Hand-held echocardiography: A heterogeneous world with potential uses and users;Ecocardiografi "prêt à porter": Un mondo eterogeneo con potenziali usi ed utilizzatori

Italian Heart Journal Supplement

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 265-271

  Mondillo, Sergio ^a   Galderisi, Maurizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hand held echocardiography; Physical examination; Ultrasounds

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MACHINE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; REVIEW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STETHOSCOPE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MINIATURIZATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; STETHOSCOPES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 21244502206     PISSN: 11294728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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