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Echocardiographic Assessment Using Subxiphoid-Only Examination for Hypotensive Patients
Published on: April 18, 2025
Echocardiography in low-resource rural tropical hospitals
Enrico Rino Bregani1, Tu Van Tien, Michele Occhipinti
1St Luke Catholic Hospital, Wolisso, South-west Shewa, Ethiopia. rino_bregani@yahoo.it
Abstract:
Cardiopathies are common in tropical regions and echocardiography could be of substantial value. However, it is difficult to practice. We suggest simple techniques with conventional instruments that are available in many rural hospitals, and describe the most common echocardiographic procedures and findings that can be undertaken with short training by non-cardiologist physicians.
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