TY - JOUR
T1 - Echocardiographic Practice in a Large Metropolitan Area
AU - Gardin, Julius
AU - Talano, James
AU - Battle, William
AU - D'cruz, Ivan
AU - Dunlap, Sarah
AU - Falicov, Raul
AU - Jacobs, William
AU - Kanakis, Charles
AU - Kramer, Neil
AU - Lendrum, Bessie
AU - Meyers, Sheridan
AU - Stephanides, Leo
AU - Wolfson, Paul
PY - 1980/7
Y1 - 1980/7
N2 - A survey was performed concerning echocardiography in a metropolitan area. Of 110 hospitals in the area, 62 reported having echocardiographic facilities. Echocardiographic physicians and/or technicians from 41 of these hospitals responded to questionnaires designed to determine the following: (1) educational background and credentials of technicians, (2) average salaries of technicians, (3) role of the physician and technician in the performance and reporting of echocardiograms, (4) volume, cost, and method of storage of echocardiograms, and (5) number and type of echocardiographic units in use. Our data suggest various trends, including a lack of formal training among technicians, the prevalence of cardiologists-internists as directors of echocardiographic facilities, the performance of echocardiograms by cardiology fellows in only 46% of institutions with cardiology training programs, and the widespread projected availability of cross-sectional echocardiographic capability within the next two years.
AB - A survey was performed concerning echocardiography in a metropolitan area. Of 110 hospitals in the area, 62 reported having echocardiographic facilities. Echocardiographic physicians and/or technicians from 41 of these hospitals responded to questionnaires designed to determine the following: (1) educational background and credentials of technicians, (2) average salaries of technicians, (3) role of the physician and technician in the performance and reporting of echocardiograms, (4) volume, cost, and method of storage of echocardiograms, and (5) number and type of echocardiographic units in use. Our data suggest various trends, including a lack of formal training among technicians, the prevalence of cardiologists-internists as directors of echocardiographic facilities, the performance of echocardiograms by cardiology fellows in only 46% of institutions with cardiology training programs, and the widespread projected availability of cross-sectional echocardiographic capability within the next two years.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.1980.00040020923010
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1980.00040020923010
M3 - Article
C2 - 7387301
AN - SCOPUS:84943210111
SN - 2168-6106
VL - 140
SP - 923
EP - 926
JO - Archives of internal medicine (Chicago, Ill. : 1908)
JF - Archives of internal medicine (Chicago, Ill. : 1908)
IS - 7
ER -