Dataset Information

The best of 2005 in echocardiography back from EuroEcho 9--Florence, Italy.

ABSTRACT: The ninth edition of the congress of the European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) (former working group of Echocardiography) held in Florence has just finished with a great success of participant attendance (2.842) and abstract submissions. Hot topics at EuroEcho 9 were: 1--live 3-dimensional echocardiography and surgical decision making; in pediatric cardiology; in resynchronization therapy 2--stress echocardiography beyond wall motion: from valve diseases to contractility to coronary flow reserve to diastolic function; 3--pulmonary cardiogenic interstitial thickening recognized by ultrasonic lung comets; 4--the "proven clinical inefficacy" of the many technologies sold as breakthrough: color kinesis, tissue characterization, strain rate, tissue Doppler, applied to stress echocardiography.

SUBMITTER: Sicari R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1388245 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

ACCESS DATA

Publications

The best of 2005 in echocardiography back from EuroEcho 9--Florence, Italy.

Sicari Rosa R

Cardiovascular ultrasound 20060215

The ninth edition of the congress of the European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) (former working group of Echocardiography) held in Florence has just finished with a great success of participant attendance (2.842) and abstract submissions. Hot topics at EuroEcho 9 were: 1--live 3-dimensional echocardiography and surgical decision making; in pediatric cardiology; in resynchronization therapy 2--stress echocardiography beyond wall motion: from valve diseases to contractility to coronary flo ...[more]

PMID: 16480489

Similar Datasets

Project description:INTRODUCTION:About 1.25 million people worldwide die every year because of road accidents. Risk is higher when drivers use mobile phones, whereas seat belts help to prevent crash-related injury. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence, associated factors, and temporal trend of the use of seat belts and mobile phones among drivers and passengers in Florence, Italy (2005-2015). METHODS:Use of seat belts and mobile phones use was monitored via direct observation in four areas in the province of Florence. We fitted Poisson regression models with robust variance to investigate the factors associated with the use of seat belts and mobile phones use by the drivers and to explore long-term trends and seasonal patterns in the two time-series. RESULTS:We observed a total of an overall 134,775 vehicles: seat belts were worn by 71.8% of drivers and front-seat passengers and 27.6% of back-seat passengers, while mobile phones were being used by 4.8% of drivers. Drivers were more likely to wear seat belt when transporting passengers (?2 vs none: prevalence ratio [PR] 1.21, 95% confidence intervals [CI] 1.14-1.29) and while driving in the afternoon (PR 1.04, 95% CI 1.03-1.05), and less likely when the front-seat passenger was not wearing seat belts (PR 0.33, 95% CI 0.32-0.34). After an initial increase, seat belts use by the driver decreased over time (-0.5% each year during 2010-2015), with significant peaks and troughs in July and January, respectively. Mobile phone use by the driver was inversely associated with wearing seat belts (PR 0.67, 95% CI 0.64-0.70) and carrying passengers (?2 vs. none PR 0.20, 95% CI 0.07-0.52). The proportion of drivers using mobile phones did not vary over time nor showed any clear seasonality. CONCLUSIONS:Drivers' risky behaviours (not wearing a seat belt and using a mobile phone) are associated, showing a global misperception of risk among a subset of drivers. The number of passengers and their behaviour is also associated with the driver's attitude. The effectiveness of primary enforcement laws has declined in Italy in recent years; therefore, other strategies should be devised and implemented.

Dataset Information

The best of 2005 in echocardiography back from EuroEcho 9--Florence, Italy.

Publications

The best of 2005 in echocardiography back from EuroEcho 9--Florence, Italy.

Similar Datasets

OmicsDI is part of the ELIXIR infrastructure

Tweets