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Eur Heart J Imaging Methods Pract2026;4(1):qyag047.January 1, 2026Journal Article
Diagnostic accuracy and cost-effectiveness of a handheld ultrasound device for cardiac evaluation in noncardiology settings.
Stella-Lida Papadopoulou1, Foteini Malakoudi1, Christina Tsantekidou1, Anastasios Papanastasiou1, Dimitrios Dionysopoulos2, Nikolas Moustakidis3,4, Theofilos Moustakidis4,5, Panagiotis Stafylas6, Ioannis Styliadis1, Petros Nihoyannopoulos7, Areti Triantafyllou8, Vasileios Sachpekidis1
1Department of Cardiology, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Ring Road, Nea Efkarpia, Thessaloniki 56403, Greece.
2Department of Medical Oncology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
3Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
4Echonous Inc., 8310 154th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052, USA.
5Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Thessaly, Lamia, Greece.
6HealThink, 47 St.Kazantzidi str., PO Box 8121, Thessaloniki, Greece.
7NHLI Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK.
8First Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Abstract
AIMS: Inpatients frequently require echo evaluation during consultation rounds in noncardiology departments; however, routine standard echocardiography (SE) requires transport to echo lab. We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy and cost-effectiveness of a handheld ultrasound device (HUD) for cardiac evaluation during consultation sessions in noncardiology settings.
METHODS AND RESULTS: The study co…
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