The impact of procedural sedation on diagnostic errors in pediatric echocardiography.

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Published in J Am Soc Echocardiogr on June 11, 2014

Authors

Kenan W D Stern1, Kimberlee Gauvreau2, Tal Geva2, Oscar J Benavidez3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: kstern@montefiore.org.
2: Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
3: Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Pediatric/Congenital Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

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