Simplified echocardiography in the diagnosis of heart failure

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-16

  Willenheimer, Ronnie B ^a,b   Israelsson, Bo A ^a   Cline, Charles M J ^a   Erhardt, Leif R ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiac dimensions; Cardiac function; Simplified echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SIZE; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

EID: 0030722970     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14017439709058063     Document Type: Article

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