Hand-held echocardiography: Added value in clinical cardiological assessment

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Giannotti, Giovanna ^a   Mondillo, Sergio ^a   Galderisi, Maurizio ^b   Barbati, Riccardo ^a   Zacà, Valerio ^a   Ballo, Piercarlo ^c   Agricola, Eustachio ^d   Guerrini, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Division of Cardiology   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINIATURIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 19444369865     PISSN: 14767120     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-3-7     Document Type: Article

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