Epidemiological approach to quality assessment in echocardiographic diagnosis

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1831-1836

  Berger, Alan K ^a,c   Gottdiener, John S ^a,d   Yohe, Mary Anne ^a   Guerrero, Jose L ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0033571459     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00420-9     Document Type: Article

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