ACC/AHA/ASE 2003 guideline update for the clinical application of echocardiography: Summary article

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1091-1110

  Cheitlin, Melvin D ^a   Armstrong, William F ^a   Aurigemma, Gerard P ^a   Beller, George A ^a   Bierman, Fredrick Z ^a   Davis, Jack L ^a   Douglas, Pamela S ^a   Faxon, David P ^a   Gillam, Linda D ^a   Kimball, Thomas R ^a   Kussmaul, William G ^a   Pearlman, Alan S ^a   Philbrick, John T ^a   Rakowski, Harry ^a   Thys, Daniel M ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SCREENING; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 10744231880     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(03)00685-0     Document Type: Review

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