|
Age*
|
65 (52-76)
|
|
Male
|
731 (56.1)
|
|
Inpatients
|
318 (24.4)
|
|
Referring physician
| |
|
Primary care physicians
|
252 (19.3)
|
|
Cardiologists
|
639 (49.0)
|
|
Internal medicine [excluding cardiology]
|
136 (10.4)
|
|
Cardiac surgeons
|
85 (6.5)
|
|
Other specialists
|
191 (14.7)
|
|
Prior transthoracic echocardiogram
|
712 (54.6)
|
|
Inadequate requisition
|
341 (26.2)
|
|
Indication†
| |
|
General evaluation of cardiac structure and function
|
343 (26.3)
|
|
Evaluation of valvular function
|
315 (24.2)
|
|
Evaluation of intracardiac and extracardiac structures and chambers
|
206 (15.8)
|
|
Evaluation of hypertension, heart failure, or cardiomyopathy
|
202 (15.5)
|
|
Cardiovascular evaluation in an acute setting
|
106 (8.1)
|
|
Adult congenital heart disease
|
49 (3.8)
|
|
Evaluation of aortic disease
|
24 (1.8)
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