Clinical utility and cost effectiveness of a personal ultrasound imager for cardiac evaluation during consultation rounds in patients with suspected cardiac disease

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 727-730

  Vourvouri, E C ^a   Koroleva, L Y ^b   Ten Cate, F J ^a   Poldermans, D ^a   Schinkel, A F L ^a   Van Domburg, R T ^a   Vletter, W B ^a   Roelandt, J R T C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b PRIVOLZHSKY RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART DISEASE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0037531829     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.7.727     Document Type: Article

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