When a child really needs a heart ultrasound: a cardiologist explains who does not need an echocardiogram
Yulia Kiyan, Deputy General Director of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine's Center of Pediatric Cardiology, explained that there is no universal echocardiography algorithm in evidence-based medicine for all children. A healthy child without symptoms does not need regular heart ultrasounds, but the list of indications for examination is extensive.
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