TY - JOUR T1 - A stress echocardiography service in a district general hospital: can we ensure quality without quantity? JF - Future Hospital Journal JO - Future Hosp J SP - s3 LP - s3 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.3-2-s3 VL - 3 IS - Suppl 2 AU - Nikhil Ahluwalia AU - Lucia Chen AU - Vinay Bhatia Y1 - 2016/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/Suppl_2/s3.abstract N2 - We determined the accuracy, safety and clinical predictive value of stress echocardiography (SE) as a risk stratification tool for myocardial ischaemia when implemented in a rural district general hospital performing relatively low case volumes.We retrospectively reviewed 451 patients who were consecutively referred for SE between 2009 and 2012. 71 (16%) had a positive result and 367 (81%) … ER -