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The development of a PC based system for the storage of patient data in the echocardiography laboratory is described. Special design objectives were low cost and user friendliness, including an integrated special query language. After 3 years of use, the system stores 80000 diagnoses from 12000 patients without any relevant slowdown of response. Future developments concerning the communication between the database system and an echocardiographic sector scanner are discussed.
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Brennecke, R., Schön, F., Erbel, R. (1991). Patient documentation for the ultrasound laboratory. In: Meester, G.T., Pinciroli, F. (eds) Databases for Cardiology. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 115. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3720-1_18
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