Consensus Document of the SEMI, semFYC, SEN, and SEC on Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in Spain
Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2018 Nov;71(11):935-940.
doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2018.05.039.
Epub 2018 Aug 16.
[Article in
English,
Spanish]
Authors
Leopoldo Pérez de Isla
1
, Santiago Díaz Sánchez
2
, Jorge Pagola
3
, Gonzalo García de Casasola Sánchez
4
, Teresa López Fernández
5
, Ignacio Manuel Sánchez Barrancos
6
, Patricia Martínez-Sánchez
7
, Antonio Zapatero Gaviria
8
, Manuel Anguita
9
, Antonio Lorenzo Ruiz Serrano
10
, Juan Torres Macho
4
Affiliations
- 1 Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: leopisla@hotmail.com.
- 2 Centro de Salud «Los Pintores», Parla, Madrid, Spain.
- 3 Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
- 4 Servicio de Medicina Interna-Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Infanta Cristina, Parla, Madrid, Spain.
- 5 Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
- 6 Consultorio de Membrilla, Centro de Salud Manzanares II, Ciudad Real, Spain.
- 7 Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Torrecárdenas, Almería, Spain.
- 8 Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain.
- 9 Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain.
- 10 Centro de Salud Ciudad Real III, Ciudad Real, Spain.
Abstract
This document summarizes the concept of focused cardiac ultrasound, the basic technical aspects related to this technique, and its diagnostic objectives. It also defines training requisites in focused cardiac ultrasound. This consensus document has been endorsed by the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine (SEMI), the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (semFYC), the Spanish Society of Neurology (SEN), and the Spanish Society of Cardiology (SEC).
Keywords:
Consenso; Consensus; Ecocardioscopia; Focused cardiac ultrasound.
Copyright © 2018 Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.
MeSH terms
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Cardiology*
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Consensus*
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Echocardiography / standards*
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Family Practice*
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Heart Diseases / diagnosis*
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Humans
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Internal Medicine*
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Neurology*
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Societies, Medical*