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pocket mobile echocardiography; mobile-device echocardiography
commercially available for clinical use [1]
Clinical significance:
- allows assessment of:
a) LV ejection fraction (91%)
b) wall-motion abnormalities (74%)
c) aortic valve & mitral valve pathology (77-79%)
Notes:
- weighs 14 oz, measures 5x3x1 inches
General
echocardiography
point of care test
References
- Liebo MJ et al.
Is pocket mobile echocardiography the next-generation
stethoscope? A cross-sectional comparison of rapidly acquired
images with standard transthoracic echocardiography.
Ann Intern Med 2011 Jul 5; 155:33.
PMID: 21727291