Echocardiography or cardiac catheterisation--a comparison of risks, benefits and costs.
There are two techniques, echocardiography and cardiac catheterisation, that can be used to evaluate patients with valvular heart disease. This paper describes a comparison of these techniques, in terms of safety, side-effects, quality of imaging and cost. The authors conclude that there are good clinical and economical reasons why echocardiography should be used for evaluating patients with valvular heart disease.
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Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield.
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D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom