Point-of-care echocardiography: Small, smart and quick

European Heart Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 1484-1487

  Salustri, A ^a   Trambaiolo, P ^a  

^a SANDRO PERTINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036798324     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2002.3292     Document Type: Editorial

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