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December 1, 2001European Journal of Echocardiography

Rapid Assessment of Cardiac Anatomy and Function with a New Hand-carried Ultrasound Device (OptiGo™): A Comparison with Standard Echocardiography

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Why the study?

Does a hand-carried ultrasound device (OptiGo) provide comparable image quality and diagnostic accuracy to standard echocardiography for focused cardiac assessment?

Population

121 prospectively enrolled patients

Comparison

Hand-carried ultrasound device for focused… vs Standard echocardiography

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

MRMatteo RugolottoCa' Foncello Hospital

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Implication

Supports focused cardiac assessment with hand-carried devices; leaves open diagnostic equivalence pending prospective validation.

Structured PICO

Does a hand-carried ultrasound device (OptiGo) provide comparable image quality and diagnostic accuracy to standard echocardiography for focused cardiac assessment?

P
Population
121 prospectively enrolled patients
I
Intervention
Hand-carried ultrasound device (OptiGo, Agilent Technologies) for focused examination
C
Comparator
Standard echocardiography
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Outcome
Image quality and accuracy in assessment of cardiac anatomy and function (chamber sizes, LV wall thickness and contractility, RV function, mitral and aortic leaflet thickening, mitral annular calcification, pericardial effusion and valvular regurgitation)surrogate

The hand-carried ultrasound device OptiGo provides adequate image quality and diagnostic accuracy for focused assessment of cardiac anatomy and function compared to standard echocardiography.

Cite This Study

Matteo Rugolotto (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8563e9f047f857d83da0a9https://doi.org/10.1053/euje.2001.0121
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