Feasibility of 'limited' echo imaging: Characterization of incidental findings

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 746-750

  Kimura, Bruce J ^a,b   Pezeshki, Babak ^a   Frack, Seth A ^a   Demaria, Anthony N ^a  

^a California ^*

^b 230 Prospect Pl #250 Coronado C

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION;

EID: 0031812623     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/je.1998.v11.a89832     Document Type: Conference Paper

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