Publications by authors named "Joanne Kitley"
Background: Increased body mass index (BMI) may reduce transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) image quality, resulting in increased requirements for ultrasound enhancing agents (UEA), as recommended by the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), and a greater incidence of non-diagnostic studies.
Methods: Over a 5-month period 1,108 TTEs were analysed as to (1) whether they could answer the clinical question posed by the ordering physician (i.e.