The diagnosis of heart disease by clinical assessment alone

Disease-a-Month

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-98

  Chizner, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART SOUND; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULSE RATE; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STETHOSCOPE; SYNCOPE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEART MURMUR; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PALPATION; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART DISEASES; HEART MURMURS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STETHOSCOPES;

EID: 0036364690     PISSN: 00115029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mda.2002.115501     Document Type: Review

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