Appropriate use criteria of transesophageal echocardiography in Greece A single center experience Accepted Manuscript Appropriate use criteria of transesophageal echocardiography in Greece A single ce[.]
Accepted Manuscript Appropriate use criteria of transesophageal echocardiography in Greece: A single center experience Dr G Georgiopoulos, MD, MSc, PhD, C Aggeli, A Laina, M Deligianni, D Oikonomou, S Lampridou, G Vogiatzi, D Tousoulis PII: S1109-9666(16)30181-6 DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2016.12.005 Reference: HJC 103 To appear in: Hellenic Journal of Cardiology Received Date: 10 September 2016 Accepted Date: December 2016 Please cite this article as: Georgiopoulos G, Aggeli C, Laina A, Deligianni M, Oikonomou D, Lampridou S, Vogiatzi G, Tousoulis D, Appropriate use criteria of transesophageal echocardiography in Greece: A single center experience, Hellenic Journal of Cardiology (2017), doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2016.12.005 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT APPROPRIATE USE CRITERIA OF TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY ΙΝ GREECE: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE RI PT G.Georgiopoulos1, C Aggeli1, A.Laina1, M.Deligianni1, D.Oikonomou1, S Lampridou1, G.Vogiatzi1, D.Tousoulis1 1st Department of Cardiology, ‘Hippokration’ Hospital, University of Athens Medical SC Address for correspondence: M AN U School, Athens, Greece Dr Georgios Georgiopoulos, MD, MSc, PhD Vasilissis Sofias 114, CODE 115 28 Hippokration Hospital, Athens TE D GREECE Tel: +30-213-2088099 & Fax +30-213-2088676 AC C EP e-mail:georgiopoulosgeorgios@gmail.com ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT APPROPRIATE USE CRITERIA OF TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY ΙΝ GREECE: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE ABSTRACT Introduction: The American College of Cardiology Foundation (A.C.C.F) along with the American RI PT Society of Echocardiography (A.S.E.) have enabled an accurate and clinically oriented evaluation of echocardiography indications by introducing Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) Aim: This study was designed to evaluate the degree of implementation of AUC for transesophageal echo (TEE) in daily clinical practice in a tertiary university hospital of Greece SC during the era of economic recession Materials and Methods: From November 2014 to May 2014 we enrolled prospectively 300 M AN U patients, who were examined in the Echocardiography Laboratory of the 1st University Cardiology We recorded participants’ demographic and clinical characteristics using questionnaires and followed a scoring process according to ACCF guidelines to classify patients into appropriate, inappropriate or uncertain category Primary endpoint was to assess the association between class of appropriateness and abnormal results in TEE TE D Results: In 89.4% of patients labelled as appropriate, TEE was abnormal, significantly higher as compared to patients of uncertain eligibility (50%) and those to whom TEE was considered to be inappropriate (35%) (p