Table 5 Echocardiography
From: A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of ultrasound in emergency care settings
Study | Year | Findings | CHEERS Score (max 24) |
|---|---|---|---|
Wyrick [44] | 2008 | Myocardial contrast echocardiography in the ED on selected chest pain patients may be cost-effective through the prevention of unnecessary admissions | 16 |
Jasani [45] | 2018 | Patients with low-risk chest pain discharged after stress echocardiography in the ED have lower costs and similar health outcomes compared to similar patients admitted to the hospital | 8 |
Baugh [46] | 2019 | Large variation exists in ordering practices for tests on older patients with syncope in the ED, with CT head and echocardiogram standing out as expensive tests with relatively low yield | 11 |
Gc [47] | 2019 | In a modeled scenario based on pilot data, the use of tissue Doppler evaluation of diastolic dysfunction in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome produced overall cost-savings by decreasing length of stay | 21 |