Determinants of image quality in transthoracic echocardiography: A retrospective cohort study

Aradhai Bana, Ciaran Grafton-Clarke, Rui Li, Zia Mehmood, Sunil Nair, Bahman Kasmai, Simon Eccleshall, Alisdair Ryding, Timothy Gilbert, Samer Alabed, Andrew J Swift, Peter Swoboda, Vassilios S Vassiliou, Gareth Matthews, Pankaj Garg

JRSM Cardiovascular Disease

Published online on April 21, 2026

Abstract

JRSM Cardiovascular Disease, Volume 15, January-December 2026.
ObjectivesTo identify patient factors associated with poor transthoracic echocardiographic image quality and to evaluate whether a simple pre-test triage model could improve imaging efficiency.DesignRetrospective cohort study with derivation and ...