Assessment of cardiac pathology by point-of-care ultrasonography performed by a novice examiner is comparable to the gold standard

Table 2 Discharge diagnosis of all included patients categorized according to the primary clinical problem(s)

Diagnosis	(n = 102)
Ischemic heart disease	35 (34.3%)
Aortic stenosis	20 (19.6%)
Endocarditis	13 (12.7%)
Atrial fibrillation	6 (5.9%)
Venous thromboembolism	5 (4.9%)
Cardiomyopathy	5 (4.9%)
Mitral regurgitation	5 (4.9%)
Arrhythmia	4 (3.9%)
Myopericarditis	4 (3.9%)
Pulmonary hypertension	3 (2.9%)
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	3 (2.9%)
Aortic regurgitation	2 (2.0%)
Aortic dissection	2 (2.0%)
Atrial septal defect	1 (1.0%)
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia	1 (1.0%)
Amyloidosis	1 (1.0%)

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