Time requirements of the standard echocardiogram: Implications regarding limited studies

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1015-1018

  Kimura, Bruce J ^a   DeMaria, Anthony N ^b  

^a SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; TIME; TRANSDUCER; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141864518     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(03)00590-X     Document Type: Article

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