Efficacy and time-efficiency of a "sonographer-driven" contrast echocardiography protocol in a high-volume echocardiography laboratory

American Heart Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 535-541

  Castello, Ramon ^a,c   Bella, Jonathan N ^a   Rovner, Aleksandr ^a   Swan, Jimmy ^a   Smith, John ^a   Shaw, Leslie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; TIME;

EID: 0037350658     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2003.164     Document Type: Article

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