Testing the test: The reliability of echocardiography in the sequential assessment of valvular regurgitation

American Heart Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 115-121

  Gottdiener, John S ^a   Panza, Julio A ^b   Sutton, Martin St John ^c   Bannon, Patrick ^d   Kushner, Harvey ^e   Weissman, Neil J ^f  

^a ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e Biomedical Computer Research Institute   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036305401     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2002.123139     Document Type: Article

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