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Published in final edited form as: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2009 Jan;22(1):53–59. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.10.020

Table 4.

Ordering providers

Ordering physician type	n (%)
Cardiologist	192 (53)
Internist/family practitioner	59 (16)
Other medical subspecialist	61 (16)
Cardiac surgeon	31 (9)
Obstetrician/gynecologist	13 (3)
Other	12 (3)
Inputting provider level of training
Attending physician	187 (50)
Physician assistant/nurse practitioner	33 (9)
Fellow	16 (4)
Resident physician	10 (3)
Nurse	17 (5)
Inputting provider unknown	105 (29)