ACC/AHA guidelines for the clinical application of echocardiography. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines (Committee on Clinical Application of Echocardiography)

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1686-1744

  Cheitlin, Melvin D ^a   Alpert, Joseph S ^a   Armstrong, William F ^a   Aurigemma, Gerard P ^a   Beller, George A ^a   Bierman, Fredrick Z ^a   Davidson, Thomas W ^a   Davis, Jack L ^a   Douglas, Pamela S ^a   Gillam, Linda D ^a   Pearlman, Alan S ^a   Philbrick, John T ^a   Shah, Pravin M ^a   Williams, Roberta G ^a   Ritchie, James L ^a   Eagle, Kim A ^a   Gardner, Timothy J ^a   Garson Jr , Arthur ^a   Gibbons, Raymond J ^a   Lewis, Richard P ^a   O'Rourke, Robert A ^a   Ryan, Thomas J ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Medical Scientific Statements; diagnosis; echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0001376439     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.6.1686     Document Type: Review

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