A hand-carried personal ultrasound device for rapid evaluation of left ventricular function: Use after limited echo training

Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-312

  Lemola, Kristina ^a   Yamada, Elina ^a   Jagasia, Dinesh ^a   Kerber, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac screening; Color Doppler; HCPUD; LVEDD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND CARRIED PERSONAL ULTRASOUND DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0038075167     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2003.03035.x     Document Type: Article

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