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Hand-carried Echocardiography by Hospitalists: A Randomized Trial
Lucas B, Candotti C, Margeta B, Mba B, Kumapley R, Asmar A, Franco-Sadud R, Baru J, Acob C, Borkowsky S, Evans A. Hand-carried Echocardiography by Hospitalists: A Randomized Trial. The American Journal Of Medicine 2011, 124: 766-774. PMID: 21663885, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.03.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayHand-carried echocardiographyStandard echocardiographyUsual careDiagnostic accuracyGeneral medicine inpatientsGeneral medicine patientsMain outcome measuresPatient outcome dataFavorable diagnostic accuracyHospitalist careHospital dischargeMedicine inpatientsSecondary outcomesHeart failureMedicine patientsSubgroup analysisTeaching hospitalHospitalist serviceOutcome measuresEchocardiographyOutcome dataStayCare qualityCare informationDiagnostic accuracy of hospitalist‐performed hand‐carried ultrasound echocardiography after a brief training program
Lucas B, Candotti C, Margeta B, Evans A, Mba B, Baru J, Asbury J, Asmar A, Kumapley R, Patel M, Borkowsky S, Fung S, Charles‐Damte M. Diagnostic accuracy of hospitalist‐performed hand‐carried ultrasound echocardiography after a brief training program. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2009, 4: 340-349. PMID: 19670355, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLarge pericardial effusionInferior vena cavaSevere LV hypertrophyStandard echocardiographySystolic dysfunctionLV hypertrophyPericardial effusionMitral regurgitationDiagnostic accuracyUltrasound echocardiographyCardiac abnormalitiesBrief training programImportant cardiac abnormalitiesLeft atrium enlargementSevere LA enlargementLV systolic dysfunctionVentricular systolic dysfunctionProspective cohort studySevere mitral regurgitationLarge public teaching hospitalPublic teaching hospitalNegative likelihood ratioTraining programAtrium enlargementLikelihood ratio
2020
Double valve involvement: papillary fibroelastoma in a patient with severe mitral and aortic valve regurgitation.
Ajiboye O, Racoma J, Hussain K, Mba B. Double valve involvement: papillary fibroelastoma in a patient with severe mitral and aortic valve regurgitation. BMJ Case Reports 2020, 13: e234828. PMID: 32675116, PMCID: PMC7368505, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-234828.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAortic valve regurgitationValve regurgitationPapillary fibroelastomaSevere mitralValve replacementDouble valve replacementCardiac papillary fibroelastomaSevere regurgitationTransthoracic echocardiographyEmbolic phenomenaInfective endocarditisClinical manifestationsPulmonary vasculatureIncidental findingBenign neoplasmsMobile massRegurgitationFibroelastomaPatientsMitralEndocarditisEchocardiographySequelaeNeoplasmsLesions