Interpretation of echocardiographic measurements: A call for standardization

American Heart Journal

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 412-422

  Vasan, Ramachandran S ^a   Levy, Daniel ^a   Larson, Martin G ^a   Benjamin, Emelia J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0034058222     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(00)90084-X     Document Type: Article

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