Abstract
Article: Cardiovascular Ultrasound Combined With Noninvasive Screening for the Detection of Undiagnosed Cardiovascular Disease: A Literature Review
Authors: S. Michelle Bierig, MPH, ACS, RDCS, RCS, RDMS, CPHQ, Anita Arnold, DO, FACC, Lynne C. Einbinder, MD, MPH, Eric Armbrecht, PhD, and Thomas Burroughs, PhD
Category: Cardiac (Adult) [AE]
Credit: 0.5 SDMS CME Credit
Objectives: After studying the article entitled “Cardiovascular Ultrasound Combined With Noninvasive Screening for the Detection of Undiagnosed Cardiovascular Disease: A Literature Review,” you will be able to:
Understand the role ultrasound screening for cardiovascular disease has in the general population
Differentiate a screening examination from a limited diagnostic examination
Discuss the importance of screening, program accreditation, quality assurance, and practice guidelines set forth by the AIUM and the American College of Radiology
Adding which noninvasive screening tool to an ECG during a preparticipation sports physical and athlete interpretation criteria can increase sensitivity from 2.5% to 50%? Carotid artery ultrasound Cardiac ultrasound Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) Peripheral vascular ultrasound
Carotid artery sonographic screening in the emergency room has shown to reduce hospital admissions by what percentage? 10% 20% 30% 40%
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires which components to reimburse for one lifetime screening electrocardiogram and one aortic aneurysm screening? Self-referred and community screening site Self-referred and diagnostic laboratory Physician ordered and diagnostic laboratory Physician ordered and community screen site
In this article, the term subclinical refers to which definition? Plaque presence of <50% vessel narrowing on carotid duplex in asymptomatic low-risk patients Plaque presence of >50% vessel narrowing on carotid duplex in asymptomatic low-risk patients Plaque presence of <50% vessel narrowing on carotid duplex in symptomatic high-risk patients The presence of >50% vessel narrowing on carotid duplex in symptomatic high-risk patients
At facilities providing cardiovascular disease screening, which practice is likely to cause overreads or an increase in false-positive findings? Credentialed cardiovascular sonographer performing study General physician performing interpretation of study Required physician orders to perform study Regularly scheduled equipment maintenance and updates in laboratory
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