Usefulness of hand-held echocardiography in emergency room;Utilidad de un equipo de ecocardiografía portátil en un servicio de urgencias generales

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 178-180

  Leta, Rubén ^a   Carreras, Francesc ^a   Borrás, Xavier ^a   Planas, Francesc ^a   Pujadas, Sandra ^a   Pons Lladó, Guillem ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Emergency; Han held

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; TRAINING;

EID: 0042065024     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13049419     Document Type: Article

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