Key result
Congenital heart disease echocardiography remains prone to misdiagnosis from technical errors and hemodynamic misinterpretation.
Why the study?
Echocardiography is essential and widely used in congenital heart disease diagnosis but is associated with various misdiagnoses that adversely affect clinical care.
Highlights common pitfalls and causes of misdiagnosis in the echocardiographic evaluation of congenital heart disease to improve diagnostic accuracy.
Requires heightened awareness of pitfalls in congenital echocardiography; leaves open optimal error-reduction strategies.
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Hirofumi Tomimatsu (2009) studied this question. Echocardiography in congenital heart disease is susceptible to misdiagnoses caused by human error, improper device settings, poor imaging planes, and insufficient hemodynamic knowledge.
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