Table 5 Objectives with broad variation among participants regarding inclusion
From: Echocardiography training for cardiac surgery residents: results of a Canadian needs assessment
Training objectives | Professional Role | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Cardiac surgery residents (N = 38) | Cardiologists (N = 15) | Cardiac surgery directors and surgeons (N = 36) | |||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Recognition of dilated aortic root and/or thoracic aorta | 70 | 78.7 | 29 | 76.3 | 11 | 73.3 | 30 | 83.3 |
Use of echo guidance for pericardiocentesis | 60 | 67.4 | 26 | 68.4 | 9 | 60.0 | 25 | 69.4 |
Estimation of right atrial pressure through examination of inferior vena caval compliance | 52 | 58.4 | 26 | 68.42* | 8 | 53.3 | 18 | 50.0 |
Techniques to estimate pulmonary artery pressure | 41 | 46.1 | 20 | 52.6 | 7 | 46.7 | 14 | 38.9 |
Confirmation of transvenous pacing wire placement | 38 | 42.7 | 19 | 50.0 | 6 | 40.0 | 13 | 36.1 |