Determination of Left Ventricular Function by Emergency Physician Echocardiography of Hypotensive Patients

L. Moore, Christopher; Rose, Geoffrey; S. Tayal, Vivek; Matthew Sullivan, D.; A. Arrowood, James; A. Kline, Jeffrey

doi:10.1111/j.1553-2712.2002.tb00242.x

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Determination of Left Ventricular Function by Emergency Physician Echocardiography of Hypotensive Patients

Published in Academic Emergency Medicine • Mar 1, 2002

Authors:

Christopher L. Moore

Geoffrey Rose

Vivek S. Tayal

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether emergency physicians (EPs) with goal-directed training can use echocardiography to accurately assess left ventricular function (LVF) in hypotensive emergency department (ED) patients. METHODS: Prospective, observational study at an urban teaching ED with >100,000 visi...

Subject

Medicine

Myocardial infarction

Emergency department

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