Gardin J, Talano J, Battle W, D'Cruz I, Dunlap S, Falicov R, Jacobs W, Kanakis C, Kramer N, Lendrum B, Meyers S, Stephanides L, Wolfson P
Arch Intern Med. 1980 Jul;140(7):923-6.
A survey performed concerning echocardiography in a metropolitan area. Of 110 hospitals in the area, 62 reported having echocardiographic facilities. Echocardiographic physicians and/or technicians from 41 of these hospitals responded to questionnaires designed to determine the following: (1) educational background and credentials of technicians, (2) average salaries of technicians, (3) role of the physician and technician in the performance and reporting of echocardiograms, (4) volume, cost, and method of storage of echocardiograms, and (5) number and type of echocardiographic units in use. Our data suggest various trends, including a lack of formal training among technicians, the prevalence of cardiologists-internists as directors of echocardiographic facilities, the performance of echocardiograms by cardiology fellows in only 46% of institutions with cardiology training programs, and the widespread projected availability of cross-sectional echocardiographic capability within the next two years.
在一个大都市地区开展了一项关于超声心动图的调查。该地区110家医院中，62家报告拥有超声心动图设备。其中41家医院的超声心动图医师和/或技术人员对旨在确定以下内容的问卷做出了回应：（1）技术人员的教育背景和资质，（2）技术人员的平均薪资，（3）医师和技术人员在超声心动图检查操作及报告中的作用，（4）超声心动图的存储量、成本及存储方法，以及（5）正在使用的超声心动图设备的数量和类型。我们的数据表明了各种趋势，包括技术人员缺乏正规培训、超声心动图设备主任普遍由心脏病专家-内科医生担任、在仅有46%设有心脏病学培训项目的机构中由心脏病学进修医生进行超声心动图检查，以及预计在未来两年内横断面超声心动图检查能力将广泛普及。
