Comparative study of clinical evaluation of heart murmurs by general pediatricians and pediatric cardiologists

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 511-518

  Rajakumar, Kumaravel ^a,c   Weisse, Martin ^a   Rosas, Angela ^b   Gunel, Erdogan ^c   Pyles, Lee ^d   Neal, William A ^c   Balian, Arpy ^c   Einzig, Stanley ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICIAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032822922     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289903800902     Document Type: Article

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