Emergency echocardiography telemedicine: An efficient method to provide 24-hour consultative echocardiography

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1748-1752

  Trippi, James A ^a,b   Lee, Kamthorn S ^a   Kopp, Greg ^a   Nelson, David ^a   Kovacs, Richard ^a  

^a METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DIGITAL COMPUTER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TELECOMMUNICATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0030014196     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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