A review by sonographers of cardiologist-interpreted echocardiography findings at a Milwaukee medical center during a period of just over a year indicated major discrepancies in 29% of cases, leading to unnecessary further diagnostic testing or treatments for the wrong indication, according to a study presented here at the American Society of Echocardiography meeting.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Misreading of echocardiograms not uncommon
Medpage Today reports on an abstract presentation from the American Society of Echocardiography:
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