[Experience in using echocardiography at a district diagnostic center].

The authors studied the data of echocardiography performed at the district diagnostic center rendering services for 337000 adult population. Altogether 487 patients were referred to the center for echocardiography. The main portion of the patients included 398 persons (81.7%) with suspected heart disease and prolapse of one of the cusps of the mitral valve. 326 persons (66.7%) were under 39 years. The experience in the use of echocardiography under the conditions of the specialized polyclinics (the diagnostic center) has shown the high efficacy of the technique during examination of the patients at the prehospital stage.