Basic transthoracic echocardiography

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7505, 2005, Pages 1432-1436

  Hillis, Graham S ^a   Bloomfield, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE DISEASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; STROKE; TECHNIQUE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 21044451124     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7505.1432     Document Type: Review

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