Table 4 Management by general practitioners after open access echocardiography (%)
Indication | A: | B: | Management by GP | Â |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Patients with a relevant echocardiographic diagnosis*, of whom the GP returned the questionnaire on management | Advice of cardiologist to refer patient (% of A) | GPfollowed cardiologist's advice to refer patient (% of B) | GP referred patientwithout advice of cardiologist (% of [A-B]) |
Whole group n = 625 | 397 | 114 (28.7) | 81 (71.1) | 47 (16.6) |
Cardiac murmur n = 368 | 237 | 73 (30.8) | 56 (76.7) | 26 (15.9) |
Dyspnoea n = 198 | 128 | 43 (33.6) | 30 (69.8) | 16 (18.8) |
Peripheral oedema n = 105 | 75 | 35 (46.7) | 27 (77.1) | 12 (30.0) |
Other n = 137 | 84 | 19 (22.6) | 8 (42.1) | 12 (18.5) |