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[3D Echocardiography in heart valve diseases] |
Klappenbach R, Augustovski F, Pichon-Riviere A, García Martí S, Alcaraz A, Bardach A, Ciapponi A |
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Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Klappenbach R, Augustovski F, Pichon-Riviere A, García Martí S, Alcaraz A, Bardach A, Ciapponi A. [3D Echocardiography in heart valve diseases] Buenos Aires: Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS). Documentos de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias, Informe de Respuesta Rapida No 540. 2017 Authors' conclusions Evidence of low quality on 3D echocardiography for heart valve diseases suggests that it would show a mild improvement in its diagnostic capacities when compared with conventional echocardiographic technologies (M mode, 2D and Doppler), although its clinical usefulness is uncertain.
The clinical practice guidelines do not recommend 3D echocardiography in most of the indications, although some of them mention its potential usefulness in mitral stenosis.
The United States health sponsors that mention 3D echocardiography cover it for preoperative assessment before complex cardiac procedures; some of them also include it in mitral stenosis assessment. Final publication URL www.iecs.org.ar Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; Heart Valve Diseases; Humans Language Published Spanish Country of organisation Argentina English summary There is no English language summary available. Address for correspondence Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Viamonte 2146 - 3 Piso, C1056ABH Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel: +54 11 49 66 00 82 Fax:+54 11 49 53 40 58 Email: info@iecs.org.ar AccessionNumber 32017000305 Date abstract record published 13/06/2017 |
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