Is core laboratory essential for using echocardiography in clinical trials?

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 245-247

  Oh, J K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; VALSARTAN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BOOK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OPERATOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WORKSHOP;

CLINICAL TRIALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 0036888990     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euje.2002.0609     Document Type: Editorial

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