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Three experienced trainers reviewed the images separately. They determined whether the images were assessable and scored the images on an 8-point scale. They also decided whether the physicians provided correct responses for visual estimations of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and right ventricle (RV) dilatation and septal motion.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Among the 327 physicians, 291 obtained images that were considered assessable (89%). The scores for parasternal short-axis view were lower than those obtained for other transthoracic echocardiographic views, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001. More physicians provided incorrect appraisals of LVEF than of RV dilatation and septal motion (19.9% vs. 3.1%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). The percentages of incorrect answers by LVEF category were as follows: 34.8% on images of LVEF &lt;\u200930, 24.7% on images of LVEF 30\u201354, and 16.4% on images of LVEF \u226555%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001. A logistic regression analysis showed that patients with abnormal LVEF were associated with physicians\u2019 incorrect assessment of LVEF, with an odds ratio of 1.923 (95% confidence interval (CI):1.071\u20133.456, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.029).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A large proportion of physicians could obtain and interpret FCU images from critically ill patients after a 2-day training course. 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