Echocardiography in emergency medicine: A policy statement by the American Society of Echocardiography and the American College of Cardiology

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 586-588

  Stewart, William J ^a   Douglas, Pamela S ^a   Sagar, Kiran ^a   Seward, James B ^a   Armstrong, William F ^a   Zoghbi, William ^a   Kronzon, Itzhak ^a   Mays, Janel M ^a   Pearlman, Alan S ^a   Schnittger, Ingela ^a   St Vrain, Jeanette A ^a   Kerber, Richard E ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033081935     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00013-3     Document Type: Note

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