Use of a common computerized program for echocardiogram archiving and reporting over a regional territory: Feasibility and clinical and research impact during a 5-year experience

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 669-678

  Badano, Luigi P ^a   Domenicucci, Stefano ^b  

^a FESC   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 0032790325     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/je.1999.v12.a98652     Document Type: Conference Paper

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