Hand-carried ultrasound performed at bedside in cardiology inpatient setting - A comparative study with comprehensive echocardiography

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Tsutsui, Jeane M ^a   Maciel, Raquel R ^a   Costa, Joicely M ^a   Andrade, Jose L ^a   Ramires, Jose F ^a   Mathias Jr , Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

CARDIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIATURIZATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 12244259124     PISSN: 14767120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-2-24     Document Type: Article

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