期刊
JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE
卷 39, 期 12, 页码 2313-2323出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jum.15341
关键词
echocardiography; heart failure; nonexpert; nurse; telemedicine
资金
- Norwegian Research Council
Objectives To study the feasibility and accuracy of focused echocardiography by nurses supported by near-real-time interpretation via telemedicine by an experienced cardiologist. Methods Fifty consecutive patients were included from an outpatient heart failure (HF) clinic. Limited echocardiography was performed by 1 of 3 specialized nurses. The echocardiograms were transferred by a secure transfer model for near-real-time interpretation to 1 out-of-hospital cardiologist, assessing, among others, the left ventricular (LV) internal diameter, end-diastolic volume, ejection fraction, left atrial (LA) indexed end-systolic volume, mitral early inflow velocity (E), the ratio of E to mitral late inflow, and the ratio of E to the mitral annular early diastolic velocity. The reference method was echocardiography by 1 of 4 experienced cardiologists. Results The median age of the population (46% women) was 79 (range, 33-95) years. The assessment and quantification of LA and LV dimensions, volumes, and functional indices were feasible in 94% or more via the telemedical approach. The agreement with reference measurements was very high by the telemedical approach. The mean duration +/- SD of the complete telemedical approach from the start of echocardiography until the cardiologist's report was received by the caregiving nurse was 1.32 +/- 0.36 (range, 1.58) hours. The correlations with reference to the above-specified indices were r = 0.75 to 0.94. Conclusions Limited echocardiography by nurses in an outpatient heart failure clinic, supported by interpretation by an out-of-hospital cardiologist, was feasible and reliable. This may reduce geographic disparities and allow more patients to benefit from the advantages of implementing focused echocardiography by noncardiologists in diagnostics and follow-up.
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