Second-opinion stress tele-echocardiography for the Adonhers (Aged donor heart rescue by stress echo) project
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Second-opinion stress tele-echocardiography for the Adonhers (Aged donor heart rescue by stress echo) project
BACKGROUND To resolve the current shortage of donor hearts, we established the Adonhers protocol. An upward shift of the donor age cut-off limit (from the present 55 to 65 years) is acceptable if a stress echo screening on the candidate donor heart is normal. This study aimed to verify feasibility of a "second opinion" of digitally transferred images of stress echo results to minimize technical...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cardiovascular Ultrasound
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1476-7120
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-8-20