Usefulness of a hand-held ultrasound device for bedside examination of left ventricular function

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1038-1039

  Kimura, Bruce J ^a,c   Amundson, Stan A ^a   Willis, Casey L ^a   Gilpin, Elizabeth A ^b   DeMaria, Anthony N ^b  

^a Scripps Mercy Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; STROKE VOLUME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036828620     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02699-1     Document Type: Article

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