title: Echocardiography in low-resource rural tropical hospitals.
abstract: Cardiopathies are common in tropical regions and echocardiography could be of substantial value. However, it is difficult to practice. We suggest simple techniques with conventional instruments that are available in many rural hospitals, and describe the most common echocardiographic procedures and findings that can be undertaken with short training by non-cardiologist physicians.
authors.affiliation: St Luke Catholic Hospital, Wolisso, South-west Shewa, Ethiopia. rino_bregani@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Enrico Rino
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Bregani
authors.forename: Tu Van
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Tien
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Occhipinti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000193:education; D019035:Rural Health Services; D012424:Rural Population; D014329:Tropical Climate; D014463:Ultrasonography; D000078329:Workforce