-García, M Algaba-Montes, Alexandra Grau, J Lopez-Libano, JM Alvarez-Franco, N Diaz-Rodriguez, Andrés Rodríguez-Lorenzo,

Radiation Dose and Imaging

Background In Spain, the skills of Emergency Physicians (EP) in the process of echocardiography have been discussed for more than three decades. The current scientific evidence supports strongly the use of echocardiography by the EP, for its speed, agility and safety for the patient providing an early diagnosis of serious or potentially serious diseases. In this sense, echocardiographic technique training makes that in the clinical practice of Emergency Departments is used as diagnostic support tool in initial attention to the patient suffering.