Contrast echocardiography and medical economics: looking into the crystal ball

The past decade has witnessed the development of contrast echocardiography. This technique has demonstrated clinical utility in some applications and extremely promising results have been reported for others, although there are still several obstacles to its acceptance by regulatory authorities and...

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Published inEuropean heart journal supplements Vol. 4; no. suppl-C; pp. C39 - C47
Main Authors Distante, A., Dankowski, R., Mincarone, P., Leo, C.G., Gianicolo, E., Voci, P., Morales, M.A., Rovai, D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford University Press 01.03.2002
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Contrast
echocardiography
economics
techniques
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Summary:The past decade has witnessed the development of contrast echocardiography. This technique has demonstrated clinical utility in some applications and extremely promising results have been reported for others, although there are still several obstacles to its acceptance by regulatory authorities and routine users. In addition, the efficacy and cost-effectiveness must be proven against ‘gold standard’ techniques, which in several cases are just accepted standards. Furthermore, the competition is quite strong both between new techniques and with established ones, and all of the imaging modalities need to find their most appropriate role within this complex environment.
Bibliography:ark:/67375/HXZ-0VD8N8QX-L
Correspondence: Alessandro Distante, Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica IFC-CNR-CREAS, Via Paolo Savi 8, 56100 Pisa, Italy.
PII:S1520765X02900994
local:02900994.C39
istex:DBCB1D3CDAD83845A92431F394A52C7A48D0A153
ISSN:1520-765X
1554-2815
DOI:10.1016/S1520-765X(02)90099-4