Open access echocardiography: An useful facility?;Open-access-echocardiografie: Een zinvolle exercitie?

Hart Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-8

  Baur, L H B ^a   Winkens, R A G ^b  

^a Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

EID: 14244267191     PISSN: 03018202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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