Emergency department echocardiography for preoperative patients at high risk of underlying cardiac disease

J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Jun;72(6):1724-5; author reply 1725. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31825159a1.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Echocardiography, Doppler*
  • Emergency Service, Hospital*
  • Emergency Treatment / methods
  • Emergency Treatment / mortality
  • Female
  • Heart Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Heart Diseases / epidemiology
  • Hip Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Hip Fractures / surgery*
  • Hospital Mortality / trends
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / prevention & control
  • Preoperative Care / methods
  • Radiography
  • Risk Assessment