Open-access echocardiography to general practitioners for suspected heart failure

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 409, 1996, Pages 475-476

  Murphy, Jeremy J ^a   Frain, John P J ^a   Ramesh, Parthasarathy ^a   Siddiqui, Rashid N ^a   Bossingham, C M ^a  

^a DARLINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart failure; Management

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT REFERRAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0029741670     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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