scholarly journals Notes From Cardiology Clinic: Brittle Bones and Blue Sclerae

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (7) ◽  
pp. 1009-1010
Author(s):  
David D. Waters
Keyword(s):  
Cardiology Clinic ◽  
Blue Sclerae ◽  
Brittle Bones

714 Withdrawn Causes of chronic dyspnoea in patients of cardiology clinic

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-165
Author(s):  
A SYRKIN ◽  
M POLTAVSKAYA ◽  
E SARKISOVA ◽  
A DOLETSKI ◽  
M KUKLINA
Keyword(s):  
Cardiology Clinic

A novel transgenic murine model with persistently brittle bones simulating osteogenesis imperfecta type I

Bone ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 646-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Liu ◽  
Jianhai Wang ◽  
Shuo Liu ◽  
Mingjie Kuang ◽  
Yaqing Jing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Osteogenesis Imperfecta ◽  
Murine Model ◽  
Type I ◽  
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type ◽  
Transgenic Murine Model ◽  
Brittle Bones ◽  
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type I

Prevalence and diagnostic accuracy of heart disease in children with asymptomatic murmurs

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 446-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adziri H. Sackey
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Diagnostic Accuracy ◽  
Clinical Examination ◽  
Clinical Assessment ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Heart Murmur ◽  
Paediatric Cardiologist ◽  
Heart Murmurs ◽  
Cardiology Clinic ◽  
Heart Lesions

AbstractThis study was performed to determine the prevalence of CHD among children referred with asymptomatic murmurs and to determine the diagnostic accuracy of the assessment of asymptomatic heart murmurs by general paediatricians. We reviewed the records of children who had been referred by general paediatricians to a cardiology clinic for further evaluation of a heart murmur. The referring paediatricians’ clinical assessment of the murmur was compared with the cardiologist’s echocardiographic diagnosis. A total of 150 children were referred by paediatricians to a paediatric cardiologist for further assessment of a heart murmur. Out of 150 children, 72 had a paediatrician’s diagnosis of innocent murmur; of these 72 patients, two (3%) had heart disease on echocardiography. In all, after echocardiography, a range of congenital heart lesions was found in 28 (19%) of the 150 children. CHD is not rare among children with asymptomatic heart murmurs. In this series of children with asymptomatic murmurs, 19% had heart lesions on echocardiography. Most, but not all, of the children with heart lesions were identified on clinical examination by general paediatricians.

Health-Related Quality of Life in Children Attending a Cardiology Clinic

2004 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Walker ◽  
K. Gauvreau ◽  
K. J. Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Cardiology Clinic ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals DETERMINING VALUE OF A CARDIOLOGY CLINIC VISIT

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (18) ◽  
pp. 1656
Author(s):  
Tripti Gupta ◽  
Stephanie Madonis ◽  
Ivana Okor ◽  
Greg Desrosiers ◽  
Koyenum Obi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinic Visit ◽  
Cardiology Clinic

Appropriateness and Cost-Effectiveness of Echocardiograms Ordered by Pediatric Cardiologists and Primary Care Providers for Syncope

2021 ◽  
pp. 000992282110382
Author(s):  
Tracey M. Thompson ◽  
Ty E. Hasselman ◽  
Yanzhi Wang ◽  
David W. Jantzen
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Pediatric Cardiology ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Primary Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Cost Effectiveness Ratio ◽  
Improve Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Cardiology Clinic ◽  
Improve Cost

The pediatric appropriate use criteria (AUC) were applied to transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) ordered by primary care providers (PCPs) and pediatric cardiologists for the diagnosis of syncope to compare appropriateness ratings and cost-effectiveness. Included were patients ≤18 years of age from October 2016 to October 2018 with syncope who underwent initial outpatient pediatric TTE ordered by a PCP or were seen in Pediatric Cardiology clinic. Ordering rate of TTE by pediatric cardiologists, AUC classification, and TTE findings were obtained. PCPs ordered significantly more TTEs than pediatric cardiologists for “rarely appropriate” indications (61.5% vs 7.5%, P < .001). Cardiologists ordered TTEs at 17.2% of visits. Using appropriateness as a marker of effect, with the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, it was more cost-effective ($543.33 per patient) to refer to a pediatric cardiologist than to order the TTE alone. This suggests that improved PCP education of the AUC and appropriate indications of TTEs for syncope may improve cost-effectiveness when using order appropriateness as a marker of effectiveness.

Abstract P273: Enhancing Documentation and Control of Lipids in a University-Based Cardiology Clinic

Circulation ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 129 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keerthana K Karumbaiah ◽  
Mazen B Omar ◽  
Bassam A Omar
Keyword(s):  
Clinic Visit ◽  
Lipid Profiles ◽  
Fasting State ◽  
Lipid Management ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Cardiology Clinic ◽  
Blood Pressures ◽  
Artery Disease ◽  
And Control ◽  
Risk Equivalent

Background: Non-compliance with laboratory appointments, separate from clinic visit appointments, for measuring fasting cholesterol may hinder documentation and control of patients’ lipids. Methods: A university-based cardiologist’s clinic notes, from a single year (yr 1), when patients were asked to have a fasting cholesterol a week prior to the clinic visit, were analyzed (100 patients). The poor compliance prompted a same day as the clinic visit measurement (fasting or non-fasting) of lipids, for patients who could not comply with their laboratory appointment, during the following year (yr 2; 130 patients). Lipid values were managed by a subsequent call to the patient. All patients had coronary artery disease or risk equivalent mandating LDL levels < 100 mg/dL. Results: In yr 1, 62% (62/100) of patients had documented lipid profiles compared to 83% (108/130) of patients in yr 2. The average LDL in yr 1 was 115 +/- 36 mg/dL compared with 96 +/- 31 mg/dL in yr 2 (P < 0.01). Only 22% of the patients in yr 1 reached goal of < 100 mg/dL, compared with 65% in yr 2. There were no significant differences in the HDL, TG levels or blood pressures documented during the concurrent visits. Conclusion: Better documentation and control of lipids may be obtained when lipid profiles are done on clinic visit day, with fewer burdens on the patients who cannot comply with a separate laboratory appointment. Although there were many non-fasting levels as a result, the triglyceride levels where not significantly different among the two groups, probably reflecting an overall more intensive lipid management in yr 2, commensurate with the better documentation. Therefore, as has been shown by others, a lipid profile does not necessarily have to be fasting, especially in patients being treated for stricter targets such as our cohort, which may decrease the burden on patients unable to comply with a fasting state or added clinic visits.

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