Are We Doing Too Many Inpatient Echocardiograms?: The Answer From Big Data May Surprise You!

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¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Electronic address: griffib@ccf.org.

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Christine L Jellis et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016.

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. 2016 Feb 9;67(5):512-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.10.091.

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Electronic address: griffib@ccf.org.

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Keywords: appropriateness; cost; echocardiography; utility.

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U.S. Hospital Use of Echocardiography: Insights From the Nationwide Inpatient Sample.
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