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Educational intervention for improving the appropriateness of transthoracic echocardiograms ordered by pediatric cardiologists

Ritu Sachdeva¹, Pamela S. Douglas², Michael S. Kelleman¹, Courtney E. McCracken¹, Leo Lopez³, Kenan W.D. Stern⁴, Benjamin W. Eidem⁵, Oscar J. Benavidez⁶, Rory B. Weiner⁶, Elizabeth Welch³, Robert M. Campbell¹, Wyman W. Lai⁷

1 Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Sibley Heart Center Cardiology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
3 Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA
4 Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York, USA
5 Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
6 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
7 NewYork-Presbyterian, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, New York, New York, USA

* Corresponding Author: Ritu Sachdeva, Emory University, 1405 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Email: